http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/2009/12/14/is-obama-turning-the-corner-on-democracy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-obama-turning-the-corner-on-democracy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:57:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/2009/12/14/is-obama-turning-the-corner-on-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Barak Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:14:04 +0000 http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/?p=812#comment-325 I was thinking the exact same thing. You are right. It's only words, but three speeches in three weeks does signify a shift in thinking. Moreover, these are words we can now use to push the administration. Plus, Obama's Cairo speech didn't talk at all about what the US would do to support democracy. Clinton's speech presented a plan. I was thinking the exact same thing. You are right. It’s only words, but three speeches in three weeks does signify a shift in thinking. Moreover, these are words we can now use to push the administration. Plus, Obama’s Cairo speech didn’t talk at all about what the US would do to support democracy. Clinton’s speech presented a plan.

]]> http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/2009/12/14/is-obama-turning-the-corner-on-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Visitor Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:01:06 +0000 http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/?p=812#comment-324 Why are we to assume that this speech signifies anything? The optimism expressed in this blog post is similiar to the international outpour after Obama's Cairo speech. These words mean nothing until the U.S. follows through on them. As expressed in your comments in the "Obama Needs A Vision Check" post you asserted that Obama has not done nearly enough to support democracy in Tehran, so why believe that Clinton's speech is anything else other than words on paper? Why are we to assume that this speech signifies anything? The optimism expressed in this blog post is similiar to the international outpour after Obama’s Cairo speech. These words mean nothing until the U.S. follows through on them. As expressed in your comments in the “Obama Needs A Vision Check” post you asserted that Obama has not done nearly enough to support democracy in Tehran, so why believe that Clinton’s speech is anything else other than words on paper?

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