Into the Unknown, with Same

Fred Barnes has written of the election arguing against the "conventional wisdom in the political community and the media" that the 2008 election was the best ever.

Prior to the financial crisis and following McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate, Barnes notes:

"(Y)et when the crisis began, McCain was 2,3,4, or 5 points ahead of Obama, depending on the poll. Within weeks, he was 4,5,6, or 7 points behind."

"This is proof that politics is unfair. But politics, like life, has always been unfair. The point to consider is whether a presidential race so affected, even decided, by an outside event should be considered great. Answer: It shouldn't."

Whatever "outside event(s)" occurred that effected the campaign and thereby the election are now the past and an election and campaign are now over.

The "outside events" to follow and the reaction to them are the real test to come; the campaign is over and with it go the platitudes and rhetoric...well at least we can hope.

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Barack Obamalinsky

“go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face.”

This man is not a safe bet.

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McCain in Language Acceptable to the Left

Knowing how difficult the campaign for president can be, it is high time the Republicans, led by Senator John McCain spoke in tones and terms acceptable to the Obama/Biden and Democrat ticket overall.

McCain often hides behind words that tend to get people up in arms; this sample McCain plan for small businesses is probably a good example for the times, with Joe the Plumber on the mind

This “author” could be entirely mistaken; however, it appears that this is a form that those against McCain would be happiest with or at the least, the language that is the safest so as not to offend citizens of small or large towns; cities small or large and both coasts.

The McCain/Palin Small Business Plan:

The*

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*Please note that the author cannot control where this will lead or who might be up in arms following the above details of the McCain/Palin Small Business Plan. It is only an attempt at avoiding any uproar that tends to develop as the English language is twisted following evil Conservative remarks. Also, the author in no way supports or opposes various ways “the” can be pronounced (or defined for that matter, hence the omission of “is” as one example). Pronunciation such as “thee” implies no association with any organized religion or the such.

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Powell, Ever the RINO....Asshat!!!

Another individual that failed to see the changing times speaks out with all the inanity as those before him.

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Joe Biden: It's Official...Asshat!

“The Joe the plumbers in my neighborhood, the Joe the cops in my neighborhood, the Joe the grocery store owners in my neighborhood — they make, like 98 percent of the small businesses, less than $250,000 a year.”

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Ayers Alright Obama?

Big stink, that doesn't stick; not Teflon but just as effective (affective works in a sense too).

Defenders in the media describe it as finish line scrambling of a campaign reaching for any means out of the relentless quicksand. Cries of "as the Byrd flew, so did McCain" glaringly miss the point though.

Following the recent "townhall" "debate" this typist oddly walked away from it with a sense of optimism; not based upon a performance, but of the words actually spoken by the "anointed one."

Barack Obama possesses a skill in communication no small part developed and honed in admiration of Reverend Wright (spiritual mentor and vocal coach). Not unlike the acoustic pianos touch sensitivity of 1 to infinity, the Senator hits the notes as they should be regardless of whether the human ear picks up on it or not. Like any musician, being off-key happens, but with the audience goodwill and appreciation of skill; the er, um, ahs of improvisation are accepted.

How you write the music down is another story entirely. Political rhetoric, too often what politics is about (all sides mind you) is not reality. It's quick, immediate, and doesn't offer answers or results (how), but dang what a ditty!

The Democrat Left has made a heyday of pointing out the easy and obvious over recent years in example; numbers of dead, the mayhem and destruction inherent in war allows for the effortless application of negative "conclusions" on the war. Like the reflexive emotion hate or anger, it is far simpler to attain than love or respect.

Following the debate, a realization that Obama plays with the sensitivity more appropriate to the many musical keyboards 1 to 7 levels versus 1 to infinity of a real piano. The 1 to 7 may still be indiscernible to the untrained ear, but we're not really talking about music now are we?

