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Obama Bashes America on British Telivision

<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">President Obama recently went on the British Broadcast Channel to complain about American&rsquo&semi;s &ldquo&semi;lack of common sense&period;&rdquo&semi; The president said he felt &ldquo&semi;pretty disgusted&rdquo&semi; when Congress failed to increase gun control legislation in 2012&period; Regardless of President&rsquo&semi;s Obama&rsquo&semi;s disapproval of the culture of millions of Americans&comma; hitting foreign airwaves to air his gripes about the people he swore to serve is certainly an unprecedented&comma; shocking move&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Never before has the President of the United States taken to the foreign stage to bash his own people&comma; but such an act has caused little surprise amongst the American People&period; If you recall&comma; President Obama began his presidency with an &ldquo&semi;apologizing for America&rdquo&semi; world tour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Here is a collection of quotes by the apologizing President&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;In America&comma; there&rsquo&semi;s a failure to appreciate Europe&rsquo&semi;s leading role in the world&period; Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges&comma; there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive&comma; even derisive&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;Another issue that confronts all democracies as they move to the future is how we deal with the past&period; The United States is still working through some of our own darker periods in our history&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;While the United States has done much to promote peace and prosperity in the hemisphere&comma; we have at times been disengaged&comma; and at times we sought to dictate our terms&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;Unfortunately&comma; faced with an uncertain threat&comma; our government made a series of hasty decisions&period; &hellip&semi; I also believe that all too often our government made decisions based on fear rather than foresight&semi; that all too often our government trimmed facts and evidence to fit ideological predispositions&period; Instead of strategically applying our power and our principles&comma; too often we set those principles aside as luxuries that we could no longer afford&period; And during this season of fear&comma; too many of us &mdash&semi; Democrats and Republicans&comma; politicians&comma; journalists&comma; and citizens &mdash&semi; fell silent&period; In other words&comma; we went off course&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">This latest interview comes at the heels of his Comedy Central appearance on the Daily Show &ndash&semi; which President Obama chose over attending &nbsp&semi;any of the Chattanooga marines&rsquo&semi; funerals&period; &nbsp&semi;Critiquing the American culture to foreign countries and appearing on comedy shows to gloat appears to take precedent of honoring fallen military servicemen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Hopefully the next president won&rsquo&semi;t be disappointed and disgusted by the American people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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