Obama Thanks Clinton, Gore For Journos' Release

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August 5, 2009

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News & Politics

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• obama
• release
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• clinton
• gore

[Michigan1985]

Did anyone see if fox news tried to spin this in a negative light because Clinton and Gore were involved?

[torpol]

It's very refreshing to actually see some good news for a change.

[donitabird]

Yea, but alAYS look at these kind of stories. Its always A Democrate who brings our Citizens home, You never see a story a Republican going out there and bring back a American citizen or MIA soldiers. at least I havenst seen one yet not remembering hearing one, but Please do share with me if there is one or more.

[QuasiEvilScott]

By that argument zidmt, anything that threatens an individual directly (or perhaps by implication - indirectly) should be avoided.

Chosing to ignore danger does not in itself make an idiot. Idiocy requires a compunction to ignore information in favor of belief - "Truthiness" as Colbert coined the phrase.

When people choose to ignore danger, in search of some purpose, it is not idiocy, it is conviction and passion.

You dont share those values nor can you judge them in others.

-Qes

[JasonMelancon]

That's great, truly. Let's follow it up with calling for the reunification of the Zelaya family and condemnation of the anti-democratic coup in Honduras.

[MooseOfReason]

I just find it odd he chose to use those words rather than "We need to expand AmeriCorps."

He is good with words, you know?

[OlivierdeAthos]

Okay, I checked it out. You can find the whole speech on the BarackObamadotcom youtube channel. Just search "Colorado" and you'll find it.

If you watch from 16 minutes onward, you'll see that he was referring to "growing the Foreign Service" and doubling the size of the Peace Corps in order to make America more secure through DIPLOMACY. That's what he was referring to by "a civilian force." Not using the word "force" literally.

[oolong2]

It is well documented that Reagan negotiated to sell weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of the hostages as long as it was done after he was sworn in as president...

I hardly call selling weapons to win political points a humanitarian effort...

[oolong2]

MooseOfReason ,

Yes Democrats as in *people* who politcally call themselves "Democrats" not "Democratic administrations".

There is an obvious distinction.

It seems that those that go out of their way to negotiate for hostage releases or take up humanitarian causes, tend to be democrats based on my observations.

Now if you know of any well known Republicans that have taken up humanitarian causes, then by all means inform me.

Otherwise I don't see a problem with my comment.

[MooseOfReason]

Sure. He said it in a speech in Colorado: Tt2yGzHfy7s

[OlivierdeAthos]

I don't know. I don't remember him saying that. Can you point me to a source for the quote?

[MooseOfReason]

oolong2, You say "It's not about the administration," yet your comment praised Democrats for dealing with hostage situations.

Also, President Obama gave an order to act if the captain's life was in imminent danger. He didn't send the Navy, though. They came in response to the Maersk reporting a hostage situation.

"The rescue began when Commander Frank Castellano, captain of the Bainbridge, determined that Phillips' life was in imminent danger and ordered the action."