Obama Laughs off Palin’s National Security Experience »
Posted By capj71 1 year, 2 months ago in NewsDuring his interview on ABC’s This Week program this morning, Obama laughed off the idea that Sarah Palin has more national security experience than he does. He also took the Republicans to task for mocking his time as a community organizer. “I actually knew that Russia was next to Alaska as well. I saw it on a map,” Obama said.
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fsev411 year, 2 months ago
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pc251 year, 2 months ago
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Obama chairs the European Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which has oversight of military operations in Afghanistan
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http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/...
t's true that Obama has convened no meetings of the subcommittee, but his camp counters that he became chair of the subcommittee early last year, just as he was starting his presidential campaign. Clinton is technically correct that Obama could have used the subcommittee to conduct oversight of actions and policies related to Afghanistan. But the full foreign relations committee, under the guidance of Senator Joe Biden, has held several hearings on Afghanistan that covered NATO's role there. It's not as if the foreign relations committee did nothing on Afghanistan because Obama did not take on the mission. Also, as happens with many committees, the chair of the full committee reserves the right to handle the big issues him- or herself, and Afghanistan counts as a big issue.
seems nothing has been accomplished in Afghanistan under the watches of both Biden and Obama the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President.........
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Klarissa1 year, 2 months ago
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Doubts about Barack Obama's presidential credentials have crystallized during the past two weeks over his stewardship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on European Affairs, which has convened no policy hearings since he took over as its chairman last January.
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Klarissa1 year, 2 months ago
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If Obama wants to show where he has been, he merely has to release his passport records.
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Then everyone would know that his boast about traveling extensively in Europe is true -- even if this year he didn't have time to convene a hearing on the momentous issues affecting our relations with that continent and the world.-
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hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago
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Your efforts to cover up for a "theocracy wacko" are getting more and more amusing.
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Palin lied about visiting Ireland as part of her foreign policy experience
...She didn't visit Ireland, which is what the McCain-Palin campaign claimed to Politico's Ben Smith on Saturday. She had a short refueling stopover, which means at best her extensive Irish diplomacy amounted to buying a sweater and a beer mug in the Shannon airport....
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vor1 year, 2 months ago
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The "momentous issues' largely created by which administration Klarissa?
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I will be in Europe in a few weeks and I talk to my German and Belgian friends quite often. They are not looking forward to America making another "momentous" blunder in November. Nor is the rest of the world. But it is what they have come to expect from us!
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moxxxxxxxxxx1 year, 2 months ago
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Palin was chosen because she was supposed to represent the common people. Can't people see how they are being manipulated? She is a pretty woman, with children involved in her local political scene. She didn't want to be in politics, she fell into it. after she got her start in broadcasting and PTA Meetings. She has NO experience or education to run a country. I am your average American and I d on't want someone like me to run this country. i want a person who has dedicated their life to poltics evidenct by their choice of education and career goals. The Pres and VP positions are the most important positions in America. We should expect the highest level of intelligence , experience and dedication. Palin never aspired to any of this, if she had she would have at least chosen a different college major than journalism.
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moxxxxxxxxxx1 year, 2 months ago
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Grades do not measure intelligence. There are very intelligent people who do poorly in school. Law school is selective. You have to be intelligent to get accepted. Law school verses journalism school, hmmm, yes there is a diffrerence. Law school is far more rigorous and competitve than journalism school.
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Everyone has an opinion when it comes to politics. People think they know all the answers because they have an opnion. Do we think the same way about other professions? Do you pick a doctor because he tells you what you want to hear? Do you want a teacher who challenges you or makes you feel good?
We have already experienced eigtht years of an egocentric poltician running this country fueled by popular opinion.
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ningyo1 year, 2 months ago
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try laughing off todays folls that have mccain/palin up by 4 to 10 %--the bloom is off the osamabama rose--from here on its just a matter of how badly he hurts the local tickets--voters are starting realize that he's just an empty suit fronting radical hard left socialism --palin is also a far better speaker than he is because she actually says things that have meaning--without his platitudes barry has nothing--oh wait he does--ayers--rev wright--rezko--achi--a shrew wife--community activism driving hundreds of families into decrepit housing---
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Tangent0011 year, 2 months ago
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I suspect the Palin 'breath of fresh air' will get pretty stale pretty quickly. She's already made her first 'gaffe': claiming that lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had “gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers.” Um, sweetie, neither company is taxpayer funded...well, until NOW that is. You don't have to be an economy wonk to know that.
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Her efforts to censor books at the library and her views on teaching Creationism will likely turn off the independents and Moderates McCain is courting, and her husband's secessionist tendencies could easily become a campaign drag chute for the 'red-meat' Right as well.
