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Obama: Civility for Thee, but Not for Me

Bosco11 Wrote: May 09, 2010 11:14 AM
pretty weak tea here, folks. perhaps in commenting on the thin skin of this administration the authors might glance in the mirror. and an example of incivility is confronting a representative of his own party? egads---never before! the mcconnell/boehner jibes---wow! that's some thin skin from the folks who brought us "aiding the terrorists" as a civil response. and omg, correspondent's dinner jokes. perhaps because obama has so many opportunities to laugh at the absurdities of today's town hall style civility and depth of criticism, he just can't help himself. on the scotus meter, i'll give his sense of humor a 5 vote and your holier-than-thou smile a 4. in national terms that would be 55%-44%. if i were coming from a more...

Our Lecturer-in-Chief demands we do as he says, not as he does. During his University of Michigan commencement address, Barack Obama assumed the professorial role and began lecturing Americans on how to behave: "Now, the second way to keep our democracy healthy is to maintain a basic level of civility in our public debate. . But we can't expect to solve our problems if all we do is tear each other down. You can disagree with a certain policy without demonizing the person who espouses it."

While the idea of a civil debate is certainly appealing, Barack Obama has...