tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post219396249589106992..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Obama in Europe: All Style, Little Substancemike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-30603180560894909022009-04-10T07:56:00.000-07:002009-04-10T07:56:00.000-07:00The blog didn't start until the end of 2007 so I c...The blog didn't start until the end of 2007 so I can be excused for not criticizing him until then. Though, outside of the blog I certainly did. <BR/><BR/>http://theeprovocateur.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-bushs-see-no-evil-hear-no-evil.html<BR/><BR/>In that piece, I think I was very tough on Bush.<BR/><BR/>I was certainly very tough on him regarding TARP.<BR/><BR/>http://theeprovocateur.blogspot.com/2009/01/shifting-purpose-of-tarp.html<BR/><BR/>and I have criticized his policies at large...<BR/><BR/>http://theeprovocateur.blogspot.com/2008/10/bush-economic-liberal.html<BR/><BR/>So, I would say your criticism of me is a bit distorted.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-48917024988450552192009-04-10T03:27:00.000-07:002009-04-10T03:27:00.000-07:00The real sign of America's decline is the frenzy o...The real sign of America's decline is the frenzy of insecurity people like you who descend into when their hyper-nationalist egos are not constantly stroked by their leaders. <BR/><BR/>This kind of overwrought, reaction to reality is a chronic symptom of the far right's siege mentality which is endlessly fed by jingoism that passes for journalism. If you're truly worried about America's decline, take a deep breath, stop hyperventilating, and look in the mirrorNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-11073313488748894242009-04-10T02:14:00.000-07:002009-04-10T02:14:00.000-07:00The venom that continues to drip from your warped ...The venom that continues to drip from your warped pen each and every week regarding Obama shows tht you are still not able to accept the fact that your Godfather, Bush is out of office and that the GOP is out of power. <BR/><BR/>There was hardly a peep out of you regarding the criminality, cronyism and in incompetence from Bush and his group of thugs. Bush left office having weaken, disgraced and demoralized our country--and you seem to blame Obama for the current state of affairs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-4852204580969765152009-04-09T10:45:00.000-07:002009-04-09T10:45:00.000-07:00I'm surprised none of his supporters alleged that ...I'm surprised none of his supporters alleged that he didn't get what he asked for because he asked for some of the same things Bush wanted: Turkish membership in the EU and more NATO troops in Afghanistan.<BR/><BR/>You have to remember that to Obama's supporters, diplomacy isn't a means to an end its an end in itself. The idea that the rhetoric about Old Europe and who doesn't need who gets toned down is, for them, the most important thing. So in that respect they did get what they wanted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com