{"id":564,"date":"2008-04-04T15:38:36","date_gmt":"2008-04-04T20:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/2008\/04\/04\/dr-david-abshire-engages-in-campus-fireside-chat\/"},"modified":"2008-04-04T15:38:36","modified_gmt":"2008-04-04T20:38:36","slug":"dr-david-abshire-engages-in-campus-fireside-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2008\/04\/dr-david-abshire-engages-in-campus-fireside-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. David Abshire engages in campus fireside chat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"img_left\"><\/span>Calling the current global political climate the worst crisis he has ever seen, worse than the Cold War, Dr. David Abshire told a campus audience that coupled with the fragile U.S. economy, \u201cthis perfect storm could go into another dimension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abshire, an accomplished diplomat and academician, endorsed a low-key approach with small delegations to speak with leaders like Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin. Abshire is convinced that through diplomacy, the United States can recover a way to use leverage and again reclaim its status in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Abshire was in Chattanooga to promote his new book, <em>A Call to Greatness: Challenging Our Next President,<\/em> currently available.<\/p>\n<p>Careful not to endorse any of the presidential candidates, Abshire discussed their strengths and weaknesses with Chancellor Roger Brown and Tom Griscom, Publisher and Executive Editor of the <em>Chattanooga Times Free Press.<\/em>  Calling Senator Barack Obama \u201ca movement,\u201d Abshire suggested \u201cthe smartest thing Obama could do is court Senator Sam Nunn as his Number Two.\u201d Abshire acknowledged Obama\u2019s attractiveness in his call for unity, asking Americans to disregard center, left and right wing politics.  He commended Senator Hillary Clinton\u2019s performance on the Senate Armed Services Committee, saying that message has not been conveyed to the public.  To win the presidency, Senator John McCain will need to shore up the Republican right, Abshire said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"img_right\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Saying the debates are a \u201cpeculiar thing,\u201d Abshire said in the last presidential race between Senator John Kerry and President George Bush that \u201cKerry won on points and Bush won on trust. Kerry got \u2018Swiftboated\u2019 and never recovered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Using President Abraham Lincoln as an example of a president who was \u201ca genius,\u201d Abshire used the issue of slavery as a transformational moment in Lincoln\u2019s presidency.  In the case of President George W. Bush, Abshire applauded his strength and leadership after 9\/11, however Abshire says Bush did not build a coalition at home, and therefore missed his transformational moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBush, after 9\/11, should have gotten his opponent Al Gore to go around the world for him,\u201d Abshire said.  Lacking a strategic approach, Abshire said Bush was not open to diverse advice and his administration\u2019s timing \u201chas been off in practically everything.\u201d  He did commend Bush for his attempt to improve education with \u201cNo Child Left Behind,\u201d and Abshire said the Democrats should not dismiss the plan but build upon it.<\/p>\n<p>Abshire recommends that the next president needs to have a transformational moment at the beginning of his or her presidency to avoid further decline in the United States.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/images\/abshire2.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Griscom, Chancellor Roger Brown and Dr. David Abshire\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling the current global political climate the worst crisis he has ever seen, worse than the Cold War, Dr. David Abshire told a campus audience that coupled with the fragile U.S. economy, \u201cthis perfect storm could go into another dimension.\u201d Abshire, an accomplished diplomat and academician, endorsed a low-key approach with small delegations to speak&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2008\/04\/dr-david-abshire-engages-in-campus-fireside-chat\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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