“The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand”
By SusanUnPC on July 17, 2008 at 3:58 PM in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Obamedia
From the John McCain campaign (full script below):
Memeorandum.com notes that all THREE network anchors — Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric — will accompany Barack Obama on his trips to Europe, Iraq and Afghanistan next week. How many have accompanied John McCain on his overseas trips? Not one.
As Flopping Aces notes: “The major media lovefest for Obama comes out into the open!”
Flopping Aces adds:
It’s been a given that most “mainstream” “news” media types have been in the tank for Obama from the beginning. It’s also no secret that the “news” media’s former darling, John McCain, has been largely kicked to the curb by the same folks who built up his reputation in the first place.
But now, the medias bias is becoming so obvious that it would be laughable if they tried to deny it. Three major news anchors going on the road with a presidential candidate? It’s unprecedented.
But what isn’t new is the media fascination with Obama which often treats McCain as an afterthought. The following chart by the Project for Excellence in Journalism makes it clear:
Read all of Flopping Aces’ article.
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THE SCRIPT:
Script For “The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever The Politics Demand” (VIDEO 7:40)
CHYRON: The Obama Iraq Documentary
CHYRON: Where Does Barack Obama Stand On Iraq?
CHYRON: Said The Surge Would Make Things Worse
BARACK OBAMA (1/10/07): “I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse.”
CHYRON: Said He Always Said The Surge Will Make Things Better
BARACK OBAMA (1/5/08): “And I said at the time, when I opposed the surge, that given how wonderfully our troops perform, if we place 30,000 more troops in there, then we would see an improvement in the security situation and we would see a reduction in the violence.”
CHYRON: Translation: You’re Never Wrong If You Pretend You Gave The Right Answer All Along
CHYRON: Predicted That The Surge Would Fail
BARACK OBAMA (10/22/06): “Given the deteriorating situation, it is clear at this point that we cannot, through putting in more troops or maintaining the presence that we have, expect that somehow the situation is going to improve.”
BARACK OBAMA (7/18/07): “My assessment is that the surge has not worked and we will not see a different report eight weeks from now.”
BARACK OBAMA (11/11/07): “Finally, in 2006-2007, we started to see that, even after an election, George Bush continued to want to pursue a course that didn’t withdraw troops from Iraq but actually doubled them and initiated a surge and at that stage I said very clearly, not only have we not seen improvements, but we’re actually worsening, potentially, a situation there.”
CHYRON: Now Says It’s Working
BARACK OBAMA (2/21/08): “I think it is indisputable that we’ve seen violence reduced in Iraq.”
BARACK OBAMA (4/8/08): “I also think that the surge has reduced violence and provided breathing room.”
BARACK OBAMA (7/2/08): “The extraordinary work that our troops have done. They have performed brilliantly throughout the process. And obviously, I am very pleased to see the reductions in violence that have occurred over the last several months. There’s no doubt that because of their heroism and their outstanding work, we had the opportunity to salvage the situation in Iraq.”
CHYRON: Translation: He Isn’t Going To Let Facts Get In The Way Of His Position
CHYRON: For Immediate Withdrawal
BARACK OBAMA (9/12/07): “So let me be clear. There is no military solution in Iraq. There never was. The best way to protect our security and to pressure Iraq’s leaders to resolve their civil war is to immediately begin to remove our combat troops. Not in six months or one year, but now.”
BARACK OBAMA (3/19/08): “In order to end this war responsibly, I will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. We can responsibly remove one to two combat brigades each month. If we start with the number of brigades we have in Iraq today, we can remove all of them in 16 months.”
BARACK OBAMA (5/2/08): “When I promise that we are going to bring this war in Iraq to a close in 2009, I want the American people to understand that I opposed this war in 2002, 2003, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 and ‘07, so you can have confidence that I will be serious about ending this war.”
CHYRON: Against Immediate Withdrawal
ANCHOR (4/5/04): “You’ve said you thought troops should be withdrawn.” BARACK OBAMA: “No. No, I’ve never said that troops should be withdrawn. What I’ve said is that we’ve got to make sure that we secure and execute the rebuilding and reconstruction process effectively and properly and I don’t think we should have an artificial deadline when to do that.”
BARACK OBAMA (6/21/06): “A hard and fast, arbitrary deadline for withdrawal offers our commanders in the field, and our diplomats in the region, insufficient flexibility to implement that strategy.”
CHYRON: Translation: Changes His Position To Fit the Election
CHYRON: Against Funding The Troops
BARACK OBAMA (11/16/03): “Just this week, when I was asked, would I have voted for the $87 billion, I said no. And I said no unequivocally, because, at a certain point, we have to say no to George Bush.”
CHYRON: For Funding The Troops
BARACK OBAMA (4/5/04): “What’s important is what I don’t want a situation in which we have 80 or 90,000 young American men and women who are over there in a situation where they do not have the resources sufficient to ensure their own protection. And what we have to do is make sure that we have enough troop strength. As long as we have troops there, we have to make sure we have enough troop strength to make sure we are safe and secure.”
BARACK OBAMA (1/10/07): “We’ve got to make sure that they have all the resources necessary to come home safely and to execute the missions that have been laid out for them.”
CNN’S WOLF BLITZER (3/28/07): “Some ardent opponents of the war, like Dennis Kucinich, for example, who is a Democratic presidential candidate” BARACK OBAMA: “Right.” BLITZER: “He takes a principled stand. He’s not going to vote to fund the troops going off to this war, because he believes that would help bring the troops home.” OBAMA: “Right. You know, the problem is, is that you have got an obstinate administration that has shown itself unwilling to change, in the face of circumstances on the ground. And, in that situation, what you don’t want to do is to play chicken to — with the president, and create a situation in which, potentially, you don’t have body armor; you don’t have reinforced humvees; you don’t have night-vision goggles.”
