Meet the Press Transcript /Brokaw and Obama – and Someone writes a top 10 list of “Things that Creep Me Out About Obama”
By LisaB on July 28, 2008 at 3:20 PM in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Commander in Chief, Current Affairs, Foreign Policy, Iraq, MSNBC, NATO
The transcript from Meet the Press where Obama and Brokaw talk right before Obama started his trip back to the US is very interesting. At NQ, we’ve pointed out before that Obama isn’t verbally facile without a teleprompter, and that certainly came through here.
Brokaw, with taped bits relating to Obama’s opposition to the surge and his assertion that the surge would not work asked Obama if his thoughts had changed. In true form, Obama could not even answer intelligibly:
MR. BROKAW: Let’s begin there in Iraq, and that judgment of yours that violence has lessened and that there is a possibility now that Prime Minister Maliki can take on more responsibility. You engaged in some verbal kung fu with reporters and others as well this week about the surge. You opposed the surge, the addition of other American troops in there. Many analysts believe that the reason that violence has decreased is because the American troops were deployed in a more effective manner…
Read the rest ->
Brokaw plays McCain radio ad talking about Obama’s opposition to the surge. Brokaw then plays a tape of Obama’s assertions that 20,000 additional troops would “only make things worse.”
MR. BROKAW: Do you believe that President Maliki would be in a position to more or less endorse your timetable of getting troops out within 16 months if it had not been for the surge?
SEN. OBAMA: You know, we don’t know, because in my earlier statements–I mean, I know that there’s that little snippet that you ran, but there were also statements made during the course of this debate in which I said there’s no doubt that additional U.S. troops could temporarily quell the violence. But unless we saw an underlying change in the politics of the country, unless Sunni, Shia, Kurd made different decisions, then we were going to have a civil war and we could not stop a civil war simply with more troops. Now, I, I…
MR. BROKAW: But couldn’t they make that political decision because troops were there to help them make it.
SEN. OBAMA: Well, the–well, the–look, there’s no doubt, and I’ve said this repeatedly, that our troops make a difference. If–you know, they do extraordinary work. The troops that I met, they were proud of their work, they had made enormous sacrifices, they had fought, they had helped to construct schools and, and rebuilt the countryside. But, for example, in Anbar Province, where we went to visit, the Sunni awakening took place before the surge started, and tribal leaders made a decision that, instead of fighting the Americans, we’re going to work with the Americans against al-Qaeda. That was a political decision that was made that has made a huge difference in this entire process.
So the, the point I want to make is this, Tom, I mean, you know, if we want to look at the question of judgment which is the one that John McCain raised, John McCain’s essential focus has been on the tactical issue of sending more troops, and he’s, he’s made his entire approach to foreign policy rest on that support of Bush’s decision to send more troops in. But we can have a whole range of arguments about past decisions–the decision to go into Iraq in the first place, and whether that was a good strategic decision, where we’ve spent a trillion dollars at least by the time this thing is over, lost thousands of lives in pursuit of goals John McCain supported that turned out to be false. We can make decisions about does it make sense for us to set a time frame for withdrawal to encourage the kind of political reconciliation that needs to take place to stabilize Iraq. We can talk about the distractions from hunting down al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, where there is no doubt that we would be further along had we not engaged in some of these actions, and…
MR. BROKAW: But we have to talk about the reality of what’s going on in Iraq right now.
SEN. OBAMA: Well, but, but, but, let me…
MR. BROKAW: And the Anbar awakening, most people believe, was successful in large part because the American troops did come in and make it possible for them to have the kind of political reconciliation…
SEN. OBAMA: Tom, look–Tom, I’m, I’m–the fact that–the…
MR. BROKAW: Do you disagree with that?
SEN. OBAMA: As I said before, our troops made an enormous contribution, but to try to single out one factor in a very messy situation is just not accurate, and it doesn’t, it doesn’t take into account the larger strategic issues that have been at stake throughout this process. Look, we’ve got a finite amount of resources. We’ve got a finite number of troops. Our military is stretched extraordinarily because of trying to fight two wars at the same time. And so my job as the next commander in chief is going to be to make a decision what is the right war to fight, and, and how do we fight it? And I think that we should have been focused on Afghanistan from the start. We should have finished that job. We have not, but we now have the opportunity, moving forward, to begin a phased redeployment and to make sure that we’re finishing the job in Afghanistan.
And now we know why Obama went to Germany – to “get tough” – well, sorta.
MR. BROKAW: Now, you’ve just been meeting this week with French President Sarkozy and the German Chancellor Merkel. She is prepared to add another 1,000 German troops, but that’ll take their contingent up to only 4500. And both independent military analysts and certainly the Pentagon believes that the Germans are not doing their fair share of the fighting. They want to stay in the north; the hot zone is in the south.
SEN. OBAMA: Right.
MR. BROKAW: Did you bring that up with her?
SEN. OBAMA: I did. Look…
MR. BROKAW: And what was her response?
SEN. OBAMA: We’ve got NATO troops who are doing terrific. Some of them are in the direct line of fire. The British, they’re fighting.
MR. BROKAW: And the Canadians.
SEN. OBAMA: The French, they’re fighting. The Canadians, they’re fighting. The Dutch are, are fighting and, and involved in very difficult work. Countries like Germany are doing important functions in Afghanistan, and it’s not as if there’s not work to do in the north. But what is true is the rules of engagement that have been set up are ones that constrain them. I think that Chancellor Merkel is very serious about Afghanistan. I think she is doing as much as she can, given her politics in her country right now. Part of the reason that I wanted to give a speech in Berlin is to–and speak directly to the German people is to remind them of the historic alliance that has been formed post World War II that served as the cornerstone of our mutual security. And this is the first effort by NATO outside of the European theater. We can’t afford for it to fail. And, and my hope is, is that if the German people get a sense that this is–Afghanistan is very different than Iraq, that this is a war that we needed to fight. These people attacked a NATO member, killed 3,000 civilians, that they are plotting to kill more of us, and…
And about that residual force to be left in the region after the great pullout:
MR. BROKAW: And the troops that you take out of Iraq, those that don’t go to Afghanistan, will they stay in the region and protect Saudi oil fields and the idea that there could be another resurgence of the insurgency in Iraq? And where will they be deployed?
SEN. OBAMA: Well, these are issues, obviously, that you’d have to work through with the commanders. I have committed to making sure that we’ve got a residual force that can do a couple of things. We can provide logistical support, intelligence support. Training for Iraqi troops is still going to be critical. They are now at a point where they are taking the lead in actions, but they are not completely independent of us, and we’ve got to make sure that that oversight, overwatch role continues. And we’ve got to have a counterterrorism, a counterinsurgency strike force in the region. Where it’s most effectively deployed, I think, is a decision that would be made in consultation with the, with the generals. How large that force might be, I think, is also something that we would want to consult with folks on the ground about, as well as the Iraqi government. But…
What about that USAToday editorial asking about the surge?
MR. BROKAW: All right. Well, let me show you what the USA Today said in its editorial, and then we’ll move on to Afghanistan. This is what USA Today had to say about your position on the surge. “Why can’t Obama bring himself to acknowledge the surge worked better than he and other skeptics thought that it would?” That’s a conditioned response on their part. “What does that stubbornness say about the kind of president that he would be?”
SEN. OBAMA: Well, listen. I, I actually think that there’s no doubt that the violence has gone down more than any of us anticipated, including President Bush and John McCain. If you, if you would–if you had talked to them and, and said, “You know what? We’re going to bring down violence to the levels that we have,” I think–I, I, I suspect USA Today’s own editorial board wouldn’t have anticipated that. That’s not a, that’s not a hard thing to acknowledge, that the situations have improved more rapidly than we had anticipated. That doesn’t change the broader strategic questions that we’ve got to deal with.
So, if USAToday didn’t anticipate the reduction in violence, then Obama couldn’t anticipate it either.
But what did he say about his first trip to Afghanistan?
MR. BROKAW: Let’s talk about Afghanistan. That war, as you’ve emphasized a lot in the past week or so, that war’s been going on since shortly after 9/11. This was your first trip. You’re a member the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. I know schoolteachers and NGO volunteers
SEN. OBAMA: Right.
MR. BROKAW: …who go there on a regular basis. How is it possible that, as a candidate for president of the United States and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is making his first trip to what you call the central front in the war on terror?
SEN. OBAMA: Well, look, the, the fact is, is that I’ve been busy also working on issues like Iraq, on nuclear proliferation. There are a whole range of issues that we’ve got to deal with. But my assessment of Afghanistan has not been incorrect, it’s been correct.
