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	Name:	mbk -
	Subject:	Be Careful Mr. President-elect
	Date:	11/9/2008 11:06:30 AM

I am not anti-Obama; he is my President-elect and will be my President in January. I too have been involved in many “discussions” with foreign governments, mostly south of Alabama, and know how difficult it is to communicate so both sides understand what was “said” and what was “heard”. Even the quote in the article I copied could easily be misunderstood, especially without the last portion of the sentence “when the technology is proved to be workable” – if it was said and heard. The real problem is that they allowed this to become a media issue between two allies and the Obama spokesperson has publicly said a foreign president did not present the truth to his people – not a good start for a positive future relationship. I am also keenly aware of the transition from candidate to elected official rhetoric. You and I both understood Obama during his campaign when he said “people that make less than $250K would not see their taxes increase” but many people heard that they would get a tax break. We both understood when he said “people will have access to the same health insurance … congress has” but he did not say how much it would cost them or how the premiums would be paid but they will “have access”.

As I said in the original post – it is time to be careful and insure that what is said is the same as what is heard. He has never had to deal with this situation and certainly there will be some bobbles; I just hope they are few. Fault will not matter if it creates a divide between allies in the war on terror.

This is my final post on this issue because neither of us will solve this problem and I have had enogh politics. Now I am going fishing and boating because the leaves are beautiful and the fish are biting.