ABC’S GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (5/13/07): “You said then that you have to say ‘no’ to George Bush because we can’t get steamrolled. Yet you go in the Senate, your critics say, and vote for the funding every single time.” BARACK OBAMA: “Because at that point you’ve got hundreds of thousands of young men and women who have to carry out the mission on behalf of the American people.”
CHYRON: Against Funding The Troops — Again
BARACK OBAMA (6/19/07): “Now, I introduced a plan in January that would have already started bringing our troops home by now, with the goal of bringing all combat brigades home by March 31st, 2008. Now we know the president vetoed a bipartisan plan just like that one a few weeks ago. And I’m proud I voted against giving a blank check.”
CHYRON: Translation: Only in Barack Obama’s Mind Is Voting Against Troops A Virtue
CHYRON: Says He Will Put A Strike Force In Iraq
BARACK OBAMA (3/19/08): “After this redeployment, we will leave enough troops in Iraq to guard our embassy and our diplomats, and a counter-terrorism force to strike al Qaeda.”
CHYRON: Says He Won’t Put A Strike Force In Iraq
REPORTER (3/31/08): “You’ve said you’d leave a small force there to deal with terrorist attacks. How long would you leave them there? And what’s your criteria for pulling them out?” BARACK OBAMA: “Well, no, no, that’s not what I’ve said. What I’ve said is that we will have troops looking after our embassy there, which we do everywhere. We do it in France. We do it in Great Britain. We have some military personnel that ensure that our diplomatic forces are taken care of.”
CHYRON: Translation: How To Keep Troops In Iraq And Still Sound Like You Want A Withdrawal
CHYRON: So What Is Barack Obama’s Position On Iraq?
BARACK OBAMA (6/5/08): “Well, you know, I never say there’s nothing or never or no way in which I’d change my mind.”
CHYRON: Translation: Barack Obama’s Position: Whatever the Politics Demand
AD FACTS For “The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever The Politics Demand” (VIDEO 7:40)
CHYRON: The Obama Iraq Documentary
CHYRON: Where Does Barack Obama Stand On Iraq?
CHYRON: Said The Surge Would Make Things Worse
BARACK OBAMA (1/10/07): “I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse.”
· In January 2007, Barack Obama Said The Surge Would Actually Worsen Sectarian Violence In Iraq. Obama: “I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse.” (MSNBC’s “Response To The President’s Speech On Iraq,” 1/10/07)
CHYRON: Said He Always Said The Surge Will Make Things Better
BARACK OBAMA (1/5/08): “And I said at the time, when I opposed the surge, that given how wonderfully our troops perform, if we place 30,000 more troops in there, then we would see an improvement in the security situation and we would see a reduction in the violence.”
· In January 2008, Barack Obama Claimed That He Always Said That Increasing The Number Of Troops In Iraq Would Improve Security. Obama: “Now, I had no doubt — and I said at the time, when I opposed the surge, that given how wonderfully our troops perform, if we place 30,000 more troops in there, then we would see an improvement in the security situation and we would see a reduction in the violence.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Democrat Presidential Candidate Debate, Manchester, NH, 1/5/08)
CHYRON: Translation: You’re Never Wrong If You Pretend You Gave The Right Answer All Along
CHYRON: Predicted That The Surge Would Fail
BARACK OBAMA (10/22/06): “Given the deteriorating situation, it is clear at this point that we cannot, through putting in more troops or maintaining the presence that we have, expect that somehow the situation is going to improve.”
· In October 2006, Barack Obama Said That We Cannot “Through Putting In More Troops Or Maintaining The Presence That We Have, Expect That Somehow The Situation Is Going To Improve.” Obama: “Given the deteriorating situation, it is clear at this point that we cannot, through putting in more troops or maintaining the presence that we have, expect that somehow the situation is going to improve, and we have to do something significant to break the pattern that we’ve been in right now.” (NBC’s “Meet The Press,” 10/22/06)
BARACK OBAMA (7/18/07): “My assessment is that the surge has not worked and we will not see a different report eight weeks from now.”
· In July 2007, Barack Obama Said The Surge Had Not Worked In Iraq. Obama: “But we are facing a choice. My assessment is that the surge has not worked and we will not see a different report eight weeks from now.” (NBC’s “The Today Show,” 7/18/07)
BARACK OBAMA (11/11/07): “Finally, in 2006-2007, we started to see that, even after an election, George Bush continued to want to pursue a course that didn’t withdraw troops from Iraq but actually doubled them and initiated a surge and at that stage I said very clearly, not only have we not seen improvements, but we’re actually worsening, potentially, a situation there.”
· In November 2007, Barack Obama Said The Surge Has Not Worked, And Had Potentially Worsened The Situation In Iraq. Obama: “Finally, in 2006-2007, we started to see that, even after an election, George Bush continued to want to pursue a course that didn’t withdraw troops from Iraq but actually doubled them and initiated a search and at that stage I said very clearly, not only have we not seen improvements, but we’re actually worsening, potentially, a situation there.” (NBC’s “Meet The Press,” 11/11/07)
CHYRON: Now Says It’s Working
BARACK OBAMA (2/21/08): “I think it is indisputable that we’ve seen violence reduced in Iraq.”