Brokaw also asks about the housing / finance meltdown, $4 gasoline and race relations. Obama walks a thin line on the last one, saying that inequities today are due less to current racism than are simply legacies of racism past. Clearly he doesn’t want to imply his white supporters are otherwise racists (although we do know that whites who don’t support Obama are always racists. . . ), but he implies that it will take lots of money to fix these race-based problems.
The transcript is worth the read since Obama is unfiltered and without a teleprompter. If you’d like to see the interview, Realclearpolitics has it here.
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At rightwingnuthouse, Rick Moran has a humorous and yet fair list of the “Top Ten Things that Creep Me Out About Obama.” Although lightly written and with some humor, the list will be familiar to NQ readers. It’s stuff we’ve been saying for some time. Here are a couple to get started:
10. It creeps me out that whenever Obama makes an appearance, the rain stops falling and the sun comes out. As a rationalist I am loathe to ascribe a direct cause and effect to this phenomenon except that it happens quite frequently and the rainbow created by the sun breaking through the clouds spells out “Yes We Can!”
Probably just a coincidence…
9. It creeps me out that there are about twice as many women at Obama rallies as there are men. Now I am not of the Melvin Udall School of anti-feminist thought (when asked how he writes women so well, Udall responds “I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability”). But what is one to think when watching the reaction of females as Obama is speaking? I’m sorry, but it is hard to imagine a man covering their mouth, chest heaving, barely able to contain himself and then ooooohing and aaaaaahhing when the messiah says something particularly vapid and innocuous.
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Of course “and I’ve said this repeatedly” means Obama is lying his ass off again. I think the man can’t help himself.
And don’t forget, “look” and “listen”
he is a tard.
someone please flush that tard…
Don’t forget the “Let me be clear “
all that comes out of his mouth is psycho babble
and the ‘new speak’ implemented by the far left.
you know like instead of saying ’so I said to him’
it’s ‘I expressed to him’ or instead of ‘ a sense
of accomplishment for a job well done’ it’s ’self
esteem’ which you a get from merely existing.
Throw in a couple of ‘vis a vis’s and ‘thusly’s
and he could blow hot air for hours and STILL
never say anything that makes any sense or contains an honest thought or sentiment.
But I’ll say this, for someone who’s never really
accomplished A THING on his own he’s sure proud
of the way he turned out!
don’t forget: and I have said this before
His focus on Afghanistan is because of Brezenski and Jimmy Carter. Google ose names. His pressure to get out of Iraq is for Nadhmi Auchi. That is my take on things. I would imagine he found time to visit Nadhmi Auchi while in Briton. Research Nadhmi Auchi and Saddam Hussein and Tony Rezko. Nadhmi Auchi wife gave a fund raiser for Obama in Chicago. All roads lead to Chicago from Iraq and back.
SEN. OBAMA: Well, look, the, the fact is, is that I’ve been busy also working on issues like Iraq, on nuclear proliferation.
Lying his ass off doesn’t cover it. This piece of shit hasn’t done anything as a Senator except run for President. Everything else is a “distraction”.
Doesn’t he sound like Bush?
“Tribal sovereignty means that; it’s sovereign. I mean, you’re a — you’ve been given sovereignty, and you’re viewed as a sovereign entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities.” —Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 2004
You’re absolutely correct. When Obama says, “and I’ve said this repeatedly” that is DEAD ON code for “get ready, I’m about to tell you another bold faced lie”.
His cheap speeches creep me out.
“The skies will open, the light will come down, celestial choirs will be singing and everyone will know we should do the right thing and the world will be perfect”~quote-Hillary Clinton 2008
“We may have started on separate paths … today our hearts are set on the same destination for America … to elect Barack Obama as the next president of the United States,” -Hillary Clinton 2008
Yesbama,
what do you think of your Messiah-man’s fanTAStic Meet the Press appearance?
I thought it was absolutely perfect. Just like everything else he does of course!
(unlike you fools I was actually more concerned with what he was saying,not over analyzing every oh and um…the guys has millions of eyes on him CONSTANTLY he has to always be thinking 2 sentenced ahead, give me a break)
what exactly did he say?
Yesbama please interpret for us..HOPE you can.
NOBAMA! EVER!
Yesbama is frantically looking over the talking points.
Oh the bully, bully, then RACIST, then but Hillary supports him… oh and Roe vs Wade, Supreme Court Justices.. Those talking points that we’ve heard ad nauseum..?
Ha ha ha, that scared him away, nice job. You actually asked him to tell us what the messiah said.
Poor Yesbama, imagine having to constantly have to be thinking.
if he can’t handle heat get out of the kitchen.
PERFECTION. IT’S NERVANA,,,,Yesbama is an OM troll, As in John Coltranes album “OM”. Very under the influence of LSD (Loonie SYco Drama).
I found this part interesting ” And so my job as the next commander in chief….”
getting a little ahead of yourself Senator Obama.
I was against this war and even I know we can not up and leave. If we leave a mess we will put ourselves in a much more unenviable position.
I was against the surge as well. I must now admit that McCain was right on this issue.
Only two sentences?
Is that before or after he reverses himself, and frankly, maybe that’s why he’s barely coherent in his thinking.
Actually Yesbama, we had a candidate who speaks in whole theses-mode because she has a fleshed-out idea built on a well-considered principle.
But I agree, obama-supporters like you can only think two sentences at a time, with very little connection between the two sentences.
Hmmmm…yet Obama always gets the educated vote. Funny.
Yes yesbama you are SO proving how educated you all are. Have a great day.
Yesbama…
Don’t you have a bridge to guard or something. I believe there are 3 billy goats trying to pass over it. Now run along!
None of the Obama supporters took umbrage at the distinction between educated voters and black voters.
Which reflects poorly on those “educated” voters, don’t you think?
It’s another case of projecting what they want to see on Obama. So much for all that education.
All of my family and close friends are college educated– some (like myself) hold post-graduate degrees–and we’re NOT for Obama.! Quelle surprise!
Obama’s “educated vote” is a myth spread by the msm because the real educated vote asks real questions and expects real answers, and does independent research to verify those answers.
Obama’s “educated vote” always cite his speeches and words as their reasons for supporting him. They can never cite any of his accomplishment to back their choice – because there’s none.
Obama is a 47 year old middle aged man who hasn’t achieved anything substantial. With nothing to back up his claim to the office of POTUS – surely it speaks volumes about this man who’s going for it.
An “educated vote” sees past his rhetoric.
His decades long associations with terrorists and Rezko-types, his legacy in the Southside of Chicago, Annenberg Challenge etc – “educated votes” vet them too.
Clinton’s supporters ask substantial questions and expect intelligent answers, not those ‘uhhh … ahh … umm …’
Clinton supporters are the “educated vote”.
Obama’s “educated vote” is a myth, deployed by a marketing campaign – which if repeated often and long enough, will be believed/bought by some. And since the “educated vote” vets and does independent research – won’t be among them.
So, Obama’s “educated vote” is a myth.
And it’s the independent research and expecting nothing less than intelligent answers to substantial questions of the “educated vote” that’s the antidote to the koolaide offered by the Obama marketing campaign.
This antidote makes the koolaide kind of impossible to swallow.
What ever happened to her?
Ahh, calling people FOOLS…typical cult member. Don’t agree with ME? You’re a FOOL.
You need to read that Top Ten list.
I thought this one rang true, along with the rest of them:
8. It creeps me out that the press seems hypnotized by this guy. Grown men and women blubbering like babes when talking about how exciting he is, how mesmerizing he is when he speaks. It’s as if “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” has come to life and the pods have been placed in every newsroom in America. It isn’t just Crissy Mathews and MSNBC. It’s news anchors at CNN, reporters for Time and Newsweek, editorial writers at WaPo and the New York Times. Big media is in the tank for this guy in a big way. They have thrown off all semblance of fairness (never mind objectivity) and just don’t care that people know they are in Obama’s corner. They can’t be shamed into changing. They evidently won’t be deflected from doing their best to elect Obama.
This kind of thing causes the hairs on the back of my neck to prick up – like walking through a graveyard at midnight. It is just plain creepy – no other word for it.
Your mother’s calling–she wants you to take out the garbage, there, Anchovy.
I was commentating on the creepiness factor yesterday.
What creeps me out about psychobama is just that. He has a true narcissistic personality disorder.
The way he just smiles and tries to charm
everyone. And his need to control people and what they are thinking.
Very very creepy guy.
Yea, I guess when you’re threatened with your Senate seat being taken away (see lieberman), and because she’s a team player, she was forced to say this crap.