The media would appear to prefer the election held today, as with the daily poll reminders of "if held today," but the election has not yet taken place and VDH has an argument containing glimpses of optimism grounded in a "common" sense the media does not posses. The Ayers et al relationship that is taken as "mudslinging" by so many is simply put within the essay. One does not have to agree with it, however it is disingenuous to simply lay at the feet of "changing the subject." It's a subject and a concern to many and not at all frivolous.

From "Not Over Yet" at NRO by Victor Davis Hanson (read the whole thing):

"The Ayers controversy is cited by the in-the-tank media as signs of McCain’s desperation. Perhaps. But amid the tsk-tsking, there are also certain deer-in-the-headlights moments among Obama’s handlers.

Why? There are simply too many ACORNs, Ayers, Khalidis, Pflegers, Wrights, et al. not to suggest a pattern unbecoming of a future President of the United States. Obama’s past statements about his relationship with Ayers (and others) simply cannot be reconciled with the factual circumstances of their long association. McCain must focus on Ayers between 2001–2005. Then in the climate of national worry following 9/11, Ayers was on recent record as lamenting that he had not set off enough bombs, and yet until 2005 still in contact with Obama — about what and why, voters might wish to know."

Follow in its entirety here too...

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Good News on the Iranian Nuclear Front

According to IRNA:

"Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki said that Bushehr Power plant is scheduled to become operational in the first half of 2009."

Thankfully, in Iran it's the year 1387...Give 'em hell Barack, chat away, time is on our side!

Almost forgot...THANKS Vlad!!!

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Not News - Obama Alternate Site

Apologies that this is not news, however, this particular site always looks like just another Obama site, no? Have you ever visited and seen anything other than the Obama ad there?





Nice flag pin!

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The Audacity of Civility in Politics

As everyone has heard, the Democrats are in a tizzy over comments made by President Bush in Israel.

Candidate Obama gave Senator McCain flak for "embracing" the president's "attacks on Democrats," and "suggesting that I wasn't fit to protect this nation that I love."

At a town hall meeting in Watertown, SD Obama added, "So much for civility."

To which one could add, 'so much for the civility of those the Senator from IL has surrounded himself with since the beginning of his political career.'

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I FELT IT WAS UNTRUE...

The Reverend Jeremiah Wright (ret.) is scheduled to appear on PBS with Bill Moyers, so we can expect the utmost in unbiased integrity from BM....right?

An excerpt reported by CNN:

'“I felt it was unfair, I felt it was unjust. I felt it was untrue. I felt that those who were doing that, were doing it for some very devious reasons.”'

"I felt it was untrue;" think about that for a moment...he feels that it was untrue. Was the reverend not in attendance that day either?

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Bland Impromptus - Elections, Primaries....

In honor of one of my favorite (can there only be one? not the case anymore) reads, Impromptu's by Jay Nordlinger at NRO - I'll make a stab...

Katherine Jean Lopez at the corner at NRO wrote of Bill Clinton’s game face regarding Hillary Clinton’s success rate to date….interesting, but one thing stuck out creating a “really?” moment:

Quoting Stewart Applebaum, head of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union:

‘“Hope itself is not a program. There is no Department of Hope…. You don’t hope for a paycheck. You work for a paycheck.”’

“You work for a paycheck?” .Really…..?.?.?

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“Barry” Obama had some final words for the student volunteers working on his campaign in NH at a Tuesday morning rally in Hanover (bold mine):

‘"My job is to be so persuasive that if there's anybody left out there who is still not sure whether they will vote, or is still not clear who they will vote for, that a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany ... and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama."’

Me thinks someone’s head is getting a wee bit heavy for that pencil neck… Who needs to make mention of God when apparently you are he?

Oops…that was yesterday morning

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Every cloud has a silver lining

I am happy as a pig in…but I’m unhappy too. Such is life as a member of the contradictory human race (come on, don’t tell me that’s not so…I am not that unique

What’s my silver lining? Obama, Edwards, Richardson, Kucinich, Biden, Gravel, and Dodd all lost yesterday and this is a happy event; the silver lining is dimmed as the reality is someone has to win and Clinton did just that and it hurts.

