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1. Dude, chill

   Dan McLaughlin July 22nd, 2008 at 3:55 p.m. (link)

   The dress code thing is dumb for a couple of reasons but it's not a sign that he's some sort of closet Taliban.

   "No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." - Winston Churchill

   1. When In Rome...NOT

      Red_Wing July 22nd, 2008 at 4:42 p.m. (link)

      I don't think the clothing requirements make him a closet Taliban either, but his use of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades for security and his meeting with the Palestinian (Hamas) Leadership may make him something not so far enough from it for my comfort?

      Anyway, he idea of green being associated with Hamas is questionable at best, it seems nothing more than the same old Obama campaign being overly PC and trying to shape the event. Will they ask the women in the photo shot to remove their head dress?

      Hey Dan, I meant to thank you for your help getting situated earlier this year! Thanks!

      "Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich." ~ William F. Buckley, Jr.

2. It's kind of like when you

   Pi Over Three July 22nd, 2008 at 5:38 p.m. (link)

   visit some one and you tell your young kids to behave because you know that what they do and say will reflect on you. Nothing more.

   Have you added to the population of the McCain 2008 minicity yet today?

   I drive a car powered by hydrogen - C8H18 to be exact.

3. To put it another way....

   Pi Over Three July 22nd, 2008 at 5:50 p.m. (link)

   Imagine that Prime Minster from Rockistan is coming to your state to meet with your Governor. During his visit, an aide to of the reporters covering the trip for Al-Jazeera burns the flag at your local post office. What is your reaction, and how much do you think the PM is going to be able accomplish on his trip?
   

   Have you added to the population of the McCain 2008 minicity yet today?

   I drive a car powered by hydrogen - C8H18 to be exact.

4. I have to say, I think BHO has...

   Red_Wing July 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 p.m. (link)

   ...way over stepped your common sense explaination of the situation. He has userped a sitting POTUS in essentially releasing Maliki's statements and attempting to influence forien policy;

   Last night on Anderson Cooper 360, two CNN political analysts charged that Senator Obama overstepped his authority as a United States Senator in acting as a negotiator with the Iraqi government and publicly disclosing statements made during those interviews. During an interview with Anderson Cooper, David Gergen, CNN's Senior Political Analyst stated, "Barack Obama made the first mistake of his trip, in my judgment, in releasing a statement in which he said exactly what Maliki had said in those conversations.

   We have a long tradition in this country that we only have one president at a time. He's the commander in chief and the negotiator in chief. I cannot remember a campaign which a rival seeking the presidency has been in a position negotiating a war that's under way with another party outside the country.

   I think he leaves himself open to the charge tonight that he's meddling, that this is not his role, that he can be the critic, but he's not the negotiator. We have a president who does that. So, I think the underlying facts support him, but I think it would be a real mistake -- and I think it was a mistake -- to get into these conversations and let it be used politically. "

   Gergens comments were later echoed by a second CNN Analyst, Gloria Borger, who charged, "I do agree with David. And Candy, in her earlier piece, talked about walking the fine line between being this candidate and being presumptuous. And I think that he may just have crossed that, because, you know, it is a tradition. You don't talk about these private conversations. And it's not up to Barack Obama right now to negotiate troop withdrawals. It's up to Barack Obama to be on a fact-finding mission, which is indeed what he has said he was on. "

   Gergen and Borger have it right, Senator Obama is not the President and in fact is not even the official presidential nominee of his party. Obama's trip to Iraq is a taxpayer funded "Fact-Finding" mission in which he has no authority granted to him by congress nor the administration to engage in negotiations. His actions yesterday were indeed 'presumptuous' and violated his duties as a United States Senator.

   The President of The United States is responsible for the course of foreign policy, and although Obama has the right to question or criticize that foreign policy, he has no constitutional authority to act in a negotiative role with foreign dignitaries.

   His orchestration in Germany is another gross violation of presidential politiking. In my view for him to have the gumption to give a speech in Germany at such a historic location, and then film it for potential use in a campaign advertisement, it is just bad form to say the least.

   His use of a known terrorist orginazation for security is another example of unusual, behavior, the list just goes on and on...

   "Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich." ~ William F. Buckley, Jr.

5. And so it begins.

   Pi Over Three July 22nd, 2008 at 7 p.m. (link)

   For the last 7 years we heard ad nauseam from liberals about how Bush keeps overstepping his bounds as POTUS. When do you think we will hear from even one of them on this?

   Have you added to the population of the McCain 2008 minicity yet today?

   I drive a car powered by hydrogen - C8H18 to be exact.