But GUESS WHAT?!
Hillary Clinton is not my conscience; seeing the race-baiting, lying, crook pander and inflate himself (3 years total as a “part-time” state senator only representing a small portion of a big city, 3 years as a national senator, 2 years of which running for PRESIDENT!?) is all I need to ignore Hillary, and every other damn dummy that refuses to see the obvious similarities to bush.
OBAMA IS A BLACK BUSH!
I was right about bush, I’m RIGHT about obama.
Principle..country over party. Learn it, live it, love it.
It seems as though, at every stage of this process, Hillary was threatened and beaten into submission like some sort of helpless POW. Now she is even “forced” to speak well of Obama, and campaign for him.
Talk about a weak candidate. If she had any real nobility or principles, she would have quit the Party.
Hey Lap dog! See you’re still slobbing it pretty well!
Stop the hate.
And divorced her husband. And knit sweaters for orphans. And read to the blind.
We understand why you never liked Hillary until she was supposed to wipe Pampers’ useless black ass and make her voters and donors support him.
How about Obama just does what every politician does and works for votes? Can you imagine that? You and Obama both need to get a fucking life.
Like Oblowme and FISA? Those principles?
Or NAFTA wink wink nudge nudge with Canada, while lying to Ohio voters?
Then Oblowme badmouthing most Americans saying these bitter white folks what with their wanting to keep their trades and all while he was campaigning in San Francisco.
How about an alleged class action lawyer who voted against class action lawsuits?
What about Oblowme voting for the Dickhead Cheney Energy Bill?
And pushing worthless friggin ethanol in order to win the Iowa primary.
Or Oblowme letting his constituents freeze in Rezko’s shitty taxpayer funded buildings?
Or the Oblowmes getting in bed with convicted felon Rezko (16 counts of public corruption) re: a mansion.
And the Oblowmes spouting the same BLT crap that NOI leader Farrakhan does.
The Oblowmes being buddies and working with and for remorseless Pentagon and other American places bombers William Ayers & Bernadine Dohrn.
STFU about principles, you terrorist sympathizer.
Are your shoes too tight?
“McCain is simply offering fours years more [of the Bush administration]. … John McCain and President Bush are like two sides of the same coin, and it doesn’t amount to a whole lot of change,” she said. “If you think we need a new course … vote for Barack Obama and get the change we need and deserve.” -Hillary Clinton 2008
Did you learn that at the obama brainwashing school?
Just what change is this guy going to do??????????????
You’d say you fucked your dog if someone had a gun to your head.
What’s your point? Aside from obvious trolling, there, Anchovy?
Our schtick isn’t “Party Unity.” Clinton, as a party leader, is in a different place than we are.
We aren’t mindless followers, see? We engage our brains when choosing a candidate to support–or not.
PUMA. Figure out what it means.
And go take out that garbarge for Mom, or she’ll take away your allowance.
That is the DNC party line…
Yesbama… yesbot
Hillary can vote for whomever she wants–and her supporters can vote for whomever they want!
This was from on the campaign trail, and HRC was making fun of the Obama approach to governing. It was NOT a statement of support for Obama.
Okay, I thought that quote was posted by Yesbama. My mistake. Sorry.
Actually, that comment is a shorter version of one Obama made during a speech. She was just repeating what he said.
I was there when she said that! It was in Providence, Rhode Island. It was awesome!
I love that quote, by far one of my favorites!
Ever since BO does not know what he is talking about. How pathetic!!!
You chastise any supporter of Obama. You call them kool-aid drinkers, messiah worshipers; accuse them of being in a drug fueled haze, of being brain washed and not having minds of their own etc. But you analyze every step he makes, everything he wears, and everything he says down to the last syllable…literally.
You are creepy. Fatal attraction anyone?
Buzz off, Hussein.
Hey Perry watch out. Some of you “friends” on here were saying some not so nice things about your earlier today.
And who would that be?
Comment by madamab | 2008-07-28 12:09:02
Perry Logan a prominent PUMA?
LOL! In what universe?
Try laughing at Will Bower and Heidi Li and Darragh Murphy and Riverdaughter.
Oh wait, you can’t. They are logical, intelligent and well-informed.
Nice try.
Perry isn’t creepy like Obama that he feels that everyone must love and worship him. I love his website and videos.
so madamab doesn’t like Perry’s videos. I do think they are intelligent and well-informed. Just offbeat.
Maybe madamab has never been to Austin. The city’s motto is “keep austin weird”.
I may be wrong, but I don’t think Perry has ever claimed to be a prominent PUMA, but he does support the cause. Same as I do.
You hairy little looser Yesbama!
Take your divide and conquer 2 year old tactics
and go report back to Lord Obutthead!
And tell him we are not buying your crap!
That’s right, no customers for the koolaid
stand here!
And isn’t that what you all did to Hillary? Turn around is fair play don’t ya think??? Or does it hurt too much?? Can’t handle it?? You sound just like your cult leader..
WahhWahh the questions are too hard and the TRUTH fucking sucks! doesn’t it? Obama is not ready to lead PERIOD.
Exactly, Barack, his campaign, and all his little cult members constantly called Clinton a serial liar, dishonest, manipulative, can’t be trusted, etc., etc. NOTHING went unnoticed – without being berated and mocked.
And now they cry as their false idol is shattered…what nerve!
fatal attraction ????……purple lips, stinky feet, ah eh ah er and em ah, the notion of anything obama flops my stomach to answer your dumb comment.
Purple lips? Racism much?
How the hell do you get purple lips being racist? He has some sort of problem do to his snorting coke and smoking cigs. His lips are blue/purple because he’s most likely sick. We wil never know because he refuses to release his medical records…unlike McCain. Barky is such a coward.
it’s from the blue and red koolaid
Just which race is that which is so mocked for its purple lips and gums?
The elusive race of grape freeze pop hunters wandering the frozen northern wastes.
So now we can’t state the obvious? You are thin-skinned.
as is BOBO
Yesbama, we do analyze everything Obama says down to the last syllable, because a lot of what he says does not make any sense whatsoever. If the DNC had to foist an unqualified candidate on our party, at least they could have found someone who speaks coherently, don’t you think so?
And with all that evidence of lack of integrity, dishonesty, and incompetence, the message is still not getting through to you bots. It must be some strong Kool-Aid they serve.
What you don’t process is that it’s not about YOU. We feel very dismissive of you as a group because your logic isn’t reality based.
How you can not see the feet of tar is totally beyond the level of suspending disbelief. That having been said, the discourse here is not for your benefit. It is for ours. You inserting your unrequested input is like in the “olden days” when people had party lines. We’re on a private call enjoying a conversation and you pick up the party line and bellow. Can you understand that you are — in those terms a pain in the ass?
It’s called, “Vetting”, since the press won’t do it we will.
then get the fuck out of here shit for brains!
As opposed to you not analyzing any of it.
OH never mind!
Don’t forget Hopium Smokers!
A personal favorite of mine.
“Comment by Yesbama | 2008-07-28 15:32:51
You chastise any supporter of Obama. You call them kool-aid drinkers, messiah worshipers; accuse them of being in a drug fueled haze, of being brain washed and not having minds of their own etc. But you analyze every step he makes, everything he wears, and everything he says down to the last syllable…literally.
You are creepy. Fatal attraction anyone?”
It’s called running for president.
Shoe fits? Wear it.
Latent Jim Jones followers.
Yes if you think a man might destroy this country you watch him very closely.
You need to apply critical thinking skills to make a point… that is why we think many O supporters are everything you mentioned and so much more.
Keep proving our case Yesbama…
We don’t “chastise” you. We make fun of you. Because every time he screws up, which you can count on sure as the sun rises and sets, you mutants come here and rationalize it and parrot his inanity. You’re idiots, gullible, preening cultists.
All through the primaries, you attacked Hillary as a warmonger and an opportunist, a corrupt politician, a social climber. She was a NAFTA lover blah blah blah.
Look at yourself now. “He’s doing what all politicians do.” So much for hope and change.
“it is hard to imagine a man covering their mouth, chest heaving, barely able to contain himself and then ooooohing and aaaaaahhing when the messiah says something particularly vapid and innocuous.”
Guess he doesn’t watch MSNBC?
Matthews … Olberman et al???
From the “10 things that creep me out”:
Silly man, that would be over-analyzing.
