Posted on 07/22/2008 9:18:20 AM PDT by mondoreb
Obama's Magical Mystery Tour
After a week of intense media foreplay, Obama has finally embarked on his magical mystery tour. As he boarded the plane that took him on the first leg of his anxiously awaited Middle East and European tour, a pair of uniformed Air Force officers saluted simultaneously, as they do each time President Bush boards Air Force One.
As the media-anointed President in waiting, Obama is virtually guaranteed superstar non-stop media coverage as he makes his taxpayer financed 'fact finding' tour this week. Joining him on this excellent adventure are all three of the major network anchors who will cover his every step, endlessly. The world anxiously awaits.
Obama's visit to Iraq is ostensibly to assess the situation on the ground in order to lend credibility to his already formed opinion of the war in Iraq. In a masterful political move, somewhat akin to inspecting the barn after the horses have already escaped, Barack, with perfect 20/20 hindsight will most likely opine that yes, the surge seemed to have helped matters abit. He will then segueway into his firm, absolutely firm view, which, by the way, he has held for over 4 months, that now is the time to start bringing troops home.
Perky Katy Couric, with the appropriate oohs and aahs, will then proclaim to the world how utterly prescient and, well, presidential Obama is to have suggested the solution to the vexing Iraq problem way before any of the experts did. The only question remaining is how many times perky Katy will flip her hair as she gazes coyly up at Obama through lowered eyelashes.
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When McCain highlighted the fact that Obama had not been to Iraq since the surge began--he gave Obama a golden opportunity to not only FIX that problem, but also make a huge, major media event of his "Mystery Tour".
McCain should have waited until the first debate to tell Obama, "You don't know what you're talking about, you haven't even been to Iraq since the successful surge began"!!
It would have had a huge effect--and would have been a GREAT 'debate moment'--that would have embarrassed Obama on a national stage (with the largest number of Americans watching).
Instead, McCain blew it by giving him a lot of time to FIX that problem and turn it into a big positive.
Agreed...You said a mouthful.
I would have been up for at least a Captain's Mast and maybe a court martial hearing if I had been told to salute this POS.
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