The thing is, all of these things play great to his base without expanding his appeal (and in the case of the Professor Gates case, handed the people who are solidly against him ammunition) and so there's not much percentage in him commenting on them and even less in him doing it in a roundabout way.
I think if he'd been dealing with things as "the same erudite, thoughtful man", he would have had a more measured statement on the Gates case that gave him the same resonance but without causing a badly timed distraction when he had other items on his agenda. I support his comments but I think he could have used a do-over there.
For somebody who's professedly neutral, you have a very glossy view of the president. I mean, you're not speaking of him as The Messiah (but then, only his rightwing enemies do that), but you're attributing way more polish to him than... well, I guess you must spend less time than I have reading right wing blogs and commentary pages if you think he hasn't made a single misstep. You seem to have swallowed the left's gloss even while not buying it.
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on 2009-09-20 09:05 pm (UTC)I think if he'd been dealing with things as "the same erudite, thoughtful man", he would have had a more measured statement on the Gates case that gave him the same resonance but without causing a badly timed distraction when he had other items on his agenda. I support his comments but I think he could have used a do-over there.
For somebody who's professedly neutral, you have a very glossy view of the president. I mean, you're not speaking of him as The Messiah (but then, only his rightwing enemies do that), but you're attributing way more polish to him than... well, I guess you must spend less time than I have reading right wing blogs and commentary pages if you think he hasn't made a single misstep. You seem to have swallowed the left's gloss even while not buying it.