Re: Obama: "...my muslim faith..."
Don Gabacho
> The basic problem the Republicans have, is that campaigning on
> "issues" like "Barack being Muslim" or "John McCain throws Sarah Palin
> under the bus rather than acknowledge the issue behind the 'pig'
> statement",...
That Americans are "phony"?
> ...is that it does nothing at all except to persuade
> Republicans to be against Obama... But that's a waste of effort.
> Obama isn't anticipating Republican votes, and he isn't even trying to
> reach the kind of person who buys into this sort of thing.
Then Independent Americans must be too stupid to have genuinely been
offended by Obama's "pig statement" too.
No one who has a mind of their own is he "even trying to reach"?
> Meanwhile, an "oil for sex" scandal is breaking in the DOI
> investigation, that has the GOP all over it.
McCain and Palin?
Or is this going to be a guilt by association thing too?
> No "gaffe" is going to keep this out of the headlines. It's big.
> Watergate big.
You mean the Dems are finally getting around to what they were elected for:
Impeaching Bush?
Why so late?
Lamont Cranston
> On Sep 10, 9:23 pm, James Of Tucson
> <james0tuc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The basic problem the Republicans have, is that
>> campaigning on
>> "issues" like "Barack being Muslim" or "John McCain
>> throws Sarah
>> Palin under the bus rather than acknowledge the issue
>> behind the
>> 'pig' statement",...
>
> That Americans are "phony"?
LIE.
>
>> ...is that it does nothing at all except to persuade
>> Republicans to be against Obama... But that's a waste of
>> effort.
>> Obama isn't anticipating Republican votes, and he isn't
>> even trying
>> to reach the kind of person who buys into this sort of
>> thing.
>
> Then Independent Americans must be too stupid to have
> genuinely been
> offended by Obama's "pig statement" too.
Nobody was genuinely offended by Obama calling McCain's
policies "putting lipstick on a pig."
>
> No one who has a mind of their own is he "even trying to
> reach"?
Delusions?
>
>> Meanwhile, an "oil for sex" scandal is breaking in the
>> DOI
>> investigation, that has the GOP all over it.
>
> McCain and Palin?
Are you really as stupid as this?
>
> Or is this going to be a guilt by association thing too?
>
>> No "gaffe" is going to keep this out of the headlines.
>> It's big.
>> Watergate big.
>
> You mean the Dems are finally getting around to what they
> were
> elected for: Impeaching Bush?
LIE.
>
> Why so late?
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Obama's goal? 'Jeopardize U.S. battlefield superiority'
Critics blast Dem for assurance he'll cut nation's defense dollars
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Posted: May 30, 2008
11:55 pm Eastern
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
An organization dedicated to the mission of protecting and defending
individual freedoms and rights under the U.S. Constitution is
criticizing presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama for promising to
cut, and possibly gut, U.S. military defense spending.
The Center for Individual Freedom, a non-partisan, non-profit, has
posted one version of a YouTube video of Obama "inexplicably"
pledging" to "unilaterally jeopardize American military superiority."
"When you find yourself in a hole, just keep digging," the
organization said in its accompanying commentary. "That appears to be
the logic of Sen. Barack Obama, who already finds himself in the
proverbial hole on defense and national security issues. At this pace,
he'll reach China by November."
The organization said the Obama video, which originally was posted
online by BarackObamadotcom in late 2007 but has been reproduced in
other versions too, he tells an audience at a group called
Caucus4Priorities he would cut "tens of billions of dollars" in
spending.
This would come at a time "when our armed forces are already stretched
and in need of new weapon technologies and armor," said CFIF.
The original video is here:
He also guarantees he will "cut investments in unproven missile
defense systems," and he "will not weaponize space," and that
"unnecessary" spending will be eliminated.
"Most alarmingly, however, Sen. Obama literally promises to 'slow
development of future combat systems,'" CFIF said.
"Think about the frightening implications of this pledge for a moment.
"Future combat systems are the cornerstone of American military
modernization and superiority. As America fights the war on terror and
deters potential military aggression by rogue nations cross the world,
advanced combat systems provide us with better equipment, unmatched
situational awareness and communication systems that result in
American battlefield domination. Other ascendant nations such as China
and Russia seek to match our prowess, but we continue to outpace
them," CFIF said.
It cited new satellite technology that "allows us to pinpoint and
eliminate the enemy, unmanned drones that promise amazing advances in
battlefield safety and effectiveness, bunker-buster weapons that
penetrate deep into the caves in which remote terrorists hide and
communications systems that allow lightning-quick troop deployment and
rescue missions."
"They ultimately protect the lives and health of our troops, just as
they protect us," CFIF said. "Despite this, Sen. Obama bizarrely
pledges to jeopardize our battlefield superiority."
The group cited the nation's stealth aircraft, which penetrated Saddam
Hussein's air defenses, precision-guided weaponry that has reduced
harm to non-combatants and the Strategic Defense Initiative, "which
forced Mikhail Gorbachev's negotiating hand and helped end the Cold
War."
Obama uses the speech to emphasize that he is "the only major
candidate who opposed this war from the beginning."
He says:
Thanks so much for the Caucus4Priorities, for the great work you've
been doing. As president, I will end misguided defense policies and
stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in
Washington.
First, I'll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I'm the only
major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And as
president I will end it.
Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.
I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.
I will not weaponize space.
I will slow our development of future combat systems.
And I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to
ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify
unnecessary spending.
Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek
that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons; I will seek a
global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate
with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert, and to achieve
deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.
"In what realm does Sen. Obama’s ideology dwell, that he would expect
his promises to somehow endear him to American swing voters?" CFIF
asked. "What makes Sen. Obama's statement most perplexing is the fact
that he already faces an uphill battle to convince American voters
that he won't be the second coming of Jimmy Carter in undermining our
military forces."