Bill O’Reilly: BillOReilly.com Column – Regrets? He’s Had A Few, Too Few To Mention
President Obama is a man of many words, but few regrets. That’s not terribly unusual in anyone, particularly a skilled politician. But Barack Obama’s rare admissions of error are instructive.This week the president expressed regret for trying to block Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court in 2006. Then-Senator Obama joined other Democrats in an attempted filibuster, even though Alito was ‘indisputably qualified,’ as the president himself might put it.Of course, President Obama’s road-to-Damascus moment comes just as he is about to nominate a justice to replace the late Antonin Scalia. He now says it would be terribly unfair for those nasty Republicans to do exactly what he did a decade ago.It is worth noting that the acknowledgement didn’t come from the president himself. Rather, he sent spokesperson Josh Earnest out to do his dirty work. The quasi-apology was better late than never, but would have been better earnest than Earnest.Last week President Obama offered another apology of sorts during a speech in Illinois. He lamented the fact that, as president, he was unable to ‘pull the parties together’ as he had vowed to do.This is from a president who routinely ridicules pretty much everyone who disagrees with his agenda. He has mocked Republicans as cowards who are ‘scared of widows and orphans.’ Barack Obama, who once bemoaned ‘pettiness’ in politics, has polarized Americans more than any president in modern history. That’s according to a Gallup poll, not some right-wing hate site.
Source: Bill O’Reilly: BillOReilly.com Column – Regrets? He’s Had A Few, Too Few To Mention