Following is the appropriate response to anything The One has ever said, done, voted present on, read from a teleprompter, or attempted to utter in his mellifluous voice:
(see Yesbama comment above)
Over the past 2 months Congressional Leadership has blatantly worked to block efforts to enact any legislation designed to decrease our dependence upon foreign oil, increase incentives and investment in new technologies and alternative energy, create American jobs, and stop the transfer of Billions of Dollars in our wealth to other countries. 18 months ago the Democratic Party took control of congress upon a platform of lowering energy prices and decreasing our reliance upon foreign oil. Today, Senator Reid, Speaker of the House Pelosi, Senator Obama, and a handful of stubborn congressional leaders are holding up legislation which will provide the first step towards renewing American Energy Independence.
Over the course of 18 months congressional leadership has done nothing and developed no plan to deal with energy and fuel costs that are beyond control. Yet despite these failures congressional leadership feels that it deserves a vacation, even while middle class Americans recieve no vacation for the rising tide of oil, food, and consumer goods prices.
President Bush has the executive power to order Congress into an “Extra” or “Special Session” in order to force the debate on energy proposals that have been blocked by congressional leadership. President Bush should immediately use this power to end the congressional vacation and bring the incompetence of current congressional leadership to the forefront of the news.
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http://politicallydrunk.blogspot.com/2008/07/president-bush-order-special-session-of.html
This also delays Hill’s stumping.
Anything that keeps Hillary in Washington is fine by me.
Done. I agree with you but let’s try anyway. You’d think Bush would try to exert some power over the do-nothings just out of sheer nastiness.
Well, but, but, but, let me…Tom, look–Tom, I’m, I’m–the fact that–the…Well, the–well, the–look, Obama is so pathetic!!!
Hillary o8
McCain 08
Sounds very familiar doesn’t it? Stutter, Stammer….
http://nativeamericansagainstobama.wordpress.com/
He talks like Porky Pig.
what a clown, I now know for certain he is even worse than Bush 2. Just sayin’…
ROFL!!!! dddddaadda that’s all, Folks!
Barack and Forth because words have meaning , Flip : Obama promised to filibuster the FISA bill to make sure it would not pass . Flop: Obama has now voted for the FISA bill .. Flip: Obama replied ‘yes’ in Sept. 2007 when asked if he would agree to public financing of the presidential election even signing a document promising to do so in a photo-op press campaign stunt . Flop: Since he now realizes that he can collect far more money he tosses is signed pledge aside, of coarse blaming the GOP for his decision . Flip: In January 2004, Obama said it was time ‘to end the embargo with Cuba’ because it had ‘utterly failed in the effort to overthrow Castro.’ . Flop: Speaking to a Cuban American audience in Miami in August 2007, he said he would not ‘take off the embargo’ as president because it is ‘an important inducement for change.’ . Flip: Obama promised to repeal Patriot Act, . Flop: Obama then voted for it. . Flip: Throughout the primary Obama was against namings Iran’s Revolutionary Guard A Terrorist Organization. . Flop: Obama now says that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard be labeled what it is: a terrorist organization.’ . Flip: Obama badmouthed those that wear a lapel pin saying they are fake patriots as a reason to why he does not wear one . Flop: Obama now wears a flag pin daily . Flip: Obama said he supported the DC hand gun ban, . Flop: Obama now says he supports the Supreme Court striking down the DC handgun ban . Flip Obama has been promising to get the USA out of Iraq regardless of the situation or the advice of the commanders on the ground . Flop: Obama now says he will continue to refine his Iraq policy as events dictate . Flip: Obama said in a speech to AIPAC that Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided,’ to rousing applause from the 7,000-plus attendees at the policy conference. . Flop : But the very next day Obama then clarified that he believes ‘Jerusalem is a final status issue, as part of ‘an agreement that they both can live with.’ . Flip: On CBS 60 Minutes Obama said “I mean think about it. Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don’t pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us.” . Flop: Then in a few months later he Obama says “Iran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program. It supports terrorism across the region and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel’s existence. It denies the Holocaust.” . Flip: In a March 2004 questionnaire, Obama was opposed to government crack downs on businesses that hire illegal immigrants. . Flop: In a Jan. 31, 2008, he said that ‘we do have to crack down on those employers that are taking advantage of the situation.’ . Flip: In 07 Obama described union contributions to the campaigns of Clinton and Edwards as ’special interest’ money. And that ’special interests’ are what is wrong with Washington . Flop: Obama now refers to unions as the representatives of ‘working people’ and says he is ‘thrilled’ by their support . Flip: In Jan. 2004, Obama told Illinois college students that he supported eliminating criminal penalties for marijuana use. . Flop: On Oct. 30, 2007, Obama said he opposes the decriminalization of marijuana.
a flip flop is not changing your mind over decades as McCain has done on issues, . a flip flop is a rapid change of position back and forth in a campaign to pander to the electorate . all these Obama changes were in the last few months for political reasons : that’s a flip flop
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“One of my favorite tasks of being a Senator is hosting town hall meeting.”-Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope:Page 101
Nobama!
So, by all means let the journalists of The New York Times paint his visit as an accomplishment of some sort.
Just keep in mind that if we’d followed the novice senator’s judgment at any point during his career, Iraq could’ve been too dangerous a place for his flight to even consider visiting.
Racist creepobama creeps me out and so is his now stay at home muzzled wife.
what obama should worry about more is why has’nt he got 50 % of the vote. Todays usatoday survey has mccain ahead now. What a joke, that what the democrats get for nominating a loser. He is , in my opinion NOT PRESIDENTAL. The Dems blew it again. Its time to give brazille/dean/obama the boot. What do they have in common….THEY ARE LOSERS
that is absolute fact. They are the ones who are sore losers.
http://hillaryclintonnews.blogspot.com/2008/07/this-says-it-like-it-is-doesnt-it.html
Obama Unable to Affect Change Even With the Media Courting Him
–This ought to wake up the DNC. After spending hoards of money (perhaps our money) on his staged world tour where Obama pretended to be the President of the United States of America ~ he has not affected the polls with the same dramatic affect. Now, I have to scratch my head here. Anyone who has been paying attention to the primary election saw that Hillary won the college electoral votes
http://www.HillaryGrassrootsCampaign.com
Hillary 08
or
bust
to
McCai 08
The media is playing the same they did with Hillary~ I guess they are hard of hearing.As I contiune getting emails of what the democratic party is setting I kept as I hit reply that…I will never vote Obama.I am Hillary supporters and I will go McCain if we arew screwed out of Deven.It’s a shame when thety get rid of Debra cause she is a Hillary supporter and will not back Obama.She even said she would go Mccain but.it’s ok for Obama to get V.P for a republicans.?This is just another way to take delegates away from hillary
I agree, Madison. And to add to all this, the media are now just getting wind of the Edwards’ love-child scandal. Why now? Indeed, why not during the primaries?
I believe it is to plant a diversionary story for the GE so that Obama’s past and questionable liaisons will not be examined by the media. Instead, Edwards will be their salacious target.
It’s the same strategy that Obama & his media surrogates tried to use toward the end of the primaries against Sen Clinton by planting a salacious gossip-filled and unsubstantiated story about Bill Clinton’s supposed fooling around during the campaign trail.
When you examine Obama’s past campaigns in Chicago, he has a pattern of using salacious scandals to his advantage (e.g. Ryan). This GE will be no different–only this time he’ll throw Edwards to the media dogs to divert attention away from himself and his past.
We are sooooooooo unlucky to have Dean appointed by Soros to the DNC. Dean does for the DNC what he does best….LOSE!
The puppet master Soros, is a convicted criminal. He will destroy this country.
After a brief bout of Obamamania, some Capitol Hill Democrats have begun to complain privately that Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is insular, uncooperative and inattentive to their hopes for a broad Democratic victory in November.
how can anyone read the transcript and doubt this man is anything but a stage show?
You are assuming that his supporters:
1. take the time to read and inform themselves.
2. know how to read.
hahah
It is so damn punishing to try to wade through it that you come through it and you have blah blah blah hope blah blah blah blah blah change ….
I can understand why he is doing everything in his power to avoid the town halls with John McCain. John tries to give you a short simple answer. Oblewit can’t do that because he can’t recall his previously stated opinion on the topic. Since he’s always pandering to the group in front of him, he can’t keep up. He needs one of those people from Hollywood who keeps track of where they left off in filming …
That’s what youtube is for..LOL!
The main McCain attack is Obama knows how to email and text message- um.. wow…That’s what we need in the WH..a cool game player.. and that’s all Obama will be if he makes it there. God Forbid.
Here is what keeps coming in my email.But I get a kick out of it telling them I am a supporter for Hillary.but I could be as well John Mccain
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Dear Susan —
One month from today, more than 75,000 Americans will join Barack Obama at the first truly open Democratic National Convention in a generation.
