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Obama has two huge crises on his hands right now. The BP spill is one. The Korean conflict is another.
We aren't hearing or thinking much about what is going on in Korea, but it is one huge, scary, scary mess.
And the Republicans are practically in a state of sedition, not because of anything that Obama has done that they don't like. Obama has continued business a la Bush on practically every important issue. The Republicans are mad simply because their goal of setting up a Republican-run theocracy has met set-backs on a lot of fronts.
The BP crisis is absolutely horrible. I lived in Mobile for years. Emotionally, this just tears me up. I feel so bad.
But I realize that Obama can't do anything magic to fix the Gulf. Scientists and engineers and geologists have to set the policy in the Gulf. Obama can only authorize what the law and those experts recommend.
But Korea is Obama's responsibility. He and Hillary Clinton have the primary responsibility for what we do there. And it is potentially just as bad a situation as the Gulf.
So, cut Obama a little slack. Please. Please. Right now he needs it.
And I have been critical of Obama's giving in to the Republicans -- one of the most critical on DU. But right now, I think he is handling things as well as any president could. He is only human after all.
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