cicerone imposter wrote:cjhsa wrote:You must have mistaken Obama's campaign slogan guide for my book.
Yes, by all means, please explain it to us.
I'll let Obama do that for you. "Let us reach... for what we know is possible!":
Obama's tendency toward misstatements, miscues, and mistakes:
1- His incorrectly stating in New Mexico on Memorial Day weekend that his uncle helped liberate the victims of Auschwitz, when in fact it was his great uncle who helped liberate Buchenwald. Earlier in 2002 he had said his grandfather knew U.S. troops who had liberated Auschwitz and Treblinka, both of which were liberated by Russian troops alone.
2- On Memorial Day, still in New Mexico, Obama appropriately said that the crowd was gathered to honor America's "fallen heroes", then going on to note that many of those fallen heroes were present with them in the audience as he spoke.
3- Earlier in May, he said that the U.S. had 57 states.
4- Barak Hussein Obama in May said in Portland, Ore., that Iran doesn't "pose a serious threat to us," saying that "tiny countries" with small defense budgets aren't much cause to worry. Iran in fact has around one fourth the population of the U.S. and is engaged in a expansive military development and is extremely close to acquiring nuclear weapons. Obama the very next day had to backtrack, noting that for years he had "made it clear that the threat from Iran is grave."
5- Two weeks ago Obama said in Orlando that he would meet with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez and would include in their discussions Chávez's support of the Marxist FARC guerrillas in Colombia. However, the very next day he insisted in Miami that any country supporting the FARC should suffer "regional isolation." Fund notes that Obama advisers "were left explaining how this circle could be squared."
6- Obama said last year in Selma, Ala., that his birth was inspired by events there which took place four years after he was born.
7-. Last April he denied that the handwriting is his on a questionnaire on which, as a state senate candidate, he stated that he favored a ban on handguns. His campaign now argues that-even if it was his handwriting- this doesn't prove that this was his true position because he may not have read the full questionnaire.
8- Last July in a presidential debate, Obama pledged to meet the leaders of Iran, North Korea, Syria and Cuba without any precondition. He said that President Bush's refusal to do so was "ridiculous" and a "disgrace."
When Obama was overwhelmed with criticism, he dug in rather than relent, claiming, in defense of his position, that John F. Kennedy's 1961 summit with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna was a crucial meeting that led to the end of the Cold War.
This in spite of the fact that Kennedy himself admitted he was unprepared for Khrushchev's bullying. "He beat the hell out of me," Kennedy confided to advisers. Khrushchev described Kennedy to his Politburo as weak. This perception led to the Berlin Wall being erected just two months later. . . where it stood for 28 years!
I can't help but wonder how many people share this mindset... and think it's A LOT. I seriously doubt many people who actually have similar feelings will volunteer to get bashed for it on A2K... but in some circles in small town Wisconsin there is no stigma whatsoever. This is troublesome because in broader forums, the common sense solution for these same individuals to not get bashed is to keep their racism to themselves. Tough to say what effect this has on polling; but certainly some effect and that's not good news for Obama.