Obama made a fundamental mistake?

[BeBMan]

I always thought high of him, but now I'm pretty disappointed. Maybe's not really the ONE. Sure, he killed OBL and all, but after his recent fauxpax I'm not sure we can entirely trust him anymore, whatever longform documents he will put out to cover his ass:

Chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the United States, the White House said late on Wednesday.

Do they give these medals to every one these days?

http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20101118-31251.html

[SlowwHand]

Let him come ruin your country and we'll see how much of a rock star status he retains to you.

[BeBMan]

We already have Merkel to ruin our country....

[Uncle Sparky]

At least he didn't give Merkel the traditional Presidential feel up line his predecessor.

[Asher]

Let him come ruin your country and we'll see how much of a rock star status he retains to you.

I'm afraid the US has been ruined for a few decades before Obama took office.

[SlowwHand]

Yeah, Clinton diddling the hired help was embarrassing, but he's talking about Obama.

[giblets]

At least he didn't give Merkel the traditional Presidential feel up line his predecessor.

I'm afraid the US has been ruined for a few decades before Obama took office.

Yeah, Clinton diddling the hired help was embarrassing, but he's talking about Obama.

Okay, I'm trying to figure out which of the first two posts here could have possibly prompted a comment about Clinton. The first is obviously talking about that weird shoulder grab thing Bush did to Merkel and the second post is about the country having been ruined for decades... I don't think Clinton ruined the country by diddling women.

[SlowwHand]

You wouldn't. A basic concept of management.

[MRT144]

You wouldn't. A basic concept of management.

You're so obtuse sometimes.

[Provost Harrison]

You wouldn't. A basic concept of management.

Did you ever consider your hero Dubya may have f**ked everything up, or is that concept too unthinkable for you, Texan?

[BeBMan]

Can we all bash Merkel in this thread please?

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Merkel is a woman

[Provost Harrison]

Well if Obama made a fundamental mistake, Osama made a fundamentalist mistake

[Hauldren Collider]

BeBro, I'd trade you Obama for Merkel in a heartbeat.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Did you ever consider your hero Dubya may have f**ked everything up, or is that concept too unthinkable for you, Texan?

Contextually doesn't agree with Ashers orginal comment that the US was hosed for a few decades.

So while Bush helped the decline, Asher referred to decades of mismanagment. Were I to guess, from the late 60's to present day. Plenty of Dems and Repubs to blame in that time period.

Course we have two Texans in that bunch, LBJ and W, so you can argue that pols from Texas have had a bigger impact in decline of US than any other states pols.