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Almost half -- 48% -- labeled Obama as a "cautious and consultative" commander-in-chief, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Highlighting the partisan split in the country, another 36%, however, called him "indecisive and dithering."
Just 17% called him "strong and decisive."
A little more than one-third of Americans see President Obama as an "indecisive and dithering" commander-in-chief.
The new poll of 975 people asked respondents to describe the president's leadership style as Commander-In-Chief.
It also gauges how the public feels about U.S. involvement in Libya.
Julia Clark, IPSOS Public Affairs Director, tells Reuters, "the data suggest he is perceived to be more consultative in his approach, which may distinguish him in the minds of the American public from his predecessor, George W. Bush, who was not perceived to be.
On U.S. involvement in Libya, 60% said they "support the United States and its allies bombing Libya to impose a no-fly zone to protect civilians from Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's forces." Another 40% said they are opposed.
In the poll, 79% said they would support the U.S. and its allies trying to remove Khaddafy. A small minority support deploying grounds troops -- only seven percent said they would support that idea.
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I thought we weren't suppose to talk about 'W' & his shoot first ask questions later philosophy any more! lol
I'll take cautious over callous any day! Thank You!
Thank you President Obama - for continuing to be the only adult in DC!
Yups.... kudo's to Obama...
So Feisty-
Are you with the President's military intervention in Libya, or not?
Don't run and hide...
I know thinking is painful for you, but...
What do you think?
So, we have 1/3 rd of American's Not supporting President Obama!
That's about Par with the 1/3 rd that continued to support President Bush "Till Death To Us Part"
Not bad 2/3 rds of America:
I'll take them Odd's anyday!
Feisty Redhead, you just can't spin a positive on a 17% rating. Why, that is only one point higher than our State legislators in California.
Now there is a comment I can buy into: dithering commander-in-chief.
How about you, Rick, Ky?
You on board?
Just want to see everyone on the record, one way or the other...
Our California legislators pulled a 16% positive rating?
That's way better than I expected...
Certainly way better than they deserve.
Mixed, i'll tellya this, there's 2 Internationally known Terrorist, that've been around for 20-40 years & counting. 1 President (Bush) made a half-hearted Attempt(about 6 months or so) at Bin Laden. 2 date, Notta Single President went after Gaddifi, until about a week ago.
If you Understood the word HONOR, the way You think you do:
You'd Admit President Obama has been doing the Right thing for America!
But afterall, you're from California!
Stereotyping & all, ya know!
I'm sure You can Sypher, cancha!
When's the last time America heard a peep outta Bin Laden? It's been awhile, because President Obama has his A$$ pinned down, scared to Move, with all them Patriot Missles.
Republicans & like minded folks don't Understand this HONOR thing!
It's all about Mind Control!
Uhhh...Rick.
Is there an answer in there somewhere?
Do you support our President's military intervention in Libya...or not?
Is that such a difficult question to answer?
If so...why?
If the answer is yes...put'er there, pal!
Now...
Feisty?
Rick, KY
Please don't lump all Californians into one pot. I try not to do the same with Kentuckians. Regarding Daffy Duck being targeted: Reagan did and was almost successful. I approved of that since he killed all those Americans in that Disco at the time and later also that airplane over Scottland had his signature. So I do need to give credit to a Republican, from California by the way, Reagan for trying to do the right thing even though he failed. I hope Obama has more luck even though I don't think he stomachs an assassination attempt, I think lots of other nations do.
So just what is the official language of Kentucky Rick?
Sure doesn't appear to be English.
And Mixed We all know Feisty cannot answer. The old gal is just no equipped. Poor dear. Good news is she great at advise us as to the color of people [Boehner], weight [Christie]. and ummmm, intelligence [insert any republican here].
lol, Spanky-
Feisty doesn't want any part of me and President Obama.
No way...no how.
Ana, this is a little game Mixed started a 1 or 2 days ago, so i'ma B A PLAYA!
No way would I suggest all Californian's are the same:
Heck, take Spanky for example
AnaBanana-
So what's the statute of limitations for the innocents murdered by Gaddafi in the air and on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland?
Whether or not the President has the stomach for pursuing justice regarding Gaddafi?
Or did Gaddafi buy his way out of justice?
