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Obama did have middle-of-night call
Boston.com ^ | October 30, 2009 | Foon Rhee

Posted on 10/31/2009 12:03:15 PM PDT by TaxPayer2000

Top aides to President Obama say that, yes indeed, he did have that 3 a.m. phone call that then-rival Hillary Rodham Clinton warned he couldn't handle.

Before the Texas Democratic primary last year, Clinton aired a provocative TV ad that showed children sleeping peacefully and asking voters who they would trust to deal with a middle-of-the-night crisis.

Senior adviser David Axelrod, communications director Anita Dunn, and press secretary Robert Gibbs told CNN that it happened in April, when Obama was in Prague and North Korea tested a long-range missile.

"I think it was about 4:00 in the morning we were in there and we then discussed that and I went to wake him up and he soon joined all of us in getting intelligence briefings from in the room as well as back in D.C.," Gibbs said.

"He came in, sat down, got a read up on the military people, got on the line with Secretary Gates, General Cartwright I think. And then he says, 'OK. Here’s what we’re going to do -- bing, bing, bing,' " Axelrod continued.

Obama, who condemned the test, didn't go back to sleep. Instead, he went to the gym.

The interview is scheduled to air in full on Monday...

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 3am; bho44
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"bing, bing, bing,"
1 posted on 10/31/2009 12:03:16 PM PDT by TaxPayer2000
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"bing, bing, bing,"

Clearly, the man is in Microsoft's payroll.

2 posted on 10/31/2009 12:05:54 PM PDT by Vroomfondel
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To: TaxPayer2000

I am soooooooooooo impressed/not!


3 posted on 10/31/2009 12:06:55 PM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: Vroomfondel

“He came in, sat down, got a read up on the military people, got on the line with Secretary Gates, General Cartwright I think. And then he says, ‘OK. Here’s what we’re going to do — bing, bing, bing,’ “ Axelrod continued.”

He ate some cherries and left?


4 posted on 10/31/2009 12:07:27 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Faux News" to "Foe News"..."they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Ghandi)
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To: TaxPayer2000

He was in Prague and he went to the gym? What, do they have a traveling gym for TOTUS now?


5 posted on 10/31/2009 12:07:49 PM PDT by Ken522
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“...bing, bing, bing,....”

Is that code for “diddly squat”?

6 posted on 10/31/2009 12:08:00 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: TaxPayer2000

“bing, bing, bing,” Is that kinda like mmm...mmm...mmm?


7 posted on 10/31/2009 12:09:14 PM PDT by Ed Condon (Wanted, newer tag line in good condition.)
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To: TaxPayer2000
"I think it was about 4:00 in the morning... 'OK. Here’s what we’re going to do -- bing, bing, bing,' " Axelrod continued. Obama, who condemned the test, didn't go back to sleep. Instead, he went to the gym."

Are they bragging about this? Good grief Obama is a frikin' do nothing loser.

"Where's your Commander-n-Chief when the nukes start flying?"


8 posted on 10/31/2009 12:09:27 PM PDT by avacado
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
"Here’s what we’re going to do — bing, bing, bing"

I take is as "nada, nada, and nada.

9 posted on 10/31/2009 12:10:13 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Obama did have middle-of-night call

I thought this story was going to be about his prostate.......

10 posted on 10/31/2009 12:12:27 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Who's your Long Legged MacDaddy?)
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To: jessduntno
Obama isn't quick enough to know what to do next. He has his axelrod to help him - to guide the way...

After a few years in office it will be a miracle if Obama knows the first names of any military save for a couple of generals.

11 posted on 10/31/2009 12:12:51 PM PDT by x_plus_one (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell)
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To: TaxPayer2000

One translation: “..bing..bing..bing..”

“It is a tale … full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.”

Macbeth


12 posted on 10/31/2009 12:14:52 PM PDT by Keflavik76
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He was in Prague and he went to the gym?

I think he finds his boyfriends at the gym. Prague, Berlin, . . .

13 posted on 10/31/2009 12:15:11 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Obama, who condemned the test, didn’t go back to sleep. Instead, he went to the gym.

LMFAO...THIS STUFF WRITES ITSELF!!!!


14 posted on 10/31/2009 12:15:41 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
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To: TaxPayer2000

“Take THAT, Hillary! Take THAT! In yo face! Boom shakalaka!”

I think every bit of unanswered criticism just eats at this guy and eats at this guy (to the point now where he’s going all campaign mode on a member of his own cabinet). That’s scary.


15 posted on 10/31/2009 12:16:13 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: x_plus_one
David Axelrod NAZI pose...


16 posted on 10/31/2009 12:17:15 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Faux News" to "Foe News"..."they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Ghandi)
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To: x_plus_one

His “bing-bing-bing” was nothing. The missiles did not post a real immediate threat. One thing he didn’t do was restore full funding to our missile shield development project. It was very thoughtful of him to get up, though. (sarc)


17 posted on 10/31/2009 12:18:20 PM PDT by Avid Coug
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To: Hot Tabasco

Obama did have middle-of-night call

“I thought this story was going to be about his prostate.......”

I was thinking Larry Sinclair...


18 posted on 10/31/2009 12:18:32 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Faux News" to "Foe News"..."they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Ghandi)
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To: TaxPayer2000

Bing, bing, bing. Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmm.


19 posted on 10/31/2009 12:19:30 PM PDT by JPG (NY-23...the shape of things to come.)
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To: Avid Coug

“post” should be “pose”


20 posted on 10/31/2009 12:19:32 PM PDT by Avid Coug
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