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Posted on 08/22/2008 5:06:37 AM PDT by Renfield
Barack Obama without a teleprompter is an accident waiting to happen. Sometimes he reveals his ignorance of history, sometimes he stumbles incoherently, and sometimes he blurts out what he really believes. That's what happened today when Obama tried to talk about Georgia, a topic that has embarrassed him more than once already, beginning when, in the first hours after the invasion, he parroted the Russian line.
Today Obama equated Russia's invasion of Georgia with our toppling of Saddam Hussein:
Democrat Barack Obama scolded Russia again on Wednesday for invading another country’s sovereign territory while adding a new twist: the United States, he said, should set a better example on that front, too.
The Illinois senator’s opposition to the Iraq war, which his comment clearly referenced, is well known. But this was the first time the Democratic presidential candidate has made a comparison between the U.S. invasion of Iraq and Russia’s recent military activity in Georgia.
“We’ve got to send a clear message to Russia and unify our allies,” Obama told a crowd of supporters in Virginia. “They can’t charge into other countries. Of course it helps if we are leading by example on that point.”
So our "charging into" Iraq--with dozens of allies, supported by a U.N. resolution, as a last resort after six months of build-up and negotiations, to unseat one of the cruelest dictators of modern times who had twice invaded neighboring states, was in violation of more than a dozen U.N. resolutions and was responsible for the deaths of something like two million people, who was shooting at American aircraft and had tried to assassinate a former President of the United States, in Obama's childish mind, was just like Russia's "charging into" Georgia, which resembles Saddam's Iraq in no respect. And, of course, we invaded a horrifying charnel-house so as to establish a democracy, whereas Russia invaded a peaceful democracy that it wants to re-incorporate into its empire.
Is Obama an idiot? I don't think so, really. But one of the many problems with being a leftist is that it leads you to say lots of stupid things. Today, the Obama gaffe machine went into overdrive. By November, I suspect that most voters will have heard enough to know that Barack Obama is unqualified to be a middle-manager in a well-run company, let alone President of the United States.
The author forgets to point out that most of those on Obama’s short list for VP voted in favor of invading Iraq.
However, if you ask a liberal, they deny reality and say Bush invaded without authorization.
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Blame America crowd. Iraq has years to comply with the UN. If he wants to compare the US to Russia more power to him , I think he has won that vote but middle America may not have the same view.
bttt
Although it went pretty much unnoticed, Obama stated in his Sadlleback session that one of the reasons that he was against the invasion of Iraq was because he was unconvinced that Saddam had WMDs. It was clear Monday morning quarterbacking by Obama that the MSM just let pass without comment.
When we went into Afghanistan, Iraq would have become one of the natural bases for alqueda. The idea that Saddam and Osama wouldn't deal is obscure.
Let’s face it...Obama is not a smart person. When has he ever demonstrated his intelligence? As editor of Harvard Law Review, he never wrote an article. With a Harvard Law degree, he first worked for a small law firm representing slum lord Tony Rezko, then became a community organizer (whatever that is). When he starts talking, it is like Mr Magoo driving a car...you never know where he is going to wind up. Has he shown a mental command of any subject?
Does Rose Kennedy own a black dress?
He's not just an idiot, he's Obamidiot. Somehow, I thought the Antichrist would be a little smarter.
Did Obama get accepted at Harvard on an an affirmative action ‘scholarship’? Anyone, anyone?
The Messiah could not resist throwing that little bone to his moonbat flock. His halting way of speaking is starting to make me ill.
Obama was first Black President of the Harvard Law Review. Susan Estrich was the first woman. Just connecting those DEM dots...
Ouch. True.
Can Burp get any stupider!!?? I thought the "paygrade" comment was the epitome of stupidity for a presidential wannabee, but in this statement he neutralizes his own comment before someone else can beat him to it!!!
This is the equivalent of saying that Hillary could use a new wardrobe, and I can dress better, myself!!!
"It is better to keep one's own counsel and be thought a fool, that to open one's mouth and remove all doubt!! Burp, take the hint!!
A true hardcore liberal can’t help lying in order TO BLAME AMERICA FIRST
Gaffe? Not according to his supporters and his disciples in the media. Well, maybe a little bit. Left wing blogs are 100 % in support of Russias invasion of Georgia, and are singing the praises of Putin.
I’m willing to bet that Obama believes that we were wrong at D-Day as well.
Idiot.
Of course Saddam had WMDs.
He proved he had them.
He used them.
The only question can be "Where did he hide them?".
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