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Obama Visits Afghanistan, Will Make Televised Address Tuesday Evening [Free Campaign Commercial]
The Atlantic ^ | 5/1/12 | George E. Condon Jr.

Posted on 05/01/2012 1:26:29 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper

President Obama has arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, on a surprise trip to sign a strategic agreement with Afghanistan. He will address the nation at 7:30 p.m. EDT from Bagram Air Base on Tuesday evening. In going to Afghanistan on the ninth anniversary of the most notorious example of premature presidential gloating, Obama risks turning the high point of his presidency into a political weapon for his enemies. But it will be how the president conducts himself while in the war zone that will determine if this trip is lumped in with George W. Bush's donning of a flight suit and appearing on an aircraft carrier under a "Mission Accomplished" banner.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; afghanistan; cicobama; kabul; surprisevisit
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To: SoFloFreeper

What a buffoon.


21 posted on 05/01/2012 1:53:41 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Rennes Templar

I was talking about his speech ... not his sex life! LOL


22 posted on 05/01/2012 1:55:06 PM PDT by In Maryland (Liberal logic - the ultimate oxymoron!)
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To: knarf

I see he’s stumbling thru the speech someone else wrote for him. Sheesh.


23 posted on 05/01/2012 1:56:05 PM PDT by jackv (The darkness hates the light!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Perhaps someone will bean him with a shoe.


24 posted on 05/01/2012 1:59:55 PM PDT by wilco200 (11/4/08 - The Day America Jumped the Shark)
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To: ScottinVA

THANK YOU for saying that AGAIN! Needed repeating.

YES - the biased media blatantly used the Banner - Mission Accomplished and beat W to the ground with it.

Stupid GOP never fought back. Neither did W. Thanks for the reminder.

BTW........ this POTUS will use his TOTUS to brag to us tonight and break his arm patting himself on the back. ugh.


25 posted on 05/01/2012 2:01:15 PM PDT by WaterWeWaitinFor (If we don't help make a change, then who will? It starts with us.)
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To: Perdogg

Glad to here that, they need to hit this POS with everything they have, unlike Mccain. If the indies don’t like it, they will deserve the future they vote for. We can no longer hold back and let this snake and his allies lie without calling them on it. 2 generations have now been brainwashed into believing the liberal garbage, because our candidates want to be liked by the media. If Romney is smart, he will find a way to get Newt out front as a spokesman, cause right now only him and Rush can explain conservatism to the unwashed masses, and I doubt Rush is going to give up his day job.


26 posted on 05/01/2012 2:01:16 PM PDT by Oregon Coast Conservative
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To: Oregon Coast Conservative

“If Romney is smart, he will find a way to get Newt out front as a spokesman, cause right now only him and Rush can explain conservatism to the unwashed masses, and I doubt Rush is going to give up his day job.”

Right onnnnnnn....... Right onnnnnnnnnnn.

Rush is awesome. Newt DOES clearly articulate to the unwashed masses. Great idea. Perhaps we should begin notifying the Romney campaign what we expect. We cannot sit on the sidelines. My grandkids deserve better.


27 posted on 05/01/2012 2:04:57 PM PDT by WaterWeWaitinFor (If we don't help make a change, then who will? It starts with us.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
ANOTHER f’n address..seriously he is doing everything possible to milk this for every last drop that it’s worth..Obama is a disgrace to the White House..I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE his stinkin guts!!

C'mon, quit beating around the bush - tell us how you really feel :)

Here's an AMEN, by the way.
28 posted on 05/01/2012 2:09:51 PM PDT by rockvillem
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To: SoFloFreeper

Will Make Televised Address Tuesday Evening

Thanks for the warning.

The Kenyan Marxist is going to mess up my DVR-ing of NCIS and NCIS L.A.

29 posted on 05/01/2012 2:12:08 PM PDT by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Barack Obamah Spikes The Football!


30 posted on 05/01/2012 2:13:49 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: SoFloFreeper

Will be listening to Red Sox baseball.


31 posted on 05/01/2012 2:16:05 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Signed an agreement with Karzai for the 10 years following the 2014 withdrawal of US troops.

And he did that how?? Without Congress putting their approval to it?? Surely it involves money.

32 posted on 05/01/2012 2:17:51 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: WaterWeWaitinFor

I really hope they can do that. I realize Romney and Newt probably don’t personally care for one another, but then again they are politicians, so who knows. I do know that Newt loves his country, and I think Romney feels the same, so maybe they can get together for the good of the country. If someone doesn’t start explaining to our youth what conservatism is, it will die. Just look at online conservative sites, how many people under 25 are members, not many. It is because to the young, we are right wing hate mongers that want to stone gays, put women back in the kitchen, and starve poor people. This is what they have been taught by our lovely media, and someone needs to change that.


33 posted on 05/01/2012 2:20:14 PM PDT by Oregon Coast Conservative
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To: knarf
Zer0 should'a gone to Pakistan for the anniversary.

Romney needs to go to Club Gitmo' for a tour and speech opportunity to explain why there shouldn't be outstanding EOs to close it.

34 posted on 05/01/2012 2:21:15 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: In Maryland

That’s not entirely how terrorism works, a great deal involves killing off soldiers and innocent civilians to drive the message that our president is powerless to protect us.


35 posted on 05/01/2012 2:21:21 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: rockvillem

LOL sorry for going off a little bit there but he pisses me off SO much..I wont be watching, if I want to see someone milking their 15 min of fame I’ll watch the Kardashians


36 posted on 05/01/2012 2:26:39 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Biggirl
Will be listening to Red Sox baseball.

I'll be listening to Cardinals pregame (and they damn well better not preempt it for this s##t either).

37 posted on 05/01/2012 2:27:14 PM PDT by Marathoner (2 goals this year: (1) S##tcan Obamacare; (2) S##tcan Obama)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Ooooh, even under the cloak of secrecy, I’d rather get a root canal without sedation than be forced to watch or hear Obamarambo speak.


38 posted on 05/01/2012 2:33:08 PM PDT by greenhornet68
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To: SoFloFreeper

Im so sick of this communist son of a communist whore.


39 posted on 05/01/2012 2:36:31 PM PDT by MARKUSPRIME
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To: SoFloFreeper

Oh, so he actually WENT to Afghanistan in order to FURTHER his anniversary celebration of Osama’s death???? What a POS. I don’t think this will get him too many points....


40 posted on 05/01/2012 2:43:35 PM PDT by goodnesswins (2012..."We mutually pledge our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor")
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