· In February 2008, Barack Obama Said That It Was “Indisputable” That Violence Had Been Reduced In Iraq. CNN’s Campbell Brown: “Senator Obama, in the same vein, you were also opposed to the surge from the beginning. Were you wrong?” Obama: “Well, I think it is indisputable that we’ve seen violence reduced in Iraq. And that’s a credit to our brave men and women in uniform.” (Sen. Barack Obama, CNN/Univision Democrat Presidential Debate, Austin, TX, 2/21/08)
BARACK OBAMA (4/8/08): “I also think that the surge has reduced violence and provided breathing room.”
· In April 2008, Barack Obama Said That The Surge Has Reduced Violence. Obama: “I also think that the surge has reduced violence and provided breathing room — but that breathing room has not been taken the way we would all like it to be taken.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Committee On Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 4/8/08)
BARACK OBAMA (7/2/08): “The extraordinary work that our troops have done. They have performed brilliantly throughout the process. And obviously, I am very pleased to see the reductions in violence that have occurred over the last several months. There’s no doubt that because of their heroism and their outstanding work, we had the opportunity to salvage the situation in Iraq.”
· In July 2008, Barack Obama Said That He Was Pleased With “Reductions In Violence.” Obama: “Now, that does not detract from the extraordinary work that our troops have done. They have performed brilliantly throughout the process. And obviously, I am very pleased to see the reductions in violence that have occurred over the last several months. And there’s no doubt that because of their heroism and their outstanding work, we had the opportunity to salvage the situation in Iraq.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Interview With Military Times, 7/2/08)
CHYRON: Translation: He Isn’t Going To Let Facts Get In The Way Of His Position
CHYRON: For Immediate Withdrawal
BARACK OBAMA (9/12/07): “So let me be clear. There is no military solution in Iraq. There never was. The best way to protect our security and to pressure Iraq’s leaders to resolve their civil war is to immediately begin to remove our combat troops. Not in six months or one year, but now.”
· In September 2007, Barack Obama Called For The U.S. To “Immediately Begin To Remove Our Combat Troops” From Iraq. Obama: “So let me be clear. There is no military solution in Iraq. There never was. The best way to protect our security and to pressure Iraq’s leaders to resolve their civil war is to immediately begin to remove our combat troops. Not in six months or one year, but now.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks On Iraq, Clinton, IA, 9/12/07)
BARACK OBAMA (3/19/08): “In order to end this war responsibly, I will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. We can responsibly remove one to two combat brigades each month. If we start with the number of brigades we have in Iraq today, we can remove all of them in 16 months.”
· In March 2008, Barack Obama Said He Would “Immediately Begin To Remove Our Troops From Iraq.” “In order to end this war responsibly, I will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. We can responsibly remove on to two combat brigades each month. If we start with the number of brigades we have in Iraq today, we can remove all of them in 16 months.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks On Iraq, Fayetteville, NC, 3/19/08)
BARACK OBAMA (5/2/08): “When I promise that we are going to bring this war in Iraq to a close in 2009, I want the American people to understand that I opposed this war in 2002, 2003, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 and ‘07, so you can have confidence that I will be serious about ending this war.”
· In May 2008, Barack Obama Said “I Promise That We Are Going To Bring This War In Iraq To A Close In 2009.” “When I promise that we are going to bring this war in Iraq to a close in 2009, I want the American people to understand that I opposed this war in 2002, 2003, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 and ‘07, so you can have confidence that I will be serious about ending this war.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At The North Carolina Democrat Party 2008 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, Raleigh, NC, 5/2/08)
CHYRON: Against Immediate Withdrawal
ANCHOR (4/5/04): “You’ve said you thought troops should be withdrawn.” BARACK OBAMA: “No. No, I’ve never said that troops should be withdrawn. What I’ve said is that we’ve got to make sure that we secure and execute the rebuilding and reconstruction process effectively and properly and I don’t think we should have an artificial deadline when to do that.”
· In April 2004, Barack Obama Opposed Withdrawal And Said We Should Not Have An “Artificial Deadline.” Anchor: “But right now the U.S. is the one that’s there. And you’ve said you thought troops should be withdrawn.” Obama: “No. No, I’ve never said that troops should be withdrawn. What I’ve said is that we’ve got to make sure that we secure and execute the rebuilding and reconstruction process effectively and properly and I don’t think we should have an artificial deadline when to do that.” (WTTW11’s “Chicago Tonight,” 4/5/04)
BARACK OBAMA (6/21/06): “A hard and fast, arbitrary deadline for withdrawal offers our commanders in the field, and our diplomats in the region, insufficient flexibility to implement that strategy.”
· In June 2006, Barack Obama Said That “A Hard And Fast, Arbitrary Deadline For Withdrawal Offers Our Commanders In The Field, And Our Diplomats In The Region, Insufficient Flexibility To Implement That Strategy.” Obama: “A hard and fast, arbitrary deadline for withdrawal offers our commanders in the field, and our diplomats in the region, insufficient flexibility to implement that strategy.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Congressional Record, 6/21/06, p. S6233)
CHYRON: Translation: Changes His Position To Fit the Election
CHYRON: Against Funding The Troops
BARACK OBAMA (11/16/03): “Just this week, when I was asked, would I have voted for the $87 billion, I said no. And I said no unequivocally, because, at a certain point, we have to say no to George Bush.”