If you make a donation in any amount before midnight this Thursday, July 31st, you could join Barack backstage before he accepts the Democratic nomination.
Watch this short video invitation from Barack and make a donation of $5 or more today:
https://donate.barackobama.com/backstagednc
This year, the convention will be built around the participation of ordinary Americans. Democrats like you are opening up the political process like never before, and it is a bold and exciting time for our party.
Free tickets to the convention will be available soon. But if you make a donation in any amount by Thursday, July 31st, you and a guest could be flown to Denver, spend a couple of nights in a hotel, participate in the convention, and then go Backstage with Barack before the big event.
Watch Barack’s invitation and make a donation of $5 or more today to be part of this extraordinary opportunity:
https://donate.barackobama.com/backstagednc
Your donation will not only support our party, but will build our 50-state strategy to secure victories up and down the ballot in November.
Thanks,
Tom
Tom McMahon
Executive Director
Democratic National Committee
I got one to, its now in my junk mail… where it belongs..
http://nativeamericansagainstobama.wordpress.com/
send them some puma dollars. get them here> http://www.bitterpoliticz.com
I started returning their mail with a penny.
There was a group of people doing that and I thought it was a good idea.
I write PUMA in large letters on the mail tape a penny to it and return it in their envelope.
Then I go around the house singing “Hey Big Spender”
You should try it. It makes you feel good, very uplifting and fun.
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMA RULES
The only downside to this is that it allows the Obama campaign to make the argument “our average campaign donation is $xx (small amount)” or “xx% of our donations are less than $50″.
If enough people do it, then their numbers won’t match, though.
It’ll be obvious.
At some point, a smart reporter (probably one from Europe, where the KoolAid isn’t taking effect as much) will ask, “How many contributions are well under a dollar?”
No, then all the little tiny contributions will average out the big fishy contributions and it will look like a reasonable amount. Much better to send play money.
You need to send the DNC Monopoly Money. Cuz isn’t that what they have done and what there worth!!
I got one to, I replied that I can’t support someone that didn’t take the time to visit our heroes. I do not want to pay for his Fitness membership.
EWWWWWWW….YOU could JOIN BARACK “BACKSTAGE!!!!”
What, is he KISS or THE ROLLING STONES?
WTF? “Backstage???????” That conjures up images of groaning food service tables, champagne, booze, drugs of all sorts, acolytes and hangers-on, undressed floozies who think sexual congress with a star will somehow make them cool. It doesn’t conjure up visions of the White House, leadership, attending to matters of great national import…at all.
BACKSTAGE???
Like it’s some kind of act, some kind of phony, unreal, PERFORMANCE?
Oh, wait…it is!!! His whole SCHTICK is an ACT!!!!!
And we’re supposed to be the uncritical audience.
Fuck that shit.
EWWWWWWW….YOU could JOIN BARACK “BACKSTAGE!!!!”
What, is he KISS or THE ROLLING STONES?
WTF? “Backstage???????” That conjures up images of groaning food service tables, champagne, booze, drugs of all sorts, acolytes and hangers-on, undressed floozies who think sexual congress with a star will somehow make them cool. It doesn’t conjure up visions of the White House, leadership, attending to matters of great national import…at all.
BACKSTAGE???
Like it’s some kind of act, some kind of phony, unreal, PERFORMANCE?
Oh, wait…it is!!! His whole SCHTICK is an ACT!!!!!
And we’re supposed to be the uncritical audience.
Fuck that shit.
I send them (and the DNC) the four page letter I wrote explaining why I won’t donate or vote for Obama. Of course I use their postage paid envelope. When I send it to the DNC I include a cover letter and it ends up weighing more than 1 ounce.
Anytime BO says “look” he is trying to reframe the question. . .
BillO would tear him down to the floor joists.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=70308
ELECTION 2008
Obama’s $845 billion U.N. plan forwarded to U.S. Senate floor‘Global Poverty Act’ to cost each citizen $2,500 or more
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July 25, 2008
The U.S. Senate soon could debate whether you, your spouse and each of your children – as well as your in-laws, parents, grandparents, neighbors and everyone else in America – each will spend $2,500 or more to reduce poverty around the world.
The plan sponsored by Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is estimated to cost the U.S. some $845 billion over the coming few years
Thing is, will the money even reach the poor?
Its money for the Rezkos of the world.
Because Obarky has never done anything to help the poor in his entire political career, its always been paying off his political benefactors.
No money to give here, unless they are going to increase military pay as well.
See, this is the thing I will never forgive the leaders of the current DNC for and why I will never vote for their stooge. We had the best possible candidate who could have solved the REAL problems facing this country–especially the economy. But instead they force this fool on us who knows nothing and pretty much hates Americans. The only people who really support him are millionaires and students who haven’t been out in the world yet to see how hard it is to get by because their parents are paying all their bills. Makes me sick.
For his relatives in Kenya.
I think he screwed them to.
Wasn’t he supposed to build a school in his grandmothers village.
As usual never happened.
If he doesn’t get anything from it, It does not happen.
He was born under a one way sign
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMA RULES
Oh did you think he was actually going to spend his and mo’s money on it? Not bloody likely.
Not BUILD the school, repair it and bring it up to snuff–you know, with luxuries like WATER and decent desks. They needed about a hundred grand, and not all at once. He told them, in front of press, that he would help.
Ten of his relatives attend the school, and he couldn’t be bothered to follow through….after he PROMISED, and they NAMED THE SCHOOL AFTER HIM.
How hard would it be to hold a fund raiser luncheon for the school? No limits on THOSE charitable donations, after all–he wouldn’t even have to crack open his OWN wallet, the cheap bastard…all he’d have to do is sell a half hour of his TIME, and that school could be the Choate of Kenya.
He’s a selfish, fucking asshole. He USES people, be they glassy-eyed teens or members of his own tribe.
Cretin. That’s what he is.
BUS STOP
He doesn’t give to his relatives in Kenya..There is nothing in it for him. They already support him since his father was a Kenyan.. He has no need to do anything else
no way. too much money already gets stolen and used for things other than it’s supposed to. there are also alot of people who are just plain lazy and don’t want to work. I say let them work for food and housing by doing charity work. No giving money.
And to think he said he was the only canidate who voted “NO” on the Bush-Dick Chengy Energy bill.He went on to say that Hillary did not stand up to the oil companies.
Well the fasts are that Obama is the only candidate who voter “Yes” On this money making bill for him-Bush and all who did vote yes.
Hillary and McCain voted against it…So Hillary and McCain are the only two candidate that did stand up against the opil companys for the people.
Obama got his money from the oil companys.Obama is a liar.He is another Bush as he himself said he votes more on Bushes Bills..I guess he forgot about that interview a while back huh?
http://www.obamaunveiled.com/energypolicy.htm
“Obama Voted For Bush/Cheney Energy Bill, Written In Secret By Industry Lobbyists”
– New York Times
OBAMA’S SUPPORT FOR BUSH/CHENEY ENERGY POLICY
Sen. Obama voted for the 2005 Energy Bill, written in secret by Vice President Cheney and the energy lobby. Thomas Friedman referred to the bill as “the sum of all lobbies.” U.S. PIRG noted that the bill’s “heavy tilt toward big oil companies reflects the influence of Exxon Mobil and other oil companies on policy-makers in Washington, DC.”
The Washington Post editorialized that the bill was a “piñata of perks for energy industries.” Indeed, the bill contained $6 billion in subsidies to the oil and gas industry and $12 billion to the nuclear power industry.
Although Sen. Obama voted for the legislation, he has spoken as if he opposed it on the campaign trail, criticizing it repeatedly. At a presidential debate he said “You can look at how Dick Cheney did his energy policy…he met with oil and gas companies forty times, and that’s how they put together our energy policy.” He’s attributed the failure of our current energy policy to Congress’s “failure to stand up to the lobbyists.”
Sen. Obama’s rhetoric blasting the policies of Vice President Dick Cheney and energy lobbyists can be stirring. But Obama’s actions haven’t matched his words.
