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How many Obama "fact checking" articles are we going to see on CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo, and The Daily Show tomorrow???
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What Obama should have said is that "nobodies" such as himself didn't think the surge would work.
McCain, along with The President of the United States as well as those actually calling the shots believed it would. Obama has just illustrated why his ass should never be allowed to sit in the big chair. |
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You guys don’t get it…
This is brilliant. Obama goes on Fox on McCain’s night and admits the obvious while stealing McCain’s thunder. O’Reilly ought to be ahamed being willing used like this but he will not be. |
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This guy is delusional and dangerous. I fear what could happen under his form of "leadership."
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I'm not an O'Reilly fan; but what if he puts Obama in the hot seat for his lack of foresight and experience in military matters. And points out his flip flopping on the efficacy of the surge. O'Reilly has the perfect opportunity to rake Obama over the coals on this issue; let's see if he uses it or pussies out. |
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So I am to conclude the BHO piece is taped? I am surprised they did it that way. Now I guess they are going to claim selective editing.
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I'm going with that option. |
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Obama wants "on the job training" as CIC.
As Palin said last night if Obama needs help in making national security issues he should just call John McCain. |
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I'd like to see O'Reilly pick Obama apart live, without a teleprompter he'll crumble like a rotten melon. |
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Unfortunately I think you're right and O'Reilly will engage in ass kissing. |
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I'll bet O'Reilly pussies out or doesn't push for clear answers. I think O'Reilly has lost some of his luster. |
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But he WON'T. O'Reilly will be nothing but cordial and polite and calm and "objective" because he wants all of Obama's followers who will undoubtedly tune in to his show for the first time to see Bill O'Reilly as a nonthreatening host so that they will start watching him more now. This is not about Barack Obama - it's about BILL O'REILLY. |
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see obamas body language ? he is NOT comfortable!
and the dem,s did not want the surge to work! it would hurt them! |
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How could it NOT work? More US troops to kill insurgents sounds like a winning plan as they aren't spread as thin. Hell, even I knew it would work.
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O’Reilly has already admitted Obama dictated the time of this interview what other concessions did Obama get? This is intended and designed by Obama’s campaign to take McCain night and bounce away. |
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Did he ever have any luster? |
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Senator Obama, the DNA test results came back-you aren't the father of the surge.
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Obama said that even if he knew the Surge would work, he would still have opposed it. He would rather please his lunatic base than see America win its wars, there's no explanation of saying something like that.
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I predict O'Reilly will be VERY easy on him. It will look a lot like an interview on Tyra or any other hard hitting interviews obama has done. O'Reilly is an ass clown.
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“I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated,” Obama said while refusing to retract his initial opposition to the surge.
Translation - "Nobody", meaning dedicated liberals, thought that adding 20,000 more troops would help because they all view it as America sending 20,000 more murderers and baby rapers to Iraq. Nothing more. Nothing less. |
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Agreed. Principals are fine, as long as you aren't responsible for other people. No one with that mentality should ever hold public office. |
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Judging from the short preview I just saw, I have a not so great feeling that O'Reilly is going to come off as one big vagina with regard to the questions.
Hope I'm wrong. |
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Leadership is doing what is right, even when everyone else believes otherwise.
Using that criteria, who is the leader here? |
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But the Great Obama was against the Iraq invasion when he was in the Illinois State Senate.
