Obama was certainly a talker. However, I think he was not a particularly good negotiator. His biggest accomplishment, the Affordable Care Act, could have been much better if he hadn’t always tried to meet the opposition halfway before negotiations began. I think your wife may not have as exalted opinion of Martin Luther King’s actions, as opposed to his words. That seems to ignore the great actions he undertook for both racial and labor causes. I would also think Obama would NOT be upset, but rather flattered, by her name for him. I had my problems with his presidency, but I think few of us would have handled his situation any better and most of not nearly as well.
I understood that with my reply. I don’t think “all talk” is quite right, given the ACA. I said Obama would be flattered, not that your wife was flattering him.
Agreed. My wife called him Martin Luther Obama. He talked a good talk but did little.
Obama was certainly a talker. However, I think he was not a particularly good negotiator. His biggest accomplishment, the Affordable Care Act, could have been much better if he hadn’t always tried to meet the opposition halfway before negotiations began. I think your wife may not have as exalted opinion of Martin Luther King’s actions, as opposed to his words. That seems to ignore the great actions he undertook for both racial and labor causes. I would also think Obama would NOT be upset, but rather flattered, by her name for him. I had my problems with his presidency, but I think few of us would have handled his situation any better and most of not nearly as well.
It wasn’t meant as flattery but as recognition of his being all talk. MLK on the other hand backed up his words with action.
I understood that with my reply. I don’t think “all talk” is quite right, given the ACA. I said Obama would be flattered, not that your wife was flattering him.