· In November 2003, Barack Obama Said He Would Have Voted Against $87 Billion For War Funding. Obama: “Just this week, when I was asked, would I have voted for the $87 billion, I said no. And I said no unequivocally, because, at a certain point, we have to say no to George Bush. If we keep on getting steamrolled, we are not going to stand a chance.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks To The New Trier Democratic Organization, 11/16/03)
CHYRON: For Funding The Troops
BARACK OBAMA (4/5/04): “What’s important is what I don’t want a situation in which we have 80 or 90,000 young American men and women who are over there in a situation where they do not have the resources sufficient to ensure their own protection. And what we have to do is make sure that we have enough troop strength. As long as we have troops there, we have to make sure we have enough troop strength to make sure we are safe and secure.”
· In April 2004, Barack Obama Said He Wanted To Ensure That Troops Had The Resources They Needed For Their Protection. Obama: “What’s important is what I don’t want is a situation in which we have 80 or 90 thousand young American men and women who are over there in a situation where they do not have the resources sufficient to ensure their own protection. And what we have to do is make sure that we have enough troop strength. As long as we have troops there we have to make sure that we have enough troop strength to make sure that we are safe and secure.” (WTTW11’s “Chicago Tonight,” 4/5/04)
BARACK OBAMA (1/10/07): “We’ve got to make sure that they have all the resources necessary to come home safely and to execute the missions that have been laid out for them.”
· In January 2007, Barack Obama Said That Congress Needed To Make Sure That Troops In Iraq Had “All The Resources Necessary To Come Home Safely And To Execute The Missions That Have Been Laid Out For Them.” Obama: “I think that we have to look at a variety of options where Congress can exercise its responsibilities. I know nobody in Congress, Republican or Democrat, who is going to in any way strand troops who are presently in Iraq. We’ve got to make sure that they have all the resources necessary to come home safely and to execute the missions that have been laid out for them.” (MSNBC’s “Reaction To The President’s Speech On Iraq,” 1/10/07)
CNN’S WOLF BLITZER (3/28/07): “Some ardent opponents of the war, like Dennis Kucinich, for example, who is a Democratic presidential candidate” BARACK OBAMA: “Right.” BLITZER: “He takes a principled stand. He’s not going to vote to fund troops going off to this war, because he believes that would help bring the troops home.” OBAMA: “Right. You know, the problem is, is that you have got an obstinate administration that has shown itself unwilling to change, in the face of circumstances on the ground. And, in that situation, what you don’t want to do is to play chicken to — with the president, and create a situation in which, potentially, you don’t have body armor; you don’t have reinforced humvees; you don’t have night-vision goggles.”
· In March 2007, Barack Obama Said He Did Not Want To Leave The Soldiers In A Position Where They Were Not Equipped. Blitzer: “Because some ardent opponents of the war, like Dennis Kucinich, for example, who is a Democratic presidential candidate” Obama: “Right.” Blitzer: “[H]e takes a principled stand. He’s not going to vote to fund troops going off to this war, because he believes that would help bring the troops home.” Obama: “Right. You know, the problem is, is that you have got an obstinate administration that has shown itself unwilling to change, in the face of circumstances on the ground. And, in that situation, what you don’t want to do is to play chicken to — with the president, and create a situation in which, potentially, you don’t have body armor; you don’t have reinforced humvees; you don’t have night-vision goggles.” (CNN’s “The Situation Room,” 3/28/07)
ABC’S GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (5/13/07): “You said then that you have to say ‘no’ to George Bush because we can’t get steamrolled. Yet you go in the Senate, your critics say, and vote for the funding every single time.” BARACK OBAMA: “Because at that point you’ve got hundreds of thousands of young men and women who have to carry out the mission on behalf of the American people.”
· In May 2007, Barack Obama Told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos That He Supported Funding To Give Troops The Equipment They Need. Stephanopoulos: “[Y]ou said then that you have to say ‘no’ to George Bush because we can’t get steamrolled. Yet you go in the Senate, your critics say, and vote for the funding every single time.” Obama: “Because at that point you’ve got hundreds of thousands of young men and women who have to carry out the mission on behalf of the American people. It’s not their fault that our civilian leadership made bad decisions and what I wanted to make sure of was that they had night vision goggles that they needed, the Humvees that they needed and I also felt and I’ve continued to feel this way that if we could create some semblance of stability and success in Iraq, that would be a good thing.” (ABC’s “This Week,” 5/13/07)
CHYRON: Against Funding The Troops — Again
BARACK OBAMA (6/19/07): “Now, I introduced a plan in January that would have already started bringing our troops home by now, with the goal of bringing all combat brigades home by March 31st, 2008. Now we know the president vetoed a bipartisan plan just like that one a few weeks ago. And I’m proud I voted against giving a blank check.”
· In June 2007, At The Take Back America Conference, Barack Obama Said He Was “Proud” Of His Vote Against The Iraq Funding Bill. Obama: “Now, I introduced a plan in January that would have already started bringing our troops home by now, with the goal of bringing all combat brigades home by March 31st, 2008. Now we know the president vetoed a bipartisan plan just like that one a few weeks ago. And I’m proud I voted against giving a blank check to the man who said he sees keeping us — keeping our troops in Iraq for as long as we have kept them in Korea. But we can’t give George Bush the last word here. We are 16 votes away in the Senate from ending this war, a comparable number in the House. We need to keep turning up the pressure on all those Republican congressmen and senators who refuse to acknowledge the reality that the American people know so well. We will call them; we will knock on their doors. We will bring our troops home . It is time to bring this war to a close. It is time to recognize there is no military solution to the problems in Iraq. It is time to turn the page.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At The 2007 Take Back America Conference, Washington, DC, 6/19/07)
CHYRON: Translation: Only in Barack Obama’s Mind Is Voting Against Troops A Virtue
CHYRON: Says He Will Put A Strike Force In Iraq
BARACK OBAMA (3/19/08): “After this redeployment, we will leave enough troops in Iraq to guard our embassy and our diplomats, and a counter-terrorism force to strike al Qaeda.”
