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Albright says Obama is presidential
Las Vegas Sun ^ | October 18, 2008

Posted on 10/19/2008 7:31:15 AM PDT by NCjim

Sen. Barack Obama’s response to the recent economic crisis should assure voters that he will prove a measured, thoughtful and effective commander-in-chief during a time when the country is facing deep challenges in its global relations, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Friday in an interview with the Sun.

Albright has been crisscrossing the swing states to put her own foreign policy credentials and service in two Democratic administrations behind a candidate whose resume is light on foreign affairs.

The diminutive “madam secretary” spoke to the Sun after a forum before about 100 people at UNLV in which she framed the election as setting “the tone for the United States for the 21st century.”

Albright favors diplomacy to deal with problems the next president will face, including fighting terrorism without emboldening terrorists, trying to fix a broken system of trying to contain the spread of nuclear weapons, reducing the growing gap between the rich and poor in the United States and abroad, stabilizing Iraq, and responding to food and energy shortages.

Obama has come under fire from rival John McCain for advocating discussions with foreign leaders without preconditions. McCain’s position underscores his belief that some outlier nations should be considered enemies with which a president will not confer because, among other things, presidential involvement bestows legitimacy upon those nations.

In her talk at UNLV, Albright said McCain’s position indicates a misunderstanding of diplomacy.

“Diplomacy is not about cookies and tea and making nice all the time,” Albright said. “It’s how countries and leaders talk to each other. It can be nice or you can deliver a pretty tough message.

“Ronald Reagan talked to the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. If (Republicans) quote him on everything, they might as well quote him on that.”

In the interview, Albright said fallout from the international economic crises has jumped to the top of a list of foreign policy concerns.

She said she is concerned that other countries whose banks and economies are failing will point to the United States. The country’s reputation in the world is suffering from the fallout of the Iraq war, she said.

“It makes me very sad to see the United States blamed for everything,” Albright said.

Albright also framed responses to the bank failures as a barometer of how the candidates will deal with a foreign policy crisis.

In polls, Obama scores high on economic matters, which have dominated the campaigns in recent weeks. But public opinion polls show that McCain is still seen as better prepared to serve as commander-in-chief.

Albright pointed to Obama’s response to the financial crisis as evidence that he, too, is fit to be commander-in-chief.

“He had a calm, steady and thoughtful approach,” Albright said. She said she was impressed that he convened a meeting of economic advisers and listened to and considered different points of view before coming out with a plan.

She witnessed a similar approach in past meetings with Obama, whom she has advised on foreign issues.

“He asks people’s opinion in a very respectful way,” Albright said. “I want a confident president, but not a certain president.”

She said direct experience in foreign affairs is not as important as other factors.

“I worked for two presidents — Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton — who were both accused of not having experience, and it doesn’t make any sense,” Albright said. “You look for a sense of judgment and wisdom and I feel very comfortable with Barack Obama on that score.”

Albright said that as Congress considered a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street, McCain’s behavior, which included flying to Washington to become involved in discussions and briefly announcing suspension of his campaign, “had no purpose” and was “erratic.”

“Instead of giving people confidence I think it came out as ‘I want to do something to make a statement,’ ” Albright said.

She also criticized McCain for his proposals to maintain bases in Iraq indefinitely, remove Russia from the Group of Eight major industrial nations, and establish a new international organization made up only of democracies.

“You can’t decide not to deal with countries that are not like ours,” Albright said.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; albright; antichrist; clintonistas; elections; notbright; obama; tyrant
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1 posted on 10/19/2008 7:31:16 AM PDT by NCjim
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Albright has blown her cover as an Albanian cleaning lady.


2 posted on 10/19/2008 7:32:42 AM PDT by ikka
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Albright says Obama is presidential

Absolutely! For Venezuela...

3 posted on 10/19/2008 7:32:43 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: NCjim
Required pic for NotSoBright threads:
4 posted on 10/19/2008 7:33:07 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: NCjim

yes..and Albright is attractive.....


5 posted on 10/19/2008 7:33:31 AM PDT by razbinn (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,and to the republic for which it ...)
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...an Rosie is petite.........


6 posted on 10/19/2008 7:34:31 AM PDT by razbinn (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,and to the republic for which it ...)
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Oh sheesh... and she believed Bill Clinton wasn't lying.

Good grief.

7 posted on 10/19/2008 7:35:38 AM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: Caipirabob
<SPIT COFFEE OUT NOSE> LOL
8 posted on 10/19/2008 7:35:54 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: NCjim

Right Maddy. More socialism, taxation and affirmative action mortgages will bring us out of economic despair and into utopia.

How freakin delusional are these people?


9 posted on 10/19/2008 7:38:55 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (u)
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Big yawn.


10 posted on 10/19/2008 7:40:42 AM PDT by ConservativeGreek
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She would think so...LOL


11 posted on 10/19/2008 7:41:40 AM PDT by JaneNC (I)
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To: NCjim
Sen. Barack Obama’s response to the recent economic crisis should assure voters that he will prove a measured, thoughtful and effective commander-in-chief during a time when the country is facing deep challenges in its global relations...

What? My understanding is that Obama did absolutely nothing about the crisis. I'm not even convinced he understands it. This is just another example of an addle-brained ex-politico stepping into something they know nothing about. But then, what else is new.

12 posted on 10/19/2008 7:43:24 AM PDT by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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She said direct experience in foreign affairs is not as important as other factors.

“I worked for two presidents — Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton — who were both accused of not having experience, and it doesn’t make any sense,” Albright said.

A supreme parodist couldn't come up with something more ridiculous than this: citing Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton as POSITIVE examples of the kind of President one gets when lack of direct experience in foreign affairs is ignored by the electorate? Sheesh.

13 posted on 10/19/2008 7:43:55 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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Mad Lyn Notsobright has just proved it.


14 posted on 10/19/2008 7:46:55 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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I recently saw Halfbright address a small group. She is a shameless liar, spouting nonsense on stilts. Frightening to think of this lightweight in high office.


15 posted on 10/19/2008 7:49:07 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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This is the 70+ something lady that "only found out recently that she is of Jewish ancestry?" This from the lady, who amongst other cabinet secretarys trotted themselves out to the Rose Garden in a press conference to proclaim "Bill did not get any Blowjobs!"

On and on and on and on and on and on.

16 posted on 10/19/2008 7:51:16 AM PDT by Gaffer ("Arguing with a Liberal is like not wiping yourself after taking a dump" Scatological, but true.)
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http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/madeleine-albright-is-a-uniter/ — check this article which will show that Condi Rice’s Mentor is Madelyn Albright’s father. May explain how Rice called Obama on Georgia but not McCain.


17 posted on 10/19/2008 7:51:17 AM PDT by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER -- VOTE FOR McCAIN/PALIN2008! LetsGetThisRight.com)
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Albright says Obama is presidential

That's like Mahmoud Amadinejad saying that Osama bin Laden is a man of peace.

18 posted on 10/19/2008 7:51:26 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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Dr Seruzawa sez: Albright is an America=hating dictator-loving disgrace to the entire nation.


19 posted on 10/19/2008 7:52:29 AM PDT by Seruzawa
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Albright favors diplomacy to deal with problems

Yeah, madame All dull. That worked so well with the jimmah catta administration.

20 posted on 10/19/2008 7:53:13 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Will it be "comrade" after the elections?)
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