He’ll do everything the UN does - nothing

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Barack Obama promises he will talk to everyone - friend and foe alike. He’s convinced himself our unwillingness to do so under the “Bush-Cheney” approach makes us look arrogant, [and] it denies us opportunities to make progress, and it makes it harder for America to rally international support for our leadership.”

Of course, we DO talk to all nations (friend and foe alike), we just don’t sit down and make nice with them - we tell them to behave themselves and take care of their people with decency and the human dignity they deserve…and until they do, we’re not going to do them any favors (or give them any cash handouts). Obama doesn’t seem to GET that part of it, but this fact goes hand in hand with all the other things he doesn’t “get” about Foreign Policy.

Obama wants to sit down with a country that considers one of our allies a stinking corpse doomed to disappear at the hands of another country currently run by the armed thug terrorists that recently endorsed his candidacy themselves. Of course, Obama “understands” why the terrorists running Palestine would endorse him…and why wouldn’t they? These are the same lunatics who suggest that his Muslim-world dwell-time, his Muslim-like middle name, and his “worldly appearance” might preclude his using the “cowboy diplomacy” that has thus far enabled Israel to continue its existence despite continued Muslim efforts to the contrary. Why wouldn’t they endorse him assuming they’ll get away with a whole lot more evil-doing when the “why can’t we all just get along” President takes over?

To understand what Obama will achieve when he “changes the world” with his new approach to negotiating with terrorists, one need only put all the little pieces together in the story of Gilad Shalit, Corporal in the IDF’s Armor Corps who was taken hostage two years ago by Hamas…yes, Obama-endorsing Hamas…and who remains in captivity today as Hamas keeps changing the rules about what Israel must do to get him back.

First, they wanted to trade the freedom of “women and youths” from Israeli jails for Shalit’s own freedom, to which Israel said no. Then, [h/t the Coalition of Whiners, Complainers, Israel-bashers, Liars and Thieves] they just wanted the fighting to stop [winking that they’d stop firing rockets into Israel when Hizbullah stopped firing them].

THEN, it was going to be a mutual agreement to only fire on eachother’s Military targets in exchange for Shalit’s release.

Now?

Well, it WAS going to be a cease-fire…but Hamas has decided “you know what? Forget the women and youths…we want 450 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Shalit…and we want the cease-fire for free.”

So, when Obama negotiates in good faith, and strikes a deal with terrorists who wish him into office, and they subsequently go back on their word(s) [which they ALWAYS do], and they keep upping the anty…what will Mr. Hope and Change and Change and Hope™ DO, exactly?

Why, he’ll give a speech about Hope and Change of course.

Hello friends!

For your Tuesday Marxist specials, we have the following-

First off, let’s just make sure we all understand the rules of engagement with Obama, m’kay?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/the_obama_rules.html

The basic ones are right here. Ignore them at your own peril.

…”Here are the Obama rules in detail: He can’t be called a “liberal” (”the same names and labels they pin on everyone,” as Obama puts it); his toughness on the war on terror can’t be questioned (”attempts to play on our fears”); his extreme positions on social issues can’t be exposed (”the same efforts to distract us from the issues that affect our lives” and “turn us against each other”); and his Chicago background too is off-limits (”pouncing on every gaffe and association and fake controversy”). Besides that, it should be a freewheeling and spirited campaign.”

Here we find that John McCain simply takes Barack’s breath away-

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Obama_on_McCain_speech_Breathtaking_not_in_a_good_way.html

I’ll let you read the blather, take two Tums and digest, or not.

Here, Obama channels his Jewish self-

http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/obama_on_zionism_and_hamas.php#more

Don’t question his love for Israel. He had a Jewish camp counselor once and besides, don’t you know that the early Zionist’s were big into the social justice movement. That’s all he needs to know, man. There is so much more absolute blather in this piece. I swear, I think Barack’s nose just grew an inch at least.

I’ll leave you with this last one. I wouldn’t want to overload you too much before the coffee settles.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/05/obama_turns_to_the_general_ele.html?hpid=topnews

Finally, after 300+ days of no presence in Michigan, it seems as if Obama has finally gotten the memo that there is a state of Michigan, it’s not just one of the Great Lakes.

…”Obama will spend tomorrow in Cape Girardeau, Missouri — a key outpost in the more rural, Republican southeastern corner of the state — before making two stops in Michigan on Wednesday. ”

Never mind that Obama really doesn’t want the voters of Michigan and Florida to have a say in his nomination. Let’s not let those little details get in our way now, friends. Since he knows he has been crowned the King of the Dems, shouldn’t we all just move on to the general election? To not do so would just be a silly distraction and we know how much Obama hates those pesky little distractions now, don’t we?