Read the details:
Public Citizen: Energy lobby gained ‘exclusive, private access to lawmakers’ to advocate for 2005 Energy Bill ’starting with vice-president Dick Cheney’s energy task force’: “Since 2001, energy corporations have showered federal politicians with $115 million in campaign contributions—with three-quarters of that amount going to Republicans. This cash helped secure energy companies and their lobbyists exclusive, private access to lawmakers, starting with Vice-President Dick Cheney’s Energy Task Force, whose report provided the foundation of the energy bill passed by Congress and signed by President Bush on August 8.” [Public Citizen, "The Best Energy Bill Corporations Could Buy," citizen.org]
U.S. PIRG: ‘The [2005 Energy Bill] energy law’s heavy tilt toward big oil companies reflects the influence of Exxon Mobil and other oil companies on policy-makers in Washington, DC’: “The new energy law’s heavy tilt toward big oil companies reflects the influence of ExxonMobil and other oil companies on policy-makers in Washington, DC.” [U.S. Public Interest Research Group, "How Exxon Mobil and the Oil Industry Benefit from the 2005 Energy Bill," 8/2005]
Thomas Friedman: 2005 Energy Bill Was ‘The Sum of All Lobbies’: “This bill is what the energy expert Gal Luft calls ‘the sum of all lobbies.’ While it contains some useful provisions, it also contains massive pork slabs dished out to the vested interests who need them least — like oil companies — and has no overarching strategy to deal with the new world…The sum of all lobbies.” [Thomas Friedman, New York Times, 8/5/05]
Washington Post: 2005 Energy Bill was ‘a piñata of perks for energy industries’: The Washington Post said, “…The energy bill, touted as a way to reduce dependence on foreign oil or moderate gasoline prices, has been turned into a piñata of perks for energy industries.” [Washington Post, 7/30/05]
Energy Bill gave $6 billion in subsidies to oil & gas industry and $12 billion in subsidies to nuclear power industry: [Public Citizen, "The Best Energy Bill Corporations Could Buy," citizen.org]
Obama: ‘You can look at how Dick Cheney did his energy policy…he met with oil and gas companies forty times, and that’s how they put together our energy policy’: “The one thing I have to remind folks, though, of – we’ve been talking about this through Republican administrations and Democratic administrations for decades. And the reason it doesn’t change – you can take a look at how Dick Cheney did his energy policy. He met with environmental groups one, he met with renewable energy folks once, and then he met with oil and gas companies forty times, and that’s how they put together our energy policy. We’ve got to put the national interest ahead of the special interest, and that’s what I’ll do when I’m President of the United States.” [Democratic Presidential Debate, 7/23/07]
Obama: ‘I’m in Washington. I see what’s going on. I see those powers and principalities have snuck back in there, and they’re writing the energy bills’: “Speaking early this month at a church in Selma, Ala., Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said: “I’m in Washington. I see what’s going on. I see those powers and principalities have snuck back in there, that they’re writing the energy bills and the drug laws.” It was a fine populist riff calculated to appeal to Democratic audiences as Obama seeks his party’s presidential nomination. But not only did Obama vote for the Senate’s big energy bill in 2005, he also put out a press release bragging about its provisions, and his Senate Web site carries a news article about the vote headlined, “Senate energy bill contains goodies for Illinois.” [The Politico, 3/26/07]
He must have pushed the wrong button again…
Present
Yeah, he’s really big on giving out gifts … based on tax dollars.
NEVER FORGET!
Published: 07/22/08, 11:52 PM
An Open Letter to Barack Obama
by David Ha’ivri
We know who you are and who your friends are.
Barack Obama, why don’t you just go home?
Barack, your visit here is just a waste of time; you’re not wanted or needed here. We’ll do just fine without you and you’ll probably do better with out us, too. Don’t come around here making as if you’re looking out for the good of Israel. We know who you are and who your friends are. Zigzagging back and forth about dividing or un-dividing
Zigzagging back and forth about dividing or un-dividing Jerusalem won’t clear your history.
Jerusalem won’t clear your history.
I’m not talking about your middle name. Any good Christian might have the middle name Hussein (although I can’t think of any others). We won’t hold that against you. There are worse things than having an Arab name; like for instance being supported by a known Jew-hater, bigot Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam, who among other statements has accused the Jews of bringing on the Holocaust through cooperation with Hitler – “They helped him get the Third Reich on the road.” But, of course, it would be wrong to hold that against you, because you haven’t been rallying for his support (recently).
We can’t really blame you for the beliefs of Father Michael Pfleger, who embraces Black Liberation Theology, which claims that Jesus was Black – so the Jews have no claim to Israel and, therefore, the Muslims are the rightful heirs of the Holy Land. Those beliefs have nothing to do with you, aside from the fact that you have coined the man your “moral compass.” But one must admit that Pfleger is not your only mentor and also is not alone in looking up to Farrakhan.
Your spiritual mentor is Reverend Jeremiah Wright, who has praised Jimmy Carter for denouncing Zionism. Last year, the Trumpet Newsmagazine of Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ gave the Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Trumpeter Award to Louis Farrakhan and said that he is a man who “truly epitomized greatness.” You are a member of that Church and Jeremiah Wright is its leader and your spiritual adviser.
Now you won’t go so far as to criticize Jimmy Carter, not even for meeting with the heads of Hamas, because, to paraphrase your words, “It’s not your place to criticize him.” That is, not until the next day, when you were seeking the support of Jewish leaders. Then you must have found a new place for criticism. Aren’t the Jews great for giving a guy a new vision and a sense of self-confidence? Is that what you meant by, “It’s time for change”?
Barack Hussein, we won’t hold it against you. But can you tell us what you mean by supporting a Palestinian State along side Israel? Do you mean a replay of the ethnic cleansing of Jews from Gaza three years ago? Do you foresee soldiers carrying men, women and children away from their homes, which are to be demolished by bulldozers? Palestinian rule brought on the endless rocket fire on Sderot and the thousands of Jewish refugees who have yet to find permanent homes or means of a steady income. Is that your vision of a new hope that Farakkhan’s Final Call website praises you for?
Barack Hussein, why don’t you just go home? Your visit to Israel this week is not because you’re looking out for the wellbeing of Israel and the Jewish people. You’re coming to Israel looking for the Jewish vote; your goal is to
Don’t use us or our land as a photo-op.
speak with the Jewish American voters through the press coverage of this tour to the holy land. You want them to think that you took the time off from your busy campaign to further peace in the Middle East. Your hope is that enough stupid Jews will misread the message and take it as an act of support for Israel.
Don’t use us or our land as a photo-op to transmit a twisted call for support to Jewish-American voters. You don’t fool us. We know who you and your friends are.
Barack Hussein, why don’t you just go home? But on the way out, remember the words you heard here from the proud Jewish settlers in Judea and Samaria: “This is our land!” We are back after two thousand years of forced exile and we are not about to leave it again.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8126
Whoa!
So the DNC wants me to give them money after the way they treated the 1st female candidate…money will come after a roll call with Hillary’s name put in to nomination……not the open air rock concert for Obama….
is it true the Obama is having hip-hop groups open for him that night????
Yeah, that will really impress typical white people…call me for a hit on your crack pipe!
Wouldn’t it be great if Hillary’s name was put into nomination…and then she won and THEN Jay-Z had to come out and perform the Messiah’s favorite song, “99 problems and the b*tch ain’t one”? What I wouldn’t give for that moment!
Wow: McCain leads among likely voters in new Gallup poll; Update: Young voters sour on Obama?
And to think, I figured today’s happy poll news would be that Rasmussen sees Obama’s post-speech bounce on Thursday and Friday as having disappeared over the weekend. You want disappearances? According to a Gallup tracking poll taken Friday through Sunday, i.e. after the “We Are the World” singalong in Berlin, Obama leads by eight among registered voters. But according to, er, another Gallup poll taken over the same period, Obama’s lead is only three — and he actually trails by four among likelies. Even better:
The Friday-Sunday poll, mostly conducted as Obama was returning from his much-publicized overseas trip and released just this hour, shows McCain now ahead 49%-45% among voters that Gallup believes are most likely to go to the polls in November. In late June, he was behind among likely voters, 50%-44%.…
Update: Brian Faughnan points to a piece of data noted last week by Michael Barone that may explain this: The percentage of adults 18 to 29 who say they’re likely to vote has dropped
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/28/wow-mccain-leads-among-likely-voters-in-new-gallup-poll/
Excellent, excellent news!
Donna Brazile should have no place in the goverment as well as Obama and Dean Howard..
NOOBAMA NEVER1
Hillary 08 for president
Reading the transcript, thought it was a portion from “Are you smarter than a 5th grader” and not from “Meet the Press”
What is so very sad is that Obama makes Brokaw look stupid by never answering a single question. Way to go Tom, how does it feel to have been out smarted by an empty suited, pathological lying, do nothing politician?
