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Will the [Tea Party Protesters] Call Gingrich and Palin "Liberals" Now That They Have Praised The "Obama Doctrine"??
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December 11, 2009 16:13:41
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'Obama Doctrine' Praised By Conservatives After Nobel Speech
12-11-09 09:04 AM
Conservatives reacted with shock and disdain to President Obama's Nobel prize, and some attacked his speech on Afghanistan before he even delivered it. But now many on the right are lauding Obama's lecture in Oslo defending the use of American power.
In an interview with USA Today, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin suggested the speech could have come from her mouth.
Palin praised President Obama for the speech he gave Thursday to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. She said the president's defense of war to combat evil could have been taken from the pages of her memoirs.
"Wow, that really sounded familiar," said Palin, a frequent Obama critic. "I talked, too, in my book about the fallen nature of man and why war is necessary at times."
Former House majority leader Newt Gingrich told WNYC the speech was "actually very good."
"He clearly understood that he had been given the prize prematurely, but he used it as an occasion to remind people, first of all, as he said: that there is evil in the world ... I thought in some ways it's a very historic speech."
A spokesperson for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) added, "As President Reagan said, Republicans believe in peace through strength, and we were pleased that today President Obama addressed and defended our mission in Afghanistan, where success is the only option."
Erick Erickson, the conservative founder of RedState.com, wrote, "I was surprised by Obama's speech. Parts sounded like full throated support for the Bush doctrine."
Rory Cooper, the director of strategic communications for the Heritage Foundation, said: "It was a speech that defended America's pursuit of liberty and freedom, and defended our global leadership and military might."
Of course, as historian Michael Kazin pointed out to McClatchy, Obama was speaking not specifically of fighting America's enemies but of fighting injustice. And, as blogger Spencer Ackerman points out, the president was never the pacifist that many on the right seem to think he was.
12-11-09 09:04 AM
Conservatives reacted with shock and disdain to President Obama's Nobel prize, and some attacked his speech on Afghanistan before he even delivered it. But now many on the right are lauding Obama's lecture in Oslo defending the use of American power.
In an interview with USA Today, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin suggested the speech could have come from her mouth.
Palin praised President Obama for the speech he gave Thursday to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. She said the president's defense of war to combat evil could have been taken from the pages of her memoirs.
"Wow, that really sounded familiar," said Palin, a frequent Obama critic. "I talked, too, in my book about the fallen nature of man and why war is necessary at times."
Former House majority leader Newt Gingrich told WNYC the speech was "actually very good."
"He clearly understood that he had been given the prize prematurely, but he used it as an occasion to remind people, first of all, as he said: that there is evil in the world ... I thought in some ways it's a very historic speech."
A spokesperson for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) added, "As President Reagan said, Republicans believe in peace through strength, and we were pleased that today President Obama addressed and defended our mission in Afghanistan, where success is the only option."
Erick Erickson, the conservative founder of RedState.com, wrote, "I was surprised by Obama's speech. Parts sounded like full throated support for the Bush doctrine."
Rory Cooper, the director of strategic communications for the Heritage Foundation, said: "It was a speech that defended America's pursuit of liberty and freedom, and defended our global leadership and military might."
Of course, as historian Michael Kazin pointed out to McClatchy, Obama was speaking not specifically of fighting America's enemies but of fighting injustice. And, as blogger Spencer Ackerman points out, the president was never the pacifist that many on the right seem to think he was.
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Ladnar December 11, 2009 18:34:18I'll get back to ya on that one, you betcha....
+10Don’t even try it. Obama has simply come around to the realities of being a wartime president. His actions have been exactly like those of Bush, which he spent years criticizing. To hear him speak now is like listening to Bush’s war speeches. So this just proves Obama is a lying hypocrite who would say anything to get elected.
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I think he has no choice but to continue in Afghanistan, he can't afford to have a total loss there. His 3 dithering months were for coming up with a speech to placate everyone. It's sad that people voted for him without understanding anything. But, isn't that their fault?
I can't believe I'm writing this. I think he's the worst president in our history and it sounds like I'm defending him.
I do think he fooled some people, because when he finally agreed to send more troops, I remember seeing people explode on here(SH), angry that he was sending more troops. I expected it. I think we agree also...I also think he may be the worst president in history, but he still has time to solidify that statement.....
Lord knows .....it is hard enough to find anything to praise.
Palin for president 2012.
She did not say "the speech"...she said.... "I talked, too, in my book about the fallen nature of man and why war is necessary at times."
This is the original interview.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onp...
Palin "gave the president's defense of "just wars" a thumbs up in an interview with USA TODAY. In fact, she said that the president's address in Oslo, where he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize today, reminded her of what she wrote on the same subject "
PDS...LMAO...no cure!
Okay, yes she did
" now she's claiming Obama's words could have come from her mouth"
Because they reflect what was in her book. What are you failing to understand?
Those brainless twits don't even know it's the military industrial complex that is promoting these wars to keep their fat and sassy, no good asses in their fancy cars and houses.
The puppet masters are at it again....
Without understanding the world, you have no choice but to spew so much hatred. No wonder the public is so polarized.
Wow.............
You do realize that Pbo has just escalated the Afghan war , and the drone killings in Pakistan....right ?