· In March 2008, Barack Obama Said He Would “Immediately Begin To Remove Our Troops From Iraq.” “After this redeployment, we will leave enough troops in Iraq to guard our embassy and our diplomats, and a counter-terrorism force to strike al Qaeda if it forms a base that the Iraqis cannot destroy.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks On Iraq, Fayetteville, NC, 3/19/08)
CHYRON: Says He Won’t Put A Strike Force In Iraq
REPORTER (3/31/08): “You’ve said you’d leave a small force there to deal with terrorist attacks. How long would you leave them there? And what’s your criteria for pulling them out?” BARACK OBAMA: “Well, no, no, that’s not what I’ve said. What I’ve said is that we will have troops looking after our embassy there, which we do everywhere. We do it in France. We do it in Great Britain. We have some military personnel that ensure that our diplomatic forces are taken care of.”
· In March 2008, Barack Obama Claimed That He Would Keep A Strike Force In Iraq “Looking After Our Embassy There.” Reporter: “You’ve said you’d leave a small force there to deal with terrorist attacks. How long would you leave them there? And what’s your criteria for pulling them out? Obama: “Well, no, no, that’s not what I’ve said. What I’ve said is that we will have troops looking after our embassy there, which we do everywhere. We do it in France. We do it in Great Britain. We have some military personnel that ensure that our diplomatic forces are taken care of.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Press Conference, 3/31/08)
CHYRON: Translation: How To Keep Troops In Iraq And Still Sound Like You Want A Withdrawal
CHYRON: So What Is Barack Obama’s Position On Iraq?
BARACK OBAMA (6/5/08): “Well, you know, I never say there’s nothing or never or no way in which I’d change my mind.”
· In June 2008, Barack Obama Told CNN’s Candy Crowley “I Never Say There’s Nothing Or Never Or No Way In Which I’d Change My Mind.” Crowley: “You have said you want to go back to Iraq.” Obama: “Yeah.” Crowley: “See what the situation is on the ground. Is there nothing that they could show you or that General Petraeus could tell you that would move you from wanting to immediately begin removing U.S. troops?” Obama: “Well, you know, I never say there’s nothing or never or no way in which I’d change my mind. Obviously, I’m open to the facts and to reason. And there’s no doubt that we’ve seen significant improvements in security on the ground in Iraq.” (CNN’s “The Situation Room,” 6/5/08)
CHYRON: Translation: Barack Obama’s Position: Whatever the Politics Demand
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Why didn’t Fox send someone?
Oh, stupid me…they leave their mics on too long!
Why did Larry not get an invite???
Because Obama doesn’t want real facts found during his Fact Finding Mission.
Embedded news anchors. This is worse than the Potemkin villages that were used to fool Catherine the Great.
Where’s Obama’s REAL birth certificate?
http://www.youtube.com/user/RightTV2
Is Obama calling for a National Civilian Stasi?
Probably a draft too.
Scary stuff there.
That MoveOn.org lady was just confused. It’s bo that wants baby Alex. When she figures it out, she’ll hand him over with a smile, diapers and all.
That commercial is pathetic. It backfired on them and made them look like fools the very second Obama flipped on Iraq. The court jester and his band of fools.
I thought they were called the FBI and Homeland security!
It escapes me at the moment but there IS a group of people that has formed supported by homeland security that is a basis of the Statsi. Invitation only…
Obama can keep the change:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Rs1iqexYh4
Flipity Flop!
I saw that news story on Fox news, what dose it say when Fox news is the network to watch? everything is upside now.
I never thought I’d see the day when i actually like to watch Sean Hannity. And AGREEING with him. Unbelievable.
I still have a hard time watching Cavuto though.
The mainstream US media is as “in the tank” for Obama as I’ve ever seen them be “in the tank” for anyone, Bobby Kennedy in 1968 included.
But today, unlike as in 1968, voters know that the American media is hopelessly biased and discount it. So, I don’t think it will really have any long-term effect on the outcome of the election.
Although I am certainly no fan of Hillary Clinton, the media treated her shabbily as well in the primaries. They’ve fallen in love with The Annonted One.
I’m glad Katie, Brian and Charlie will be going to Europe with Senator Rock Star. They’ll have ringside seats when Obama starts gaffe-ing, Eurostyle. Given all his mishaps stateside, I’m waiting to see the product of his confused brain + jet lag.
The left-leaning radio has a whole bunch of googly-eyed kook-aid drinkers too. Heard a whole bunch of crackpots today BLAMING THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA’S POOR TREATMENT OF OBAMA FOR HIS POOR POLL NUMBERS.
Oh fer crissakes!
Why do you think they’re going? They’re just waiting for him to screw up, so it can be hashed out on the news for two or three weeks.
I am thoroughly disgusted. Will they have a separate group of attendants to carry his robe and the red carpet for each event? What a joke. That’s why I do not watch ANY MSM anymore. It’s garbage, like watching Entertainment Tonight or EXTRA.
McCain on BO’s trip: “Been there done that.”
I love it. His few words put BO’s complete lack of substance into disrespectful perspective.
Yah, the corporate media are definitely in the tank for Obama. That tells me he’s the corporate candidate, the old school, Washington insider candidate. Who said Republicans are stupid and gullible? Looks like they share that in common with Democrats.
Well, maybe we should look on the bright side. One more weak, pandering, incompetent president, and the country will fracture into more manageable components. I’ll be moving out to CA.
