When Obama said, the buck stops here, was he trying to be like Harry?

Question

Truman, or JFK while making his speech yesterday ?

The Mainstream press:

SAWYER: "The buck stops here." It's an echo of another young president at another time.

STEPHANOPOULOS: ...John F. Kennedy after the Bay of Pigs. The president took responsibility.

GERGEN: ...take personal responsibility for this just as John F. Kennedy did after the Bay of Pigs.

BUCHANAN: Remember Jack Kennedy after the Bay of Pigs...

Or is RUSH right in saying:
RUSH: A couple more things here on this brave speech yesterday by the president. The media is twisting and turning, doing exactly as I predicted: Blaming everything here on Bush, systems that Bush and Cheney put into place. "It can't be our new young president. He's only been there ten months!" Remember, though, Bush had been there ten months and they tried to blame him for 9/11. At any rate, there's a story here at Politico.com from yesterday: "White House Security Report was Further Redacted Before Release." Yeah, it was. "He [an administration official] said it was further redacted over concerns that any information divulged not reveal sources and methods. 'One has to be extremely careful what is made public. It can provide knowledge to your enemies.'" Now, I don't think they care about that. You know why? There's a very simple reason why they don't care about that.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_010810/content/01125109.guest.html

Answer 1

The buck stops here. What a freaking joke, and shame on him for quoting Truman. The next sentence was "Now is not the time for partisanship. Now is the time for citizenship." Nothing more than a plea to end the criticism he deserves. This guy just can't take a punch.

Answer 2

Oh, if only he would try to be like Harry Truman, the last true American President or John Kennedy, the first of the new era of politics.

Although I disagreed with Kennedy and the failed "Bay of Pigs" he did do a better job than any since. And I say that we should announce to the public the world over how we treat our detainees and if they care about their health and well being, maybe they should make sure they don't do anything to get caught by us. If they can't do the time, don't do the crime! hang em high, hang em often!

Answer 3

The buck aint worth a shoot nowadays anyway

Answer 4

Our Bucks you know Tax Dollars and they will not leave 0bamas hand until he and Michelle go shopping again and again.

Answer 5

Oh, he meant it. The actual BUCK. Responsibility? Nope. Note that in MOST of his speeches, he refers to "I" "we", and "my administration". This time, it was "the government".

Answer 6

I would have to say that Rush is right.



I think the president made that comment to make himself look tough, but the terrorists around the world see him for what he is, nothing more than a big joke.

Answer 7

If the buck truly did stop with Obama, he should fire himself for gross negligence.

Answer 8

Nothing Rush says has any validity. The man is a jackass. Everything he says is designed to inflame. It's all innuendo.



"The Buck Stops Here" was indeed a sign that Truman kept on his desk. So? Are we not allowed to quote figures from history any more?

Answer 9

Who cares? It's refreshing and good for America after 8 years of the Weasel Boys Bush-Cheney lying and finger-pointing as they crashed America into the ground



Limpboy is a lying, uneducated drug addict.