Posted on 07/22/2008 12:42:38 PM PDT by tobyhill
Not long after he touched down at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Saturday, Barack Obama posed for pictures with three American officials, a pair of military men in uniform, and one rather imposing statue of a bald eagle.
It was an ideal photo opportunity for a candidate looking to convince skeptics of his patriotism - just 37 percent of voters identified Obama as "very patriotic" in a recent CBS News/New York Times poll - and his toughness when it comes to foreign policy. And it was typical of the images that have come out of Obama's visit to the Middle East, a stream of television-friendly shots of the presumptive Democratic nominee chatting with troops and meeting with foreign leaders.
Obama has been careful to fortify these images with words: On Sunday, the Illinois senator urged the Bush administration to move more troops into Afghanistan as soon as possible during an appearance on "Face The Nation." He also reiterated his willingness to authorize unilateral U.S. action against terrorist targets in Pakistan's tribal areas if the Pakistani government will not act.
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Sorry, I couldn't stop laughing after that point...
Old Paint Job vs. New Paint Job
The old was a lot better......Obama's arrogance and lack of love for America shows again.
Mr. Obama is a poseur, at best.
Hey, I like that word!
Obamma lamma tough?
Crappola, I’d bet the farm his own Michelle could whup his skinny big eared butt.
B. Hussein Obama is a buffoon.
Sounds like a unilateralist act by a rogue country. How is that different than Bush? Seems like Obama is proposing to do everything he criticizes Bush for.....What a typical politician.
That’s the perfect word.
“On Sunday, the Illinois senator urged the Bush administration to move more troops into Afghanistan as soon as possible during an appearance on “Face The Nation.”
If the surge failed in Iraq, why is Obama so confident that it’s going to work in Afghanistan?
(I stole this from Rush, but it’s such a great point it needs to be amplified)
In Manchester last night, there was just one reporter and one photographer waiting for McCain as his plane -- a white, blue and gold Boeing 737-400 emblazoned with his campaign slogan, "Reform, Prosperity, Peace" -- touched down on the Wiggins Airways tarmac.
I you’re an MSMer and you have been assigned to the McCain campaign you’d be crying in you merlot everynight wondering how your career ended up in the crapper.
Obama is transparently stupid, ill-informed, reckless, partisan, and ambitious it’s extremely difficult to imagine him in charge of anything.
He hasnt worked a day since he was elected to the Senate and started running for President on the way home from his acceptance speech. Obama redefines worthless for the political class, and that is no mean feat.
Obama formulated his mid-east policy before he left for Iraq/Afghanistan. His ignorance on the subject is glaring. Hawkish? At best he’s a mynah bird girlie man.
I thought when you didn’t serve in the military and you promote using the military the media labels you a chicken hawk, i’m confused, lol
I thought when you didn’t serve in the military and you promote using the military the media labels you a chicken hawk, i’m confused, lol
She sure was a cutie, wasn’t she?
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