AMERICAblog: Obama lambastes the Bush/McCain foreign policy
OneManComotion
· 1 year ago
Hit Back, Hit Back, Hit Back, Hit Back, Hit Back, Hit Back....or DIE.
We have a candidate that will come to the microphone right away to make the other side look obsolete. We are Americans, we change with the times with the aplomb to make all of our problems look solvable. Obama makes me feel like the principles of the past are actually possible. We care about the "other", the other country, the other state, the other town, the other person. It all came down to the fact that the invention of politics benefited the individual not the monarchy or corporation, (they can survive as well...if they want to work together). Against all power that was or was to be, I mattered, you matter, and Mr Obama knows that and speaks daily about us. LISTEN.
Bobby_Sambang
· 1 year ago
Obama is a bulldozer. The aching to see the Republican lies and hyperbole dismantled in devastating fashion is about to get some relief. I'm jumping for joy. Obama's the one to bury the GOP under 10 tons of their own B.S.
(Notice how he pivots beautifully, and hammers THEM for being naive and incompetent. Those of us who watched the Obama pivot in the primaries knew he would use this talent against the GOP).
Hey GOP: Welcome to a world of pain, my friends.
TampaZeke
· 1 year ago
B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T!!!
THIS is why we're going to win in November. We'll finally have a candidate and a campaign that knows how to respond quickly and effectively to Republican shit slinging.
Gore and Kerry's complete inablility to do what Obama is doing with ease is why they lost. It wasn't because of gay marriage like the shamed losers at the DNC tried to sell to everybody. They clearly succeeded in selling the scapegoating lie to a lot of Democrats.
Well, like Obama, our future President says:
"Not THIS time!"
SINGING_TROLL
· 1 year ago
This is a good start. There is so much more in our arsenal and I can't wait for more bombardments of all that is neocon.
70 seat majority next time? NO ! A NINETY SEAT majority!
Democratic rule for the foreseeable future is at hand and my children thank you, President Obama.
Milli
· 1 year ago
He is showing us what we should have been doing for the past 8 years..... The most powerful lesson we can learn as a child that when you finally confront and stand up to a bully, the bully usually folds. Bush, McCain, Hillary, look like little whiny, bratty, peons compared to this guy...........
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
My appreciation of Obama grows by the day.
johnosahon
· 1 year ago
again THANK YOU bush for uniting us and PERMANENTLY linking yourself to mccain.
THANK YOU for FINALLY accomplishing something in your life.
dula
· 1 year ago
Love him but he's gotta tighten up these responses to more punchy sound bytes so he can hold the attention of the masses...even I felt bored by this meandering speech.
Steve_in_CNJ
· 1 year ago
i dunno, people can be very patient when being spoken to like an adult. sound-bite bluster can be even more tiring. obama is trying to change a lot of things, not just foreign policy.
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
I could listen to that man talk ALL day.
talking about change.... just having an intelligent, well-spoken man in the White House will be a complete change from the last eight years.
TheOriginalLiz
· 1 year ago
I know what you mean - it's so refreshing to hear a politician who knows his ass from a hole in the ground.
FunMe
· 1 year ago
Calm, cool and collected - that's how you fight back the NONSENSE of bush & McCain.
This is our next US President. Go Obama!
KerrynowCampau
· 1 year ago
I can't wait to have a president I enjoy listening to. Whose intelligence and judgment I respect.
Go Obama!!
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
He doesn't need sound bytes. He has a mind.
HereinDC
· 1 year ago
Good. but as someone posted below...tighten it up a bit.
I can see myself wearing my Obama button everywhere. You know how sometimes you don't wear the button out to some places....not this time...I'll wear it everywhere! .
Indigo
· 1 year ago
Impressive!
sittenpretty
· 1 year ago
im gonna scream...THIS MAN MAKES ME PROUD!!!!!!!!!
dad
· 1 year ago
he's not your 04 candidate
pegele03
· 1 year ago
Am I the only one that sees, just below the news ticker, the words "REAL LEADERSHIP" embedded in the graphic?? Look closely!
Jim Olson
· 1 year ago
I think its on the placard on the podium under the screen crawl.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
I was noticing that one half of McCain's face sags, and was wondering what that reminded me of.
Statesman....something we have not seen in a long time.
