Obama really did not lose his bearings - he never had them to begin with.
While the nation should be receiving critical information on Obama’s readiness to assume the mantle of Commander in Chief, the MSM is going above and beyond the call in insuring that displays such as this one never reach the voters.
Obama’s vast experience as a “community organizer” has in no way prepared him for dealing with national or international issues. When he is forced to abandon platitudes and empty rhetoric for substance, he invariably stumbles badly. Take away the teleprompter and scripted speeches, and Obama is actually nothing more than a second rate Chicago politician. His skills are better suited to a Hollywood production set than the world stage.
It is only a matter of time before the MSM attempts to equivocate Obama’s lack of knowledge regarding Afghanistan with McCain’s statements in Congress concerning Iran’s involvement with Al Qaeda. They will try to claim that McCain made the greater “gaffe”, but they will be wrong on at least two levels. First, McCain was speaking generally of the threats faced by our troops, that do include both Sunni and Shia influences. To claim that McCain made a direct statement that Shia Iran was providing direct support to Sunni Al Qaeda is a definite stretch of the truth. Second, and more importantly, we have more than ample evidence that Iran is indeed helping Al Qaeda with logistical support. The IED’s used by Al Qaeda in Iraq against our troops are supplied by Iran. And the fact that Shia is helping Sunni in its attacks against the US only serves to validate the old mantra in the Arab world, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”.
In the not too distant past, the Obama camp was deflecting his lack of experience in international affairs based on his superior judgment. His judgment, perception and powers of logic and reason would more than compensate for his lack of experience. Once it became clear that a reflection of one’s judgment is in the associations one maintains, we have heard little more of that line of defense. The fact of the matter is, that Obama has neither the experience nor the judgment to lead the US forward. In the real world, one finds rarely finds a situation that is supported by scripts and teleprompts. While he is indeed capable of bringing about change, the changes that will flow from an Obama Administration will be disastrous for the United States.
Obama really did not lose his bearings - he never had them to begin with.
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In the not too distant past, the Obama camp was deflecting his lack of experience in international affairs based on his superior judgment. His judgment, perception and powers of logic and reason would more than compensate for his lack of experience. Once it became clear that a reflection of one’s judgment is in the associations one maintains, we have heard little more of that line of defense. The fact of the matter is, that Obama has neither the experience nor the judgment to lead the US forward. In the real world, one finds rarely finds a situation that is supported by scripts and teleprompts. While he is indeed capable of bringing about change, the changes that will flow from an Obama Administration will be disastrous for the United States.
It is therefore incumbent upon all Americans to make sure Obama does not reach the lofty office he aspires for. PERIOD!
So when John McCain mixed up Sunni and Shia while speaking in Iraq, that was OK, but when Obama mixes up Middle Eastern languages, he’s “lost his bearings.”
Both cases are trivial and meaningless. The fact that the media and both sides seize on these things is one of the strongest indicators that our political culture has been debased. Not corrupted, but reduced to an inane series of “gotcha” moments. Many Americans would dearly love to move beyond that, to a world where politicians AND the media speak to us like adults. To see Powerline making a big deal out of this is sillier than the supermarket tabloids.
One of Obama’s truly laughable assertions is that he alone had the judgement not to go to war in Iraq. The fact is he was not in a position to make an informed judgement about the war because he was not in the Senate and was not privy to the intelligence or the debate which led 77 Senators, which included 29 Democrats, to vote to give the President the authority to use force to remove Saddam Hussein from power. He is either speaking with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight or from his ideological heart as a far left liberal who is out of touch with the notion of taking proactive measures when they are in our national security interests. At the time the Iraq war decision was made, most Democrats in the Democratically controlled Senate were on board. In 1998, Democrat Bill Clinton established the objective of regime change in Iraq because, in his words, Saddam Hussein was too great a threat to leave in power. It took Bush to get it done.
This guy is a vacuous blow hard and con artist. What is scary is how many air head Americans are easily seduced by a con artist. Slick Willy was proof of that.
So when John McCain mixed up Sunni and Shia while speaking in Iraq, that was OK, but when Obama mixes up Middle Eastern languages, he’s “lost his bearings.”
Both cases are trivial and meaningless. The fact that the media and both sides seize on these things is one of the strongest indicators that our political culture has been debased. Not corrupted, but reduced to an inane series of “gotcha” moments. Many Americans would dearly love to move beyond that, to a world where politicians AND the media speak to us like adults. To see Powerline making a big deal out of this is sillier than the supermarket tabloids.
When he said we should invade Pakistan, was that also trivial and meaningless?
I see Obama as a smooth talking hustler who is good at conning the gullible, the immature, the ignorant and the stupid.
Most normal people see right through him.
A hostile, or just honest, press would destroy him.
Foreign leaders will eat him alive.
Is that why your side feels the need to distort his words and his positions on the issues?
Is that why he is currently leading in the polls despite 3 months of trivial crap about his reverend and lapel pins?
McCain, for all of his vaunted foreign policy experience, comes across as an ignoramus when he talks about the Middle East. Maybe he really is senile. Or maybe he’s just not the sharpest knife in the toolbox.
Hey, what do you all think of McCain’s new “timetable” I was laughing when i heard that.
One of Obama’s truly laughable assertions is that he alone had the judgement not to go to war in Iraq. The fact is he was not in a position to make an informed judgement about the war because he was not in the Senate and was not privy to the intelligence or the debate which led 77 Senators, which included 29 Democrats, to vote to give the President the authority to use force to remove Saddam Hussein from power.
Obama said that the problem with invading Iraq was not toppling Saddam, but handling the chaos that would come afterwards. That didn’t require secret information, that was common sense and historical fact. It was exactly the same logic that Bush and Powell used when they didn’t go into Baghdad in 1991. And it was correct. The removal of Saddam took a few weeks. Five years later, we still haven’t figured out how to manage the resulting political violence.
