As the Bard noted:
“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!”
1. So.....by the same token, one who not only lacks any understanding of history, and botches it when he tries to insert himself therein, can pretend he in an influence in same.
... this dunce, Obama, who has seen his policies and ideas fail literally dozens of times....and I mean 'literally' literally....actually mouths predictions about history, and how future events will support his backside, bankrupt blather.
a. "To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history,..." President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
b."... the U.S. response to protests in Egypt that forced President Hosni Mubarak from power last Friday. Critics have faulted the U.S. for being too cautious in offering support to protesters in Cairo. The administration now appears to be placing itself on the side of those in the streets. "History will end up recording that at every juncture in the situation in Egypt, that we were on the right side of history," Obama said." Obama: U.S. Is 'On Right Side Of History' In Mideast [He said this gleefully anticipating the ascendancy of the Muslim Brotherhood.]
c. And, as Gaddafi was about to be pushed out....“I believe that Gaddafi ison the wrong side of history. I believe that the Libyan people are anxious for freedom and the removal of somebody who has suppressed them for decades now. We are going to be in contact with the opposition, ..."
Obama, Gaddafi, and the ‘wrong side of history’ [September 11, 2012, attack of a United States outpost inBenghazi, Libya, that left four Americans killed,....]
d. "Speaking more broadly about the then still young “Arab Spring” he said, “I think that the region will be watching carefully to make sure we’re on the right side of history.” When Vladimir Putin started carving up Ukraine, the president insisted that America wouldn’t actually do anything about it, but fear not -- because Putin is on the wrong side of history. The “long moral arc of the universe” -- another of Obama’s favorite phrases -- will “bend toward justice.”
In the meantime: Tough luck, Ukrainians."
file:///C:/Users/Angel/Downloads/goldberg-are_you_on_the_wrong_side_of_history-transcript.pdf
2. "It’s a phrase Obama loves: He’s used it 15 times, in debates; at synagogues; in weekly radio addresses; at fundraisers. Obama is almost as fond of its converse, “the wrong side of history,” which he has used 13 times; staffers and press secretaries have invoked it a further 16." The Wrong Side of 'the Right Side of History'
"....telling someone they are on “the wrong side of history” means “You’re going to lose eventually, so why don’t you give up now?” file:///C:/Users/Angel/Downloads/goldberg-are_you_on_the_wrong_side_of_history-transcript.pdf
Another dunce tried it in this form: "The debate is over!"
And, of course, it isn't.
“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!”
1. So.....by the same token, one who not only lacks any understanding of history, and botches it when he tries to insert himself therein, can pretend he in an influence in same.
... this dunce, Obama, who has seen his policies and ideas fail literally dozens of times....and I mean 'literally' literally....actually mouths predictions about history, and how future events will support his backside, bankrupt blather.
a. "To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history,..." President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address
b."... the U.S. response to protests in Egypt that forced President Hosni Mubarak from power last Friday. Critics have faulted the U.S. for being too cautious in offering support to protesters in Cairo. The administration now appears to be placing itself on the side of those in the streets. "History will end up recording that at every juncture in the situation in Egypt, that we were on the right side of history," Obama said." Obama: U.S. Is 'On Right Side Of History' In Mideast [He said this gleefully anticipating the ascendancy of the Muslim Brotherhood.]
c. And, as Gaddafi was about to be pushed out....“I believe that Gaddafi ison the wrong side of history. I believe that the Libyan people are anxious for freedom and the removal of somebody who has suppressed them for decades now. We are going to be in contact with the opposition, ..."
Obama, Gaddafi, and the ‘wrong side of history’ [September 11, 2012, attack of a United States outpost inBenghazi, Libya, that left four Americans killed,....]
d. "Speaking more broadly about the then still young “Arab Spring” he said, “I think that the region will be watching carefully to make sure we’re on the right side of history.” When Vladimir Putin started carving up Ukraine, the president insisted that America wouldn’t actually do anything about it, but fear not -- because Putin is on the wrong side of history. The “long moral arc of the universe” -- another of Obama’s favorite phrases -- will “bend toward justice.”
In the meantime: Tough luck, Ukrainians."
file:///C:/Users/Angel/Downloads/goldberg-are_you_on_the_wrong_side_of_history-transcript.pdf
2. "It’s a phrase Obama loves: He’s used it 15 times, in debates; at synagogues; in weekly radio addresses; at fundraisers. Obama is almost as fond of its converse, “the wrong side of history,” which he has used 13 times; staffers and press secretaries have invoked it a further 16." The Wrong Side of 'the Right Side of History'
"....telling someone they are on “the wrong side of history” means “You’re going to lose eventually, so why don’t you give up now?” file:///C:/Users/Angel/Downloads/goldberg-are_you_on_the_wrong_side_of_history-transcript.pdf
Another dunce tried it in this form: "The debate is over!"
And, of course, it isn't.