Actually, I didn’t think it was Tom Brokaw who seemed stupid in this interview…
If there is a legitmate question of Obama’s meeting the constitutional requirements to run for president, the seating of some or all of Obama’s delegates may be challenged within 56 days of or at the Democratic Convention under the
RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE OF THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
See http://s3.amazonaws.com/apache.3cdn.net/c313170ef991f2ce12_iqm6iyofq.pdf
Appendix A
PUMA
NOBAMA
Obama = Bush III
He’s been working on Iraq and nuclear proliferation? He must be an extreme perfectionist because I have never heard about any of this work. All I know is that he passed 2 pieces of legislation that were not related to Iraq or nuclear proliferation…Oh yeah, there was that Exelon bill that failed…Geez, Obama, why did you chair that subcommittee if you were just going to ignore it?
I guess Obama’s really saying he has good judgment on Afghanistan and that’s enough. Work is for losers.
Obama is and will be a loser (in November)
See Barry what you get from playing too much basketball during your adventure trip…
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/obama-sees-the.html
PRICELESS!
PUMA!
This rat from the Political Sewers of Chicago, also known as Hussein Obama, wants to be president? he can’t even put two sentences together – i watched hte interview – without having them run onto each other. Grammatically, he’s a moron. He’s not even intelligible w/o teleprompter! Hillary would have responded to the point and succinctly with no fuss or hesitation.
The stutering buffoon II will make an excellent replaacement for that other clown Stutering Buffoon Georgie Bush. And then he can joing Bernie Mac on stage in Berlin and call everyone’s “moms and sisters ‘hos!”….
Is this a nightmare or isn’t it? Will Pelosi Dean and Brazile please go back to their own nightmare and leave us alone.
He looked like these little Chicago rapper-wannabes lurking around looking timid and tough…leaving Karzai’s office..guess he knows he’s out of his element when NOT giving a goddam speech!
And the jerk didn’t visit the Lundesthal Hospital to see the troops…rather play hoops….if this sexist rat becomes president, it’ll be a sad day for all women and for Democracy!
NoBama ‘08
McCain ‘08
Hillary ‘12
Good for BROKAW – at least someone in the MSM is doing their job.
But they left all the ‘uhs’ and ‘ums’ out of the transcript. Guess they had to or it would be 1000 pages long.
Check Alegre’s diary at http://alegrescorner.soapblox.net/showDiary.do;jsessionid=B76F30FE6B3D450896C64D75C6E6E304?diaryId=249
about words from this AA Hillary supporter who won’t vote for Obama:
Listen, I’m a black female supporter of Hillary Clinton – yes – from Mississippi . I love her! She is wonderful. My husband, my daughters, all of us voted for her, and I am going to tell you something – Obama is a race-baiting phony. People, I am so disturbed – I’m so ashamed and disturbed – of what he pulled in South Carolina . I know this is going back in the past, but it makes me want to cry because I worked so hard in Mississippi marching with Martin Luther King and others. And whites were with us. And for him to come and tell those lies like he did in South Carolina . I always tell people- listen, Obama won out. Obama lost North Carolina . He lost Nevada – he HAD to win South Carolina . Otherwise he would have been out of the race, people! He would have been out. How could he win South Carolina with Clinton leading 65% among black voters? AND leading in the polls. He had to pry, snatch, steal – whatever you want to say – those votes out of her hands.
How did he do it? By lying to black people, riling them up and making them angry. To say that – not Hillary so much but Bill Clinton – was a racist. Now, he didn’t say it in those exact words, but baby he pulled it off. I am so angry at that man – I’m not going to go there, OK? If you can imagine I am so angry at him. What he pulled, it was shameful, it was shameful. I am so hurt you all. You can’t understand. Unless you marched – unless you walked there in that hot sun, unless you did that, there is no way to understand what terrible things this man has done. He has set race relations back for a very, very, very long time. I am so -y’all, God knows I could cry. I despise him for that. I loathe him for that. I detest him for that. I am personally outraged and offended at him, and I will never vote for him as long as I live. I am so angry that I don’t know what to do.
Let me tell you all something what I have done. See, I have been a lifelong Democrat. I give to the DCCC, the DSCC, and the DNC, all of them. And now they are sending me a letter of solicitation. I would read it but it’s a little too long, but at the very end of the letter of solicitation – I never want them to stop sending them because I tell them every time- I tell them just what I basically told you. I tell them I am personally outraged and offended and I’ll never vote for Obama, and I tell them in regard to your pretend fears about Roe v. Wade, if you were so concerned about that issue you should have voted for Hillary Clinton.
Oh-This woman said this on the Morning Q show to Billie Jean and Pagan. She was ready to cry and was very angry.
Sister Lou,
What a signal honor it is to read your words here. To have someone here who actually marched for her freedom and rights in the same crowd as Dr. King is a wonderful treat.
It is my humble prayer that you and yours will continue to prosper and be free as long as there is life. You, ma’am are more than worthy of all our respect and love.
Thank you for your insight, courage and steadfastness.
May God Bless You
well thank you for posting that! This black woman gets it. I’m sure other blacks get it too except this lady is one of few who has the guts to call Obama out!
Keep The Change Ad: Iraq
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Rs1iqexYh4
Obama Flip-Flops on Welfare
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SY2wa_cDXjI
“Dignity” TV Ad, Caught In A Lie Version
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AIkmTVit8vw
Barack Obama Flip Flops on D.C. Gun Ban
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QJFO6COAMCY
Huh? He voted to ban he was one of 4 out 0f 5 who voted.Obama is a liar.
McCain vs. Obama On Taxes
http://www.atr.org/content/html/2008/june/0616-obama_mccaintaxes.html
Keep The Change Ad: Iraq
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Rs1iqexYh4
He is sick and tired of democrats what?Well then Obama is sick of hisself.
Hillary for president 08
Yes we will bust to
McCain for president 08
Donna Brazile!Your mother taught you how to play fair.BUSTED! Donnna AND KARL ROVE togethere..dID Karl Rove ever get the hell out of Dodge?Or was he served his warrent….Donna Brazile I bet she knows.
The leader of the kooks kos spews his hatred again:
“This is such a crock of shit. After all the talk of Clinton breaking glass barriers, are her supporters still so hung up on her loss that they’re willing to create a new glass ceiling for women candidates, one that excludes anyone not named Hillary Clinton?”
No link to that hate site.
Sorry. The glass ceiling hasn’t been broken yet thanks to Obie and his vote stealing thugs.
This just shows that women CAN”T be president!
Kos also said this:
An Outside Agent of Change???
What the hell does that mean or imply?
trojan horse
Mahaska!
Yes, I’d say that the original Trojan Horse is the prototypical definition of “Outsider agent of Change.”
The way things are going for Barry right now, he may have to advertise for a Veep on craigslist.
Zeke…
I e-mailed you
did you get it?
I’m not like any other Commander in Chief…No Shit, they had experience, but why did you have to throw the race card in.
I have a question on his Judgment: During the primaries when Hilary wanted to do the Fuel Tax Holiday. He said it would not work, and the price of gas would have still gone up. Well the price of gas has been going down…knock on wood, hopefully it continues. We would have had some kind of break, so does this mean his judgment was also wrong on this?
BO is a fraud, plain and simple. He doesn’t know what the f*ck he’s talking about…and I don’t mean the ums and ahhs. He is all about word fog and dubya’s black equivalent. At least with dubya, there’s no pretense that he’s intelligent. BO, when put on the spot, he begins to throw out words that he hopes ‘bitter’ folks won’t understand. What an ass.
BO is a fraud, plain and simple. He doesn’t know what the f*ck he’s talking about…and I don’t mean the ums and ahhs. He is all about word fog and is dubya’s black equivalent. At least with dubya, there’s no pretense that he’s intelligent. BO, when put on the spot, he begins to throw out words that he hopes ‘bitter’ folks won’t understand. What an ass.
So Obama lies s much in he is for the people.But really this is what Obama thinks of us.
Obama: “I Don’t Care How Poor You Are”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGxzqwRJUzM&feature=email
That is what use to be known as a fuckin’ MOOCH.
NOBAMA!
I have been to MANY campaign rallies, and they always pass around a hat and ask for donations. BUT, that has got to be the most crass, arrogant and condescending shake down I have ever heard.
That is how he talks to his SUPPORTERS.
We know how he treats the rest of us – under the bus.
MR. BROKAW: But get to the point.
SEN. OBAMA: But, but, but, but let’s, let’s get to the point. No one speech does everything, right?
Except for the one Obamessiah will give in Denver accepting the Democratic nomination. I am not ready for the Rapture so I won’t be tuning in.
I did skim the transcript of Brokow’s interview. Many people have said Obama is the Democratic version of Bush. Both liars; both bumblers; both puppets. I agree.
We’ve had the Savings & Loan bailout and the housing bubble. What’s next, Barack? The infrastructure bubble? The water wars?