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Speaking of happiness, if you want it, sometimes you have to go find it for yourself (no guarantees mind you). What else might make you and I happy…the pundits and the media were wrong about NH. Will they shut up now? No, but that’s the way it works, you have to take the good with the bad. As I like to say every action and even inaction has a reaction; there’s no way around it regardless of how much “hope” or “change” might make us feel all warm and fuzzy.

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On the subject of “change,” it’s kind of a broad brush with no color to the paint; it’s your job to select which color makes you feel best and that everything is taken care of. Is mentioning “color” not PC or “inclusive” enough or does the lack thereof imply there is no “diversity?” Diversity is different to the sides of the political aisle; to the Left it’s a visual thing, the Right is more intellectual (I’m guessing someone may disagree).

Sorry, got off the subject of “change” there, though going off subject is a decent example of “change.” Change is good; especially if you have some spare in your pocket as you pass a gumball machine.

Change… Democrats have been railing on about “change” for roughly seven years now. For example, they want to “change” our foreign policy because “change” is good and it needs to be “changed.” We got change with the present administration especially following 9/11; some don’t like this kind of “change,” so they want to “change” it back to what led us to that day as though it’s something new.

“Change” is not really a detailed or structured policy; I’m thinking maybe they could be a little more honest and call it what it is, “time travel,” oh for the peace of the 90’s.

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What is this latest garbage about how stressful and grueling the campaign trail is for these “poor” candidates? Don’t like it? Get out! You need us, we don’t need you. As with the media, it is the story and the yellow journalists are the heroes in say, Iraq. Do we really need to look up to these people as though they’re doing it just for us? In all honesty the job does have its perks; I wouldn’t want the job, but I’m not the same kind of “animal” as they. Boo Hoo, Hoo

Well that’s it for my little experiment at dealing with my short attention span. Who are you voting for in 2012…campaign’s about to start, but I’ll hold off a few days before announcing my Iowa predictions.

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Hillary Clinton has Learned from Partisanship

WAPO:

"Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed back against criticism from fellow Democrats that she is too polarizing to unite the country as president, arguing that the political battles she has been through make her uniquely equipped to bring the nation together and build a centrist governing coalition."

How does she propose doing anything from a "centrist" position when she is so far Left (excepting for political reasons) that she almost falls off the edge?

Is there a center-far-left?

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Clinton, the Left and Adherence to the Agenda

From MSNBC

“Clinton picked up the endorsement of the 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers in Washington today.” (yesterday) This is a good example of people supporting those that keep them busy with work, considering all the donations that must get sent through the mail to her. That and their, semi-partial-kind of in a way-quasi governmental employment status.

With the remark to General David Petraeus at Tuesday afternoon’s hearing by candidate for President, Senator Hillary Clinton, "the reports that you provide to us really require the willing suspension of disbelief," one has to wonder why the possibility or activity of suspending disbelief is something new to a Clinton.

In a nation torn by its presence in Iraq is it really the right time to so pit one side against another, especially by someone that has managed, as her husband has to suspend the disbelief of so many? When activists, clueless mind you, put President Bush down as a Fascist (this includes those of us that agree with our presence in Iraq and take the threats to our nation seriously and God forbid consider outside, rather than inside the government) their rhetoric is fully supported by the spewing of this candidate and other Leftist Democrats in her party that fail to appreciate that not all wounds can be healed.

Senator Clinton is stuck in her formative college days and appears to have no desire to depart it; especially since it works so well for the coffers. She has yearned for the office she is running toward for most, if not all of her adult life; might there be a chance she will do whatever it takes to see that dream through? This is more than can be said for the present commander in chief, yet he is some cog or leader in some imagined ultra secret coup to control the country. Bush, at the same time, back in his college days likely didn’t concern himself with so selfless a career.

