Our last two Democrat presidents were socialists, so the bar isn't set too high for this marxist to reach. Let's hope the voters want more.
American troops will provide Barack Obama cover when he travels to Iraq and Afghanistan later this summer.
Not just cover from gunfire, either.
In winning a Democratic primary battle against the more centrist Hillary Clinton, Obama staked out some of the most liberal positions in American presidential history. Chief among them was opposition to the Iraq War, and promises to get our troops out sooner than anyone else running for president.
As Obama now runs in the general election, his troop-withdrawal stance is running up against the reality on the ground -- which is that more troops, not fewer, is what appears to have turned this war around, and that a victorious homecoming could be in the offing if one can avoid a precipitous retreat.
What will Obama say, once he sees for himself that U.S. troops have routed the enemy in Iraq? Will he acknowledge that? Will he admit that the troops have worked miracles, and that his constant drumbeat of disaster doesn't square with reality?
How far can he run from his extremist friends on the left and their previous positions that said the war was lost?
Ironically, those very troops that have turned things around may provide Obama cover as he runs toward the center. Once he sees the truth on the ground, he can, as he put it, "refine" his position on the war. He can say he's seen firsthand that the troops are, indeed, getting the job done.
That may help him appear more moderate. But will it be how he really feels?
He has been quoted as saying he hopes military men and women will see him as "a guy looking out for us and not someone trying to score cheap political points." But political points was what the primary was all about, and Democrats fell all over themselves to paint Iraq as a disaster.
Even The New York Times has taken note of Obama's dilemma, saying he must avoid the trap of being seen as "impervious to the changing reality on the ground if he sticks to his (withdrawal) plan, and as a flip-flopper if he alters it to reflect changing circumstances."
Indeed, he recently called two back-to-back news conferences to awkwardly try to explain his shifting positions on Iraq.
Concluded Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne: "When a candidate calls a second news conference to say the same thing he thought he said at the first one, you know he knows he has a problem."
Independent voters in November, Dionne says, "might vote for a hawk or a dove, but not a chameleon."
In the primary, Barack Obama made a career out of characterizing Iraq as a disaster that needs to be ameliorated as soon as he takes the oath of office.
Even with the U.S. military providing him cover, it's hard to see how he can run very far from that.
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Our last two Democrat presidents were socialists, so the bar isn't set too high for this marxist to reach. Let's hope the voters want more.
It really doesn't seem to matter what the media states about this man's reckless, unintelligent as well as unpatriotic disloyal behavior directed at the very core of this countries beliefs as well as a blatant disrespect for all the sacrifices and service of our brave men and women;there will be those who still believe this man walks on water....Want to know something he doesn't walk on water and he isn't the savior...
Because most people have learn not to rely totally on the media to make informed decisions, the media has to sensationalize and capture the audience attention for profit. Read other non bias sources, truely listen, watch, and form your own opinion based on sources other than the media and you will discover that he is not trying to be your "Savior" nor walk on water he as well as other Christians know that we already have a savior. However if your really observed and listen with nonbias senses you may discover that he is "God Sent".....Is Christian your first name or what???
Factfinder that is perhaps the most ludicrous statement of all time...Obama is God sent...He may be sent but it is certainly not by God, the living God...This Obama has not an honest bone in his whole body and therefore that alone should announce he is not God sent...Please...Good grief...Knock knock is anyone home factfinder...:-)
Are we trying to elect Jesus into office? I don't think he's interested or available.
Actually Jesus is in control no matter whom is in office...I for one will just hold onto that fact all the while yelling out loud and clear No to the likes of Obama....:-)
So Jesus is in control no matter what your religious beliefs are? That is silly. What if Thor is in control. He is a much more appealing God. They made a comic book after him. He has a cool hammer and cape. Horns too. I think Thor is in control.
You are missing the point christian therefore I suppose it would be ludicrous to you-"Think About It without letting your EMOTIONS get in the way". Yes I do believe that God is in control and I also believe that he lets individuals and countries make mistakes so that we are reminded of what mistakes look like and feel like and will better able to appreciate when we are exposed to that which is better. "Not an honest bone in his body", "The likes of Obama" "Jesus is in control no matter..." somehow these statements are not aligned with your pseudonym. And stop taking the media so literal!!!
