In this Aug. 9, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Jack Dempsey, AP
I believe President Obama's team has committed a symbolic misstep in their web response to Mitt Romney's speech and the Republican convention. The web ad shows Obama seated in the chief executive's chair with his back to the camera and the tag-line: "This chair is already taken."
While some may find it cute, I find it disturbing. First, how many feel that this president has turned his back on us as average Americans? However, it is the tag-line that bothers me the most.
May I remind the president that the chair he occupies is not "taken" but "given" by us, the voters, the people of this great nation. If our president has forgotten that, maybe it is our time to "give" someone else that chair.
David Julian
Murray
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I agree. Instead he should have flown to an aircraft carrier and stood before a Mission Accomplished banner.
Where on earth did you find this photo of President Obama? It looks like it was chosen for publication by Karl Rove!
Yep, keep debating the merits of Clint's speech as this will distract us even more from the real issues...
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