Exactly terri. People just don’t get it. We are nothing but brain washed TV fanatics. Coporate America knows this. You would think that our Politicans would actually grow a pair and stand up against them–especially after the dems argued against Bush and his cronies for so long. That is why I can’t trust either party now.
I have no idea why people assume that democrats are immune from the same take over in the republican party.
I knew who he was in the tank with when I saw the pictures of that infamous San Francisco event where he called small town people bitter, gun-clinging, religious fanatics. All of the guests were very rich and very white. The only black person pictured was directing traffic. I hope they at least took a plate of arugula out to him. And yet, we get called “racists”.
Gibson, Kouric and Williams can stay in Iraq for all I care. I have never seen the media get so incredibly stupid over a candidate.
Wow…i will come up with more after watching this all the way through
Every time I read these back and forths from Obama, every time I see this vapid robot reading a speech I can alsmost hear this cosmic laughter and a voice saying “You all are selling your country out for this fool.”
That video made me sick! Literally, the back and forth….. back and forth…….back and forth…….. made me dizzy…….. I got’a lay down! burp….. :~\
Tried to watch the clip. Just can’t stand the sound of his voice or the sight of his smarmy face. Barack Obama IS the new George Bush.
He is worse. He is the second coming of Hitler.
The potential is surely there. And now he will go into Berlin and give the most amazing speech. Can we say that NO jewish person will EVER vote for him after that speech. What a moron.
I don’t think ovens just “Change” reeducation camps and not voting for Obama next time will be a hate crime.
He’s worse I never though tI would say that but yes he is worse than Bush ..I cannot take anymore of him
Wow! Someone else finally realized the guy has NO PAPER TRAIL!
Maybe he’s been too busy recycling everything, saving trees and such…
campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTY1NWQ3YmIxODEzM2ViM2JiMzE2MWRjZDA0NDFlMzc
Is this excellent video going to been shown on TV anywhere?
This is great! I They could have waited until October to release it!
I guess all that web site scrubbing won’t help Barky on this.
“One last point I do want to make about these emails…this actually an insult against Muslim Americans. Something we don’t spend alot of time talking about and somtimes I’ve been derilict in pointing that out”…
Did anyone just watch Pelosi on CNN?
Did Pelosi acknowledge Clinton’s 18 Million Voters,when asked about the VP position?
Did I hear her say Clinton’s 18 Million Voters?
Pelosi is going down, She has an 18% approval rating as the worst speaker ever in the history of congress.
They lost me months ago when they kept trashing HRC.I, who used to consider myself a news junkie, do not get my news anymore from the MSM. How can you trust them anyway, on anything? It was a HUGE eye opener to me to see how much they were all so obviously biased, and not even the least bit embarrased about it. Long gone are the days when you wouldn’t know how a journalist really stood on a candidate or an issue because they were actually reporting the news, not their opinion.
No more CNN (except occasionally Lou Dobbs), no more MSNBC,CBS, ABC, NBC,FOX (never did watch) and I quit my local newspaper, the St Petersburg Times, for running pro-Obama “news” on the front page over and over. Bottom line is–you can’t believe a word they say.
I did find this online, though, check out this great column by Bill Maxwell, AA journalist (he deserves the title “journalist”, and not just for this column–he says it like it is, no matter what he’s writing about).He writes for the Times, but he doesn’t always agree with the prevailing Times editorials, especially about Obama:
http://tinyurl.com/5f9cpg
I’m not approving of Jackson’s choice of words, mind you. But don’t kid yourself. Thousands of other blacks dislike or even despise Obama, but they dare not let on.
The Black mayor of Philaelphia and head of Philly’s NAACP were both pro-Hillary before Obama emerged, um, victorious? What made them support her instead of The Presumptive Nominee?
Same here. Only Lou Dobbs.
Thank you Democratic Party for screwing your country over by providing us with…I just dont know what to call it. Wake up! How is it possible to not see how they are going to make it in to the White House? With more of us going into Afghanistan, with the theme of the surge working in Iraq, then showing that Obama flip flops no one is going to want someone such as this who dont even know what his own policy is, they are going to win the same way Bush won a second term. They may dislike him but they will end up voting for him.
Wow…and remember this is just the beggining for the Repub machine…this is just the appitizer!!!!
I hate to say it but I am kinda thankful he has gotten so much media coverage. It’s through this coverage that we’ve in reality learned who the real Obama is because they’ve been too lazy to counter check each other and many on the net have caught that and showed us whom he really is. Otherwise we might not all be sitting here and knowing what we know about him. We might have all said I don’t like him, but I’ll hold my nose and vote for him. It’s actually through this love fest we’ve learned the truth.
New York Times Shocker: Only 31% of Whites Have Favorable Opinion of Obama.
McCain’s at 35%.
The real kicker for Hillary supporters is that she has a favorability of 40% among whites.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but among whites, Hillary beats McCain. Obama loses.
http://patriotroom.com/?p=561
Only 32% of whites think Obama is “Very Patriotic” versus 77% for McCain.
Another little gem. Guess which race will not vote for a black guy? Hmmmm.
The first thing I thought when I read that all three major networks anchors were going was, what the F! I hope the McCain campagins protest this and he gives interviews to all three and make them feel like the shi_t eaters they are.
The only reasonable explanation that I can think of for these three news anchors to travel with Obama is to report on the historical aspects of how the first AA Presidential Nominee is received in Europe and Iraq.
Even then, it’s a stretch.
I don’t see why they have to go with him. They’re just going to make up stuff anyway and you can do that here.
