Comments on: President Seeks to Inform Democratic Candidates http://jscafenette.com/2007/09/26/president-seeks-to-inform-democratic-candidates/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:57:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Big Mo http://jscafenette.com/2007/09/26/president-seeks-to-inform-democratic-candidates/#comment-5267 Big Mo Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:48:46 +0000 http://jscafenette.com/2007/09/26/president-seeks-to-inform-democratic-candidates/#comment-5267 I heartily agree. It's one of the reasons why I still support him. He gets the big picture and rises above the petty politics of the moment. Real leaders do that. They look at long-term consequences and transformations, long-term solutions instead of quick fixes, and are absolutely hated for it. Some tend to downplay or ignore the politics of the moment, and suffer for it. (Wait until you read what I have to say about Ulysses S. Grant - you'll see this in spades.) When I read this story, I knew -- again -- that Bush is a real man and a real leader. Like he said BACK IN 2001, this war isn't going to go away quickly, and it will be fought for a long time. Helping his potential successors make sure they don't box themselves in with their rhetoric is one of the most statesmanlike, most presidential and most humble (as in servantlike) things that ANY American leader has ever done. I heartily agree. It’s one of the reasons why I still support him. He gets the big picture and rises above the petty politics of the moment.

Real leaders do that. They look at long-term consequences and transformations, long-term solutions instead of quick fixes, and are absolutely hated for it. Some tend to downplay or ignore the politics of the moment, and suffer for it. (Wait until you read what I have to say about Ulysses S. Grant - you’ll see this in spades.)

When I read this story, I knew — again — that Bush is a real man and a real leader. Like he said BACK IN 2001, this war isn’t going to go away quickly, and it will be fought for a long time. Helping his potential successors make sure they don’t box themselves in with their rhetoric is one of the most statesmanlike, most presidential and most humble (as in servantlike) things that ANY American leader has ever done.

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