Comments on: My Obama 100 Days Scorecard http://www.redstate.com/fredmalek/2009/05/01/my-obama-100-days-scorecard/ Just another RedState: Conservative News and Community weblog Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: izoneguy http://www.redstate.com/fredmalek/2009/05/01/my-obama-100-days-scorecard/#comment-127 izoneguy Fri, 01 May 2009 23:47:13 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/fredmalek/?p=24#comment-127 Hmmmm, As I suspected, Obama's quoting of Winston Churchill did not sound right to me. In his press conference of 29 April, in response to a question on the disclosure of top secret memos on the use of "enhanced interrogation methods," Mr. Obama said: "I was struck by an article that I was reading the other day talking about the fact that the British during World War II, when London was being bombed to smithereens, had 200 or so detainees. And Churchill said, 'We don't torture,' when the entire British--all of the British people--were being subjected to unimaginable risk and threat....the reason was that Churchill understood -- you start taking shortcuts, over time, that corrodes what's best in a people. It corrodes the character of a country." Read more here: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/05/023463.php Hmmmm,
As I suspected, Obama’s quoting of Winston Churchill did not sound right to me.

In his press conference of 29 April, in response to a question on the disclosure of top secret memos on the use of “enhanced interrogation methods,” Mr. Obama said:

“I was struck by an article that I was reading the other day talking about the fact that the British during World War II, when London was being bombed to smithereens, had 200 or so detainees. And Churchill said, ‘We don’t torture,’ when the entire British–all of the British people–were being subjected to unimaginable risk and threat….the reason was that Churchill understood — you start taking shortcuts, over time, that corrodes what’s best in a people. It corrodes the character of a country.”

Read more here:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/05/023463.php

]]> By: Common_Cents http://www.redstate.com/fredmalek/2009/05/01/my-obama-100-days-scorecard/#comment-126 Common_Cents Fri, 01 May 2009 21:31:41 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/fredmalek/?p=24#comment-126 The voters and MSM didn't do their homework. I'd give them an INCOMPLETE and make them re-do their assignment. They gave us an INCOMPLETE President. He's got more holes than swiss cheese. You cannot even give a grade to INCOMPLETE work that was barely even attempted. The voters and MSM didn’t do their homework. I’d give them an INCOMPLETE and make them re-do their assignment.

They gave us an INCOMPLETE President. He’s got more holes than swiss cheese.

You cannot even give a grade to INCOMPLETE work that was barely even attempted.

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