Overheard in London, Obama muses on need for time to think

[DeepModem Mom]

NYT/AP: Overheard, Obama muses on need for time to think
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 26, 2008

LONDON (AP) -- Barack Obama endorses making time for thinking in the White House. And maybe looking out for those pesky microphones. When the Democratic candidate for president chatted with Tory Leader David Cameron at the Houses of Parliament on Saturday, an ABC News microphone held overhead followed them, the network reported on its Web site. Obama and Cameron seemed not to notice and continued to talk casually about the demands of high office, according to ABC.

CAMERON: You should be on the beach. You need a break. Well, you need to be able to keep your head together....Do you have a break at all?

OBAMA: I have not. I am going to take a week in August. But I agree with you that somebody, somebody who had worked in the White House who -- not Clinton himself, but somebody who had been close to the process -- said that, should we be successful, that actually the most important thing you need to do is to have big chunks of time during the day when all you're doing is thinking. And the biggest mistake that a lot of these folks make is just feeling as if you have to be ...

CAMERON: These guys just chalk your diary up.

OBAMA: Right. In 15 minute increments....And, well, and you start making mistakes or you lose the big picture. Or you lose a sense of, I think you lose a feel ...

CAMERON: Your feeling. And that is exactly what politics is all about. The judgment you bring to make decisions.

OBAMA: That's exactly right. And the truth is that we've got a bunch of smart people, I think, who know 10 times more than we do about the specifics of the topics. And so if what you're trying to do is micromanage and solve everything then you end up being a dilettante, but you have to have enough knowledge to make good judgments about the choices that are presented to you.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Obama-Cameron.html

[Hope And Change]

1. Oh, nooooooooooooooooooo....we are screwed

[Bicoastal]

2. It's true. 54% of Americans are opposed to a president who thinks.

[wurzel]

4. Thinking is elitist.

[Liberal Veteran]

3. Thinking is for wimps and girlie men! Go with your guts, they never lie.

:sarcasm:

[Avalux]

5. Imagine that! Taking time to think about the big picture. Amazing.

This casual talk with Cameron will certainly hurt Obama among a lot of Americans. They don't know what the word think means.

[my2sense]

6. Oh my can't wait to hear

how the MSM spins this into a negative. I'm sure O'Lielly & Limpballs listeners will have to look up the definition of "think".

[AllentownJake]

7. Maybe some time for reading as well

Like documents that say Bin Laden determined to attack America might be good as well.

My Pet Goat doesn't count as reading time btw.

[DeepModem Mom]

10. Good point! Thinking, AND reading. nt

[kenny blankenship]

8. Media: Obama admits being frequently confused

McCain: Why should I take time out from the War On Terror to scratch my head or to contemplate my navel, when my gut already knows the answer to any question is either: Tax Cuts! or Iran Did It!

[opihimoimoi]

9. THE AUDACITY....Whats WRONG w HIM???TIME? WE DON NEED NO STINKIN TIME

:sarcasm:

This man will win....period.