Jimmy Carter taught us that foreign policy was not for amateurs, a lesson Barack Obama needs to learn.
As Obama rides the mighty wave of enthusiasm into the Democratic nomination, I wonder why his supporters aren't more concerned about his ongoing display of what can only be described as a fatal level of naiveté and poor judgment born of inexperience which could well doom his campaign.…
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76 - Cindy D
Lumpy,are you enjoying the "blue pill"?
77 - Lee Richards
"...not going to vote against their economic interests...
HAHAHAHA HAHA!
Deficits Forever--In YOUR economic interests!!
78 - Baronius
Lumpy, ideally you're right. But Republicans don't always provide sound economic ideas, much less follow through on them, and voters certainly make mistakes. (And what's with this "Americans are stupid" riff?)
Thomas Sowell recently wrote that the choice in November will be between disgust and disaster. He seems optimistic that voters will make the disgusting choice, but I'm not sure.
79 - Cindy D
I can't believe that John McCain just quoted Chairman Mao on the John Stewart show.
80 - troll
...in memory of our dearly departed and in honor of this batch of candidates
81 - Doug DeLong
Lumpy: we need a leader, not a traitor in the white house.
Okay, I'll bite. Go ahead and lay out the case for Obama being a "traitor." I'll wait....
82 - bliffle
Lumpy: we need a leader, not a traitor in the white house.
Do you mean a traitor who would destroy our army, devalue our currency and defame us abroad?
83 - troll
...we need a trader in the white house
84 - Doug DeLong
Lumpy: we need a leader, not a traitor in the white house.
Okay, I'll bite. Go ahead and lay out the case for Obama being a "traitor." I'll wait....
[crickets chirping]
Apparently the Lumpster is all talk and no action...
85 - Clavos
...we need a trader in the white house
Quoted for Truth...
Damn, troll, you're smart!
86 - Zedd
Dave
You missed it with this one. This has been a major blessing for Obama. Bush seeming to campaign for McCain is great for Obama. The strategy for Dems will be to present McCain as a continuation of Bush.
Also, where is it that Obama says he will engage in unconditional negotiation with terrorist regimes. I believe the statement was "meet without precondition", in the spirit of Sadat's visit to Israel. Your statement makes it seem as if the entire process of negotiation would not present any conditions to be adhered to by the parties involved. How is that negotiation? That is simply gift giving.
What did I miss???
87 - bliffle
Dave is spinning.
88 - Dave Nalle
>>Your article is, as usual, very well-written and is, as usual, wildly off-base.<<
Ok, Doug. Most of the responses I've had so far have been utterly delusional. Obamamania is clearly a dissociative disorder.
>>Bush goes to Israel and uses a solemn and important occasion (Israel's 60th anniversary) to attempt to score a cheap political point by comparing his Democratic opponent to Nazi appeasers. Most people refer to such a stunt as deeply offensive and demeaning to the presidency, but to you it was a "bang-up speech showing firm foreign policy leadership."<<
The Israelis, of course, loved the points he made. It was perfectly tailored to that audience. It also resonated with the informed segment of the population who have some actual idea of the state of the world and the challenges which America faces, and the threat which we are put at by the insane foreign policy ideas of Obama and the rest of the democrats.
>>McCain joins in on the fun, wrapping his arms around Bush and shouting (I'm paraphrasing), "Yeah, what he said!" Obama then shows his mettle by ripping into both Dumb and Dumber with the skill of a samurai swordsman, causing most people to applaud him for not putting up with such bullshit. But to you, Obama's strong defense shows "a fatal level of naiveté and poor judgment born of inexperience which could well doom his campaign."<<
Yes, because at the end of the day, Obama is still lying and is still wrong, and Bush - despite what his detractors say - remains correct. There's only one reality, Doug. Your love for Obama can't change it into something it isn't.
>>The so-called president and the wannabe president clearly coordinated this ridiculous attack. It was obviously targeted at Obama, but when the attack got the reception of a skunk at a picnic, they quickly tried to cover their tracks -- "Obama who? Never heard of him. We were talking about Jimmy Carter. Yeah, that's it. Ol' JC...."<<
Actually, it was obviously targeted at the Democrats as a group, not just Obama. But sure, as Obama demonstrated, if the appeaser shoe fits, then by all means put it on. And the Jimmy Carter reference was truly brilliant, because Carter is the essence of everything that's wrong with the democrat approach to foreign policy.
>>But in the end, the joke's on McBush. By attacking Obama, they elevated his status to that of the presumptive nominee. <<
Which he already was and which they want him to be.
>>They gave him a place on the stage, and he knows how to work the spotlight. By working hand-in-glove with each other, Bush and Mini-Me allowed Obama to demonstrate the clear nature of the Bush-McCain relationship, i.e. political siamese twins. It's exactly the message Obama wants to sink into the public psyche.<<
Yes, Bush and McCain agree on some things. OMG, what a tragedy for everyone. Hillary Clinton kind of agrees with them too. That Obama doesn't means that he's dangerously ill-informed or so ideologically twisted that he's unqualified to run the country.
>>So in the end, Bush and McCain come out smelling like turds while Obama comes out smelling like a rose. Speaking of which, he should probably send a dozen red ones to the White House.<<
Your bias is showing. Bush and McCain come out looking like people seriously concerned with defending the US and preserving peace in the world. Obama comes out looking like a fool.
Dave
89 - Zedd
Dave
Tisk, Tisk.
How much are they paying you?
You cant be serious. I certainly hope that you get a serious check for this or I'd have to be concerned about you.
90 - Cindy D
From Obama's 2002 speech opposing the Iraq war.
I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a US occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaeda.
I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars.
Think for yourself.
91 - Dave Nalle
The association of the title of this article with that quote seems even more appropriate than the article itself. Thanks for providing more corroborating evidence.
Dave