The only reason why these networks are going is to try and shove BHO down our throats. This is a brainwash attempt to sell us on the annointed one.
Exactly, they have to pull out all the stops.
Interesting…I just sent an email earlier about “race” I posted on my blog.
http://www.anvp.wordpress.com
I’ll look forward to reading it later but I know Obama has to be an embarrassment to many AA’s.
It’s a shame.
From the Access Holleywood interview, Obama hates shopping for clothes, especially shoes. Is it any wonder, when you get use to the taste of something you rarely want to try something new and Obama has put his feet in his mouth so many times, he needs and prefers the same taste every time!
What a complusive lying sack of crap he is!
McCain forgot his famous “I do not know how I’d of voted if I was actually a US Senator at the time of the vote”.
Just remember there are no lines in the sand for who lacks intelligence and common sense. Many people have what are called “book smarts” but are otherwise stupid and lacking in judgment. Someone can be a hollywood star, singer, prominent politician, CEO or news person-stupid people are everywhere. Some of the most intelligent people I know, with an extremely high IQ are just every day people. We’re the ones that are down in the trenches, day after day, working to make ends meet. We know the meaning of hard work, character and integrity. You don’t need a high paying job or a college degree for that.
It seems when people have too much money they feel morals and values are no longer useful. If they want something they just buy it. They can buy a mansion, jewelry or favors, support and approval from people.
Power and Money are corrupting influences, and a lot of smart people think they are smater than they are. Their hubris gets them into trouble.
The fact the news anchor’s of the three major networks are going with Obama is not as bad as how forcefully they will proclaim him a foreign policy “expert” when he returns!
Good reason to give the TV a rest.
About the video–Obama flip flops like an Olympian champion. Who the heck is he anyway? Finding out matters!
I have stopped watching TV practically altogether. We still watch Jeopardy, but that is about it. I have found that I am so much better informed without the MSM news(propaganda).
May be Williams can get his nose fixed while in Europe.
I have said for months, defeating Obama will be the fight of our lives. A fight for the lives of our children and grandchildren, all future Americans.
In the same way that Jefferson, Madison, Washington, and all the simple farmers (my and your ancestors, because if you love democracy your related)fought for future Americans.
When will the country wake up?
I’ve been asking myself this question again and again. Unlike Obama’s claim that if you charge him with flip-flopping then you haven’t been listening. I have been listening as has everyone on this list [except for the trolls]. And that’s why I know that there’s no question that this man has said and postured in a zig-zag line on whatever position is politically expedient in the moment.
But then, I spent an hour at my local mechanic’s shop. My battery went dead. Got a jump from triple A and waited while my car guy installed a new one, but I couldn’t help but overhear the conversation in the waiting room.
And this Obama? they said. Jesus, Christ Almighty! Our taxes are going to go through the roof.
Not a single person in the eight-person waiting area was an Obama supporter. And did you hear the flim-flams? they said. And the nonsense on energy? And Iraq? Who is this guy trying to kid?
Did my heart good. Fifty-two million dollars is not going to buy the vote of middle America.
Think again, Obama. And weep! Europe might bow down to your faux Messiah performance and sham promises. But Europeans don’t have the vote in November.
PUMApac.org
Would like to see some more Honest Super delegates
come forth and Back Hillary… Now thats news to look forward to.
Incredibly off topic but…
There’s reports that Obama wants the criticism of his wife to stop. Again.
An article written for Glamour magazine quotes Obama as saying that Michelle “is the most quintessentially American woman I know.”
WTF?
Does this oaf ever know when to shut up?! What an incredible Wuss. And if MicHELLe is the quintessential American woman, he is more clueless than we could ever imagine. That quote about MicHELLe is an insult to american women!
And now on topic:
Obama is no more a foreign policy expert than he is a world champion bowler. The fact that reporters are following him on his “historic” trip means nothing.
The MSM should definately not be trusted. When was the last time anyone actually watched Katie Couric?
This is the link to Glamour
http://www.glamour.com/news/blogs/glamocracy/2008/07/barack-obama-ta.html
Am I the only one wondering what’s going on with Obama’s financing? Just a couple days/ just yesterday! they were begging for donations. Many estimated less than 30 mil this month. Today they announce 54 million? That has Soros written all over it. That man has lost it. He’s lost millions upon millions of dollars trying to destroy the Republicans and lost at every turn. He might as well fly overhead and just toss money out to people, let it do some good instead of just throwing it away. That he’s backing Obama is even more telling. He’s so nuts now he’ll loose every penny he and his family has and wind up homeless just to try and put Obama in office. While after he looses Obama will take the money and build his own white house. Tell George sorry man can’t help you out. I never really liked you to begin with. I just needed your money. Maybe he’s suffering from Alzheimers. He “used” to be a shrewd business man, now…I wonder if he’s even all there.
I’m on BO’s list(for info purposes only), I got a fundraising email only a few days ago that displayed a bar graph comparing Obama/DNC and John McCain/RNC numbers and showing a large gap.
Now they come out and say that in June they started closing the gap. If I believe them now, it means they were lying a few days ago. It isn’t like they just figured out what they made in June right now. This is just when they are reporting the numbers. They had to know they were sending out fraud, or they are lying now about having raised all that in June, and some of it is from July.
Whatever the truth is one of those two fundraising emails has to be a lie.
Yes me! Me! I am wondering WTF? he was broke yesterday and now 54 million and raising money at t a “brisk pace”? whaaaaaat?
CHYRON better watch out. Criticism of Obama is not allowed. Hillary is fair game. McCain is fair game.
Obama is he who shall not be named.
Or criticized.
Or satirized.