I can hardly wait to find out.
DNC_We DO Not Want Obama-Now get over it! pick a winner for once. He isn’t it! He hasn’t won a g-d election ever! He steals elections!
Lou you are on a roll! Keep ‘em comin’!…LOL!
Oh and while I’m on a roll and my lunch break is ending..let me say this.
Taylor Marsh banned me from her site in March for talking about BHO campaign irregularities.
That’s when I knew she was in the tank for BHO.
Phony Lady-NEXT!
In March???? That lying two faced . . . whatever. And she took money from Clinton supporters as long as she could.
PUMA
I don’t mean to be picky but.. should it not be THEY? Or is BO including himself in the Sunni awakening efforts?
I noticed that, too. I don’t think you’re being picky. He’s out of touch and talking his professor talk. He’s also stupid and inarticulate.
New AOL Straw Poll:
For President:
McCain 196,358 63%
Obama 116,777 37%
All States Red.
Obama 50 states
McCain 7 states
That would be a Hillary Clinton match up against McCain.
Obama loses — because he loses the National Security vote.
Hang on to your fantasies troll trash — you idiots will soon crash.
PUMA
HAHAHAAHAAHAAHAHAA!! 58, I think, because he said he still had one more to go.
I would be interested to see a poll that is done without any HUMAN interaction–one of those press ONE for Obama, press TWO for McCain, etc.
I think people are afraid to talk about their choice if it isn’t Obama, out of fear (instilled in them by the Obama KoolAid Guzzling Martyrs’ Brigade) that they’ll be expected to defend themselves against charges of racism, despite the simple fact that this DNC candidate is unvetted, untested, untried and under-experienced. Oh, and his judgment sucks, too.
http://nativeamericansagainstobama.wordpress.com/
Obama will do nothing! No Obama
That’s one of my favorite sites.
I had read that Ibama went to a reservation in Montana where he was bestowed with the Indian name “Walking Eagle”. Meaning he is so full of shit that he cannot fly.
Can you confirm? I would like the commemorative coin.
Old, old joke–has been used with every Presidential candidate since Johnson, I think.
It fits, though. It really does fit!
Oh, so THAT’s why Barky went to Germany, do you think all the Germans picked that up in his speech, or like most missed the vagueness that he was actually asking them all to support HIS War in Afghanistan?
I think they missed that.
Thanks Barky for making it clear, you TOO want to be “a War President” and are asking more to sacrifice for you war, because you feel it’s a noble cause.
And since when are we supposed to just want to start wars? Are they not supposed to be LAST resort, especially if it’s not needed, and in our view, would just be “a DUMB WAR”.
Makes You Wonder How The Hell He’s The Leading Democratic,Hell Any Leading Candidate At This Point.It Seems His Charley Manson Crew Will Follow Him Straight To Hell,That’s Why That Moron Chose Young People And African Americans Because He Knew That This Is Exactly How They Would Respond To His Every Fuckup…….i Don’t Know Maybe It’s Me But Did It Appear To Anybody That Obama Continuously Looked Down To His Right While Being Interviewed I Mean A Few Times It Were Obvious,It’s My Opinion That This Country Are Going To Lose One Of The Best If Not The Best President That This Country Have Seen In A Long Time,And That My Friend Is A Travesty
Obama is just as unqualified now as he was when he announced he was running. He is a corrupt, lying hypocrite and his entire campaign has been a fraud. If the DNC really wants to win back the WH they will put Hillary Clinton’s name into nomination and she will be our nominee. Otherwise McCain will be our next president.
Puma Power
If Obama knew how to tell the truth and had a core belief system based in facts — they he could answer the questions in UNDERSTANDABLE and logical sentences.
He is trying to double think each answer — trying to remember which flip he is selling at that moment — depending on which group is is talking to.
Because of his flip/flop on visit the troops — he is now trying to get the message out that he supports the troops. Blah blah blah troops blah blah blah.
As adults age they are supposed to finally figure where the hell they are. Obama is ah . . . around age 38 — and it is long past time that he knows what his basic/fundamental values are.
Even if he is wearing a mask — he should have a value set for the mask — “well, ah, Obama’s mask believes in blah blah blah blah.” But the damn fool is changing so fast that even his mask has no idea what the hell it stands for.
Both Clinton and McCain know who their are — they are comfortable with who they are.
Obama is not comfortable in his own skin — he has played so many games that not even Obama knows who Obama is — thus his use of the third person when speaking about Obama.
PUMA
too bad we can’t edit
then* he could answer the questions .. .
If Obama knew how to tell the truth and had a core belief system based in facts — they* he could answer the questions in UNDERSTANDABLE and logical sentences.
Every day and in every action bracktrack barak shows his distain for America and her people.
we need checks not people.
paint over the American flag for some idiotic campaign logo.
Do not visit wounded military.
When trying to discuss history deliberately underplay American accomplishments.
Don”t expect him do actually do something about problems, he is too busy running around on a taxpayer paid vacation.
obama supporter do not understand he has nothing but comtempt for them as well as the rest of America.
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMA RULES
You forgot to say “BWA-HAH-HAAAA! My vote is my own!”
Shout it out, Comrade!
Lay Down, Lackey.
Your name says a lot about you.
I do not know anyone who wants to be or is proud of being a lackey.
My vote is my own because true americans fought to give me that right.
I will not disrespect their service to this country by voting for someone who has nothing but distain for America.
I also learned that comunism and marxism did not work when I was in high school.
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMA RULES
HillBuzz has the same title but with an insert:
Obama’s youth program – a child molester’s dream…
I noticed the side-tracking.
I also noticed that Brokaw appears to have asked Obama some serious questions, almost like real journalists used to do.
I’m absolutely flabbergasted that Brokaw would actually say to the Chosen One, “But we have to talk about the reality of what’s going on in Iraq right now.” Doesn’t Brokaw know that he will be one of the first to be sent to the “re-education” camps when The Adored becomes King of the World??? I mean, really, HOW DARE HE?
I just can’t let this one go!!!
I mean, come on Tom Brokaw!!! How dare you show a semblance of journalistic integrity by giving His Holiness such haaaaard questions!!!
I mean, like OMG, doesn’t Brokaw realize just how much money we’d save, as tax-payers, if we’d just do away with that silly election thing and just crown His Holiness, Our Light and Salvation, King of the World?(Don’t forget to capitalize that.)
McCain takes lead in the polls
McCain now ahead 49%-45%
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/07/gains-for-mccai.html
I’ll never vote for Obama because he robbed me of the chance to see Hillary answer foreign policy questions (and address other matters) with her typical insightl. It’s like looking forward to seeing a play with a wonderful actor, and finding out the understudy is playing that day. Only Obama wouldn’t even have been given the role of understudy in that story.
All hat and no cattle,,,,,,,,,,,,an empty suit………8 uneventful years as a state senator, 3 as a US senator and a few years community organizing does NOT a president make……..where’s the beef? I don’t care how fast the rookie can throw the ball, he does not belong in world series!!!!!!!!!!
I am frightened that the DNC and super/stupid delegates are letting it get this far…………someone please say it, Sen BO your 15 minutes are up…….Hillary take over!!!!!!!!!
did you hear the story about his Afghanistan trip? when he got down the chopper with Gen. Petraeus, they were met with sniper fire! They ran with their heads down!
This is gone from real clear politics. Is that usual?
This really made me cringe. Typical patronizing attitude towards the soldiers. “They can make a difference if they’re serious about what they do”
“Well, the–well, the–look, there’s no doubt, and I’ve said this repeatedly, that our troops make a difference. If–you know, they do extraordinary work. The troops that I met, they were proud of their work, they had made enormous sacrifices, they had fought-”
We all know Brokaw is in the tank for Obama and he gave him what Merkle wouldn’t give him a speech at the Brandenburg Gate not the Victory Column, so he could try and push the JFK speech connection. Brokaw must have had a senior moment. Yea right!!
I think that the debates will be determinative. From what I’ve seen, although McCain’s speeches are usually not that good (there are exceptions)he is pretty interesting when it comes to one-on-one interviews and comes across as feisty and articulate in debates. So stay tuned.
Let’s get to Denver.I will never vote Obama not even as a ticket! Obama~msnbc~Donna Brazile and the democratic party leaders who made this election about who they wanted not the will of the people! I will wait for Hillary in Denver.If she isn’t the nominnee `I will vote McCain another person who is for the people.
The media~press will do the same to McCain as they did to Hillary.Ans I am not giving my vote to Obama for a free pass,NEVER.
The Pretender
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI1IHprV2ak
Never Obama.