Erratic Obama Cheapens the Presidency


	Erratic Obama Cheapens the Presidency

jay8h

9-29-2009 9:37 AM

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9-29-2009 10:10 AM

zwyrbla

It funny Richard Cohen talks about backpedaling as he was once a staunch supporter of the Iraq war then later back-peddled against it. But then again I guess that makes him an authority on the subject!

http://www.slate.com/id/2186766/

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                                Barack Obama has been in office for nearly a year, but for Richard Cohen, he's still "the candidate-in-full," unaware that he is already president. Watching Obama alongside Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy last week, the <EM>Washington Post</EM> columnist perceived "a faux Cuban missile crisis"—and a president dangerously eroding his own authority. If the US has known about Iran's second site for years, why issue an ultimatum it surely won't meet? 
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