He must be mentioned in hushed reverent tones.
Beware all you non-supporters of Obama! You will be struck down by the wrath of those who know the secret racism that lurketh in your hearts. Yea, it lurks in the hearts of the non-white as well as the white.
The Great God Obama, when he sits on the throne of power, will smite you!
A-MEN and NO WOMEN!
/snark off
This ad is excellent. A similar ad can be made about Obama for nearly every issue. The problem is by November they will need to make the ad so long that they will have to buy a half-hour time slot like the infomercials do. I don’t think the media pays any attention to Obama’s vacillations.
This whole charade with the networks following Obama overseas is prewired. They will say that Obama has such a command of the world stage and he is well equiped to be president, blah blah blah.
I have never seen the media anywhere close to this bias as they have become this year. I want to see the media whine if Obuma loses.
PUMAS, ‘welcome to your nitemare’
After you have tasted the policies of affirmative action for 30 years, many of you have benefited from its bequeath, many of you have been proponents of its side stepping qualification standards, why are you denying this black man his attained position from an affirmative process you all designed? Are you racists at heart? you should be honored that an unqualified black man got the nod over a highly qualified white lady…..
You all should be standing by your man, or excuse me, your ‘nitemare’……
You’ll all go back to the farm like the good little fodder you are, and support your ‘affirmative offspring’, just like Hill has….
For you to vote against you ..’child’ or not vote at all; is to admit, you are either RACIST or turning against your socialist ideals…..
Puma, what will you do? Your ‘nitemare’ is waiting, and calling you home…………….
dude, are you drunk?
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
Yes yes, I think you got it. Its all a conspiracy because we want to keep the black man down. HOLY COW! You figured us out. What are we gonna do now!!!!!
Sorry Scott, you have that backwards. Pumas are your worst nightmare.
Why is it just PUMA’s nightmare? Seems like we are all in the nightmare together. If you really wanted John McCain, why are you fighting us? A lot of us are going to vote for him, if Hillary doesn’t get the nomination.
RAre you sure you are not an Obamabot with a mask?
Nitemare?
Did you go to the Obama School of Correspondence by any chance?
yeah yeah yeah… We all know Obama is an “Affirmative Action” candidate, and lacks any qualifications to be POTUS.
Welcome to our world. You are singing to the choir. Go call Pelosi, Dean and Donkey Brazier with your concerns.
Hmmm, three network anchors to Europe with Obama. The way I look at it, this is Option 3 of stuffing the ballot box.
Option 1. Brother Jeb and the Supreme Court.
Option 2. Fraudulent voting machines in Ohio and a wimpy, whiney elitist leading the “defeated” ticket.
Option 3. Chicago thug crowned President of the World by media acclamation.
Who has been orchestrating this? If anybody has a better suspect than George Soros and the globalists (aka Anglo-Dutch oligarchists + Un of Chicago free-market economists), I’d like to know.
Of course, it almost goes without saying that whoever the ultimate villains are, they will pressure and push from the shadows and use proxies whenever possible. Right, Scooter?
By the way, where are you Jimmy Carter?
The Democratic Primary, not to mention the General Election, looks very much like an unfair election to me. Why aren’t you speaking out like the good Nobel Laureate that you are?
Or maybe you would rather earn another special place in history by being included in a latter-day version of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. I believe Circle 8 is reserved for hypocrites.
does BO know that he’s being recorded? Idiot!!!! And take a speech class already, stop it with the ummmms.
WHoa, starting to get antsy in here…..
you say mccain or hill, but you all don’t have a choice….you vote for mccain, you split your party in half, and you admit that your affirmative actions and regulations are WRONG ….
If you vote for your ‘affirmative offspring’ you admit defeat and still are the lackey of a party that has used your own policies to prop up an unqualified black man over a highly qualified white women…..
You don”t like the truth thrown in your face….it has been much easier for you when the press and yourselves reviled Bush…..How does it feel to feel worthless….your prized media allies have turned against you and supported your nemesis just like HILARY has…..GO back home, support your man……he belongs to you…..you actually deserve him….
but I can freely but reluctantly vote for mccain….you can’t….because if you do, you will be a racist, for not supporting your affirmative man, or if you vote for mccain it speaks volumes that you have been reckless to this country with your lib views on AA…….
pumas, what will it be, RACIST or Throwing AA under the bus…..
Scott:
Oooooo, sweet talk!
Stop the hate!
Scott, are you in there?
It’s like anoxia. The guy just isn’t getting enough oxygen to the brain.
Scott, Scott?
Oh wow, it looks like Scott just used up his last brain cell…
Scott proves that Hopium is not the only thing being smoked in this country.
What a blowass this guy is.
Someone quick, get a straight jacket, he’s hallucinating again.
You are a Kook.
Not much of a different view to the views expressed here.
Obama calls for DRAFT
http://www.obama-wire.com/calltoservice.htm
–calls public service in Military or Peace Corp major part of his admin
Do we trust him to make it voluntary?
Jeez, that’s a devastating ad. Barack Obama is SO full of shit! Say what you will about McCain, but he has been steadfast on Iraq, even when his position went strongly against public opinion in late 2006. You may disagree with his position on the war, but at the same time you have to respect the way that he has stuck to it and isn’t constantly “refining” it the way Barack Obama is.
Go John!!
I can’t believe they didn’t have the Meet the Press interview with Tim Russert showing how Obama said that he agreed with Bush in 2004, stating that he was doing a good job. Tim also exposed Obama as stating that he didn’t know HOW he would have voted for the war since he did not see the evidence and was not in the U.S. Sentate!