Yet another questionable performance by President Obama at the Summit of the Americas. This comes from April 18, 2009 at the opening ceremonies.
From http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/18/obama-endures-ortega-diatribe/:
"President Obama endured a 50-minute diatribe from socialist Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega that lashed out at a century of what he called terroristic U.S. aggression in Central America and included a rambling denunciation of the U.S.-imposed isolation of Cuba's Communist government."
Does anyone wonder, besides me, how the President of the United States could have sat and listened to a Marxist Dictator like Daniel Ortega lash out at America and NOT DO ANYTHING? Obama, if he had any guts or wished to express the disapproval of America, could have stood up and walked out. Yet, he sat and listened. Maybe he was waiting for the opportunity after Ortega's tongue-lashing to go and shake the guys hand... or ask for an autograph...or better yet - another photo op! Or worse....maybe Obama was in agreement with Ortega.....
During one point of his rant, Ortega mentioned the Bay of Pigs incident. Ortega stated that Obama could not be held responsible for that, since Obama was only an infant. Obama's response: “I’m grateful that President Ortega did not blame me for things that happened when I was three months old.” (Hmmmmm, isn't there a bit of an irony here, when white people are STILL being blamed for the ills of slavery in America, yet none of us existed when slavery was around?....but that's another blog entirely.....and yet more proof of the hypocrisy of the left.) Now, back on topic...
Hey, even France got up and walked out at the recent U.N. conference on race relations once Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began to speak about the Holocaust, claiming the West used it as a pretext for aggression against Palestinians. Many European diplomats (yes, even wimpy France as I just mentioned) showed enough class and sense of duty (actually, sense of right and wrong) to stand up and walk out while Ahmadinejad was going off on his tirade. They did not approve of what Ahmadinejad was saying. They spoke with their feet - and good for them!!! Wonder what our President would have done if he would have been in the audience. Is it a sure thing that he would have stood up and walked out in protest, too? One has to wonder...
I personally find it highly doubtful that Obama would have walked out at the U.N. conference, given the fact that President Obama sat passively and didn't do a darn thing while his own country was being ripped to shreds in a speech by Ortega at the Summit. All Obama had to say when asked to comment on what Ortega said was that he found "the speech to be 50 minutes long." I swear I cannot make this stuff up. Couldn't Obama have offered a real rebuttal? Something with maybe a hint of outrage or disgust? Could Obama have gone after the source - Ortega? Could he have possibly praised America for something....just anything? Or maybe Obama couldn't think of anything to praise his own country for.... Needless to say, Obama did NOTHING.
What kind of leader is Obama? What kind of leader is the President of the United States? What kind of man seeks to embrace and desire the approval of thug dictators and Marxists, and refuses to stand up and defend America? Obama had many opportunities at the Summit of the Americas. Yet, he chose to instead go for friendly handshakes and warm and fuzzy photos. He chose to ignore all the anti-American speeches directed at his own country. Do Americans out there feel short-changed by the representation of our so-called leader?
Americans SHOULD be offended by Obama's behavior! Obama's performance spoke volumes about what he thinks about the country the President is supposed to represent. Obama doesn't seem to think too highly of America. His own words and actions of the past few days clearly show as much.
Shameful.