Why I support President Obama

Hillary Clinton, explaining the Afghanistan review process to Charlie Rose.



As I've said to friends before, it's not the what that President Obama does in office it's the how.

Would I like to see a healthcare bill with a reasonable public option pass (perhaps in states that only have one or two insurers)? Yes.
Would I like to see some sort of viable carbon tax bill pass? Yes.
Would I like to see the President move more forcefully on repealing the ban on gays in the military? Yes.

Even if he failed on all of these fronts (which there's a strong possibility he might) I would still support him. Why? That's sounds completely illogical.

Because I supported the President not for the decisions he makes but for how he goes about it. He's deliberate and incisive and seeks multiple opinions outside his own, just ask Republicans Olympia Snowe, Chuck Grassley and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

All I ask is that our President, regardless of party, thinks through every decision he or she makes with care and with all of the information and opinions available. There's so much pressure on Obama to make this decision and view it as some sort of insight into his strength or weakness as a leader.

Look guys, we all get it. Democrats are pussies who are afraid to fight wars (although you might want to refer to Presidents Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Kennedy/Johnson). Our soldiers don't deserve a leader who thinks he kicks ass just because he made a quick and final decision. They deserve a leader that puts their safety above his own ego.