Rachel Maddow railed against President Barack Obama because he seemingly went easy on the Republicans and former President George W. Bush.
Her segment seemed laced with spite and some "stick it to ya" desires.
Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa and did not prosecute any of those who persecuted him or supported apartheid in that country. Would she or anyone else from the left leaning progressive media have approved of this?
Does she get what Obama is trying to do?
It’s frustrating to listen to the progressive left on US television. On Tuesday, President Barack Obama took to the airwaves to announce the end of active combat in Iraq, seven years after the war started and cost the US a trillion dollars.
It was time to "turn the page" on this war and focus on some domestic priorities President Obama said. He went out of his way to praise the patriotism of former President Bush and made sure not to use the opportunity to cast blame for an often questioned war.
Well, that set off the media who lean to the left of the political spectrum. The likes of Rachel Maddow, the recipient of the 2010 Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom award went berserk on air for President Obama letting Bush and other Republicans who pushed for the war off the hook by not publically criticizing them for this war. I feel the likes of Maddow just don’t get it.
If there is one thing Obama promised to do when he won in 2008 was to change the way Washington worked. That means stopping the cycle of criticism and constant partisan attacks. That means looking forward and working on policies that promote hope and prosperity. Focus on the positive of the opponents’ ideas and bringing the combined strengths of both the right and the left to work for America.
I often wondered how Nelson Mandela’s Truth Trials would have been received in the US. Here was someone who was personally prosecuted for over 27 years yet punished no one when he became President of South Africa. His only pledge was not to let it happen again thereby allowing his country to transition out of apartheid and put its past behind them. Does that sit well with you Rachel?
When you look at the problems that face the US, one could only hope that tackling the priorities that face the nation supersede the desire to get even as being promoted by the left.
Published from my blog at Perspective Ottawa by Blake Batson (http://www.perspectiveottawa.com/?p=2418)