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You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president.

Mistakes show us what we need to learn.

You learn from mistakes.

The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that this Administration has learned from its mistakes in Iraq.

You always learn something from mistakes.

When Obama heralds another 'teachable moment,' it means he has already made an egregious rookie mistake.

You learn from your mistakes.

Mistakes were made is something we heard back in '92, and that has sort of been the Clinton administration's mantra. I can't imagine that Al Gore is going to pick up that statement and carry it through the next election.

I hope Mr. Obama has success.

Obama learned from Ronald Reagan that it helps to strike an optimistic tone. But genuine optimism deriving from American exceptionalism, it turns out, does not come naturally to him.