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Obama insults the Philippines.
ExurbanLeague.com ^ | August 30, 2009 | Jon

Posted on 07/30/2009 3:38:56 PM PDT by inkling

Another day, another gaffe. A few minutes ago in a joint appearance with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines, Obama stepped in it again.David Jackson of USA Today provides the details in his White House pool report:

Obama praised Arroyo for her efforts to fight terrorism, and her help in dealing with the problems of Burma and North Korea. He noted the Philippines is hosting a conference next year on nuclear non-proliferation. "We're going to have a busy agenda together," Obama said.

He said the Philippines is a small country, but, to use a boxing metaphor, it "punches above its weight in the international arena."
Ahem. The Philippines is the 12th largest country in the world. It is larger in population than France, Germany, Egypt, Italy, Canada & the UK. It also covers a vast area of the western Pacific including more than 7,000 islands.

Could someone tell me why Obama is now insulting the Philippines? Oh that's right — they're an ally.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arroyo; bho44; bhoasia; diplomacy; gaffe; obama; obamateur; philippines
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To: SeekAndFind

I wish FR had an edit button.


41 posted on 07/30/2009 4:21:12 PM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: Devils Avocado

“He’s running up quite a bar tab....”

Yeah, and using America and Americans as the D@MNED collateral! When his A$$ is shipped out in 3.5 years, we (including my grand children) will still be paying HIS stupidly thought debt plan!

D@MN now I need a beer!


42 posted on 07/30/2009 4:23:18 PM PDT by ExTxMarine (For whatsoe'ver their sufferings were before; that change they covet makes them suffer more. -Dryden)
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To: inkling

The man’s a friggin sissy pig. Or to use the words of Reverend Manning “a long legged mac daddy”!


43 posted on 07/30/2009 4:24:48 PM PDT by bvw
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To: inkling
Could someone tell me why Obama is now insulting the Philippines? Oh that's right — they're an ally

Correction. It's because he is an ignorant poseur totally out of his depth. We Conservatives tried to warn the country he did not have the qualifications or experience necessary to be President. Now he is our national embarrassment (with Biden close behind).

44 posted on 07/30/2009 4:25:17 PM PDT by Robwin
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To: inkling

Soon, even the Democrats will start hating Obama and his big mouth.


45 posted on 07/30/2009 4:28:03 PM PDT by real_patriotic_american
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To: inkling

Imagine the howls from the press if George Bush had made such a gaff.


46 posted on 07/30/2009 4:30:17 PM PDT by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: kittykat77

regardless, a leader and an ally should not be using images like this. In general, it is an attempt to build one’s self up at the expense of the other.


47 posted on 07/30/2009 4:33:07 PM PDT by LinnKeyes2000 (Palin/(some other conservative type)2012)
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To: inkling

He should leave foreign policy and international relations to the expert....Joe Biden.


48 posted on 07/30/2009 4:33:13 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Honduras can happen here. Yes it can!)
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To: inkling

This is great news! I love him saying that! Anything that tanks him in the polls is a-okay with me!


49 posted on 07/30/2009 4:34:09 PM PDT by avacado
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To: inkling
12th largest country...7,000 islands...yada yada yada

How many community organizers do they have?

50 posted on 07/30/2009 4:38:15 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Honduras can happen here. Yes it can!)
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To: inkling

It is also the world’s largest Catholic nation.....Salamat Po!


51 posted on 07/30/2009 4:44:17 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: DieHard the Hunter
An ally with a huge muslim

Philippines and even Mindanao are overwhelmingly Catholic. The autonomous regions do not have enough votes for complete independence.

Let's not be rude and the terrorists in Philippines are definitely not Muslims, at least not as considered by the mainstream Muslim population. They are gangs who like to kidnap folks for ransom and sometimes cut off their heads. Nothing religious about that. I posted many articles here in the early 2000s about the Abu Sayyaf.

52 posted on 07/30/2009 4:48:32 PM PDT by altair (My job just got "relocated" to India - Thank You Soetoro, Barney and Chris!)
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To: kittykat77
Gaffe or No gaffe: As yet undetermined.

The best known Filipino at the moment is Manny Pacquiao and he has better popularity numbers than Obama/Soetoro has ever had. The nation loves him. My wife is a fan.

If Obama/Soetoro thinks a boxer is all there is to the Philippines then perhaps it is a gaffe.

53 posted on 07/30/2009 4:54:55 PM PDT by altair (My job just got "relocated" to India - Thank You Soetoro, Barney and Chris!)
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To: altair

> Let’s not be rude and the terrorists in Philippines are definitely not Muslims, at least not as considered by the mainstream Muslim population.

With respect, MILF is an islamic terrorist organization. It’s not a question of being rude, it’s a question of being accurate.


54 posted on 07/30/2009 5:00:23 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: inkling
Could someone tell me why Obama is now insulting the Philippines?

Indonesians don't like Filipinos. It's a strongly christian country, don'cha know.

55 posted on 07/30/2009 5:03:54 PM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: bert
The lesson is President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines, the Grand Daughter of President Macapagal.

Oh, puhleeze. Of all the reasons to dislike our President Gloria, that is perhaps the least of them. And there's no hyphen between Macapagal and Arroyo, that's Philippine naming convention. A woman always moves her former last name to middle name when she gets married. Always.

My wife tells me that it is widely believed that she had sexual relations with President Bush when he visited.

But at least give President Arroyo some credit, not only does she own the biggest TV station, she puts Dianne Feinstein to utter shame in how much pork she can throw at the first gentleman.

56 posted on 07/30/2009 5:08:10 PM PDT by altair (My job just got "relocated" to India - Thank You Soetoro, Barney and Chris!)
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To: AU72
Cut him a break. He just came from a beer fest.

San Miguels only cost about 20 cents a bottle in Manila. Maybe the TOTUS got drunk?

57 posted on 07/30/2009 5:10:49 PM PDT by altair (My job just got "relocated" to India - Thank You Soetoro, Barney and Chris!)
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To: clintonh8r

“How many community organizers do they have?”

None, they got off easy; they have Muslims instead (the Devil we know).


58 posted on 07/30/2009 5:14:23 PM PDT by Carlos Martillo II (Guernica was a work of art...and I don't mean the painting.)
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To: inkling
These tensions have been exacerbated by Obama’s repeated snubs of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s attempts to seek a meeting with the U.S. leader or at least receive a return telephone call from him.

Oh my. Hell hath no fury like a Philippine woman scorned. This guy really is a n00b.

59 posted on 07/30/2009 5:20:50 PM PDT by altair (My job just got "relocated" to India - Thank You Soetoro, Barney and Chris!)
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To: RinaseaofDs
W is Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein rolled into one man next to this Empty Suit.

Compared to him, take your pick. Clinton's one and Algore's the other, with Carter equalling somewhere in the middle only by virtue of his having been POTUS, however incompetently.
60 posted on 07/30/2009 6:16:01 PM PDT by Category Four (Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
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