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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This posted on David Horowitz’s blog, 7/23/08, on frontpagemagazine.com
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Obama and the Troops
From a Battle Captain in Iraq:
Hello everyone,
As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to ‘The War Zone’. I wanted to share with you what happened.
He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here at Bagram.
As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he blew them off and didn’t say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the General. As he finished, the vehicles took him to the ClamShell (pretty much a big top tent that military personnel can play basketball or work out in with weights) so he could take his publicity pictures playing basketball. He again shunned the opportunity to talk to Soldiers to thank them for their service.
So really he was just here to make a showing for the American’s back home that he is their candidate for President. I think that if you are going to make an effort to come all the way over here you would thank those that are providing the freedom that they are providing for you.
I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas
Cowboy Cheer leaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the
President of the United States. I just don’t understand how anyone would
want him to be our Commander-and-Chief. It was almost that he was scared to be around
those that provide the freedom for him and our great country.
If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but I wanted you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is. What you see in the news is all fake.
In service,
CPT Jeffrey S. Porter
Battle Captain
TF Wasatch
America n Soldier
Whoever these false "gods" are, they're not the American voters, so who gives a d*mn what they have decided. And, BTW, I heard that the military says Obambi took several shots at the basket before he finally sunk one.
The Empty Suit Meme (CBS covering for Obama gaffes, lies) (C'BS 7/23/2008 Kevin Drum)
Obama makes verbal flubs as often as anyone, but he almost never makes genuine gaffes. The reason is simple: he's a very sharp, very grounded politician who's exactly the opposite of an empty suit. As M.J. Rosenberg says today, "He's smart. He reads. He knows his sh*t."
Dear God, please help us, we are going down the rabbit hole. At any minute the red queen will appear. The Earth is truly the insane asylum of the universe and the idiots have taken it over.
“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.”
Reed and Hagel. The only things remotely sharp about these guys are the knives they use to stab their constituents in the back.
Uh, er,uh, er,um, er, ah, um,er, no verbal what? (rinse repeat.)
Captain Porter’s email is very enlightening. Maybe Fox News could get an interview with him where he would restate everything in the email so all of America will have clear evidence of What a Fraud Obama is.
The problem is the Lefties could always claim the email is faked without some proof of who Captain Porter is and that he really wrote it. We know the Left often uses fake soldiers to discredit our efforts in the War on Terror.
Didn't happen, it was his FIFTH shot apparently, the rest were edited out.
Oh, wow, a three pointer on the first shot seals it; I must vote for him since basketball is the one necessity a president must have and McCain can’t even lift his arms. A three pointer president - we are saved. /s/
Ohmygawsh, that was so rich!
Ping
Yeah I agree, but it is too bad for barack mcgovern that the “gods” aren’t registered to vote anywhere.
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Just stop this stupid and outdated technicality of an Election. Osama/bama is now our FUERHER, er president for 8-10 years for the 57 states.
The graphic below shows, the only difference between o-B-ama and o-S-ama is just a bit of B.S.
This needs to be sent to every talk show host that we know.
God loves the little babies.
Could have fooled me. God was never present at the Jeremiah Wright Church of Hate and anti America that Barry attended for over 20 years.
Well...allah may have been.
Could Barack be that sneaky little hidden Imam from the well?
I wish I had the opportunity to go to A-stan to thank our Troops. It would be such an honor to show them my respect and appreciation. It is obvious that Obama has a low opinion of our Military. I only have contempt for Obama. What a pathetic little man who would be “king”.
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