Rick,
Long timea go dat libdya guy killt 2 mericans in disco. Raygun drpped a few bombs on his placeand. ain't thata hoot. Nother repub - Schrub (thats little bush to the folks in cali) busted up bad hiz best buds army, stomped hiz air foce so bad ole sadamn started buryin hiz own rooskie planes int he desert where the anin't nuthin but camels, bigazz bugs and that bedwetting tribe guys bedoween or somethin and then he hauled off an smacked his boys clean off the face of the earhf an dt hen chased ole whosane down drugged himout of the hole he waz in. and then strung him up took some polaroyds and sent them to gaddaffy an tolt him hez next if'n he don't give up hiz nucler crap. gaddafy said its yours MR SCHRUB -please come get it and schrub did and the g. man didn't never say nother thing not a who or nuthin as long as schrub was runnin things and thaz a fact man.
and Prez Schrub done same thing with ben ladern. His been hid so long an deep he still can'tfiger his way uot. Folks aint seen him fer y ears na years.
oh yea- bout them patriotic missiles u said Bama was a using to pen ben down. won't work too good cuz theys the ones fer shootin down other mississiles. (like using the wrong gun dont use a 22 rifle for bird
Dangit now Bob, are U a trying to be?
A: Hillbilly
B: Appalachian American
C:Redneck
D: Just your usual DumbA$$ ole self
I'll Take a stab atit & say D!
Days Not weeks!
MUCH better cautious and consultative than Ragtime Cowboy Bush. Any six days of the week.
And to all you conservatives who keep accusing me of living in the past with regard to comparing President Obama to President Bush --
-- What exactly is it about the past that you don't like?
haha... they know... they are just pretending like it never happened. lol. selective amnesia.
It's kinda funny that everything they accuse the president on can be traced back to GW's regime.
Deficits - destroyed economy prior to Obama stepping in...and neo-cons complain that the president is not fixing Bush's mess fast enough.
destroyed image: two wars (I give him credit for getting into 1war [didnt finish it though], but I give him an fat F for getting us into the more costly war - Iraq).
spin, spin, spin.....gets old, huh?
Sorry Anna M and Tundie [by the way why did you disappear earlier?] - I loved the past. 2000 - 2007 were good, fiscally productive years.
Then the high gas prices came.
Say what is the cost of gas in Wisconsin these days? Oh no!
Spanky....
I didn't disappear, I had to do some work... I sneak in here to comment every 2hrs or so... but I'm starting to become a volume commenter nowadays - I need to quit it. Can't continue that once medical school starts in June.
2000-2007 were good fiscally? that's gotta be a joke right? Bush financed his wars on a bubble economy. that means the economy and money the government thought they had was not really there. And surplus turned into deficits...also when government and wall street realized everyone was living on a bubble economy... the footing fell off. Whether you like it or not, this was Greenspan and Bush's mess - it was their Agenda to increase home ownership. I can give you sources... from free republic dot com/focus/f-news/2084267/posts
Unfortunately Anna Connies like the past. They cling to the past. That is what makes them Connies.
But the past is well,..........so,......yesterday. Trying to apply yesterday's solutions to today's problems does not make it.
Im a lib and Im tired of bringing Bush up everytime our Pres. is queation on something.When can Obama stand on his own?
Excuse me- more than twice as many, (36%), see him as indecisive and dithering as see him as decisive (17%).
You see this as GOOD news for Obama?
You really need to learn to read for FACt, rather than adjective.
He STILL does not know why he ordered these bombings- nor doe he know what the end game is.
Let me tell you - if Qaddafi does not end up dead as a result, he will lose what support he has for his action.
At which point, he had better go on permanent vacation- otherwise, he will end up impeached.
Feisty and Anna are thrilled that the leader of the free world is not a strong and decisive leader.
Agreed; that is clear after 2 years of his dithering, clumsy, contradictory, apologetic style of leadership.
Who are the 17% who think otherwise?
Bob-1887910.. .I'll take "cautious and consultative" over "strong and decisive" any day. At least we know he is listening to someone, not just the words in his head....
Tunde,
ramming through the massive government takeover of 1/6 of the provate economy, ObamaCare, was done with raw political thuggery, it was by no means "cautious' or "consultative".
In Liberal-World, up is down, black is white, and failure is success.
Now you know why they love Obama.
JoAnnaSmith1
In Liberal-World, up is down, black is white, and failure is success.
Now you know why they love Obama.
What??? Have you changed opinions? Everything you post is opposite of President Obama's supporters and his agenda. Now you admit success. WOW
Bob-1887910.... do you guys even think for yourselves? government take-over? how in the world did the government take over health care? Please do explain and dont give me the usual BS talkin points.
All government did was regulate it..... I wish they took it over.... that 1/6 of the economy was growing to become 1/2 of the economy by 2020 (at the rate Health care cost was going - hopefully HCR will curb that rate, but even I as a democrat is skeptical about it).
Afterall, health insurance watered the bill down to a point where it will have minimal impact and probably wont cost as much as originally projected.
What is the republican solution. Oh I see, let the free markets take care of it.... you guys don't know how un-informed that sounds.
I do not agree with everything Obama did or did not do but I am happy with his performance and his ability to overcome the overwhelming opposition. The Republicans have been relentlessly on his a$$ even if they agree with him. I for one will never vote republican again after what we have been through these past 2 years. I used to vote for the person who made the most sense to me but I will never trust republicans ever. I do not believe they have a candidate that's worth a d.... anyhow.
