Obama doth protest

The New York Daily News ^ | May 17th 2008 | The Editors

[2ndDivisionVet]

The problem Barack Obama is stuck with - whether he likes it or not, and he doesn't - is that during this campaign he did in fact say, and moreover did in fact say several times, that as President he would be entirely willing to sit down with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other rogues with no preconditions whatsoever.

That is why, for a second day Friday, the customarily unflappable Obama rather flappably chose to go on a tear over President Bush's remarks to the Israeli Knesset. He called those remarks "appalling" and "divisive" and much else, presenting himself as the victim of an untoward attack.

He is no such thing.

Here is what Bush said, before the Knesset on a visit celebrating Israel's 60th birthday: "Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them that they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is - the false comfort of appeasement."

Nothing that has not been said many times, by Bush and by others.

Nothing that was inappropriate when speaking to the elected officials of a country that is surrounded by genocidal anti-Semites who have vowed its destruction - among them Ahmadinejad, who intends to attain nuclear weapons to get the job done.

And nothing, let it be noted, that specifically cited Obama, or anyone else, by name. Bush might easily have been talking about warm and fuzzy Jimmy Carter, who lately did such a swell job of winning over the hearts and minds of Hamas.

Ah, but Obama has said he would treat unconditionally with Ahmadinejad. While far short of appeasement, that's a problem.

And so he emphatically replies that certainly he'll be tough on those Holocaust-denying, death-to-Israel-hoping, nuke-seeking Iranians, isolating them until they give up their doomsday desires. Isolation in this case, though, wouldn't count a meeting with President Obama. Which is not really very severe isolation at all. What is the man talking about?

Until the Iranians relent on their crazed aspirations, Tehran poses an existential threat to the Jewish state. Obama pledges he'll always be with Israel. But it's not Israel that's causing him so much trouble. It's his own insufficiently formulated thinking.

[livius]

Jeff, that’s an excellent analysis. Obama was formed in the Saul Alinsky school of political manipulation. A lot of his technique is based on crying victimhood and thus side-stepping any rational discussion of anything he says, does or is, assuming the mantle of virtue that goes with being “oppressed.” I was actually pretty impressed at how he sallied forth immediately to claim victimhood here; it was a preemptive strike, and it worked.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Yeah, Obamessiah can try to take issues off the table and the rest of us can point out that the Obamessiah is trying to take legitimate issues of the table. Obamessiah himself said Jeremiah Wright was a legitimate issue.

So, in a double jui jitsu move, Obama's weakness becomes his weakness once again.

[Caipirabob]

He called those remarks "appalling" and "divisive" and much else, presenting himself as the victim of an untoward attack.

Just imagine making such appaling and divisive statements - The nerve!

Democrats "own" appalling and divisive. No wonder they're upset...

[engrpat]

[Dutch Boy]

Exactly, I have been emailing this clip from his website since the Obama hissy fit. I first did it in response to an angry dem that claimed Bush was lying. Now I just do it for pleasure.

[engrpat]

He just doesn’t know when to shut up and set down.

[Grampa Dave]

Obama: "I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems, ....I will not weaponize space... I will slow development of future combat systems... I will institute a 'Defense Priorities Board' to ensure the quadrennial defense review is not used ..."

Then, there will be peace in our time without the evil republicans causing war!

My change is good for Muslims, Islamofascists, Black Racists, and Chrislims. $crew the Christians and real Jews!

[Just A Nobody]

We can’t talk about
his middle name,
his racist wife
or nutball pastor,
his associations with terrorists and mobsters,
his voting record- state OR federal,
his Mama
and NOW we can’t talk about anything he has said- ON THE RECORD.

You left off:
his wealthy WHITE grandparents
his REAL religion
his trip to Kenya in the summer of 2006 to campaign for his muslim cousin to take of the country by force.....

There is more, but I just drew a blank.

[naturalized]

FYI, saying that someone who “doth protest” evidences their guilt actually misquotes Shakespeare. It’s probably just ahead of “Kill all the lawyers” as the number one and two Shakespeare misquotes.

[Chode]

APPEASERS!!!

[Erik Latranyi]

Democrats and Appeasement:

Rep Jim McDermott takes money from Iraq
Rep Nancy Pelosi visits Damascus
Former President Jimmy Carter meets with Hamas
Sen Barack Obama unconditionally talks with Iran

The track record is there for all to see.

[kinghorse]

You are correct. Pure fantasy is what they were raised on. CGI in film.

Pokemon hit the USA shores in 1993. These 18 year olds are the first from the Pokemon generation.

Obama, I choose YOU!

[the invisib1e hand]

the campaign of perpetual outrage

Well, the feigning of "righteous indignation" is a typical distraction.

[Constitutional Patriot]

"We cant talk about his middle name, his racist wife or nutball pastor, his associations with terrorists and mobsters, his voting record- state OR federal, his Mama and NOW we can’t talk about anything he has said- ON THE RECORD.”

We can't?!?!? Says who? I say we say everything that needs to be said about this no talent A$$ clown and let his protectors in the media scream and yell “racism” until they are blue in the face. They will be seen for the shills that they are.

This empty suit wants to walk into the White House without so much as one objective criticism being weighed against him. Well you know what? He should be running for an “elected” office in some third world dump, not here.

We all need to be vigilant in exposing this fraud for who he really is.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Barry HUSSEIN Snobama needs to STHU and go put some ice on it.

[13Sisters76]

I’m with you- it is long past due that we “speak the truth to power”. I have started that in my classroom and fully expect to be fired for it one day. But ya know what? I don’t CARE!