(Update)
Oops! I just couldn’t resist this one-

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080513/NATION/863327237/-1/RSS_NATION_POLITICS

…”I’m not sure he knows how to communicate well in rural environments,” said Brian Alley, a hurricane aviation consultant and independent voter who added that he has not settled on a candidate to support. “He comes across as more of a professional-type person, much more sophisticated than even Clinton or Bush.”

Heh. So, Obama is more sophisticated than Bush or even Clinton. Ya think? Well I just hope that his failure to connect in WVA doesn’t leave Barack all “bitter” inside. Heck, that might make him feel the need to “cling” to terrorists instead of focusing on the needs of real Americans. Wouldn’t that be a pity?

Hack away!

i was watching the news the other night…i know, i really shouldn’t do that at my age…i saw hillary saying that the ‘intelligent white people’ will vote for her so she’s more electible than obama…

more electible cuz the smart white folk are gonna vote for her…well, yeehah…

i guess that makes me a stupid beige person cuz i’m not voting for her…

and, what about those asian, black, Hispanic people?…and what about people who don’t believe in abortions? what about those people who believe that people should take care of people, not the government?…what about those people who take their patriotic duty to our great nation literally? And, what about those people who don’t want to pay for deadbeats to have health insurance cuz, well, we just don’t!?

i guess we’re all a bunch of redneck idiots…unless, she’s wrong…she can’t be wrong, can she? She’s never been wrong before, right? snipers? what snipers?

The Washington Times has an interesting piece worth a quick look - Democrats will ‘turn us into France’ :

The Senate’s top Republican says Democrats’ sights are set on European-style socialism, and derided likely Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s claims of being a unifier — one of the major selling points the Illinois Democrat makes on the campaign trail.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a likely preview of the Republican line of attack in the general election, said Democratic leaders and Mr. Obama “get up every morning with three things on their minds: more taxes, more regulation and more litigation.”

“It’s pretty clear to me that the Democratic agenda is to turn us into France,” the Kentucky Republican told The Washington Times in an unusually blunt interview at his office in the Capitol. “Americans may want change, but the question is, what kind of change?”

I can’t agree strongly enough with McConnell’s sentiments here.

Of course, the rest of the Times piece prattles on about how the Republicans are likely NOT to regain a majority in Congress…and that even though there have been many policy differences between McConnell and McCain over the years, McConnell stands “enthusiastically in his corner” all the same.

Wonderful.

How’s that going to play when McCain initiatives die a traitor’s death on the House and Senate floor with potentially veto proof majorities amongst the eeeevil lefty Socialists? We’ll see…we’ll see…

What we DO know, however, is that ‘ol Barry and the kids on the left mean to raise taxes, hand out more entitlements, expand Government “intervention” into our personal daily lives…and deepen the co-dependencies they have worked so hard to establish over the years with the American people.

I like this new term-I think I’ll use it more frequently as Mr. “Hope and Change and Change and Hope” runs around the fruited plain promising a new tone (where have we heard THAT before?) and bi-partisanship while never personally having done anything remotely bi-partisan in his entire political life (short though that may be).

Vive la France…

The problem with our Government is not Democrats or Republicans, per se, but with the collective need to do whatever it takes to get and keep power. This never-ending opportunistic positioning on issues, with little regard for any who might suffer from the effects, fails all of “we the People” and the Government should be ashamed of itself…though we have a better chance of finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow than ever seeing sincere humility and embarrassment come from any of our Political Heroes in Washington.

The political football that is Iraq is being as poorly handled as any issue in my memory, and our Warfighters and Veterans (those we should most concern ourselves with) are being failed on almost every level. I blame the President. I blame the Department of Defense. I blame Veterans Affairs. Most of all, I blame Congress. While most of these issues with Soldiers and Veterans lie squarely in the lap of the DoD and the VA, Congress owns the lion’s share of blame for not fixing this mess because they hold the checkbook and they aren’t doing what needs doing: writing the damn checks.

Let’s start with the New York Times piece, The Suffering of Soldiers:

Several years into a pair of wars, the Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling to cope with a task for which it was tragically unready: the care of soldiers who left Afghanistan and Iraq with an extra burden of brain injury and psychic anguish. The last thing they need is the toxic blend of secrecy, arrogance and heedlessness that helped to send many of them into harm’s way.