Today, “disappointed Democrats map a withdrawal strategy” for Iraq as “Obama Offers Most Extensive Plan Yet for Winding Down War,” and has drawn “criticism from the left of his party for being too timid and from Republicans as being irresponsible.” Goodness, what could be more Left of those running for president than the Democrat candidates themselves at a time that does not yet require a scramble to the “center?”

One does not “wind down a war” that like most wars has a life of its own that requires reaction and adjustment as much as it does constantly fluid tactics. The Left looks to wind down to defeat or an “end (same difference),” while the inhabitants on the other side of the aisle look to ways toward success in the long war. Both sides actively pursue success; however success is viewed entirely differently, which should not require further explanation since we’ve been here since almost day one.

Back to the shining example of an almost lustful desire for the highest office in the land; Senator Clinton. Yesterday, The Times reported that “Mrs.” Clinton is facing what is described as her biggest fear or vulnerability; “Some sort of fund-raising scandal that would echo the Clinton-era controversies of the 1990s and make her appear greedy or ethically challenged;” appearing what one is, is not something the candidate cares to appear. “Mrs. Clinton told aides this year to vet major donors carefully and help her avoid situations in which she might appear to be trading access for big money.” Poor staffing selection or a cover for the micromanagement the senator is known for?

Ever since the falling of the other Hsu, the press has treaded the scandal of financing gingerly due to its chosen ones role in it; we get the stories but not the continuous in your face, please don’t forget motivation that follows the guide on of reportage on Republican scandals. Myrna Blyth wonders this morning, why “didn’t Hillary’s fundraising staff ever bother to call to thank the nice Paw family of 41 Shelbourne Avenue, Daly City, California for the almost $45,000 they donated to her presidential campaign? The Paws, big givers, have contributed over $200,000 to Democratic candidates since 2005. Hillary has been so willing this summer, often with Bill in tow, to make house calls on fundraisers at the Vineyard or in East Hampton. Why didn’t she want to drop in to share a cup of tea and a wonton or two with such generous West Coast supporters? Maybe if she or one of her staffers had paid that courtesy call, they might have been surprised the open-handed Paws, all six of them, lived in a tiny, 1280-square-foot bungalow painted an unfortunate though appropriate shade of green.” Why indeed?

The candidates “china syndrome” is one in a laundry list of questionable activities and ties. Big money in politics is unfortunately a “necessary” evil in this day and age and it’s not nothing; but the bigger questions might be the judgment of those that toe the line of Leftist agendas that have no rosier a past than any other obsessively adhered to unquestioning dogma.

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When Hillary Met Norm

Food for thought…unable to find a Time article or any other from an msm source that concerns itself with Senator Clintons first meeting with Norman Hsu; was it just a photo-op? The breaking story had Clinton all over it, however there were no accusations. The opener at WSJ August 28, 2007:

“One of the biggest sources of political donations to Hillary Rodham Clinton is a tiny, lime-green bungalow that lies under the flight path from San Francisco International Airport.”

A picture is worth a thousand words and this was no truer the case “when George met Jack;” the pictures themselves generated story after story before any real details of a relationship were known. How long this played out in the media will not likely be eclipsed by this latest campaign finance scandal. The opener at Time magazine January 22, 2006:

“As details poured out about the illegal and unseemly activities of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff,…”

The msm just doesn’t appear as interested at least in the same manner; Bush is involved it must be criminal activity. If it’s Hillary Clinton it’s more about campaign finance; the NY Times has a balanced piece about this, which is something we didn’t get from the toilet paper during the Bush/Abramoff “scandal.”

Bias aside, Bundling and campaign finance is a mess that serves no one but those running, the bundlers and other connected people. Where do we, the public come in? We don’t, only lobbies and large interest groups – this place is slowing no longer our country and those that run for office to represent us know very little about us.