I imagine she'll be allowed to do only the most softball interviews and make campaign visits to only the most friendly red states. She'll be prominent in the campaign ads and can be easily trotted out for some crowd-waving at high-profile events.
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pf1 year, 2 months ago
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AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED MY CHILD HAS MORE NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERIENCE THAN OBAMA!I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR HIM ! NO WAY NO HOW NO OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!HEARD TOO MUCH ABOUT HIM TO FEEL SAFE AS MY PRESIDENT.YA'LL NEED TO CHECK INTO THIS ONE.BE SURPRISED AT WHAT YOU WILL FIND.HE IS DEFINITELY NOT A MESSIAH!VERY WARY OF HIM.
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ProudBlueTexan1 year, 2 months ago
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"...John McCain has been talking about putting country first and extolling the virtues of national service that’s what I did between the ages of 24 and 27 before I went to law school."
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MyCampingMall1 year, 2 months ago
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It makes no sense to compare Obamo to Palin. Obamo has a law degree from the most prestigeous university in the USA. He taught constitution law for 10 years. He was a state senator in Illinois for 7 years. He serves as US Senator almost 4 years (Foreign Affairs Committee) and have met with with many foreign leaders. His experience is actually more diverse than John McCain who only served in the Navy and US Senate. Sarah has served as Mayor of a small town and Governor for less than 2 years of a state less than the size of San Antonia, population wise.
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lloydm651 year, 2 months ago
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Well I'll take Palin's policies over Obamas anytime.I believe she is by far a better American.There I said it and I mean every damn word of it.Obama removed his flag pin.Why Mr. Obama uh uh ,it could,uh uh,or uh maybe uh offend somebody.Mr. Obama how come you won't salute,or put hand over your heart for the national anthem,The same as with the flag people around the world are watching,and I don't to be accused of taking sides
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atgt741 year, 2 months ago
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It's funny how the republicans are mocking the community organizer credentials of Senator Obama. If it weren't for community organizers and people believing things should be different-the United States wouldn't be what it is today. Tell all those men, women and children that fought for civil rights and our other rights that community organizers do nothing-this if for blacks, women, gun owners, gays & lesbians... This is how much Gov. Palin thinks of everything this nation stands for-we are just peons in her world.
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willottica1 year, 2 months ago
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lloyd, if you want loyalty to flag to be an issue, you may want to rethink Palin's policies. Are you unaware of her support for the Alaska Separation Movement? I'd say she has done much more than "remove her flag pin" to demonstrate her lack of loyalty to the country.
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tchef1 year, 2 months ago
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And a good many of you right wingers are nothing but a bunch of bible thumping, gun slinging, looking to bring on the end of days morons following leaders who will tell you anything to get you to line their wallets and bankrupt the country.
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lloydm651 year, 2 months ago
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Yes I've had Bush,and peace of mind .Right now the democrat leader are praying for another attack,or a lot more military casualty.They been promising their voters this for seven years.The enemy can't attack until they can stop running,and that will when be when a pacifist takes the white house.God bless America,please don't damn it.
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Ratskii1 year, 2 months ago
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I think this is one of the more foolish posts that I've seen.
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First it betrays a complete misunderstanding how terrorists are organized. Al-Queda, like most underground movements, depends on cell organization that keeps numerous operations going at any given time.
Second it makes the assumption that there are a constant number of terrorists that can be reduced through military action when in fact our invasion of Iraq has created far more terrorist than it has destroyed.
Third, this person seems to think the only possible way to combat terrorism is through military invasions rather than good intelligence work, cooperation with foreign intelligence, hard police work and proper funding in critical areas. Don't believe me? Check and see how many incoming crates (from ships) get checked before being allowed into this country.
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ilovemryky1 year, 2 months ago
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My question is...If Obama can't protect HIMSELF from the hits he has been taking from Gov. Palin, then how in the world will he protect US from the delusional N. Koreans, the angry Iranians, the hostile Russians let alone Osama?
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Tangent0011 year, 2 months ago
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And McCain has foreign policy experience? How? He mixed up Sunni and Shia FIVE TIMES and couldn't recall that Iraq and Afghanistan don't share a border!
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BTW, If'n you recall, Reagan didn't have any such experience, neither did Bush (even though both California and Texas border Mexico LOL).
Obama at least has a degree where he specialized in international relations. Obama picked Biden to help lead in this area. McCain picked Palin because....um,...because...Hey! Look at the monkey! Look at the silly monkey! Ook! Ook! Isn't he silly?
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