Keep an open mind, Barb...
I'd still consider voting for a Democrat.
Despite their past behavior.
Despite their present behavior.
Heck yeah Mixed - Obama is now a war hawk and signed into law tax cuts for the wealthiest 2%. Should he find his way to a decent energy policy - and he will because he will be forced to in less than two months when gas hits $5.00 - even I might consider coming on board.
Obama=bush-haircut.
Wait 'til he gets to the debt crisis, Spanky.
OMG...
He's listening to Hillary and Susan, Tunde.
Better than the voices in his head.
Reuters headline on same story:
"Few Americans see Obama as strong military leader"
MSNBC's motto.. .."lean forward...and make sure Obama looks good."
Bob-1887910
Reuters headline on same story:
"Few Americans see Obama as strong military leader"
MSNBC's motto.. .."lean forward...and make sure Obama looks good."
The Booby Trap oracle
Spin negativity and wish failure for his President and country with repugnant explanations.
Lean Forward; dude.
Bob - I think Bev just propositioned you.
She wants you to bend over. If it were me I'd totally go for it. She rocks a mean tea bag, you know as the tea-baggie.
Fun's fun gentlemen, but don't you think this exchange is getting a little sophmoric?
This exercise in failure in Libya by Obama is not unexpected. We knew who Obama was when he was elected. A man with no record of achievement, other than winning elections. A man with an abstract message, but no concrete plan. A man that felt noble in voting "Present". A fence sitter. A man that looked to be contemplative and wise, but deep down is just dazed and confused. We see the result. A reluctant cowboy mentality, where Obama tries to look the part, but a man that causes more problems, and more endangerment to the Middle-East region because of his indecisiveness.
Obama got rolled again, this time by Hillary. The Reluctant Warrior, the Passivist, Obama, wanted no part of Libya, but he is so indecisive, he lets others make the decisions for him. With Hillary's prodding of Obama, he turned on himself so fast it's a wonder he didn't get whiplash.
So we see what "cautious and consultative" gets you. More bloodshed, more instability, more problems, and now a weak President that is weakened even further by his own indecision. Nobody will count on Obama any more. He's too erratic, to easily led by subordinates, he can't be dependent on to make any decision, let alone the right one.
What did Biden have to say about what may happen during Obama's days in office? Something about a crisis he wouldn't be able to handle? Is this it? Where are they hiding Joe anyway - haven't heard any gaffs from him lately.
jackpot,
What Biden said was that Obama would be tested in his first year.
He said nothing about him not being able to handle it.
Did Hillary run a commercial with the phone ringing in the middle of the night and asking if Obama had the experience to handle it?
In hind sight Biden or Hillary look a lot better than what we got now. They both had a record and not a history of fence sitting.
Count me among the 36%.
350,000,000 people in America and the best we can do is Mr. Obama. Maybe we should not be the leaders of the free world.
Ah marcos, isn't it a shame that President Floppsie is in charge? But with a whopping 17% approval rating, and with him losing his core, with the exception of the libbie following on the MSNBC site, I would feel he won't be around in 2012.
But what do we do until then?
Bob-1887910
Feisty and Anna are thrilled that the leader of the free world is not a strong and decisive leader.
Agreed; that is clear after 2 years of his dithering, clumsy, contradictory, apologetic style of leadership.
Who are the 17% who think otherwise?
Booby
It really doesn't matter since almost half -- 48% -- labeled Obama as a "cautious and consultative.
As I said before, those numbers look better for President Obama. That means more people trust President Obama over the chipmunk grin on the face of the LIAR, President Bush.
Bev - indulge me and describe the following leaders:
1. Churchill;
2. FDR;
3. Alexander the Great;
4. Ike;
So I could go on, but any of these, or any others you'd care to share ever been described as a total wuss, umm, I mean Cautious and consultative?
Hey Beverly... are you a retired school teacher?
Did they ask if they thought "cautious and consultative" was considered a good thing or a bad thing in the Man who is the Leader of the Free World?
it all depends on where you are obtaining your data Bev. If it is one of those liberal sites, the 48% is really low for we all know you folks believe he walks on H2O. On a bias polling site, his numbers would be lower by a great margin.
Whooooo, just turned on the early news, and there is Obama Bev, locked out of the White House.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Now I hope this also happens in 2012 Bev from Chicago.
No, just indecisive and cowardly.
President Obama is a Diplomat, I know we have not seen one in a while, so people are confused about what that entails. It is not Dithering it is contemplation and weighing consequences. I for one prefer Diplomacy to Shoot First, Ask Questions Later.
Quite the diplomacy going on in Libya. It's delivered at the business end of a Tomahawk missile.
Have you not seen the news? For, ohhh, about a week.
I love diplomacy.
I thing Reliant likes the tomahawks.