He will say that he was right about that decision. He will say, as he has been saying, that nobody knows what would have happened had his plan of an immediate withdrawal of US forces had been taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is what is wrong with that argument. Senator Obama never had to vote on whether to approve the Invasion of Iraq. If nobody can say what would have happened had we followed his advice to withdraw from Iraq then nobody can say how he would have voted had he been a member of the US Senate. He couldn't vote "Present" on that one. While we can not say for certain what would have happened had we withdrawn from Iraq as suggested by Senator Obama we do know that the military commanders on the ground stated CLEARLY that such an action would have grave consequences for the security of Iraq, the region, and our interests in the region. We know that General Petreaus has decades of military experience, is a graduate of the War College, a graduate of West Point, a decorated four star General, and the coauthor of the US Army's Counter Insurgency Manual. We know that General Petreaus is on the ground EVERY single day in Iraq. We know that Obama has not one day of military experience. Has no formal training in military affairs or strategy. We know that Senator Obama armed with this total lack of military experience and knowledge refuses to take the advice of General Petreaus. Below Obama in his own words. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJbsQ7oUQWw www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJbsQ7oUQWw Obama was wrong about the Surge. Obama was wrong in how he addressed the conflict in Georgia. Obama is wrong about the economy. Obama is wrong about his stance on national defense that includes slashing Tens of Billions from the defense budget. Obama is wrong on missile defense stating they are unproven systems. Obama is wrong that Iran does not present a threat to the United States. Obama is wrong about Israel. There isn't a single damn thing Obama has ever been right about. Senator Obama is not only the worse Presidential Candidate in the history of this country he is a Clear and Present Danger to the national security of this nation. |
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O'Reilly is an egotistical, self aggrandizing blowhard. And as far as the Surge is concerned, TF145 had as much to do with the reduction in violence as the troop surge.
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While the efforts of TF145 are to be hailed as certainly contributing to the success I doubt any military commander would say that they were equal in some way to the increase in troops along with the changed strategy that made up the "Surge." It wasn't just more troops for the "Surge" it was a change in tactics that included securing key districts throughout Baghdad where sectarian violence had risen. That new strategy allowed restored security and restored confidence in the Coalition's commitment to Iraq that in turn provided TF145 the necessary intelligence from varioius informants and cooperation from local people that lead to their successful operations. |
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I disagree. Quantity was needed. |
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The fact is on his first major test of leadership on a national stage Obama failed miserably. He had a choice to support the surge strategy or oppose it and he chose to oppose it to appease his lunatic base. He could not have been more wrong and yet he can barely bring himself to admit his policy was a failure. If he had been in charge the stabilization of Iraq would have probably never occurred and the disparate parts (Biden's partition plan) would be under sphere's of influence of Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Western Iraq may have become another Lebanon and the Kurds, our loyal allies, would have been under serious threat from Turkey.
They need to hammer this home in every debate. |
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The worse thing is that even though it did work Senator Obama still refuses to take the advice of General Petreaus. I'm sorry, but General Petreaus was right. General Petreaus has made the "Surge" a success. Yet Obama still refuses to listen to the man. |
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Well the nutroots would exploded if he did listen to "General Betrayus" |
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It's got to be frustrating to be General Petreaus and have this man with zero idea about what the hell he's talking about tell you thanks for the advice and then say he thinks you're wrong. I mean Petreaus actually has drawn up pictures and graphs to help the idiot understand and he still doesn't get it. |
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Oh he gets it but he does not care... he would allow American servicemen to die and Iraq to fall apart and become a terrorist base of operations with the potential for disaster that is just to satisfy his loon base. |
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I bet it will be a lame interview anyway. There's no way obama would have gone on without shitloads of pre-conditions. Probably was even given the list of questions ahead of time.
I wish oreilly would screw with him. Is it a live show? Ask him different questions and laugh when he either stumbles through them or gets up and walks away. Taped? It would be pretty amusing if they decided not to air it until after McCain's speech. |
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Yet again. I always read his threads. |
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The surge has to be a failure, because the Dems are afraid Petraeus WON'T do a Sheridan and would be an 800 LB gorilla of a GOP candidate if he decides to run in say 2016 or 2020.
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I guess I didn;t intend on being taken literally. It was me not you. What i really intended to convey was that the surge (troop increase) and the efforts of TF145 had a synergistic effect. Your points, as well as what Dport said are correct (IMHO). Bomber |
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