'Obama Doctrine" praised by top conservatives

[xiamiam]

Conservatives reacted with shock and disdain to President Obama's Nobel prize, and some attacked his speech on Afghanistan before he even delivered it. But now many on the right are lauding Obama's lecture in Oslo defending the use of American power.

In an interview with USA Today, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin suggested the speech could have come from her mouth.

Palin praised President Obama for the speech he gave Thursday to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. She said the president's defense of war to combat evil could have been taken from the pages of her memoirs.


"Wow, that really sounded familiar," said Palin, a frequent Obama critic. "I talked, too, in my book about the fallen nature of man and why war is necessary at times."

Former House majority leader Newt Gingrich told WNYC the speech was "actually very good."

"He clearly understood that he had been given the prize prematurely, but he used it as an occasion to remind people, first of all, as he said: that there is evil in the world ... I thought in some ways it's a very historic speech."

A spokesperson for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) added, "As President Reagan said, Republicans believe in peace through strength, and we were pleased that today President Obama addressed and defended our mission in Afghanistan, where success is the only option."

Erick Erickson, the conservative founder of RedState.com, wrote, "I was surprised by Obama's speech. Parts sounded like full throated support for the Bush doctrine.
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[ixion]

1. "full throated support for the Bush doctrine"

that is precisely what all this is, and why I'm so pissed off about it. :argh:

[Historic NY]

2. they will be attacking him in 18 months.

[Romulox]

3. Heads they win, tails we lose. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Hawks of a feather.... K&R

[xiamiam]

5. you gotta love this from Palin though

from article

Palin praised President Obama for the speech he gave Thursday to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. She said the president's defense of war to combat evil could have been taken from the pages of her memoirs.


"Wow, that really sounded familiar," said Palin, a frequent Obama critic. "I talked, too, in my book about the fallen nature of man and why war is necessary at times."

you just cant make this stuff up

[lapfog_1]

7. "her memoirs"

now THAT should be in the dictionary as the pure definition of an oxymoron.

[polpilot]

8. Maybe President Oh-Bomb 'em will have Palin on the ticket with him in 2012??

[jaxx]

9. Now the democratic president is called names on DU?

This is outrageous. It's gone beyond politics to personality. I post with some wingers who talk like that.

[guitar man]

12. Flip Flopper!!

I thought Obama was a guy who "pals around with terrorists"? :shrug:

:crazy:

[xiamiam]

6. unbelievable that people unrec a news thread which just quotes interviews

keep your heads in the sand..2 + 2 will still equal 4

[Marr]

10. And not one of them will vote for him.

I don't believe that all this "bipartisanship" is really about appeasing the middle, personally-- I think it's about feeding the same machine that Bush fed. Public opinion be damned.

These people are going to 'bipartisan' themselves right out of office. Appeasing the right these days means angering everyone else, and the right won't respond to it anyway.

[timeforpeace]

11. They seem to consider Obama a malleable tool that's coming along just fine, thank you.