A Gaffe, an Absurdity, and a Policy

Townhall.com ^ | May 23, 2008 | Charles Krauthammer

[Puzzleman]

When the House of Representatives takes up arms against $4 gas by voting 324-84 to sue OPEC, you know that election-year discourse has gone surreal. Another unmistakable sign is when a presidential candidate makes a gaffe, then, realizing it is too egregious to take back without suffering humiliation, decides to make it a centerpiece of his foreign policy...

[Puzzleman]

Krauthammer writes so well!

[Dog]

Another gaffe...

Obama cited Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman as presidents who met with enemies. Does he know no history? Neither Roosevelt nor Truman ever met with any of the leaders of the Axis powers. Obama must be referring to the pictures he's seen of Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta, and Truman and Stalin at Potsdam. Does he not know that at that time Stalin was a wartime ally?

Ha!

[Irishguy]

he hits another out of the park...i think he is one of the best political writers there is today

this for example

Obama cites John Kennedy meeting Nikita Khrushchev as another example of what he wants to emulate. Really? That Vienna summit of a young, inexperienced, untested American president was disastrous, emboldening Khrushchev to push Kennedy on Berlin — and then near fatally in Cuba, leading almost directly to the Cuban missile crisis. Is that the precedent Obama aspires to follow?

and then this

It has given rise to a new political phenomenon: the metastatic gaffe.

ouch! but so incredibly accurate....

[endthematrix]

Truisms abound in this article!

[Enchante]

Biden can put lipstick on this weasel but it won’t fool anyone.

I think we should all try to popularize the phrase “Obama is running for Dukakis’ 2nd term”

When someone wonders where the 1st Dukakis term went, well that’s the point — squishy leftist weasels do not get elected to the Presidency (well with the tragic exception of Jimmy Carter, but Ronald Reagan fixed that).

[malia]

to read tomorrow!!

I respect all articles and words from Charles Krauthammer

[Hugin]

Barry also cited Reagan meeting with Gorbachev. But Reagan didn't meet with Gorby until April 1985, three months into his second term. He never met with Leonid Breshnev, perhaps bearing in mind the lack of benefits achieved by Jimmy Carter from his summits. He never met with Chernenko or Andropov either. Indeed the Democrats, sounding much like Obama, tried to make it an issue in 84. But by the time Reagan did meet with Gorby, he had achieved a strategic victory in the cold war. He had placed Pershing II missiles in Europe, despite a massive Soviet-funded Nuclear Freeze movement. When the Soviets walked out of the SALT talks, he calmly called their bluff until they returned. He sent Stingers to Afghanistan, and by the time he met with Gorby, the Russians knew they were bogged down in a war they couldn't win. He stuck with our allies in El Salvador and managed to keep the Contras alive in Nicaragua. By 1985 the Sandinista attempts to export their revolution were a clear failure. And Granada, which had been the major arms transhipment center had been liberated. And finally, he had started working on SDI, a technology the Soviets knew they could never match.

Most importantly, Reagan finally felt he had a person to negotiate with who was stable, willing to compromise on issues, and genuinely interested in improving relations. And Gorbachev was the leader of a superpower, making it reasonable to meet with him as equals.

Meeting with Achmednutjob would be conferring a status that he could never otherwise achieve and certainly doesn't deserve, There is no common ground for discussion. That's why Reagan would never have remotely considered meeting with Khomeini.

[familyop]

"When the House of Representatives takes up arms..."

That's pretty funny.

[G.Mason]

It's painfully obvious that the half black guy, whose middle name must not be uttered, and who is pretending to be a legitimate presidential candidate, is coming across as a first class baggage handler.

Right now he is carrying his wife (the mouth that roared), his pastor (the mad mentor), his friend Ayers (the pyrotechnic professor), along with assorted little packages like (Calypso Louie, and Hamas).

As I always give "Sky Caps" a good tip when the carry the baggage, I will give this one a tip as well.

Get a larger cap Obama ... your ears are way too big.

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

[saganite]

In the case of Truman I’m sure he’s referring to Macarthur. ;^)

[FES0844]

I think we should all try to popularize the phrase “Obama is running for Dukakis’ 2nd term” change Dukakis to Carter!

[sphinx]

Does Obama imagine that North Korea, Iran, Syria, Cuba and Venezuela are insufficiently informed about American requirements for improved relations?

No. He imagines that North Korea, Iran, Syria, Cuba and Venezuela may lack a full understanding of Obama's willingness to surrender virtually any disputed point.

[rellimpank]

—touche’—coffee all over the keyboard-

[Puzzleman]

Previously posted under a different title here.

[RightOnline]

Krauthammer nails it; Obama is far more dangerous than a mere empty suit.

[Rummyfan]

It has given rise to a new political phenomenon: the metastatic gaffe.

Well Charles is a Harvard M.D. after all...

[cyberella]

I want Barack Hussein Obama humiliated. I want him brought to his knees. I want his political career ruined.

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Awesome video:

The same kind of terrorists who support Obama did this:
http://www.frugalsites.net/911/attack/
Never apologize for them.
Never appease them.
Never forget.

[kellynla]

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