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Obama Hopelessly Adrift on Foreign Policy

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Posted by tipper 2009-02-12 11:43|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1730 views ] Top

1 Obama Hopelessly Adrift

You can stop there, it's obvious "SuperZero" has lost his way and is NOT competent to hold the job.

Hold on folks, it's going to get rough.

Posted by Rednek Jim">Rednek Jim 2009-02-12 12:18|| 2009-02-12 12:18|| Front Page Top

2 Excuse me, "Rougher".

Posted by Rednek Jim">Rednek Jim 2009-02-12 12:19|| 2009-02-12 12:19|| Front Page Top

3 ...lost his way

How can one lose what one never had?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-12 12:20|| 2009-02-12 12:20|| Front Page Top

4 He's certainly right on target with THIS one. For phuechs sake. Snark off.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-12 12:35|| 2009-02-12 12:35|| Front Page Top

5 Any truth to the rumor that the book beside Obama's night table is "All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten"? Just asking.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-02-12 13:37|| 2009-02-12 13:37|| Front Page Top

6 I watched a video of his presser. Not pretty. People whacked Bush for being evasive and not allowing follow-up. Bush looked good compared to Bambi's performance in this one. I can only imagine how he'd do in front of a hostile press, assuming that would ever come to pass ...

Posted by Steve White 2009-02-12 14:50|| 2009-02-12 14:50|| Front Page Top

7 Here comes that CHANGE we axed for. He's off to a great start....

Subject: great first week!

"...Obama's approval rating plunges 15 points from the stratospheric 83% to 68% after the first week in office according to recent Gallup Polls..." (CNN)

-First day in office, Obama scowls and reprimands his VP (Biden) in front of cameras over a little joke about swearing in a second time... (Way to undress your running mate and now second in command on day one!)

-Already preparing nation for broken promises. Quoted saying "I want to be realistic here -- not everything that we talked about during the campaign are we going to be able to do on the pace that we had hoped." Ummm, why weren't you realistic while you were making promises in order to get elected? It was only four months ago when you promised this....was it that different then?

-Obama vowed to immediately start clearing out troops from Iraq (I suppose that was a campaign promise, so no surprise there...)

-Obama, on Thursday, issued an order to shut down Guantanamo Bay without any plan in place to move al-Qaida prisoners or a legal plan for doing so.

-Within in 72 hours of office, he's failed to initiate tax cuts for 95% of working Americans as promised
during his campaign only 3 months ago.

-After bashing Bush for our Trillion dollar deficit created over 8-full years, he's managed to Initiated a bill to double that amount in 1 week. (i.e. "stimulus plan" - LOL) - (includes budget for handing out condoms to our kids and also ...does it get any better? LOL)

-Obama creates ugly scene in the press room because he didn't like the question asked by a reporter.
(After being asked about placing a ban on lobbyists in his administration... [with irritation in his voice] He said; "..See this is what happens? I can't end up visiting with you guys and shaking hands if I'm going to get grilled every time I come down here." (HELLO!!!!! That is what the press does at press conferences, they grill you Mr. Prez...lighten up, you're the "leader of the free world" - Get used to it! LOL

-President Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to perform abortions abroad...

-Obama vows to push the "Anti-hate Crimes" bill previously vetoed by Bush. (Of course Bush wanted such a bill, but there was provisions in the old one making it possible for our pastors to be arrested for preaching that homosexuality is a sin.

-Obama ordered the closure of any remaining secret CIA "black site" prisons abroad and barred CIA interrogators form using harsh techniques already banned for military questioners.

-Obama lifted a ban on federal funding for stem cell research... (Here comes cloning and more killing of human life for the sake of science....)

-And on the fifth day, from the Honorable Patrick Fitzgerald office, subpoenas were served to nearly all of Obama's senior staff - that didn't take long...

-Quote. "...Finally, Obama made his first really dumb political move when he picked a fight with Rush
Limbaugh, telling GOP senators that they shouldn't listen to the talk show host and get on board with his stimulus package. (Quote: "...Obama broke the first rule of political gunslinging: never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel -- or in the case of Rush Limbaugh, someone with 23 million daily listeners and 3 hours every day with which to make you look like an idiot...")

Only 207 more weeks to go! Can't wait to see what week 2 brings

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-12 17:27|| 2009-02-12 17:27|| Front Page Top

8 -And on the fifth day, from the Honorable Patrick Fitzgerald office, subpoenas were served to nearly all of Obama's senior staff - that didn't take long...

You'd think this would be big news, but hadn't heard a peep. Like an MSM cone of silence surrounding the American people.

Media averts eyes from subpoenas to Obama top staff
Doug highlights the names of the Obama biggies:

David Axelrod, Obama's "Karl Rove" and the biggest surprise on the list. Obama's team issued a report in December that said his staff had no "inappropriate contact" with Blago, so the inclusion of Axelrod is a bit of a shock.

Valerie Jarrett, Blago's "Senate Candidate 1", a real estate management executive and political hack of the first order. Her ties to failed and fraudulent real estate deals in Chicago were the subject of numerous investigations and should have instantly disqualified her for any public office.

Rahm Emanuel was already deeply involved in the case with some reports describing as many as 21 conversations with Blago's office during the period in question.

Tony Rezko, Obama's first advocate, fundraiser and adviser, was convicted last year on numerous charges related to kickbacks, is awaiting sentencing. Rezko is "cooperating with authorities, FBI Agent Daniel Cain said in an affidavit."

Posted by ed 2009-02-12 17:55|| 2009-02-12 17:55|| Front Page Top

9 While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year-old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man.

Eventually the topic got around to Obama him being our President. The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Obama is a "post turtle." Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a "post turtle" was.

The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a "post turtle".

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. "You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he is up there, and you just wonder what kind of a dumb ass put him up there."

Posted by Chiger Grundy5306 2009-02-12 18:56|| 2009-02-12 18:56|| Front Page Top

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