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vetteman said:
No. I saw the speech. I know what he did.
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Apparently not the speech the rest of the world saw. Once again:

I have made it clear that America will not base our entire foreign policy on reacting to terrorism. Rather, we have waged a focused campaign against al Qaeda and its associated forces – taking out their leaders, and denying them the safe-havens they rely upon. At the same time, we have reaffirmed that the United States is not and never will be at war with Islam. Islam teaches peace. Muslims the world over aspire to live with dignity and a sense of justice. And when it comes to America and Islam, there is no us and them – there is only us, because millions of Muslim Americans are part of the fabric of our country.

So we reject any suggestion of a clash of civilizations. Belief in permanent religious war is the misguided refuge of extremists who cannot build or create anything, and therefore peddle only fanaticism and hate. And it is no exaggeration to say that humanity’s future depends on us uniting against those who would divide us along fault lines of tribe or sect; race or religion.

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The ideology of ISIL or al Qaeda or Boko Haram will wilt and die if it is consistently exposed, confronted, and refuted in the light of day. Look at the new Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies – Sheikh bin Bayyah described its purpose: “We must declare war on war, so the outcome will be peace upon peace.” Look at the young British Muslims, who responded to terrorist propaganda by starting the “notinmyname” campaign, declaring – “ISIS is hiding behind a false Islam.” Look at the Christian and Muslim leaders who came together in the Central African Republic to reject violence – listen to the Imam who said, “Politics try to divide the religious in our country, but religion shouldn’t be a cause of hate, war, or strife.”

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I realize that America’s critics will be quick to point out that at times we too have failed to live up to our ideals; that America has plenty of problems within our own borders. This is true. In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri – where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. So yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions. And like every country, we continually wrestle with how to reconcile the vast changes wrought by globalization and greater diversity with the traditions that we hold dear.

But we welcome the scrutiny of the world – because what you see in America is a country that has steadily worked to address our problems and make our union more perfect. America is not the same as it was 100 years ago, 50 years ago, or even a decade ago. Because we fight for our ideals, and are willing to criticize ourselves when we fall short. Because we hold our leaders accountable, and insist on a free press and independent judiciary. Because we address our differences in the open space of democracy – with respect for the rule of law; with a place for people of every race and religion; and with an unyielding belief in the ability of individual men and women to change their communities and countries for the better.
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All completely unobjectionable, to any sane person.

vetteman said:
Oh, and he looked like an idiot when he lowered himself to chair the Security Council as well.:rolleyes:
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What on Earth are you talking about?! Why would that be beneath a POTUS?!
 
From Salon:

Monday, Sep 29, 2014 06:58 AM EDT

GOP’s spiteful ploy vs. Holder: Why their confirmation demand is so absurd

Ted Cruz and co. don't want to confirm an AG until next year -- but wait till you hear their confused arguments why

Jim Newell

If the Republicans take control of the United States Senate this November, and Attorney General Eric Holder means it when he says he’ll stay on until his successor is confirmed, then Senate Democrats darn well better hold the confirmation hearing and vote in the post-election lame duck session if they wish to grant Holder the courtesy of leaving before 2017. Because America’s bicameral legislature is anchored by this geriatric death pit known as the “Senate,” a Republican majority in that chamber may mean that no high-profile nomination of President Obama’s is confirmed for the final quarter of his presidency. Just out of spite, or for kicks. Y’know.

Sen. Pat Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell yesterday that he’s “talked with the White House and hope that they would be able to decide on a nomination soon,” adding that “we should have confirmation hearings as quickly as possible in the Senate.” So Pat Leahy gets it: good. And yes, President Obama should get on with the business of nominating a replacement promptly. The Washington Post has a list of names that the White House is looking at – a lot of U.S. attorneys, some more audacious than others.

And right on cue, we have Senate Republicans emerging to argue that holding the confirmation process during the lame duck session would be a stain on the republic. “Rather than rush a nominee through the Senate in a lame-duck session,” Sen. Chuck Grassley explained, “I hope the president will now take his time to nominate a qualified individual who can start fresh relationships with Congress so that we can solve the problems facing our country.” What a statesmanlike means of saying, but I wanna do it when I’m running the Senate Judiciary Committee!

You’re never going to believe this, but Sen. Ted Cruz also had a strong opinion on the matter. Wow, huh? He’s usually such a quiet backbencher, just attending to the needs of his constituents and keeping his distance from the media flashbulbs:

To ensure that justice is served and that the Attorney General is not simply replaced with another extreme partisan who will likewise disregard the law, the Senate should wait until the new Congress is sworn in before confirming the next Attorney General. Allowing Democratic senators, many of whom will likely have just been defeated at the polls, to confirm Holder’s successor would be an abuse of power that should not be countenanced.
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Between Grassley and Cruz’s statements, we have two objections likely to ripple through the rest of the Senate Republican conference: that there’s not enough time in the lame duck for the confirmation process, and that granting the (potentially) outgoing Senate Democratic majority the opportunity to confirm Holder’s successor would be, in Cruz’s stirring rhetoric, “an abuse of power that should not be countenanced.”

Whenever members of Congress use time constraints as an excuse for inaction, one wonders if they’re using a different calendar than everyone else. My calendar, for example, shows that there are a full three months remaining in 2014. I’m pretty sure that mine is the standard 12-month, 365-day calendar that everyone uses for official business. (Religious calendars may vary.) Maybe they sell calendars in the Capitol gift shop that have like four total days in each year or something? It’s just weird that a person like Chuck Grassley would see three vacant months ahead and fear that using that time to confirm a nominee would be “rushing” the process.

Here’s a preliminary schedule: President Obama names his nominee within the next couple of weeks; the nominee spends the window of time between then and Election Day introducing him or herself to members of the Judiciary Committee while the FBI finishes its vetting; confirmation hearings are held two weeks after Election Day; the committee and full Senate vote on the nomination sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. That doesn’t seem like a rush job.

As for the “abuse of power that should not be countenanced.” Scratchin’ my head here and genuinely can’t come up with the legal transgression Sen. Cruz is alluding to. As Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog explains, the Constitution is pretty clear that senators are to serve “for six years.” The word “six” doesn’t seem to be open to much of a strict/loose constructionist debate. If you’re a senator who took office in January 2009, then your six-year term would expire in January 2015.

But, again, maybe their calendars are different from ours.
 
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