Milli
· 1 year ago
You know for the idiots here who think that talking to Iran is equivalent to "appeasement" - are your brains attached to your necks correctly? What would you rather do - confront Ahmadinejad directly face to face and tell him to cut this shit out or they will suffer very real consequences, or do you avoid confronting him directly, go on TV, tell the rest of the world that Ahmadinejad should cut this shit out or they will suffer very real consequences? Which would more likely enrage this nutjob? You guys are freaking crazy.........
DCinDC
· 1 year ago
Real leadership! Now why do I have to go to a blog or you tube to hear about it? MSM were are you?
Mark in Florida
· 1 year ago
Brilliant, perfect, spot on. Obama is really getting going! This guy rocks. I am so looking forward to the presidential debates!
split scree: Crazy old man, yellow teeth, bad temper, war monger/ to: obama, the face and voice of the future.
It's a no brainer, I can hardly wait!
EvilPoet
· 1 year ago
Actions always speak louder than words. *sniff sniff* What's that smell? Wow - is that fresh air? It's been so long I'm not sure I recognize it.
jr
· 1 year ago
"daddy has moderate friends like William Kristol. He's white and white people know what to do with those brown guys"-cable news
DCinDC
· 1 year ago
McCain will not debate Obama because McCain is a Chicken!
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
Finally, at long last, a Dem who understands you fight back immediately, in the same news cycle--not allowing shit to stick to the wall before the next news cycle.
Jim Olson
· 1 year ago
Did you notice? Obama keeps saying "Bush and McCain" "Bush and McCain" "Bush and McCain" over and over. Brilliant. Keep going Obama!
Pangolin
· 1 year ago
Who personally flew to Paris to arrange the arms-for-hostages deal with Iran? Why it was George H. W. Bush that arranged for a deal with terrorists while blaming Carter for being unable to arrange for their release.
The GOP operatives only lie when their lips are moving.
There are Israeli Jews who have been talking to Hamas for years, especially Rabbi Menahem Frohman. In fact, even more Israeli Jews – official and unofficial – would be talking not only to Hamas, but also to Syria and Iran were the White House not pressuring them against dialogue with enemies of Israel.
This is unprecedented: a third party, supposedly mediating for peace, that forbids two parties from talking to each other.
Sober intelligence analysts at the highest levels in Israel have been arguing the virtue of negotiation and a process of offers and counter-offers – not because they are nonviolence activists, but because they are realists seeking the path of least resistance to a more stable and safe Middle East.
They have every intention of confronting the military threat from Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, but through a subtle combination of approaches, not the least of which is negotiation.
They understand very well that an offer to an inveterate enemy that does not recognize your existence is not a capitulation, but rather a test. It is a test that will put constructive pressure on radicals to come to the table, or split among themselves. All good news for realists.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
I truly love this brilliant, caring man. I hope the haters out there are listening to the rest of America who wants him to turn this country around. Because we WILL prevail in November.
CDS2
· 1 year ago
Older....
Boy there is no denying that this country needs to be turned around, but I don't think Obama will be doing it. His lack of experience shows almost on a daily basis. Maybe in 2012, but I think he's in real trouble for 2008. Just a little seasoning will be very helpful to his efforts to hold down the most important job in the world.
dula
· 1 year ago
Well CDS2: while your taking a crap in your Depends, why don't you prepare yourself to vote for McCain in order to saddle the younger generations for more of the same devastating bullshit.
LawMichigander
· 1 year ago
You know what. Most of the time when I see a leader I can envision myself being a better leader than they are, but Obama is way too cool tempered and smart for me to be better. It has been a long time indeed that I actually thought a leader was better than me, it is about damn time.
I totally agree with Obama on this and he essentially agrees with what regular Americans already think on this. I like how he is hitting back hard on this issue especially with how the Repubs. have been calling the Dems ideas on the War weak. A good strong message that we are not ending the War on Terror, but the Iraq Theater. We (the Dems) are going to WIN the War on Terror and get Osama and be victorious in the end and bring honor to those that lost their lives fighting and on Sep 11 2001.
MommaKat
· 1 year ago
This is Wonderful!! I wonder, as he goes on and continues to lambast Bush, McSame with truthful, well-thought responses, if the Clinton supporters will finally realize how much he held back for a fellow democrat. One can only hope...
CDS2
· 1 year ago
Does anyone really have an explanation for Obama's comment concerning meeting with Iran and Hamas: I will meet with them without 'preconditions' but with 'preparation'. What the hell does that mean. Hell, I prepare myself to take a crap.
CDS2
· 1 year ago
So everyone here thinks Obama should sit down face to face with Heads of State of Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Hamas, and Syria ?
