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“President Obama told 60 Minutes […] “Part of my promise to the American people when I was elected was to maintain the kind of tone that says we can disagree without being disagreeable. And I think over the course of two years there have been times where I’ve slipped on that commitment.” There certainly have been. And [his] comparison to Boehner and McConnell is hardly apt; they have been far more careful in their rhetoric against Obama and Democrats than Obama and Democrats have been against Republicans. […] Here I suppose it’s worth bearing in mind a modern proverb: Fool me once; shame on you. Fool me twice; shame on me.”
— PETER WEHNER - 11.09.2010 (commentarymagazine.com)
The only "slip" made by the Chutzpah-in-Chief during His "interview" on 60 Minutes is in not having appended the gratuitous, "Next time it will be different". I presume that would be the change we could all believe in (as if ...).
Here's one for The Obama's enemies (i.e., anyone who disagrees with Him) to keep in mind: "Fool me once — shame on you; fool me twice — shame on me; fool me again — no more Mr. Nice Guy,
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