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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
Obama can't win. Two weeks ago the media was hammering him for being too pessimistic and driving fear. Now he is being too optimistic.
This is what happens when a president is so clean that people need to really reach for things to slam him over.
For the past 10-12 years the #1 news story at any given time contained an element of being critical of the president. A lot of people want to continue down that path.
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too optimisitc?
he's a leader. his job from day one is to inspire hope, inspire people to be the best, to have a vision for a better world and better life and to communicate that to everyone and make them not only optimistic about the future, but enthusiastic and want to be a part of it and be the best they can be.
any leaders job as a leader is to bring out the best in those they lead. period
a football coach doesn't walk into the locker room and say "yeah... we're getting hammered and its going to get worse"
a general doesn't go to his men before battle and say "well guys, its not looking good... in fact, you're pretty much fucked"
that's not what leadership is.
how can you be so ignorant to suggest that "being critical of the president" is a bad thing? EVERY PRESIDENT SHOULD BE CRITICISED! holy fuck man. Do we need to count the leaders that weren't/can't be criticized? Should i start? 1 - Stalin ... 2 - Hitler ... 3 Chairman Mao... 4 Kim Jong Il ... 5................................................. ..........
They're all assholes. What keeps assholes in check is criticism. The reason he's finally getting the fact that he can't talk down the economy is BECAUSE he's being criticized. he's being criticized because there has been real world consequences to his words and the things he's said.