Barack Obama

MADem

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9. The Commander in Chief is the POTUS, not the SECSTATE or the SECDEF

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 07:33 AM

Dec 2015

Obama takes advice from these people, as well as his Joint Chiefs of Staff, but the decisions that are made are HIS, and HIS alone.

It doesn't serve him well--and it is unfair--to paint him as someone who got "pushed around" by SECSTATE Clinton. It also doesn't serve her well and it is equally unfair to her.

It's also rude as hell to do that IN THE OBAMA GROUP. He's not a weakling or a pushover.

Obama's team works as a unit to propose courses of action to him, and he makes the call.

Obama's a big kid--he knows his authority, and his prerogatives.

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Hillary is no Obama when it comes to not doing stupid things [View all] daybranch Dec 2015 OP

President Obama has been mercilessly bashed for his FP from day 1. ucrdem Dec 2015 #1

He's gone.. how dare he use the BOG to promote BS. Cha Dec 2015 #5

appealing to voters based on fear mongering from the MSM works. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2015 #2

Can you please not use the Barrack Obama group Coolest Ranger Dec 2015 #3

He's gone Coolest.. sorry I didn't see this earlier. We do have a couple of places that they Cha Dec 2015 #6

Thanks Cha Coolest Ranger Dec 2015 #8

That's your opinion.. Hillary is going to make a great President. And, how dare you use our Cha Dec 2015 #4

Of course it has to go both ways - the situations can be different treestar Dec 2015 #7

When Obama is called a wuss who gets pushed around by his SECSTATE, I'd call that an insult. MADem Dec 2015 #10

The Commander in Chief is the POTUS, not the SECSTATE or the SECDEF MADem Dec 2015 #9