Tuesday, August 19, 2014

"At some point bland is not what you want."

Ann Althouse writes that one of the reasons she voted for Obama in 2008 was that she did not want to vote for a demagogue. She cites his race speech in Philadelphia in which he pointed out that Rev. Wright was divisive. But she has come to realize that Obama is bland, and at some point, bland is not what you want in a president. Has Obama learned from his terrible mistake of criticizing the police in the Skip Gates incident? It appears that he has, in regard to his more measured comments about the situation in Ferguson, Missouri. Read more here.

No comments: