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  libsRfunny2 months, 3 weeks ago

  No wonder Dumbo won't do real debates. He can't handle anything that isn't rehearsed. Only a fool has 300 advisors. So much for "judgment."

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    Beau78902 months, 3 weeks ago

    Only an idiot would make decisions by shooting from the hip.

    Only an idiot would make decisions by listening only to the same advisors on every issue, without getting as much information as he can.

    I was going to post this same story, in order to show how a REAL president would deal with complex issues.

    THIS is how to run a nation that faces issues so complex that no one person can have all the solutions.

    John McCain, who can't tell who's on our side in Iraq, who thinks Czechoslovakia is still one country, and who can't tell Shiites from Sunnis, could obviously use this much help.

    For anyone who doesn't have a login to the NY Times, here's another link to the same article:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/us/politics/1...

    I'm going to do you a favor though, libsR: I'm going to promote your submission relentlessly. It shows exactly why Obama would make a better president than McCain.

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      Beau78902 months, 3 weeks ago

      From the article:

      "Behind the e-mail messages is a tight-knit group of aides supported by a huge 300-person foreign policy campaign bureaucracy, organized like a mini State Department, to assist a candidate whose limited national security experience remains a concern to many voters."

      A mini-State Department. Imagine how much trouble we could have avoided if our current president actually listened to people who knew more than he did before making stupid decisions.

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        LumFan2 months, 3 weeks ago

        To me it looks like someone with an open mind who is willing to listen to subordinates (many who have expertise in various areas), but then makes the decision himself.

        But if McCain (heaven forbid) gets elected, maybe he can name libsRfunny as the ambassador to Czechoslovakia. ;)

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          icono12 months, 3 weeks ago

          With America trying to install a new missle defense system for Europe and America in the former Warsaw Pact nations, the Czech Republic could become an 'important diplomaic post' in the future.

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          donald512 months, 3 weeks ago

          Remember Dumya said that he only needs someone to tell him where Kosovo is as he already has all the answers... he listens to someone above his own dad! And, we have the most messed up foreign policy ever as a result under Dumya! McCain, hiring all Dumya's crony advisors, would just be more of the same!

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        libsRfunny2 months, 3 weeks ago

        Apparently, you never heard of leadership. If Obama were this great man of judgment, why would he need 300 advisors? Ignorance is does not equate to having an open mind.

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          Beau78902 months, 3 weeks ago

          Great judgment means weighing all options and selecting one, or a combination, that you believe works. That's not how the U.S. has operated under the Bush administration.

          Apparently, you would rather live under a dictatorship with which you agree than a constitutional republic where the viewpoints of many are respected.

          If I've told you this before, I apologize in advance for repeating myself: There are many nations in this world whose governmental style you may like better than the United States--whose "leadership" consists of strong undeterred ideology that cannot be influenced by opposing factions.

          I suggest you emigrate to one.

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            Klarissa2 months, 3 weeks ago

            so many advisers means lack of decision making.

            Would he lead, or take a consensus of a lot of advisers.

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              sumptuousdigs2 months, 3 weeks ago

              How does having advisers denote an inability to make decisions? It would be quite the reverse. The more input, the more choices. Ergo: the more one must weigh and exercise a talent for grasping the issue, and making a good decision. Something that has been sorely lacking for neigh on to 8 years now!

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                cptnkrk2 months, 3 weeks ago

                I think her comment is regarding the number rather than the advisors themselves.

                I find it a little humorous that the same people who made fun of Reagan's use of advisors, calling it a sign of weakness and perhaps dotage, are now saying that it is a sign of strength when Obama does the same (only with way more people)

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                  sumptuousdigs2 months, 3 weeks ago

                  It was funny (or sad), because Reagan slept through those meetings...right mummy?

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                    donald512 months, 3 weeks ago

                    Hey, O'Neil (Dumya's fisrt Treasury Chief) wrote in his book that Dumya's attention span is at best 15 minutes and Cheney has to take over the staff meetings! Even Dumya's biographer has said dumya at best only works 4 hours a day too!

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                  Beau78902 months, 3 weeks ago

                  Reagan did not use advisors. He used stand-ins.

                  In other words, he did not take any interest in actually running the country. He did not participate in decision making. He did not know what was going on under his own watch. (Or so he said during the Iran-Contra hearings.)

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                  donald512 months, 3 weeks ago

                  if you echelon your people its no problem... Nixon used sycophants like Dumya does... why everything got so messed up under both failed leaders!

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                  LumFan2 months, 3 weeks ago

                  To me it's the quality. After all, one of Nancy Reagan's most trusted "advisers" was her astrologer.

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          rightfromwrong2 months, 3 weeks ago

          libs...you have your head in the sand again. Whatever advice Bush was given has caused massive unemployment, bankruptcies and $135 oil. I hope he gets charged for at least the murder of the 4,000 US soldiers who have died in his phony war.

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          Wil2 months, 3 weeks ago

          "Ignorance is does not equate to having an open mind."

          Quoted for unintentional irony.

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          jordan112 months, 2 weeks ago

          . No one has all the answers. NO ONE. And it's a wise man who LISTENS to others before making decisions. How's bush doin for ya?

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        jimdoze2 months, 3 weeks ago

        The problem, Beau, comes from the worldview of your 300 people... and the idea that they think they know more. When your State Department is manned by those steeped in Realpolitik and/or a European-style go-along get-along mind-set, you set up your country, and the world, for serious problems if you listen to them. You could have a 1000 of them chattering in your ear, even if the message is consistent, you still have a problem. The State Departments job is to provide quiet counsel and publicly execute the president's wishes. It is not the job of career bureaucrats to set foreign policy.

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          Beau78902 months, 3 weeks ago

          The nation is not a car, and running it is a whole lot more complicated than steering one.

          Even though I may disagree with some right-wingers, I'd still be infinitely more comfortable having one in charge who gave thoughtful consideration to the advice of many people before plunging us carelessly into a devastatingly expensive war than one who prides himself on "shooting from the hip," or one who listens only to a handful of ideologues.

          The U.S. was specifically meant NOT to be an oligarchy. Until the destructive presidency of W., it has been successful because it hasn't been one.

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            Klarissa2 months, 3 weeks ago

            it is not a car. but is this how he would run his administration? 300 advisers everytime there is a problem or a decision to be made?

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              Beau78902 months, 3 weeks ago

              Yes, it's actually a good idea to consult as many experts as possible when there are important decisions to be made.

              That's how to avoid mistakes.

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                jimdoze2 months, 3 weeks ago

                That's also a recipe for analysis paralysis.

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                  Beau78902 months, 3 weeks ago

                  That's true. But not every decision (such as whether to invade Iraq) needs to be rushed.

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                Klarissa2 months, 3 weeks ago

                it is governing by consensus - we don't need a president, we need a chair for whatever problem is facing the group to call for a vote.

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                  Beau78902 months, 3 weeks ago

                  Nowhere in the article does it say Obama forms his opinions by adopting the consensus of his advisors. He's listening to experts--as many as he can find. It's a good idea.

                  There's a difference between "governing by consensus" and carefully listening to advice from as many knowledgeable people as possible before acting.

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              sumptuousdigs2 months, 3 weeks ago

              Good question Klarissa. The answer is no, I don't think so...

              but it's a good pool of resources to have on call.

              And on the safe side, the more people in the circle, the less chance of some sneaky, underhanded, Machiavellian, illegal, unethical, Constitution killing, secret, Cabalist policies will be enacted.

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                jimdoze2 months, 3 weeks ago

                What you really want are the old dyed-in-the-wool Realpolitik dinosaurs or the European-style go-along get-along dinosaurs who will set up conditions for some real serious knock-em-down drag-out wars... you know, the type where there is no question that tens, or hundreds, of millions will die in a few short years. That's the type of war where you can't be second guessed as Machiavellian, sneaky, underhanded, blah blah blah by the typical monday morning quarterback types about the fact that it's hitting you. It's simple, in those kind of wars, the leadership has plenty of CYA so the magnitude and the numbers don't matter. The only problem is that that kind of war just might take everyone that's left back to the stone age.

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                  hyperbola2 months, 3 weeks ago

                  Well jimd, your proposal for a monarch is something Americans rejected long ago. Sad to see that you do not know much about American democracy.

                  Why are you supporting the "superman" ZionCons again? Do you really think that they know better than Americans what is good for us?

                  Has the 'Surge' in Iraq Worked?

                  Politics â;; The surge caused a temporary, selective reduction in violence in Iraq. The US is decidedly weaker everywhere in the Middle East since the surge began, because of the surge. The Middle East is a large geopolitical balloon. Squeeze one point and air will simply displace to another. The balloon is getting more fragile and on the verge of bursting.

                  http://politics.propeller.com/story/2008/07/18/...

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                    jimdoze2 months, 3 weeks ago

                    The only monarchs I am interested in, hyperbole, are monarch butterflies.

                    I didn't know I was supporting ZionCons, silly. I am just talking common sense. If what I am saying somehow resonates with your perception of what a ZionCon is, so be it. If you can't see that the old Realpolitik had run its course and that the European ways of handling foreign policy are a major danger to us all, then I am sorry for your blindness.

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                      hyperbola2 months, 2 weeks ago

                      Your kind of "common sense" is what produced WWI: "patriotic, nationalistic, windbags" sure their imperial aspirations were the only truly justifiable ones. The collapse caused by those silly windbags then produced WWII.

                      Europe has learned from all its suffering, but America apparently needs an imperial collapse before those like you begin to wise up. You may get your wish soon.

                      Eulogy For The "Ownership Society"

                      Money â;; The Fed's emergency rescue plan for financial markets is a hopelessly flawed, scattershot approach that doesn't address the real problem: an unregulated, unsustainable finance system that emerged in full-force after 2000 and spawned a corrupt shadow banking system that creates trillions of dollars of credit without sufficient capital reserves.

                      http://money.propeller.com/story/2008/07/18/eul...

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              quackpot2 months, 3 weeks ago

              Don't be silly, Klarissa. He obviously does not consult all 300 on each issue.

              As it says in the article, there are "20 teams based on regions and issues".

              Obama is actively seeking expert advice on important issues - as a president should be doing.

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    Bkumm2 months, 3 weeks ago

    Dumbo? Classy.

    Would you like me to call Senator McCain something like "Wrinkly"? I'll bet you would think that was in bad taste. And it would be.

    But, that doesn't stop you guys, does it?

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      libsRfunny2 months, 3 weeks ago

      Anyone who makes the massive gaffes Obama has is deserving of the title "Dumbo." Certainly, you libs never hesitate to call our President "Dumbya"

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        Radiofreeeuropa2 months, 3 weeks ago

        Libs, McCain's gaffes are far more numerous. I'm willing to let a fair amount slide, but McCain has made an awful lot where obama has made a few. I think the consensus of 300 experts is more valuable than 1 or 2 ideologues who constantly prove they themselves wrong. Phil Graham is McCain's principal economic adviser. He says were a bunch of whiners; there's nothing wrong with the economy except in our imagination. I would recommend McCain get 300 opinions about this AT LEAST!

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          mrbs2 months, 3 weeks ago

          that only because whenever oboma speaks nothing gets said and the only way he will get elected is if it stays that way.he is the perfect "unnamed dem candidate" that always wins in the polls.

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            Beau78902 months, 3 weeks ago

            Just because you don't understand what Obama says doesn't mean it doesn't have meaning. He doesn't play the game you've grown used to--oversimplifying arguments in order to boil every issue down to an "us vs. them" mentality.

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              Klarissa2 months, 3 weeks ago

              acting on the consensus of advisers is not leadership, it is following the crowd,

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                Beau78902 months, 3 weeks ago

                No one is saying he should do what the the consensus of his advisors says. But it is still wise to consult them.

                If you want leadership without the advice of experts, you are free to emigrate to a place run on the whims of one person, or a handful. There are many such countries available to you.

                The U.S. is not one of those countries. It was never supposed to be one, it has never been one, and despite Bush's attempts to make it into one, it thankfully is still not one.

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                  jordan112 months, 2 weeks ago

                  Klarissa found a new line, & it going to beat it to death. "Acting on consensus". Wonder which propaganda station gave her that one.

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                donald512 months, 3 weeks ago

                the volume of advisors doesn't lead to your conclusion Klarris... unless you would like to validate your point with a valid example or just continue to give more of your bigotted conjecture!

                I use "dumya"... as its totally appropriate for the guy who should be in a foriegn jail guilty of crimes against humanity! We helped hang Japanese and Germans after WW2 for what Dumya has done!

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          hyperbola2 months, 3 weeks ago

          Actually Radio, McCain is simply another pawn of the corruption that has the American economy collapsing. Gramm is simply another of the corrupt free-riders. The collapse is a sublime example of the danger of listening to a small circle of ideologues who profit from their own corruption.

          Eulogy For The "Ownership Society"

          Money â;; The Fed's emergency rescue plan for financial markets is a hopelessly flawed, scattershot approach that doesn't address the real problem: an unregulated, unsustainable finance system that emerged in full-force after 2000 and spawned a corrupt shadow banking system that creates trillions of dollars of credit without sufficient capital reserves.

          http://money.propeller.com/story/2008/07/18/eul...

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        Bkumm2 months, 3 weeks ago

        I've never called our President "Dumbya". Ever. In fact, I try very, very hard to respect the office despite the fact that I think the man has done a horrible job.

        And I usually call Senator McCain, Senator McCain, unless I'm in a hurry.

        So, there you have it.

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          cptnkrk2 months, 3 weeks ago

          This is why your participation is so appreciated. I really have a problem with people from EITHER side using that sort of pejorative. It makes their side look smaller and incapable of serious thought.

          Thank you for being on the side of healthy thoughtful debate.

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            sumptuousdigs2 months, 3 weeks ago

            I, on the other hand, will call a spade a spade. Bkumm can man the high road. I'll travel both.

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              lvrofwolves2 months, 3 weeks ago

              sumptuousdigs,at least you give an honest response that I can respect :-)

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        raats66622 months, 3 weeks ago

        Anyone who makes the massive gaffes.....

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        Like referring to Czechoslovakia (in the present tense) twice in as many weeks even though that country stopped existing Jan 1, 1993?

        OR

        Confusing Sunni and Shia 6 times in 5 days WHILE IN the Middle East?

        OR

        telling a Pittsburgh reporter that he used the names of the starting line of the 'Steel Curtain' to gives his tortures the names of his squadron even though weeks earlier, in his book and SEVERAL previous times said it was the Green Bay PACKERS. (Oh, and did I mention that the 'Steel Curtain' wasn't even PART of the Steeler's until long AFTER he RETURNED from Vietnam)?

        You mean THOSE kind of 'massive gaffes'?

        Gee, maybe if McCain had more then 30 people advising HIM, he would actually HAVE correct information. We know he can't get the information himself, since he doesn't know how to use a computer or "the Google".

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        sumptuousdigs2 months, 3 weeks ago

        libsRshreddingyerarse...In keeping with the theme of "300"

        Xerxes the Great - (W), is advised by only one counsel: the poor misshapen Ephialtes - (Cheney).

        Gotta love it!

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          donald512 months, 3 weeks ago

          ....you just went big time over libsR's head!

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    Wolfie20072 months, 3 weeks ago

    Foreign policy by a committee of 300. Sounds like he's being true to his Marxist ideology.

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      sumptuousdigs2 months, 3 weeks ago

      Groucho was pretty smart. Chico gets the girl. Harpo has the magic coat. ... and Zeppo, well, he was just plain boring.

      Still a better cast of advisers than W could muster!

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      Wolfie20072 months, 3 weeks ago

      sumpt

      And the three stooges were geniuses compared to you. LMAO

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        sumptuousdigs2 months, 3 weeks ago

        Probably right, Wolfie. They certainly had a long career doing what they loved to do. Who can beat that? Made a ton of money too...although I'm not too sure how well they managed it. Red Skelton was a genius too. Also a notorious spendthrift. The studio hired people to manage his money. He always outfoxed them and stayed in the red. No pun intended. Lol!

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  Endoscopy2 months, 3 weeks ago

  This is hilarious. A bunch of people feeding him answers to possible questions while McCAin goes to places to find out about things like the Iraq war.

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    SwampFox-82nd2 months, 3 weeks ago

    Just as soon as I find the words to express my contempt for your sorry ass, I shall do so. However, let me begin with your ignorance. Shouldn't you be up-some poor patients ass with your "wisdom?"

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      libsRfunny2 months, 3 weeks ago

      You just gave me the highest of compliments, Swamp. Being called names by a fool is validiction ;)

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        mcgrievysr2 months, 3 weeks ago

        libsRfunny---"Being called names by a fool is validiction ;)"

        Did you mean "validation" or "valEdiction"? You better call in your "friends". You're getting your ass handed to you on your own thread.

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          mrbs2 months, 3 weeks ago

          thats sad going after a typo

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            mcgrievysr2 months, 3 weeks ago

            Mr.BS---I'm going after the fact that he didn't even recognize that this piece is highly complimentary to Obama. Obama has people to distill the input from sources such as Colin Powell in order to become better informed. This info is synthesized from a large number of informed persons and Obama has some great minds already advising him. And Libs calls Obama "Dumbo" while supporting McCain? Amazing! Here's a submission that praises Obama's methods and Libs not only doesn't realize that it's a positive article, but he submits it and then gets his lunch. What irony.

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              mrbs2 months, 3 weeks ago

              dosent matter the the tone of the article.it is disturbing to find out that oboma is such a blank slate.

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                HannibalBarca2 months, 3 weeks ago

                Well if Osama is disturbing, as he is a blank state; what is McC who is coloured wrong then.

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                  icono12 months, 3 weeks ago

                  Interesting.

                  I'm curious; how or in what way is McC 'coloured wrong'?

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                nostalgia2 months, 3 weeks ago

                Obama said as much in the prologue to his book:

                "I serve as a blank screen," Obama writes, "on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views." He notifies readers that "my treatment of the issues is often partial and incomplete."

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                  cptnkrk2 months, 3 weeks ago

                  That is an interesting comment. I wonder a little bit at the "vastly different political stripes" though. I have not seen any examples of this in his choices of advisors. They are a fairly homogenous group.

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                    nostalgia2 months, 3 weeks ago

                    Cptnkrk

                    That's the point

                    The Obama sound bites are very vague and make the news. He can make it sound appealing to many different voters

                    How many voters even know who he selected as foreign policy advisors - a homogenous group who may not actually reflect what Obama says publically

                    What he says may appeal to the "middle of the road" voter

                    What he actually believes may be an entirely different matter

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                raats66622 months, 3 weeks ago

                FTA-His campaign says that he is well prepared and that he often alters and expands on the talking points provided to him by his foreign policy advisers.

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                Such a blank slate? Unlike GWB and John McCain (who put they foot in their mouth every time they go 'off script') Obama is COMPLETELY capable of holding an intelligent conversation on nearly EVERY topic of this campaign.

                And unlike McCain, who admitted during the 2000 election that he didn't know much about the Economy, Obama has spent his time in the Senate "on the Foreign Relations Committee and has had a running tutorial from aides steeped in the issues". McCain has made NO effort to educate himself.

                And for a guy who has spent more time on Capital Hill then in the Military he SHOULD know more about the domestic an foreign issue then he does military issues and frankly he knows NOTHING about anything but the military.....(of the 60's and 70's).

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                  Klarissa2 months, 3 weeks ago

                  raat - he doesn't converse, he preaches from a teleprompter and ear microphone

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                    donald512 months, 3 weeks ago

                    Yah, Dumya and McCain have to stick to simple one liners for you right wingers.... which they still mess up with their teleprompters!

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              mrbs2 months, 3 weeks ago

              dosent matter the the tone of the article.it is disturbing to find out that oboma is such a blank slate.

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                Beau78902 months, 3 weeks ago

                Please see my comment above to jimdoze about the kind of government the United States was originally conceived to be.

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            sumptuousdigs2 months, 3 weeks ago

            That's a lame defense for an intentional word use by libbers. He made a mistake, but we know the word he meant.

            A typo, such as fat fingering a key, does not apply here. Libbers does not (I believe) have webbed fingers. Now if he's typing with his feet, well, I DO believe that they are webbed!

            Quack quack! Lol!

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          joey-evans2 months, 3 weeks ago

          Lippy getting his ass kicked from one end of his submission to the other! What a joke! Lippy sure is funny when he tries to be intelligent and he winds up being the fool once again. Too bad...how sad. Thanks for the morning laughs!

          Lippy...Propeller's own Homer Simpson...DOH!

          JOEY EVANS

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            donald512 months, 3 weeks ago

            lippy, I believe is a scared to death women... like the former Luvmypres!

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  Bkumm2 months, 3 weeks ago

  So, a guy that takes advice from more than one person isn't fit to be commander in chief? Wouldn't you want someone that was willing to listen to all points of view?

  Oh, oops, guess not.

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    mrbs2 months, 3 weeks ago

    yes it is good to have an open mind so you can see the others point of view..but not so open your brains fall out.

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      Charlson2 months, 3 weeks ago

      That's it? Brains fall out? How many times has this happened? At least he has brains to lose unlike your heroes McBush & Bush.

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      Bkumm2 months, 3 weeks ago

      There you go! Good job! Way to take the point and make it a personal attack! Did you go to the Sean Hannity School for Republispeak?

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    cptnkrk2 months, 3 weeks ago

    I agree with you somewhat. But listening to all points of view doesn't appear to be obama's strong point. His advisors are not from across the spectrum unless you define spectrum differently than I do.

    I have said it before but here goes: I had hoped for better from Obama.

    (now before y'all get to neggin, think about it)

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      sumptuousdigs2 months, 3 weeks ago

      Point taken, cptnkrk. I truly hoped for better from bush. That's the God's honest truth. We (U S) are all in this, are we not?

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        lvrofwolves2 months, 3 weeks ago

        sump- I agree with that statement 100%

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  aniokly2 months, 3 weeks ago

  Who are these people? Are they Americans? He has many foreign friends, Rashid Khalidi,that old PLO Sympathizer. Are William Ayers, Bernadine Dorhn, Louis Farrahkan to name a few, advisers as well? Does this man ever have an original thought of his own? With all these advisers he is an enigma. He can be anything you want him to be. He is very strange, very strange indeed. I don't think I have ever seen a politician so made up like a composit of a real person. Who is the man behind the curtain?

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    ybdogsct2 months, 3 weeks ago

    http://www.reason.com/news/show/126320.html

    "McCain has criticized Obama for his ties to Bill Ayers, who in 2001 gave Obama a $200 contribution. What McCain didn't mention is McCain's friend G. Gordon Liddy. Liddy spent more than 4 years in prison for his role in Watergate. Far from repudiating him, McCain has embraced him.

    Liddy's home was the site of a McCain fundraiser. Over the years, he has made at least 4 contributions totaling $5,000 to the senator's campaigns—including $1,000 this year.

    Liddy has said he has no regrets about what he did, insisting that he went to jail as 'a prisoner of war.' Liddy was involved in the DNC break-in to plant bugs and photograph documents. Liddy proposed kidnapping antiwar activists so they couldn't disrupt the 1972 Republican convention. Liddy even planned the murder (never carried out) of an unfriendly newspaper columnist.

    McCain thinks Obama should apologize for associating with a criminal extremist. To which Obama might reply: After you."

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      aniokly2 months, 3 weeks ago

      G Gordon Liddy loves this country, He would never blow up the Pentagon, or any thing else. Ayers, and Dorhn are Domestic bombers. Hashid Khalidi is a PLO Sympathizer. G Gordon is a patriot. Obama and his foreign friend is not.

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        questionseverything2 months, 3 weeks ago

        g gordon is a felon

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          donald512 months, 3 weeks ago

          ...one of many in three different repug administrations with convictions at the presidential cabinet level: Watergate, Iran Contra and Plamegate! The party of terrorism in America - the Repugs!

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    ybdogsct2 months, 3 weeks ago

    http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idU... 06-May-2008 PRN20080506

    "Michigan Fundraiser Highlights McCain's Radical Friends

    1) Rakolta and Liggett helped finance an ad that compared Democrats to Adolf Hitler in 2006.

    2) Gordon Liddy proposed kidnapping anti-war activists, planned the murder (never carried out) of an unfriendly newspaper columnist, and served a 4-year prison term for his role in the Watergate break in.

    3) John McCain also spent 1 year courting John Hagee's endorsement, despite Hagee's history of anti-Catholic, anti-women, anti-LGBT, and anti-African American rhetoric.

    4) Terry Nelson, was responsible for a racist ad against Harold Ford in 2006.

    5) Richard Quinn, McCain's South Carolina Spokesman, praised KKK leader David Duke, saying 'What better way to reject politics-as-usual than to elect a maverick like David Duke?'

    6) McCain visited 3 Alabama cities to endorse George Wallace Jr., an apologist for racist groups.

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  sumptuousdigs2 months, 3 weeks ago

  !! Thanks for the submission, libsRkickingyourass!!

  This is great stuff. Uh, when did you start to read,anyway?

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    Beau78902 months, 3 weeks ago

    It IS great stuff. I almost forgot this quote from the article, too:

    "Unlike George W. Bush, who entered the presidential race in 2000 with scant exposure to national security issues, Mr. Obama has served since his election to the Senate in 2004 on the Foreign Relations Committee and has had a running tutorial from aides steeped in the issues. His campaign says that he is well prepared and that he often alters and expands on the talking points provided to him by his foreign policy advisers."

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      StarLord2 months, 3 weeks ago

      Obama needs to be very careful before starting along that path.

      Yes, he serves on that Committee, and was in fact put in charge of a subcommittee - which hasn't held a single hearing since he was put in charge of it! Given that it's area of jurisdiction includes Afghanistan, that seems remarkable to me, to say the least.

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        ybdogsct2 months, 3 weeks ago

        Actually, the subcommittee's jurisdiction is on European Affairs. The war in Aghanistan is so important that it has been addressed in FULL committee, rather than being relegated to a subcommittee.

        http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07...

        "Obama is chairman of the Subcommittee on E