Cenk's Rant Was So Wrong
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Cenk definitely has passion and usually that is great, but man sometimes it means we have to listen to a rant like tonight's which is just plain wrong.
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Cenk definitely has passion and usually that is great, but man sometimes it means we have to listen to a rant like tonight's which is just plain wrong.
Cenk's attack on Obama over Iraq was 100% wrong. Thats all there is to it.
I miss Ben being a regular host on the show, but never so much as tonight when Cenk went on and on and was almost completely wrong. Cenk is great, and I love the Young Turks, but sometimes I wish they had time for listeners to call in, so we can pull him back when he goes off the rail.
This weekend when the media was going nuts over Obama's so called flip-flop, I went back and checked with a Lexus Nexus search, and found that Barak Obama had said nearly the exact thing about Iraq on 22 different occasions over the last 8 months. I read every debate, and Cenk is remembering the debate completely wrong. There was no flip-flop accept in the minds of Republicans and reporters way too primed by Right-wing talking points. Obama was always careful to say that he would take into account the facts on the ground, and adapt as necessary. In fact he held this up as a counter to Bush, who never takes into account facts on the ground.
The Iraq debate should not focus on 16 months as much as what the President will do on the first day, and even in the so called "flip flop" he spoke about meeting with commanders on his very first day, and starting the process of ending the war.
This is where Cenk is most wrong, and Obama was very clear today. He and he alone is the only candidate that is going to end the occupation of Iraq.
Now Cenk is right about Obama and FISA. Obama is completely wrong on this, and completely missing an opportunity to show leadership. Could you imagine if he had actually fillibustered the FISA bill? With his speaking skills, he could have made history. No one in 50 years is going to remember his flip-flop beyond that the Democrats as a whole caved, but if he had stood tall he would have been compared to Jimmy Stewarts character in "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" and it would have been talked about for years and years.
The filibuster is the one way that a Senator can truly show leadership and stand out. Obama made such a huge mistake on FISA.
I miss Ben being a regular host on the show, but never so much as tonight when Cenk went on and on and was almost completely wrong. Cenk is great, and I love the Young Turks, but sometimes I wish they had time for listeners to call in, so we can pull him back when he goes off the rail.
This weekend when the media was going nuts over Obama's so called flip-flop, I went back and checked with a Lexus Nexus search, and found that Barak Obama had said nearly the exact thing about Iraq on 22 different occasions over the last 8 months. I read every debate, and Cenk is remembering the debate completely wrong. There was no flip-flop accept in the minds of Republicans and reporters way too primed by Right-wing talking points. Obama was always careful to say that he would take into account the facts on the ground, and adapt as necessary. In fact he held this up as a counter to Bush, who never takes into account facts on the ground.
The Iraq debate should not focus on 16 months as much as what the President will do on the first day, and even in the so called "flip flop" he spoke about meeting with commanders on his very first day, and starting the process of ending the war.
This is where Cenk is most wrong, and Obama was very clear today. He and he alone is the only candidate that is going to end the occupation of Iraq.
Now Cenk is right about Obama and FISA. Obama is completely wrong on this, and completely missing an opportunity to show leadership. Could you imagine if he had actually fillibustered the FISA bill? With his speaking skills, he could have made history. No one in 50 years is going to remember his flip-flop beyond that the Democrats as a whole caved, but if he had stood tall he would have been compared to Jimmy Stewarts character in "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" and it would have been talked about for years and years.
The filibuster is the one way that a Senator can truly show leadership and stand out. Obama made such a huge mistake on FISA.
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