Look into the teleprompter - is Obama clear about clarity and Israel

Misrepresented - that's what Obama says now about his comments last week about Israel going back to its 1967 borders. What was "misrepresented?" That is what he said. Maybe that's not what he meant but that isn't a case of misrepresentation; it's, in a best-case scenario, an example of failure to clearly express oneself.

For those who are a bit conspiracy minded, it's possible that Obama said one thing to one audience last Thursday and another thing, when he clarified his comments Sunday, to another audience, and intended it that way from the start.

When someone writes, it's generally essential to know who their audience is. In other words, if writing about tobacco use, two distinctly different documents will emerge when writing to the American Cancer Society and the International Tobacco Growers Association. That's obvious, right?

It seems to me that Obama spends an awful lot of time clarifying what he said. This is perplexing, especially since most of what he says is pre-written, reviewed and packaged for use on teleprompters. Maybe he needs to hire some speech writers with a greater level of professionalism, speech writers that are more frequently clear the first time around. Of course, that doesn't fit with the conspiracy theory above.

In keeping with the conspiracy theory, Obama and his writers are entirely clear on what they're saying, when they say it and probably prepare to clarify, for the purpose of appeasing a different audience, from the time they create a first fire-storm causing speech.

I hear that Israelis are somewhat split on the issue of Obama's recent speech. Much as in America, liberal Israelis, who might be prone to like Obama in the first place, are more forgiving and understanding. His Sunday explanation is good enough for them. More conservative Israelis, however, aren't as quick to buy his clarification to what he said about Israel moving back to 1967 borders.

Considering, it would be easy to assume the difference of perspective is merely a matter of politics. But, if we're going to consider that possibility, we should do so with open eyes. What evidence do we have?

This is not the first time that Obama has seemed to have, as Republican Gov. Mitt Romney put it, "thrown Israel under the bus."

There is no doubt that Obama has sought a cozier arrangement with Islam. He's shown reluctance to call an Islamic terrorist a terrorist. As some are quick to point out, a portion of his youth was spent growing in an Islamic culture with Islamic influences.

None of these things represent smoking-gun evidence. However, Obama, his advisers and his speech writers, should by now be well aware of the accusations that he is either a secret Muslim or, at the very least, far more sympathetic to that faith than any president before him. They should realize that clarity is essential if they want to avoid the appearance of tossing Israel aside for a new pro-Muslim foreign policy.

Of course, this fits another conspiracy theory. Just as Obama refused to put the birth certificate issue to bed until Donald Trump dragged it out of him, maybe Obama wants to keep his detractors busy barking up the Muslim tree. And all the while, he passes them off as fringe lunatics.

The problem with that is, if you do such a thing too often, eventually, you've called so many people fringe lunatics that people begin to question your own stability.

So, it really comes down to this - either Obama has a public relations problem based on his failure to hire adequate staff writers or he has an even bigger problem of trying to covertly shift U.S. support from Israel to the Muslim world. If he catches on to this public relations dilemma, look for him to publicly replace some writers at the White House (I'm guessing most of his writing is done elsewhere anyhow - another conspiracy theory).

Doing so, however, won't necessarily indicate that the problem was his writers. It could mean that he's merely found a solution to his public relations problem and thrown his writers under the bus with Israel.