Quick cheap shot at the President aside, the NYT’s Editorial board is on to something. But, before we look at the rest of this “opinion” piece, let’s pile on a few more things for emphasis.

First, consider the now-very-forgotten story of Walter Reed and Building 18 and the suffering of Soldiers there. Recall that President Bush promised a commission to review Military Health Care in the wake of that story, and a report from the so-called Dole-Shalala commission was issued. Anything implemented from that one yet? Not that I can find.

Consider as well the Ft. Bragg barracks disaster and the standard issue gasps of shock and outrage from the guy who OWNS it to begin with: SecDef Gates himself.

A cursory run through the news yesterday brings a story of Soldiers being cremated at a facility used for pets. It’s no wonder people are screaming…a freaking pet crematorium being used for our fallen Heroes, and the Military isn’t sure if this place is doing these cremations appropriately? What the bloody hell is wrong with this bureaucracy?

The President asked for the Iraq supplemental funding well over a year ago. The Democrats have finally come up with a disaster in response, and in an op-ed this morning Alabama Rep. Jo Bonner details the bloat lying in wait within it. The bill is a joke and the Democrats are well aware the President will have no choice but to veto this trash and the Warfighters and Veterans will continue to wait.

Congress was told by Adm. Mullen that the Army is almost out of money. Of course, Harry Reid could give a flip, given that he’s already said it’s no big deal [subscription], but if the Army runs out of money how can anyone expect the Soldiers and Veterans to get the care they need? They’re about to lose their paychecks…how are they going to get treatment for the suffering the original Times piece above suggests they so desperately need?

Consider the last passage in the NYT piece:

Fortunately, the solutions are clear: more money for mental health services, closer tracking of suicides and more aggressive preventive efforts, more efficiency at managing veterans’ treatment and more help for their families. If this country gave back to wounded troops even a fraction of the commitment and service that it has received from them, they will be well cared for.

Why is this so hard for Congress to comprehend?

In the piece titled “The Costs of War” from the WaPo, dollars and cents make up the whole discussion about Iraq. With all of Schumer and Reid’s ranting and raving…and calling President Bush “King George”…nowhere is there a mention of what MORE the Army can do about the problems it’s Warfighters and Veterans face were these clowns to draft a bill the President can actually sign. They are clearly more concerned with the constituencies they can buy off…and with shoring up majorities and expanding them. They are there to do the people’s business, not muck up our lives and CERTAINLY not to destroy the lives of our Soldiers and their families, yet that is exactly what they continue to do.

They fail us all.

In today’s issue of overstating the obvious, we have this: Republicans forced to turn to their nemesis: John McCain. I can’t help but laugh a little…

The Republican political establishment is looking to the devil to deliver them, the man many have depicted as the incarnation of evil: John McCain.

Republicans in the U.S. Congress are petrified about a November debacle, a fear stoked on May 3, when they lost their second straight special election in a district held by Republicans.

The party’s fundamental situation is terrible: Republicans are saddled with an enormously unpopular president, a war, a troubled economy and a Democratic opposition that’s being energized by important constituent groups.

“The generics are as bad as anytime since I have been here,” said Representative Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican and one of the most politically astute members of Congress in either party. Davis, a 14-year veteran, is retiring this year, frustrated with his party’s long-term prospects.

In a delicious irony, the one bright spot is McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

I cut that quote off a sentence early because it makes my point: McCain is a “delicious irony.” The author of this piece, Albert R. Hunt, finds him “delicious” because he seems to support Dem policies and sees McCain like we disabused Conservatives see him; soft on federalism, soft on immigration, soft on entitlements, soft on education, and downright squishy on the 1st amendment. Why this makes me laugh is because the GOP got us here in the first place, and now they’re worried? That’s where I see McCain as a “delicious irony” and I think it’s hysterical….kinda like “oh my God…what did we just do?!?!?!?”

[giggling]

McCain will be far better than the choices from the left, to be sure, but he certainly delays any national-level improvements in bringing conservatism back (on any large scale) to the GOP. I know plenty of Republicans who are much more interested in winning this than in advancing the ideology…”this is no time for ideological purity” and all that…and I get it…but this conundrum is what will force us “far righters” to just sit the hell down and shut the (expletive deleted in deference to the posting guidelines) up.

Ahh, that wilderness is starting to grow on me…I really AM an outdoorsy kinda guy-I’ll survive, but there’s going to be a LOT of cheerleaders looking at their belly buttons soon enough, wondering just what the hell they got themselves in to.

Buyer beware, kids…buyer beware.