From today's WP:
"We've seen the tragic result of having a president who had neither the experience nor the wisdom to manage our foreign policy and safeguard our national security," Clinton told students at George Washington University. "We cannot let that happen again. America has already taken that chance one time too many."
Obama, of course, is not Bush.
Whereas Bush is intellectually incurious, and views intellect and complexity with fear, masked by a reflexive and reductionistic contempt, Obama is intellectually curious, seeks out and embraces ideas, and is interested in their utility, rather than their conforming to a narrow and predetermined plan, and will bring this intellectual strength and ability to his policies.
Whereas Bush is inflexible to the point of parody--and tragedy--making a virtue of failing to reexamine assumptions even when it is clear they are not working-- because cognitive rigidity is, for him, equated with strength, as opposed to the "weakness" of making distinctions--Obama has both firm convictions and the ability to advance and adapt those beliefs to changing circumstances. He has the ability to adapt on the basis of effectiveness and utility, rather than to react impulsively, to stand stubbornly still without any substantive basis, or to fail to adapt, based on fear.
Whereas Bush begins from a point of defensiveness, viewing much of the world in terms of those who need to be taken down a peg from their know-it-all-stance--the hallmark of a life of earlier resentments, imposed on the world of foreign policy--Obama operates from a position of engagement with people and with ideas. He wants to know; is capable of objective evaluation, and seeks to bring new voices into his dialogue, rather than deflecting them.
Whereas Bush has used advisers as a circle of wagons and a complexity filter, keeping criticism, real-world intricacies, and cognitive dissonance to a minimum, Obama appears to welcome advice, using advisers as a resources rather than as a shield.
And, whereas Bush connects with the resentments of the angry everyday man, who feels unfairly downtrodden by those that, in their intellectual and emotional confidence and passion, remind them of their own flaws and fears, and who resents those who might receive help, when they feel they have received none, is unlike Obama--who connects with the willingness to aspire rather than to the fear of it; to the hope of devoting the best of oneself to a community and nation rather than self-protectively dividing it; and to the desire to replace the primacy of tactics and cronyism in favor of shared principle and truth.
-Dr. Alan J. Lipman
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I only occasionally read any of these blogs. Most do not seem to really follow the politicians, only their personalities as they appear on TV. Then I came upon yours.....You have said what so many of us in this country feel and cannot quite express into words about why we will select Barack Obama. Congrats on being able to express this with such ease and clarity!
You are full of Crap, Look at his voting record. Present is not a vote, ya or nay is.
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Use More coal.
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Obama the next sarkozy (french president) of america. I compare as he too was same as obama when he came to the nomination watch out guys dont reger=ret later .dont believe in talkers vote mccain
While one has to admit, you are clearly Pro-Obama (so am I), your comments demonstrate sound reasoning and logic. Looking toward Presidential qualities in a candidate, selecting one who is not intellectually stubborn or challenged ranks high on my short list of necessary qualities. I think that intelligence is indicative of the moral fiber of the individual. (Of course there are some brilliant criminals, but they are often uncovered!)
How comfortable is the presidential candidate with the information that he/she knows and how one arrives at decisions is a MAJOR quality that I think should be explored in-depth by all the candidates. Perhaps a president with more reliable and intelligent information and a different agenda would have precluded the country from suffering through a disastrous war.
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