Obama's Judgment of Rumsfeld

[NewHampster]

Run time: 00:18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxPA37n0oOU   Posted on YouTube: January 30, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: March 01, 2008 By DU Member: NewHampster Views on DU: 1684

 
This was back when Rummy was nominated.

• Isn't Senator Obama telling us that he has great judgment?


• Isn't it his judgment that will save us at 3am?


• Well he didn't have such great judgment about Rummy or other Bush appointees.


• One speech, One good judgment in a career does not make a president.

[Buzz Clik]

1. Are you implying that Obama voted in favor of Rumsfeld's nomination as Secy of Defense?

[NewHampster]

2. No implication. He wasn't a Senator yet was he?

Just pointing out that his judgment may not be what he claims

[Buzz Clik]

3. No, he was not. So what are we to take from this 18 second clip? Your interpretation?

[NewHampster]

4. He thought Rumsfeld was good

He said he thought Rummy and the other appointees were good. Nothing more but,

His main argument is that he has better Judgment than Hillary. Well he may have had better judgment on the war but then again he wasn't a Senator for that vote either.

We should not IMHO being selecting a President based on One judgment out of many that we make in our lives. If his history of Good Judgment was without error then I'd believe the argument, but on the contrary he has a history of making some rather poor judgments, as does Hillary.

[Buzz Clik]

5. He didn't say they were "good" -- but thanks for clearing that up. I thought this was your ploy.

[NewHampster]

8. He aluded to it

Sorry for putting my opinion out there.

[berni_mccoy]

15. You are so full of shit. He gave Rumsfeld credit for being political.

He didn't say he was good. He said Rumsfeld's a player. That's a healthy respect for your enemy.

[tabatha]

6. "Rumsfeld is in any way out of the mainstream of political life"

= good?

Huh?

[NewHampster]

7. My opinion only

He gives him credit for being in the mainstream of American political life.

[NewHampster]

9. How many ways can Obama Supporters spin this

My post is about his judgment but I'm getting accused of putting words in his mouth that I do not.

I do not say except in a comment that he thinks Rummy is good. That comment was my opinion.

The original op is about Judgment. The core of the Obama campaign.

That is all.

[tyne]

10. Seems to me

that if that clip was allowed to continue, we'd be hearing Obama say, "but". There's always a reason for short clips such as this.

[NewHampster]

11. But I have no idea

[NewHampster]

12. little more time

a kick before I head to RI

[JBoris]

13. Where is the rest of the clip?

[silverweb]

14. Where's the rest of it?

Obama very frequently starts out with positives, later adding a qualifier or "on the other hand" portion to his statement. (Think about how he starts out praising Clinton or McCain before he says "but....")

These 18 seconds are obviously a very truncated portion of something larger. Where's the rest of it? What is the whole context of what he said?