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The Right Doesn't Make Scandals Like the Old Hat Left

It’s odd that someone in the public eye like a politician would risk their career and/or what they have accomplished for some fun. The recent media revelation of an Idaho senator’s attempt at participating in what is called “anonymous sex,” is just such a case.

Senator Craig is not the first, nor will he be the last, but do you ever notice how much media play a Conservative politician rates when they have fallen from grace? This, we are told is attributed to the usual Conservative stance of “family values,” and the juxtaposition of this moral ethic and “anonymous sex.”

This is, as many have said already a double standard between what constitutes a Conservative scandal and a Liberal scandal. As only one example, Former President Bill Clinton participated in lewd conduct with an intern in the Oval Office of all places and lied about it under oath before a grand jury, yet he escaped impeachment and to this day is the darling of the Left.

Recently Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has been caught in a bit of a mess with donations from questionable sources, the Paw Family and Norma Hsu. It is by no means expected that Ms. Clinton should know about every donor on her list, although Hsu is one of the few, and the proud mendacious “Hillraisers,” so it shouldn’t in that instance be too much of a stretch to have the campaign get a clue about it.

What should be of concern is of the Democrat scandals that lose the front page quickly one that should be back up there loud and clear is the Clinton political machines other questionable campaign financing scandals and how the old intersects (thanks to Jason Breidenbach for the link) with the new.

America Coming Together, a 527 group presided over by former Clinton aide Harold Ickes and heavily funded by George Soros and other wealthy Leftwing individuals getting richer with George Bush’s tax cuts : ), has been required to pay a fine the equivalent of which is a paltry fraction of the almost $100 million spent in the 2004 election.

A scandal of this nature should tower over the perversions of a “family values” politician as the ramifications of such has a vast scope and ultimately affects us all in that Senator Clinton is vying for the highest office in the land

For a further view into the Liberal, Leftist, scandal read some excerpts from Byron York’s 2005 book “The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy,” which is available at NRO today and paints the reality in clear, concise description, which begins with the author’s note:

“On Wednesday, the Federal Election Commission slapped America Coming Together with a $775,000 fine — the third-largest such penalty in history — for violating campaign-finance laws in the 2004 election. Now largely defunct, America Coming Together was the biggest of the so-called “527” groups that took in millions from donors like George Soros for the purpose of defeating George W. Bush. In a case that has taken years to decide, the FEC ruled that America Coming Together did an end-run around the campaign-finance laws in 2004 by claiming it was using its money for non-partisan purposes like voter registration when it was in fact spending millions specifically targeting Bush.”

Political Grind has a discussion post up for debate/comments about the Craig scandal; comment system is via Intense Debate a "beta-ish" application that is not perfected yet, but its possibilities are endless. Give it a visit and keep the discussion going...

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The Clinton China Connection - Paw Family Donates $45K

Per Drudge linking to WSJ:

"Six members of the Paw family, each listing the house at 41 Shelbourne Ave. as their residence, have donated a combined $45,000 to the Democratic senator from New York since 2005, for her presidential campaign, her Senate re-election last year and her political action committee. In all, the six Paws have donated a total of $200,000 to Democratic candidates since 2005, election records show."

"William Paw, the 64-year-old head of the household, is a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service who earns about $49,000 a year, according to a union representative. Alice Paw, also 64, is a homemaker. The couple's grown children have jobs ranging from account manager at a software company to "attendance liaison" at a local public high school. One is listed on campaign records as an executive at a mutual fund."

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Hillary Clinton is an Evil Political Machine

From the NY Post:

"It's a horrible prospect to ask yourself, 'What if? What if?' But if certain things happen between now and the election, particularly with respect to terrorism, that will automatically give the Republicans an advantage again, no matter how badly they have mishandled it, no matter how much more dangerous they have made the world," Clinton told supporters in Concord."

Wouldn't it be great, if as "horrible" a prospect as it would be, if our issues with terror organizations wasn't just a political football? Wouldn't it be great if the terrorists were the bad guys?

