There he is, on vacation in his dashiki, at our expense (at left in the pic)
Posted on 02/15/2007 6:04:07 AM PST by DBCJR
Barack Obama's two years in the Senate have taken him around the world, from Russia to Iraq to Kenya _ an itinerary more costly to taxpayers than any other senator who took office with him.
The Illinois Democrat's travels in 2005 and 2006 cost taxpayers nearly $28,000 as he studied nuclear proliferation, AIDS, Middle Eastern violence and more.
Eight other freshmen senators took office in 2005, and about $19,200 was the most anyone spent for government-paid travel, according to reports filed with the Senate Office of Public Records.
Obama's journeys are unusual for such a junior senator, but not for someone thinking of a presidential run someday.
"Valuable or not, it's the thing they all do to show that they're knowledgeable about the world," said Stephen Hess, a George Washington University professor and former presidential aide.
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Why are his lips purple?
Maybe his wife has purple lipstick.
lipstick..
and why the travel...doesn't he Represent Illinois and not Bum'F Something or the other?
Not that I approve of Obama doing it, but too many of our own have done the same for far too long.
TERM LIMITS, NOW!
And dozens of these senators when they come here to Mexico, spend more time on golf courses, night clubs, and wake up with a hang over, and miss the very meeting they were scheduled to attend. Mexican authors and news people have long standing jokes and puns of these habits. It's not uncommon for politicans to find women as escorts in these haunts.
Obtaining this valuable knowledge will certainly make him more useful in representing the PRI (People's Republic of Illinois) and add considerable depth to his speeches.
"Obtaining this valuable knowledge will certainly make him more useful in representing the PRI (People's Republic of Illinois) and add considerable depth to his speeches."
Help stop tongue slippage. Send Obama to the world!
His bitter, humourless, racist wife does not appear to be First Lady material. She probably hasn't cracked a smile sisce she was six years old.
I've only heard her speak once, and she was veeeeery unimpressive.
If they don't shut her up she'll wreck his campaign worse than Teresa did Kerry's.
Join the Senate...the ultimate welfare system.
"will certainly make him more useful in representing the PRI (People's Republic of Illinois)
When Steve Kroft asked him what his hurry was in running for President, I could not help thinking that he is the "Manchurian Candidate" Let me see, his father, grandfather and uncle are Muslim but he is Christian..................
Why can't I get past the suspicion that he was "planted" here years ago..................
Ichi-ban for Men?
There he is, on vacation in his dashiki, at our expense (at left in the pic)
Similar to the Clinton's placement by the (defunct?) USSR?
Degenerative heart disease?
Let me see, his father, grandfather and uncle are Muslim but he is Christian........
He was a secular Muslim, like Sadam, now a Universalist Christian (believe anything you want), who rarely attends church except for a well orchestrated photo-op.
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