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treestar

(82,383 posts)
1. The President is very good at handling people who oppose him
Fri May 24, 2013, 11:10 AM
May 2013

Tolerant and patient. To a degree that amazes me. Often seems to frustrate Democrats, too. They'd rather he lit into her.

iemitsu

(3,888 posts)
2. The President sometimes says things that reveal introspective wisdom
Fri May 24, 2013, 11:20 AM
May 2013

and demonstrate good leadership abilities, but alas, words come more easily to him than action.
He won't heed his own advice.

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
4. He has always been good at handling hecklers during his speeches
Fri May 24, 2013, 11:25 AM
May 2013

Not shutting them down and not having them removed form the audience as a past administration had done.

I saw him ask one heckler to lead the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance at a campaign rally I attended.

I wish he was as good at handling the media and the republicans as he is at hecklers.

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
5. Here is the the shorter version:
Fri May 24, 2013, 11:28 AM
May 2013

Obama: Close Gitmo.
Code Pink: BUT close Gitmo.
Obama: Yeah, I said close Gitmo.
Code Pink: BUT TEH GITMO.
Obama: Seriously?

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