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Gods Deciding Obama Is Man For Oval Office (Barf Alert)
IBD Editorials ^
 | July 23, 2008
 | David S. Broder
Posted on 07/23/2008 7:16:50 PM PDT by Kaslin
It made no sense when Barack Obama left the country on his nine-day overseas tour for some of my fellow columnists to describe it as a high-risk venture. 
Foreign leaders, who can read the polls as well as anyone, would go out of their way not to embarrass a man who may, six months from now, be president of the United States. 
Obama prepares thoroughly for the big occasions. He is almost always well-briefed, and he was traveling in sharp company  with Sens. Jack Reed and Chuck Hagel  so you knew he would be thoroughly ready for these meetings. The chance of a major screw-up was minimal. 
And, as millions of Americans who watched the primary campaign learned, Obama is invariably articulate and well-spoken. There would be no verbal gaffes. 
So where was the risk? It existed mainly in the minds of some journalists and, perhaps, in the musings of Obama staffers who wanted to hype the journey. 
Acknowledging all that, it is still the case that Obama has pulled it off in great style and thereby enhanced his credentials for the Oval Office. 
What he could not have guaranteed was the role that luck played in the surrounding events and the cast of supporting players. When, on the first day of the trip, he stepped onto the basketball court at the air base in Kuwait and sent his first three-point shot cleanly through the basket, you knew the gods had decided to favor him.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008electionbias; barfalert; blueturban; broder; cluelessidiot; davidbroder; foreignpolicy; gotsomeonyourchin; kneepadbrigade; obama; obamagasms; obamaisnotmygod; obamamessiah; obamasbigadventure; obamavisit; polytheism; theantichrist; theobamessiah; thisisyourgod
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:16:50 PM PDT
by 
Kaslin
 
To: Kaslin
    It’s crap like this from the MSM that might actually push me to vote for McCain.
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:25:07 PM PDT
by 
SoCar
 
To: Kaslin
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:25:30 PM PDT
by 
rabscuttle385
("When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." Ronald Reagan)
 
To: Kaslin
    "And, as millions of Americans who watched the primary campaign learned, Obama is invariably articulate and well-spoken. There would be no verbal gaffes."
Who knew IBD editorialists smoke pot?
To: the anti-liberal
    The barf alert wasn’t for IBD, but for Robert S. Broder a big liberal
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:28:08 PM PDT
by 
Kaslin
(Vote Democrat if you like high gas prices at the pump)
 
To: Kaslin
    “And, as millions of Americans who watched the primary campaign learned, Obama is invariably articulate and well-spoken. There would be no verbal gaffes.”
“Acknowledging all that, it is still the case that Obama has pulled it off in great style and thereby enhanced his credentials for the Oval Office.”
Has Broder found a new favorite tobacco substitute? Does he drink to excess? Has he watched Obama off the teleprompter the past few weeks? Has he watched any of the coverage off Obama’s statements and press conferences from the Middle East?
This Broder column is unbelievable.
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:30:16 PM PDT
by 
Will88
 
To: Kaslin
    Oh, I get it. Its David Broder, who usually has his lips pressed against the buttocks of any democrat.
 
To: KC_Conspirator
    No doubt the god the author of this story is referring to is speled s-a-t-a-n.
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:32:06 PM PDT
by 
efs111
(Hasta La Vista, Baby!)
 
To: Kaslin
    "When, on the first day of the trip, he stepped onto the basketball court at the air base in Kuwait and sent his first three-point shot cleanly through the basket, you knew the gods had decided to favor him."
  
 
  
 If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. 
    
   The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie.
    
    It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.
    
   Joseph Goebbels - Nazi (National Socialist Workers Party)  Minister of Propaganda
    
    
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:32:19 PM PDT
by 
wolficatZ
(Please do not put hands or feet near the CrocoStimpy habitat enclosure..)
 
To: SoCar
    Broder is like a horse on its last legs.
Let the old coot puff up one more liberal for old time sake.
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:33:04 PM PDT
by 
Finalapproach29er
(Democrats still want to Impeach Pres. Bush and/or VP Cheney; keep your eye on these House hearings.)
 
To: efs111
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:33:30 PM PDT
by 
efs111
(Hasta La Vista, Baby!)
 
To: Kaslin
    With a nod to the old proverb, allow me to suggest that whom the gods would destroy, they first give great power.
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:41:28 PM PDT
by 
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
 
To: Kaslin
    “Well briefed” in Obama’s case can only mean that the author has seen and was impressed by the candidates underwear.
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:44:22 PM PDT
by 
TalBlack
 
To: wolficatZ
    There Must be video of those 5 shots Obama missed. They wouldn’t know if he was going to make the shot until it was over. Someone needs to get those tapes and Prove what a fake Obama is to the American Public.
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:49:39 PM PDT
by 
FFranco
 
To: Kaslin
    Only in the minds of David Broder and his fellow Obama disciples in the MSM. Why, if the election is already over, there's no need to wait til November! Get used to hearing it... its President Obama! Little do they know there's a backlash brewing out there. 
  "Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:53:05 PM PDT
by 
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
 
To: the anti-liberal
    8 minutes of ums and uhs in a 40 minute Q&A. Or roughly 1 minute of uh and um per every 5 minutes. Or 12 seconds of every minute for 40 minutes was um and uh.
Yeah, he sounds REAAAAAAAL articulate.
Socialists lie. Always.
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:54:35 PM PDT
by 
weegee
(Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
 
To: wolficatZ
    Brak Obama is half-white. Hasn’t he heard it said from Hollywood that White Men Can’t Jump???
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:56:16 PM PDT
by 
weegee
(Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
 
To: Kaslin
     you knew the gods had decided to favor him. Spoken like a true pagan polytheist, though demons might also be possible in this context.
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 7:57:54 PM PDT
by 
verklaring
(Pyrite is not gold)
 
To: Kaslin
    And, as millions of Americans who watched the primary campaign learned, Obama is invariably articulate and well-spoken. There would be no verbal gaffes. Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh...are you sure about that, David? You typical white person.
The man is completely incapable of speaking off the cuff and not embarrassing himself. McCain needs to work tirelessly to force him out from behind the teleprompter.
 
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posted on 
07/23/2008 8:14:24 PM PDT
by 
Minn
(Here is a realistic picture of the prophet:  ---->    ([: {()
 
To: Kaslin
    "sent his first three-point shot cleanly through the basket, you knew the gods had decided to favor him"
 
 This is a farcical LIE - it took Obambi SIX tries to hit the 3-point shot - not that there's anything so bad about that for an amateur, but let's have an end to this raging b.s. about "the gods had decided to favor him" in his 3-point shooting.
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posted on 
07/23/2008 8:14:29 PM PDT
by 
Enchante
(OBAMESSIAH:  "Pay no attention to that pitiful little man behind the curtain!")
 
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