Thread: Obama's priorities...let's take a look

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

G_D help us

why don't you just type 'god'?

are you a fundamentalist christian boon mee?

god help us.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

In his victory speech after the North Carolina primary, Sen. Barack Obama said something that is all the more remarkable for how little it has been remarked upon. In defending his stated intent to meet with America's enemies without preconditions, Sen. Obama said:

"I trust the American people to understand that it is not weakness, but wisdom to talk not just to our friends, but to our enemies, like Roosevelt did, and Kennedy did, and Truman did."

That he made this statement, and that it passed without comment by the journalists covering his speech indicates either breathtaking ignorance of history on the part of both, or deceit."

what in (gasp!) god's name is wrong with that statement?

reagan also talked with his 'enemies' the soviets, didn't he?
this has to be about the 4th or 5th time you've been asked this question, but for some reason you never answer it. gee, i wonder why that is.

It's a damn good statement. I mean, if the USA had shown some clear record of Victory to show me that my attitudes needed adjustment, I would do so. But lets face it, the opposite has been the case.

Originally Posted by raycarey

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

G_D help us

why don't you just type 'god'?

are you a fundamentalist christian boon mee?

god help us.

Why do you type only in lower case there, teach?

Fundamentalist Christians are the only ones who have respect for the Grand Architect of the Universe?

oh my god, boon mee won't type 'god'.

Originally Posted by raycarey

oh my god, boon mee won't type 'god'.

Heh...

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

BO needs another history lesson. What we got here? Another Neville Chamberlain?

"In his victory speech after the North Carolina primary, Sen. Barack Obama said something that is all the more remarkable for how little it has been remarked upon. In defending his stated intent to meet with America's enemies without preconditions, Sen. Obama said: "I trust the American people to understand that it is not weakness, but wisdom to talk not just to our friends, but to our enemies, like Roosevelt did, and Kennedy did, and Truman did."

"That he made this statement, and that it passed without comment by the journalists covering his speech indicates either breathtaking ignorance of history on the part of both, or deceit."

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Obama Needs a History Lesson

G_D help us...

Clearly, Obama is a real neophyte in foreign policy or foreign affairs. He needs a very strong and innovative Secretary of State.

My 'go to' man would be Kissinger for a recommendation. Again, making good on your promise to bridge the partisan divide, and at least keep a strong defense position in mind before you give away the farm.

^
Kissinger is too closely identified with Nixon & Conservatives to get on board w/BO. How about Pierre Salinger if he's still around?

^Yeah, I was just kidding about that, obviously. Maybe Zbibniew Brzezinski could shed some light. I think we need a return to some of the traditional foreign policy values.

But, he was a Director of the Tri-Lateral Commission and would be seen as a danger by the conspiracy theorist left wingers.

Originally Posted by Milkman

I think Obama will choose sharp people with experience and knowledge in this area.

Problem is how will he know who the sharp people are when he's surrounded by bigots and hate america first idiots?

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Originally Posted by Milkman

I think Obama will choose sharp people with experience and knowledge in this area.

Problem is how will he know who the sharp people are when he's surrounded by bigots and hate america first idiots?

Obama would know.

People that will be appointed will be vetted as usual when President picks cabinet members and advisors.

Originally Posted by Milkman

Obama would know.

People that will be appointed will be vetted as usual when President picks cabinet members and advisors.

Not if it's same people who vetted him as a prospective candidate.

can someone post a photo (non-photoshopped of course) of ronald reagan wearing a US flag lapel pin?

thanks.


shouldn't be too difficult, right?

Originally Posted by Milkman

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Originally Posted by Milkman

I think Obama will choose sharp people with experience and knowledge in this area.

Problem is how will he know who the sharp people are when he's surrounded by bigots and hate america first idiots?

Obama would know.

People that will be appointed will be vetted as usual when President picks cabinet members and advisors.

Sure, just like he did with Wright.

Well, to what I believe will be Ray's utter chagrin, the RACE card is now big in the news. (We already told you so, Ray. Just cause I called it, doesn't mean I am racist, right, Norton the Niglette?)

Racism alarms Obama's backers

Candidate's foot soldiers encounter name-calling, vandalism, bomb threats

WASHINGTON - ...In Indiana, Ross and her cohorts were soliciting support for Obama at malls, on street corners and in a Wal-Mart parking lot, and they ran into "a horrible response," as Ross put it, a level of anti-black sentiment that none of them had anticipated.
"The first person I encountered was like, 'I'll never vote for a black person,' " recalled Ross, who is white and just turned 20. "People just weren't receptive."
One caller...said he couldn't possibly vote for Obama and concluded: "Hang that darky from a tree!"
One Pittsburgh union organizer told her he would not vote for Obama because he is black, and a white voter, she said, offered this frank reason for not backing Obama: "White people look out for white people, and black people look out for black people."

I'm just telling you like it was forecast here on TD, Ray. Read the whole story.
Racism alarms Obama backers - Washington Post - MSNBC.com

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Originally Posted by Milkman

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Originally Posted by Milkman

I think Obama will choose sharp people with experience and knowledge in this area.

Problem is how will he know who the sharp people are when he's surrounded by bigots and hate america first idiots?

Obama would know.

People that will be appointed will be vetted as usual when President picks cabinet members and advisors.

Sure, just like he did with Wright.

Rev. Wright is a buffoon. No doubt about it.

But he's a Reverend, and won't be an adviser nor cabinet member.

After first denying that Hamas supports him and attacking John McCain for bringing it up, BO now says he understands why Hamas supports him.

Heh...let's leave him with his Waffle..

^^ Sure, have a laugh, Norton. The Walmart shopping crowd is America. And the big press is finally reporting its reactions to the nominees. Grassroot whites. These folks will not allow a black in the White House. (second amendment)

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

The Walmart shopping crowd is America.

No intent to laugh at the Wallmart shopping crowd. The laugh was for your opinion this is "big" news. A young white woman is shocked when she gets 'I'll never vote for a black person,' response from a white person in a Wallmart parking lot is hardly big news.

Obama May Have His Work Cut
Out for Him to Draw Independents

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Barack Obama can't rest should he soon win Democrats' presidential-nomination marathon. His next big challenge: to introduce himself to the independents who may well decide the November election, and dispel the doubts and misinformation that have taken hold among many.

A focus group of independent voters here Monday night suggested that the Illinois senator is largely identified by his association with his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., whose much-publicized sermons have been called racially divisive and anti-American. Yet Sen. Obama is also identified by many -- incorrectly -- as a Muslim, and suspect for that as well.

The upside for the Democrat is that the Republicans' likely nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain, seems to hold less appeal among independents than he once did, thanks to an unpopular association of his own -- with President Bush.

Obama May Have His Work Cut Out for Him to Draw Independents - WSJ.com

Rather surprising findings among Independents. They're still stuck on the Reverend Wrong issue and on the Muslim misinformation.

Obama has work to do among Independents.

Originally Posted by chinthee

Obama has work to do among Independents.

Indeed lots of work to do – but still lots of time.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

It's just coz I and some other guys have been talking about race for so many months, and folks like Ray and Strollums are calling me racist because I have continued to say that race will be an issue in this election. The big news is that the media is finally reporting on local people's racist views.

Jettie, surely nothing I have posted would classify me as a racists and I certainly am not naive enough to believe race will not play a factor in the election. If Ray and Strollums are claiming you are a racists for saying what I just said then I expect they will have to apply the same label to me.

In the end, only you know if you will cast a racist vote based on skin color or on who will make the best Pres.