More of this, please.
Palin, the former vice presidential candidate, has not been shy about criticizing Obama’s policies and this week weighed in on his revamped nuclear strategy, saying it was like a child in a playground who says ‘punch me in the face, I’m not going to retaliate.’
“I really have no response to that. The last I checked, Sarah Palin is not much of an expert on nuclear issues,” Obama said in an interview with ABC News.
Pressed further on Republican criticism that his strategy restricts the use of nuclear weapons too much, Obama added:
“What I would say to them is, is that if the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff are comfortable with it, I’m probably going to take my advice from them and not from Sarah Palin.”
I know some people think that the president is somewhat arrogant. That’s okay with me. I’m somewhat arrogant, too. You have to be to put your ideas out for ridicule every day. One person’s arrogance is another person’s self-confidence, so I don’t really see the validity in the critique. In any case, the proper response to a mosquito bite isn’t panic. You just squish the annoying bug. Well done.
