Obama admits that he "Pushed the Wrong Button"

[flordehinojos]

as per article in the L.A. Times quoted by Breszinsky and Scarboro in today's Morning Joe.

Pushed the wrong botton on those votes where he voted "present" ? Come on. It even boggled scarboro's mind. according to Scarboro there is a green button which means yes, a red button which means no, and a yellow botton which means abstain!

So, once again, Obama is not taking responsibility for his votes or his actions. He is excusing (and with a lame excuse at that) his votes and his actions and people think this is a guy who is going to be ready to stand up to foreign enemies? he will be ducking for cover faster than bush ducked to the underground bunker in nevada on 9/11!

And, not only, that ... Pushing the Wrong Button in an Age of N-u-c-l-e-a-r weapons ... could send us all to oblivion where we might all find obama at the pearly gates telling all us also there at the pearly gates, "i made a mistake. that wasn't the button i intended to push!" come on. give me a break!

[derby378]

1. "Push the button, Frank..."

:shrug:

[MNDemNY]

2. The article, though not damning, highlights the fact that he is NOT ready.

[TwilightGardener]

7. Not ready to push buttons? Does he need to improve his manual dexterity

to be Preznit?

[MNDemNY]

8. Apparently.

[LatinManNH]

18. Maybe he was trying to push the button

with his feet? He did, after all, want to challenge Bill Clinton to a dance off.

[TwilightGardener]

20. LOL! Well, it's a good thing the Presidency isn't conducted like a video game--

Obama's guy would be dead in the first five minutes.

[Blarch]

3. Only the 100th thread on the subject

If you bothered to read even one of them you would realize how stupid you look right now.

[BootinUp]

30. Come'on theres been no where near that many

this issue is just warming up.

You are crying way to soon! lol.

[TwilightGardener]

4. Oh please, I highly doubt that there's one "button" that the President pushes

to start a nuclear launch--the missile-silo guy does THAT, and it's not one button. This is just silly. Give it a rest.

[kstewart33]

5. did he really say that he pushed the wrong button?

If so, that's right up there with Bill's "I smoked, but didn't inhale" fiasco.

[Skip Intro]

9. Repeatedly. I hope this gets as much play as Bills *didnt inhale* claim.

[TwilightGardener]

10. Is it worse than "I voted for it, but I secretly hoped it wouldn't pass, because

I didn't agree with it"? That wasn't the wrong button--that was just a bizarre admission.

[Blue State Bandit]

21. "I voted for it, because I was against it".

Well smack me with a flip-flop and call me President!

:rofl:

[sam sarrha]

13. that comment was that he 'tried', but made him cough, so he couldn't inhale, but he didn't say he

didn't say he couldn't swallow a brownie..

that was just spun to make him look foolish.. but it was funny

[elixir]

24. Wouldn't it be appropriate to categorize these picadillos? Bill's "inhale" is matched with Barak's

teenage drug use. Bill comes out looking cleaner. I think the voting issue can be paired w/ Hillary's IWR and K-L votes in which case Barak wins.

[protect our future]

6. Scarboro likes to play the fear card & the race card.

[calmblueocean]

11. Do Clinton supporters really believe that there's one Big Red Button that launches the nukes?

I have to think you probably don't, but some of the stuff I hear from you guys is getting so absurd, I can't always be sure these days.

[flordehinojos]

14. hey that is what the bushies have been selling from time immemorial

[napi21]

12. Dumb liar pi** me off more than almost anything else! I accept

the fct that EVERYONE lies once in a whil...especially politicians, and for many different reasons, but SMART PEOPLE at least tell believable lies! Repeatedly "pushing the wrong button" is one of the dumbest excuses I've heard in a long time!

[Blue State Bandit]

15. Admitting your mistakes?

What a novel concept in a Presidential candidate.

Doesn't honesty disqualify you from the White House?

No wonder Hillary still stands behind her IWR and Kyle-Lieberman votes.

:banghead:

[flordehinojos]

16. h.o.w.e.v.e.r ....... that is not what he said in the debates, there, he said that

he was not sure about whether his vote could benefit or help the issue being voted on.

that is quite different from, "i pushed the wrong button!"

[Tarc]

17. Yep, "I didn't inhale" now has a rival

"I pushed the wrong button". :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MethuenProgressive]

19. Excuses, excuses, excuses....

Lets Hope his supporters push the "wrong" button...

[Little Star]

22. Just like Hillary said, Its hard to tell you actual position!

He sounds like John Kerry Lite. He is like trying to catch a lightning bug in a jar. Can someone please explain his defense on the accusations against him? He sounds like " i didn't inhale' on every subject.

[burythehatchet]

26. Hillary, the Queen of triangulation accuses another of the same. How Orwellian

:rofl:

Meant to say "how Rovian"

[flordehinojos]

28. do you understand what triangling is?

that is what obama does. i see hillary as trying to have a 1:1 debate with obama and trying to set the record straight ... while he goes crying to the press about whatever button he wants to push... not responding on a 1:1 to her and going to the press -- that is triangling.

[burythehatchet]

29. I know precisely what it is, here's an article from the NYTimes - note the title

Mrs. Triangulation
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/02/magazine/02hillary.html

[flordehinojos]

32. let me see ...

triangling, according to murray bowen, m.d., the man who coined the phrase is when, for instance, two people have a problem and pull in a third person to resolve it for them.

it seems to me that the obama people have been pulling in the press to attack hillary on his behalf rather than standing up and dealing directly with hillary, or if his problem is with bill, he is not dealing directly with bill either.

the clintons are trying to respond directly to obama, although they keep getting pulled in by the press who is taking obama's side.

that is what triangling is.

[burythehatchet]

36. I hope when the primaries are over all you good people will somehow

regain your senses. Because right now, its not a pretty site (sight).

[jackson_dem]

35. Yup!

He never takes a real stand and always has an "explanation." John Kerry Lite! :rofl: Maybe that is why he endorsed him?

[HeraldSquare212]

23. 5 votes out of 4000? Gosh, you're right.

And I can't wait to see the Daisy ad coming soon from Clinton.

[burythehatchet]

25. Whoa. What if he accidently sat on THE BUTTON? Damn, no vote for him

:rofl:

[1corona4u]

27. So he voted for it, before he was against it?

;-)

[jackson_dem]

34. And then afterwards in one case said he was "undecided"

[LanternWaste]

31. I suppose if it were actually relevant, I'd be concerned about it.

I suppose if it were actually relevant, I'd be concerned about it. But, as it seems to be another bullshit story with no other purposes than to slam a candidate, I'll give it all the consideration it's due...

"Pushing the Wrong Button in an Age of N-u-c-l-e-a-r weapons ... could send..."

There's too many fail-safes and safe guard for that type of accident to happen from the office of the President... which is why it's just another bullshit story.

[no name no slogan]

33. ... and Bill Clinton did not inhale (nt)