National dialogue “coarsening”
Barack Obama is concerned about the “coarsening” of our national debate:
President Barack Obama said in an interview to be aired Sunday night on “60 Minutes” that he sees “a coarsening of our political dialogue.”
“The truth of the matter is that there has been, I think, a coarsening of our political dialogue,” Obama told Steve Kroft in an interview taped at the White House on Friday evening.
“I will also say that in the era of 24-hour cable news cycles, that the loudest, shrillest voices get the most attention. And so one of the things that I’m trying to figure out is: How can we make sure that civility is interesting?”
Bob Schieffer, who played the clip on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” said Kroft had asked the president what he thought of all the anger that had erupted over the summer.
Coarse dialogue bothers the president? Is it safe to say he’s getting “all wee-wee’d up” over it?
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Cunctator Says:
Coarsening, yes, but it is the consequence of shallow individuals like Obama dominating the political sphere. Say what you will about GW Bush, but you never heard him bad-mouthing a former president (Obama has done this many times), or denied the basic right of his political opponents to disagree with him (“bickering” according to Obama).
This is just more nonsense from Obama.
Posted on September 14th, 2009 at 9:07 am
UV Says:
Most of the nonsense is coming from the Republicans mainly because. like the Canadian lieberal party, cant stand being out of office.
Nothing else matters.
Posted on September 14th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Jack Says:
I disagree UV.
Posted on September 14th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
UV Says:
oh, you mean they like being out of office, Jack?
Posted on September 14th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Jack Says:
Of course they do, UV. Every once in a while you have to stop to reload.
Posted on September 14th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
FREE Says:
What Jack said!!!
Posted on September 14th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
UV Says:
More on the ‘greasy bull….coming from the Republicans in the U.S.’ as this blogging Tory feels the current american system is screwed, although ours isnt perfect.
And he goes onto say ‘the extremists on both sides of the discussion are screwing us all over and we need to start looking at, not at the U.S. but at Greece, Japan and Germany as a possibility.
http://searchingforliberty.blogspot.com/2009/09/health-care-from-both-sides-of-border.html
Posted on September 15th, 2009 at 12:52 pm