Whom the Gods would destroy, They first make anosmic.
It means "Loss of sense of smell."
By Moe Lane Posted in 2008 | A Child wearing an adult's clothes | Obamafiles | The Best Democratic Primary EVER — Comments (14) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
It's an unfortunate side-effect of succumbing to the delusion that your own, personal excrement no longer stinks. Meet the latest sufferer:
Obama: No Need For Foreign Policy Help From V.P.
Last night at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Barack Obama took a question on what he's looking for in a running mate. "I would like somebody who knows about a bunch of stuff that I'm not as expert on," he said, and then he was off and running. "I think a lot of people assume that might be some sort of military thing to make me look more Commander-in-Chief-like. Ironically, this is an area--foreign policy is the area where I am probably most confident that I know more and understand the world better than Senator Clinton or Senator McCain."
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"I traveled to Pakistan when I was in college--I knew what Sunni and Shia was [sic] before I joined the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. . . ."
Have you started going to those committee meetings, Senator? - Or is the campaign trail still causing you to neglect your job? Yes, your actual, boring job: the one that the people of Illinois elected you to do. I understand that it's much more exciting to be worshiped like unto a god on the campaign trail; and I'm no political virgin. The three candidates left are going to be all slacking off their responsibilities.
But I really do think that the candidate who never got started on his responsibilities in the first place should spare us the lectures on how he'd be better at fulfilling them. If he's so good at it, why didn't he do it from the start? Contrary to popular belief, we weren't actually paying the man $169,300 a year just to wait patiently in the Senate chamber for the 2008 election; there was this charming, naive thought that he might actually do some real work, for a change. And I'm not talking about things like this, either. These sorts of things should be the primary focus of your life; not, as CQ Politics so nicely put it, what you do to kill time.
On the other hand, I suppose that those comments at the fund-raiser might have just been made to reassure his congregation. In which case: carry on, Barack. Carry on.
Moe Lane
PS: The Weekly Standard and Ace (h/t) didn't buy any of this, of course; but what's interesting is that even HuffPo thought that this approached cockiness. When even the pet Lefties notice... heh.
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...and adjusted our trajectory accordingly. The Democrats didn't, and now they're paying the price, in several senses.
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
the supporters for each candidate cannibalized each other until only one candidate was left. Now we are starting on potential VP picks. Eventually we will kill off the competition until there is only one left -- and then the rest of us will stand around saying, "How did this happen?"
and so accomplished ... I wish I knew that traveling would make me a foregin policy expert ... If Obama think he's a foreign policy wiz because of his travels I must be a genius. I've been to: Bermuda, Bahamas, Panama, Mexico, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, U.K., Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Djibouti, Kenya, Seychelles, Japan and Columbia.
What a poser ... he really thinks his Ivy league education counts for real world experience.
when I was a pre-teen I lived in Japan and actually spoke Japanese --- can I be Ambassador when you make it to the candy store?
John
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Why would God invent something like whiskey? To keep the Irish from ruling the world of course
Does that mean that I'm qualified to be President??
BTW, Obama must be getting pretty delusional if he wants to debate McCain on foreign affairs. And even more delusion if he wants to spend him on the amount of time spent in SE Asia.
and am visiting my sister-in-law in Calgary this summer. I do have to wait another 4 years though, I won't be 35 by the time the election rolls around...
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Two thirds of the world is covered by water,
the other third is covered by Champ Bailey.
As counterintuitive as it may seem, foreign policy is his greatest strength.
Of course for the cynical among us, that might say more about his relative lack of qualifications in other policy arenas than it does about his experience with foreign policy.
With respect to his VP selection, his instincts are correct that he is better off selecting a candidate that reinforces his message (change) that picking a candidate that highlights his liabilities in any particular policy area.
Since Obama is so stunningly incompetent and unqualified in so many areas, foreign policy may indeed be his strongest point.
Kill the terrorists
Protect the borders
Punch the hippies -- Frank J
Perish the thought! Hasn't he gotten the message from McCain's camp that the rhetoric in this campaign is supposed to be genial and respectful?
He's supposed to say "Well, John McCain's obviously an expert on all these matters and very well qualified to be president. So is Hillary. And so am I."
Can somebody please remind me again how and why John McCain ended up with the Republican nomination?