tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post6298493512097639288..comments2023-06-16T09:13:46.330-05:00Comments on gabbygeezer: "Don't Do Stupid" Ain't StupidDick Kladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-72127162558538264012014-08-31T02:37:50.329-05:002014-08-31T02:37:50.329-05:00Thank you for saying it so beautifully for me, Dic...Thank you for saying it so beautifully for me, Dick! I would prefer our leaders think carefully before resorting to jumping into another war without understanding the consequences.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-29349757301574621102014-08-29T11:28:23.002-05:002014-08-29T11:28:23.002-05:00Try third. Bill was pretty intelligent too...exce...Try third. Bill was pretty intelligent too...except when it came to win min...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-52741755291390621072014-08-29T09:25:55.742-05:002014-08-29T09:25:55.742-05:00Hillary is making some good strategic moves, which...Hillary is making some good strategic moves, which comes as no surprise to me. If she wins, we'll have the second consecutive super-intelligent president. Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-49734900789166464832014-08-28T19:18:11.238-05:002014-08-28T19:18:11.238-05:00"Don't do stupid" strikes me as the ..."Don't do stupid" strikes me as the proper starting point for any action by anyone. Weigh your options carefully and don't do anything hasty or ill-considered. It's one of the reasons I voted for Pres. Obama in the first place; I wanted to see a more thoughtful, intellectual approach to things. (And lord knows we needed some intellect after George Bush!)<br /><br />Hillary is distancing herself from the president for the same reason many Democrats are -- he's unpopular and they see that as a possible liability to their election chances. More importantly, she needs to represent a distinct change from the current administration, something new rather than more of the same.PiedTYpehttp://piedtype.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-56770339532107439712014-08-28T16:54:45.514-05:002014-08-28T16:54:45.514-05:00Cliff, "Don't do stupid" can seem to...Cliff, "Don't do stupid" can seem to have a Machiavellian twist, but there is room for compassion. Machiavelli never would have advised the Prince to bomb bad guys to help a beleaguered minority trapped on a mountain avoid annihilation. There would have been no tangible benefit for the Prince. Obama did that, and there was no apparent economic or other benefit to the U.S. "Don't do stupid" doesn't rule out doing the right thing. Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-22279517734065949502014-08-28T16:03:53.639-05:002014-08-28T16:03:53.639-05:00I have been sufficiently discouraged, that I'm...I have been sufficiently discouraged, that I'm not doing much to keep up with the course of events. Particularly in the Middle East and relations with the "new" Russia. <br /><br />I would usually suggest Theodore's guiding principal of "speak softly and carry a big stick" In our current age of irrational lunatics... the Machiavellian policy of the administration may be appropriate. At least it seems to me to be going that direction....<br />Cliff Fishernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-31260501400488822132014-08-28T08:29:08.601-05:002014-08-28T08:29:08.601-05:00Seems to me that a president who stopped two fooli...Seems to me that a president who stopped two foolish wars. succeeded in starting us on the path to universal health care. and led the way out of one of the worst economic situations in history is anything but a disaster.Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-79554154431312517442014-08-28T06:28:58.166-05:002014-08-28T06:28:58.166-05:00Disagree with hawk. Truman dropped the bombs on N...Disagree with hawk. Truman dropped the bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. That action is considered by many on the left to have been overkill. Given Iran is on it's way toward the bomb, none of us can rest easy. Yes, I know the process started under FDR. My old boss' father worked on the Manhattan project. <br /><br />The current White House suffers from analysis paralysis. If only they had thought through some of their earlier decisions like interfering in Libya and Egypt. <br /><br />Don't do anything stupid is stupid. What is stupid anyway? Introducing Kudzu and DDT? My Dad worked on those government sponsored projects. <br /><br />I don't think in the long run any more lives will be saved with Obama. We learned this lesson multiple times in the past. <br /><br />I would trust Hillary with foreign policy and domestic policy much sooner than O. Read Maureen Dowd's (NYT) last opinion piece on O's domestic policy with regard to race. On the one domestic issue where he might have made a difference, he has not. <br /><br />He's a disaster as a president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-29108474310402900412014-08-27T16:07:57.983-05:002014-08-27T16:07:57.983-05:00I think you are quite right about Ms. Clinton, JHa...I think you are quite right about Ms. Clinton, JHawk. She is plenty smart. She might even gain a bit politically in this case, given President Obama's current low standing in the polls.Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-72565796061344746932014-08-27T15:59:33.766-05:002014-08-27T15:59:33.766-05:00Agree. I think it's a fine policy. Harry Tru...Agree. I think it's a fine policy. Harry Truman, I feel sure, would applaud it, and its simple phrasing may help out future "deciders" who are prone to let others do their "thinkin'" for them.<br /><br />I do think Ms. Clinton understands this better than she lets on, but of course feels the need to set some distance between herself and her old boss (not to mention, to return a few of those stabs in the back she took earlier).<br />jhawk23http://www.morning-fog.comnoreply@blogger.com