I Will Do My Best To Make This My Last OP On Obama's Brussels Remarks, But... [View all]

[WillyT]

You have to realize that at first glance, those remarks were like taking a lit cigarette, and putting it in an open wound that never healed.

Many of us, marched several times against Bush's march to war with Iraq. We also chose Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton because of the words he said regarding war with Iraq. We also knocked on doors, manned phone banks, put out mailers, went to rallies for POTUS, based on his stance on the Iraq War, and the other words he spoke while campaigning.

So...

Whether "in-artful", "off the cuff", or a momentary lapse or reason... Those comments stung... a lot.

And if you actually look at the media's reaction, on the Left, they felt stung too.

Nobody has accused him of lying (that I'm aware of), just maybe putting his foot in his mouth.

I'm just saying that he chose a very "strange", "weird", "odd" way to explain himself.

And the initial reaction... was understandable.

Before the ACA... his signature... Stance... was against the Iraq War.

It distinguished him from Hillary, and then McCain.

And most of us haven't gotten over the way GWB actually got crowned President.

And most of us are still hurting over that, and the lies that led us to fuck up another country...

A country who had NOTHING to do with 9/11.

So I hope you can find it in your hearts to excuse us for being more that a little sickened and pissed.

That is all.