Your not listening Republicant...God Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are in charge no matter who are what anyone else does or does not do on the planet...But as I am human I can't help but yell out that the likes of that Obama character is offensive to say the least so therefore I will refrain from saying the most....:-)
"The more centrist Hillary Clinton." I can't get through one of the Chronicle's editorial screeds without ROTFLMAO or taking anything they say seriously.
I can be faithful to my God and Jesus Christ but am so human to the tune of yelling out against ugly lying creatures such as Obama and so many others...:-) Oh gosh gee whiz I enjoy the repartee some mornings...This is delightful...:-)
Keep religion out of politics, churchs should do the same. You can select someone because of your religious beliefs make you inclined to support someone, but that is about it. The Bible states in the end times all the govt leaders will be demonic, so choose your demon.hee,hee,hee.
You can't pin down jello, it has no character and it runs!
gracie, you don't think Sen. Clinton was right of Sen. Obama? Really?
But I can say what I please as long as the Constitution is valid and it is valid at least that is what the left and the ACLU are continually pushing when they want their little dangerous way....:-)
Obama is sent by GOD? Thor would make a better God? When did the nuts take over the nut farm?
So Obama has decided to see first hand how the war is going and take input from the generals on the ground before he makes any decisions about how to best get the troops home. I don't see what's so bad about that, especially considering the way the current president handles things. Many of President Bush's former top advisors like Scott McClellan have said that the president makes a decision and won't budge, even when he is wrong. He won't change his strategy at all. We've already had 7.5 years of a president that is not willing to change his strategy when his expected outcome fails. Members of the military will tell you that you should always adapt, overcome, and improvise. I don't see anything wrong with a presidental candidate saying that he is willing to do the same so long as he has their best interests at heart. By the way, christian134 has a deep-rooted hatred for Sen. Obama. I believe, though she has not said so in any of her post, that she would like nothing more than for him to just disappear from the face of the earth. Her posts are often filled with hate for the man whom she has probably never even met. She is to be pitied and ignored.
Mind thy tongue when speaking of Thor. Mjolnir will smite thee, miscreant!
The likes of thee shall never enter the gates of Valhalla. Odin will laugh great guffaws, whilst stroking his beard and taking a mighty draw from his flagon.
Me thinks Loki hath played another trick on thee, Christian.
KingJames, while Scott McClellan was the White House press secretary , he was never anyones adviser. In fact, his primary whine was the fact that he wasn't allowed near any important meetings and only received briefings to relay to the press. As far as Bush's willingness to change goes, his record would disagree with your comments. The direction in Iraq changed when Powell and Rumsfeld left and his approach to vetos and the global warming hoax have changed in the past year and a half. Some of his changes have been improvements and some haven't. Obama had to move to the center on his Iraq stand or count on losing the election. His far left stand was for the primary. While his rather drastic changes appear to be flip flopping, I believe it's just typical political posturing. Whatever it takes.
Justthefacts how could Sen. Clinton be right of obama went they voted 98% of the time together in the senate. The surveillance bill sen clinton voted against and obama voted for it. So clinton is actually more liberal than him on some issues. .
This is from the library of congress THOMAS (Library of Congress) McCain has been in the senate for 25 years. Obama has been in the senate for 3 years. Yet obama has 126 proposed legislation while McCain only has 38. In their respective times in the Senate McCain has proposed roughly 1.5 bills a year.
Obama has proposed approximately 42 bills a year
:-) Ya put a smile on this face of mine Repub....
Seems like the only thing McCain has been doing in the senate is taking naps. And he says he has all this experience. Yeah experience at taking long naps and getting money from lobbyist. Just like his top adivsor phil gramm who is a lobbyist. And charlie black. How many washington lobbyist are in your camp mccain. When obama wins he won't owe anybody in washington anything. Since his campain money has come from people giving donations under a hundred dollars. Unlike McCain and hillary who take washington lobbyist money.
motivated, democraticunderground isn't a reliable source.
moveon isn't a reliable source either.
Obama 42 bills a year and only been in the senate 3 years.
While McCain has been in the senate for 25 years. And has only proposed 1.5 bills a year not even 2 bills a year. McCain is trying to talk about energy problems now. He has been in the senate for 25 years. What in those 25 years has he done about the energy problem in america. Absolutely nothing.
Obama's web site isn't an unbiased source .... or reliable
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