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Obama puts down America on Foreign Soil
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Posted on 07/24/2008 11:33:38 AM PDT by Pacothecat

(People of Berlin – people of the world – this is our moment. This is our time.)

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

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KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008election; barackobama; democrats; electionpresident; elections; insulting; nobama08; obama; obamaberlinspeech; obamasbigadventure; obamatruthfile; obamavisit; unfitforcommand; victorycolumn
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“We’ve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.”

He says this at at time when there has not been a major terrorist attack anywhere in the world for years now. We will never know how many unsuspecting civilians have not been killed by terrorists because those would be terrorists have been forced to fight our troops instead, weakening their leadership’s ability to plan and organize large scale attacks on civilian targets around the world.

Who has paid the lion’s share of this? The American military that’s who. We don’t owe anybody any apologies. They owe a debt of gratitude to those who have died and sacrificed everything so they can live. I don’t expect that will ever happen but for Obama to say these things really is adding insult to injury. When will we ever learn? When will we stop being the big dogs on the block getting beat up for defending the very Chihuahua’s biting at our ankles at every chance they get?


41 posted on 07/24/2008 11:57:54 AM PDT by LaurenD
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To: Pacothecat
Apologies R-Us. It's what we do. We're ashamed of America. We're Rats (formerly traditional, patriotic Democrats)

"During President Clinton's tour of Africa he apologised not once but twice: in Uganda he apologised for the slave trade; in Rwanda he apologised for western inaction in the face of the Rwanda genocide." April 13, 1998, The Guardian.

42 posted on 07/24/2008 11:58:43 AM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: avacado

The Iraqi people themselves have never mattered to Democrats - it’s always been about politics.


43 posted on 07/24/2008 11:59:32 AM PDT by the anti-liberal (Write in: Fred Thompson)
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To: Pacothecat
What Obama meant to say is this:

"Dear fellow leftists. One day, hopefully soon after I am elected, I intend to turn America into a mirror image of your defenseless, clueless, cradle-to-grave leftist, welfare states. I pledge to grovel and apologize before every slimy, third-world dictator and Jew-murdering, Islamo-fascist thug. Be patient. After I'm done, the road to irrelevancy, moral drift, and supine begging for our sworn enemies not to hurt us will have begun in earnest. Just you wait."

44 posted on 07/24/2008 12:00:15 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: Carley

“This whole day has left me feeling ill.”

Tell me about it !!

One good thing....today is really good for my diet....
my tummy wants nothing...

even chocolate sucks !!


45 posted on 07/24/2008 12:00:40 PM PDT by Thinkin
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To: skeeter
I seriously doubt the slobbering syncophants at ABC actually published this headline.

The headline at the ABC link is:

Obama in Berlin: 'The Burdens of Global Citizenship Continue to Bind Us Together'

46 posted on 07/24/2008 12:00:52 PM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
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To: contemplator; Pacothecat; moder_ator

Yes, please do not make up titles.


47 posted on 07/24/2008 12:02:33 PM PDT by Obadiah (I remember when the climate never changed, then Bush stole the election.)
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To: Pacothecat

So, the racist Muslim thinks he would represent the world if he became the President of the United States. I have a problem with that but I bet the people and governments of the rest of the world do, too.


48 posted on 07/24/2008 12:03:38 PM PDT by CodeToad
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To: Arrowhead1952
LOL.
49 posted on 07/24/2008 12:03:44 PM PDT by AnnaZ (I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
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To: andy58-in-nh

a new hitler in the making? it is getting very scary out there people...


50 posted on 07/24/2008 12:04:32 PM PDT by tatsinfla
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To: Thinkin

I just want to cry in outrage

Have to wonder what the Israeli’s are thinking right about now

Have to wonder what our own American jewish community is thinking about this performance

And Obama signs at the Wailing Wall.


51 posted on 07/24/2008 12:05:48 PM PDT by Carley
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To: tatsinfla

He is a black Hitlerian. The “black” is his alibi.


52 posted on 07/24/2008 12:06:57 PM PDT by SolidWood (Obamarxislamism, the threat to our Republic!)
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To: Pacothecat

It is highly inappropriate to take a political campaign overseas. Politics should end at the water’s edge.

It’s arrogant and obscene for Obama to do this anyway, without even getting to the words he speaks, which just aggravates it all the more.


53 posted on 07/24/2008 12:07:22 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: SolidWood

and the press is playing up to him. i just pray to God that there are enough people in this country smart enough to see through him and vote the right way. God help us all.


54 posted on 07/24/2008 12:09:24 PM PDT by tatsinfla
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To: the anti-liberal
"The Iraqi people themselves have never mattered to Democrats - it’s always been about politics."

So right you are.

55 posted on 07/24/2008 12:10:32 PM PDT by avacado
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To: goldstategop
“First, we need to see all the RINOs in the party lose before the Republican Party will reclaim its old values.”

I would have agreed with you some time back, but at this point, the idea of an Obama presidency really really scares me!

There's also the issue of the Supreme Court. An Obama presidency would be a disaster for conservatives. What do you think about McCain/Romney ticket? Do you think that would motivate conservatives?

56 posted on 07/24/2008 12:13:16 PM PDT by Raquel (Read my commentary here www.raquelokyay.com)
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To: tatsinfla

and the press is playing up to him. i just pray to God that there are enough people in this country smart enough to see through him and vote the right way. God help us all.


But the MSM is becoming more Fascist by the day. Wait till they implement the Fairness Doctrine.


57 posted on 07/24/2008 12:13:37 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Carley

“And Obama signs at the Wailing Wall.”

When I saw that last night...
I was horrified....

It was an insult....just damn.... no words are adequate...


58 posted on 07/24/2008 12:19:06 PM PDT by Thinkin
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To: PajamaTruthMafia

If your list gets any longer, you’ll have to single-space the entries.


59 posted on 07/24/2008 12:19:37 PM PDT by NCC-1701 (DRILL NOW. DRILL OFTEN. DRILL 24/7/365. PAY LESS. SUCK THE GROUND DRY.)
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To: tflabo
"This appears to be a dangerous precedent....that a candidate for President giving a speech in a foreign country on policy..."

This bastard thinks he can speak for us. He is completely undermining our elected officials and our foreign policy and I'm mad as hell that the press, far from calling attention to this, is enabling it!

Note how his speech shifts the focus to Afganistan to avoid praising the troops and Bush/McCain for their dramatic victory in Iraq?

The arrogance of this asshole! If he wins in November and just one judge retires from the SCOTUS, he will have all branches in his pocket and this country will become socialist in no time.

60 posted on 07/24/2008 12:21:58 PM PDT by balls
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