Tomahawks are good...
Does diplomat mean can't keep his campaign promises straight?
JoAnnaSmith
In the weeks just prior to our actions in Libya there was plenty of Diplomacy. Getting the U.N. Security Council to approve any action is a minor miracle. Not only was there Diplomacy abroad, but within the U.S., the Senate was persuaded to pass a Non Binding Resolution in support of a No Fly Zone. Just because the negotiations with NATO had not finished does not mean that they were not diplomatically engaged. The determination was made that action had to be taken and the paperwork would have to follow is all.
And yes, I do Like Tomahawks to help remove obstacles. War is a continuation of Diplomacy by other means (To Paraphrase Zhou Enlai)
While reading the paper today, an article was devote to the Libyian rebels who have had enough of fighting. They are pulling back to protect their homes from the loyalist troops.
So, do they want the US to place boots on the ground to protect them? Have us fight their war for them?From the expenditures of weapons already committed, have we accomplished anything if Leader Q. wins his battle against the rebels?
What would this say about the UN and President Flopsie?
President Obama: Cautious and Consultative" - A high compliment.
Over at The Only Adult In The Room website, there is a video (just under 3 minutes) which shows thousands & thousands of people in Benghazi who held a massive rally today, to simply - as a sign said: "Thank all the nations that stood with them."
One Sign - Merci Sarkozy.
They thanked the Arab Nations, Britain, USA & France.
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And tomorrow is the 100th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. A fire that happened right in the middle of the city of New York.
NYT 3/11/11: Some 400,000 New Yorkers turned out in pouring rain for the funeral procession in 1911. The names of all those who died were not known until Michael Hirsch was able to identify the last six Triangle fire victims by poring over old ethnic newspapers and public records.
"Bertha Kulla — I finally found her family this year," Hirsch says. "She's actually a Shirtwaist striker. She was arrested on the picket line... Usually, when you see accounts of this, there are no faces attached to it. They're a number — immigrant workers, 146 immigrants. This gives them back their identity."
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Per NPR: On Friday afternoon, church bells will ring at the time the fire broke out and for the first time the names of all 146 victims will be read in front of the building that once housed the Triangle Shirtwaist factory.
Haven't they pulled the plug on NPR yet?
Quick and impulsive is fine.
Until the bill arrives.
What's the tab up to for Iraq now, and BTW where's Osama? Any ROI going on there for my tax money and Bush's twin dalliances?
I like Bert and Ernie
Mixed and Bob, I refuse to believe that you guys got to be the dynamic, get-it-done guys you are today without a well-thought-out life plan; a vocational map to guide your life's decisions. Such success as yours is not the product of random chance and capricious happenstance. No.
You guys check every swimming pool before you dive into it. You need to know that there is water in it. Your every motion is guided by, dare I employ the term,...... intelligent design. All of your deliberations are the end product of working gray matter, not indiscriminate kismet.
Such is the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. His path to that address was designed, not ordained. Not a random meteor strike, but a sniper's bullet. He plotted his moves well in advance, and like a Russian chess master knew how many moves it would require to attain checkmate. Obama thinks.
Aw, shucks, Greg...
I couldn't stop blushing.
You had me up to your last paragraph.
Greg? Extremely well said... Thank you!
His path to 1600 was bought and paid for by the unions and George Soros. He can't make a decision period
Obama is an idiot
Hmmm...
mau mau commie...
Subtle.
maumaucommie? That kinda tells it all, doesn't it?
Dithering....perfect word for Prez Obama. That is exactly what Obama does on many issues. We are suffering here in America with a poor economy and Obama does nothing. We had no business going into Libya.
“[§338-17.8] Certificates for children born out of State.
(a) Upon application of an adult or the legal parents of a minor child, the director of health shall issue a birth certificate for such adult or minor, provided that proof has been submitted to the director of health that the legal parents of such individual while living without the Territory or State of Hawaii had declared the Territory or State of Hawaii as their legal residence for at least one year immediately preceding the birth or adoption of such child.
(b) Proof of legal residency shall be submitted to the director of health in any manner that the director shall deem appropriate. The director of health may also adopt any rules pursuant to chapter 91 that he or she may deem necessary or proper to prevent fraudulent applications for birth certificates and to require any further information or proof of events necessary for completion of a birth certificate.
(c) The fee for each application for registration shall be established by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 91. [L 1982, c 182, §1]”
Everybody get that?
As long as an adult can walk into Hawaii’s version of the Department of Records and provide proof that they are a legal resident of Hawaii, the document is issued.
The child, on the other hand, could have been born in Hawaii, Kenya, or a back-alley in Budapest.
I'm not saying he wasn't born here, I'm saying if he was born here, he has a legal Birth Certificate, not just that Certificate of Live Birth we've all been shown numerous times! Why are they afraid to show it?