The Democrat party and it's politicians disgust me to no end. So not only would good news from Iraq be bad for their party's prospects; a terror attack would be too. Not because it's a worthless party on defense, oh no...

I don't doubt for a second that this political beast that is Hillary Clinton could care less about an attack with the exception being that it might deny her the office she has coveted for likely more than two decades.

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Hillary; compassionate misanthrope

Hillary doesn’t trust humankind, which fits in nicely with the Liberal mindset; leave it to us and the nanny state will take care of you.

Here’s a question and it’s something that has been irking me for some time now; why are all the candidates referred to as Romney, Richardson, Paul, McCain, etc., yet Clinton is always “Hillary,” by haters and lovers alike?

But I digress…ever since the “secret” letters came out in the NY Times from a young “Hillary” the toilet paper has been all about her. Posts here were not in depth, just with a certain disgust when I would view the front page for tripe being shoveled out to the masses. The same day an announcement was made in the Times that it and NBC News were joining forces or collaborating on election coverage both entities of the same stripe had humanizing “Hillary” filler. The day that followed offered yet more of the same; you couldn’t get away from it.

Enjoy Brent Bozell’s latest, as were going to be seeing a lot more of it, “Humanizing Hillary, Canonizing Chelsea:”

“Here’s one sign that Hillary Clinton is the Democratic presidential frontrunner. Reporters are tripping over themselves to convince us how likable and human she is, strong and yet nurturing. It’s the same playbook the media used for Al Gore and John Kerry, both just as stiff, robotic, and unlikeable then as Hillary is now. So they’re portraying Hillary not only as strong and invincible, but also as warm as a down comforter and as sweet as Mrs. Butterworth.

The New York Times stands out as a primary transmission belt for the Clinton campaign’s effort to melt the ice-queen image. On the front page July 29, Times political writer Mark Leibovich lavished his awe on personal correspondence Hillary wrote as a Wellesley co-ed to her high school friend John Peavoy at Princeton. The headline was “In the ‘60s, a Future Candidate Poured Her Heart Out in Letters.”

Not an easy thing to do, but they’re pros, read the rest of “Humanizing Hillary, Canonizing Chelsea.”

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Rambama Will Take Musharraf Down!

Al Qaeda drew "first blood," they don't know who they were messin' with...

Yesterday, we all got a good laugh when it was revealed that Democrat Presidential aspirant Barack Obama announced he would “invade Pakistan,” if necessary. My post with limited comments didn’t add much as what is there to add to the already ludicrous?

This morning, James S. Robbins has a great take over at NRO on Obama and acting on “actionable intelligence.”

“So President Obama would invade Pakistan? Who would have thought? “It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an al Qaeda leadership meeting in 2005,” Obama said at a speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington. “If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will.” Obama was pinging off a recent New York Times report of an early 2005 mission to apprehend al Qaeda leadership figures in Pakistan, including second banana Ayman al-Zawahiri. The mission was aborted by then-Defense Secretary Rumsfeld because the operation had grown too large. This alone makes it a good case-study in the failings of bureaucracy; too many components looking to get involved, not enough risk being accepted, not a shining moment for the partisans of Defense Transformation.”

If anyone wants, link back with an image of "Rambama" let's see what we can put together.

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Obama says he might send troops to Pakistan

Let's get this straight and clear:

"WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday that he would possibly send troops into Pakistan to hunt down terrorists, an attempt to show strength when his chief rival has described his foreign policy skills as naive."

Aimed at the president but more appropriately directed at the candidate himself:

“He confuses our mission.”

This only bolsters "his chief rivals" description of "his foreign policy skills as naive."

Personally this just flummoxes me, so I must hand it over to Michelle Malkin's "Macho Man."

Stole this idea from Thinkin'bout Stuff:

More thoughts in the blogosphere on the topic: Thinkin'bout Stuff, Wake up America, Texas Rainmaker

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