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
We don't need others to put words in our mouths, certainly.
SINGING_TROLL
· 1 year ago
Yup
Jim Olson
· 1 year ago
Yes.
CDS2
· 1 year ago
I just watched his press conference. I am always impressed when I hear him speak. However,a couple of things are going to haunt him.... He stated the USA should not support Democratic Elections where we believe the winner will not meet our approval. Another is that he believes it's OK for someone in South Dakota to have guns to hunt and protect his family, but not in Chicago. The third thing I came away with is that Obama is just going to continue with the Bush, Clinton approach to Iran.
Just giving my impressions, which I believe many might agree with.
All Comments
We have a candidate that will come to the microphone right away to make the other side look obsolete.
We are Americans, we change with the times with the aplomb to make all of our problems look solvable. Obama makes me feel like the principles of the past are actually possible. We care about the "other", the other country, the other state, the other town, the other person. It all came down to the fact that the invention of politics benefited the individual not the monarchy or corporation, (they can survive as well...if they want to work together). Against all power that was or was to be, I mattered, you matter, and Mr Obama knows that and speaks daily about us. LISTEN.
(Notice how he pivots beautifully, and hammers THEM for being naive and incompetent. Those of us who watched the Obama pivot in the primaries knew he would use this talent against the GOP).
Hey GOP: Welcome to a world of pain, my friends.
THIS is why we're going to win in November. We'll finally have a candidate and a campaign that knows how to respond quickly and effectively to Republican shit slinging.
Gore and Kerry's complete inablility to do what Obama is doing with ease is why they lost. It wasn't because of gay marriage like the shamed losers at the DNC tried to sell to everybody. They clearly succeeded in selling the scapegoating lie to a lot of Democrats.
Well, like Obama, our future President says:
"Not THIS time!"
70 seat majority next time? NO ! A NINETY SEAT majority!
Democratic rule for the foreseeable future is at hand and my children thank you, President Obama.
THANK YOU for FINALLY accomplishing something in your life.
talking about change.... just having an intelligent, well-spoken man in the White House will be a complete change from the last eight years.
This is our next US President. Go Obama!
Go Obama!!
I can see myself wearing my Obama button everywhere. You know how sometimes you don't wear the button out to some places....not this time...I'll wear it everywhere!
.
Then it hit me:
http://www.cineclub.de/images/1995/08/batman-fo...
Two Face!
split scree: Crazy old man, yellow teeth, bad temper, war monger/ to: obama, the face and voice of the future.
It's a no brainer, I can hardly wait!
The GOP operatives only lie when their lips are moving.
http://www.metimes.com/Opinion/2008/05/16/israe...
Please post this link
There are Israeli Jews who have been talking to Hamas for years, especially Rabbi Menahem Frohman. In fact, even more Israeli Jews – official and unofficial – would be talking not only to Hamas, but also to Syria and Iran were the White House not pressuring them against dialogue with enemies of Israel.
This is unprecedented: a third party, supposedly mediating for peace, that forbids two parties from talking to each other.
Sober intelligence analysts at the highest levels in Israel have been arguing the virtue of negotiation and a process of offers and counter-offers – not because they are nonviolence activists, but because they are realists seeking the path of least resistance to a more stable and safe Middle East.
They have every intention of confronting the military threat from Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, but through a subtle combination of approaches, not the least of which is negotiation.
They understand very well that an offer to an inveterate enemy that does not recognize your existence is not a capitulation, but rather a test. It is a test that will put constructive pressure on radicals to come to the table, or split among themselves. All good news for realists.
Boy there is no denying that this country needs to be turned around, but I don't think Obama will be doing it. His lack of experience shows almost on a daily basis. Maybe in 2012, but I think he's in real trouble for 2008. Just a little seasoning will be very helpful to his efforts to hold down the most important job in the world.
while your taking a crap in your Depends, why don't you prepare yourself to vote for McCain in order to saddle the younger generations for more of the same devastating bullshit.
I totally agree with Obama on this and he essentially agrees with what regular Americans already think on this. I like how he is hitting back hard on this issue especially with how the Repubs. have been calling the Dems ideas on the War weak. A good strong message that we are not ending the War on Terror, but the Iraq Theater. We (the Dems) are going to WIN the War on Terror and get Osama and be victorious in the end and bring honor to those that lost their lives fighting and on Sep 11 2001.
Just giving my impressions, which I believe many might agree with.