Obama's "International Relations" and his job performance

Submitted by adanovi on Mon, 2008/03/10 - 10:28pm.

Barack Obama has missed 196 votes (40.6%) during the current
Congress. (Democrat who is second to only Tim Johnson the SD Democratic Senator who suffered a brain hemorrage)

Hillary Clinton has missed 141 votes (29.2%) during the current
Congress.

Sources:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/o000167/
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/c001041/

Some responses that I have received have started regurgitating that infamous "Barack was a community organizer with vast International Relations experience. This is my response to such comments:

It's great that Obama worked as a community organizer. I think
that has been regurgitated enough. Hillary worked to develop the
Children's Defense Fund, pass S-chip, worked to develop micro credit
programs for women in developing countries around the world.

IF Obama had this vast experience in International Relations then his
IR advisor should and could have cited any experience on the BBC news
the other night. Her only response was that he had "run things."
Again, this is just another example of how the Obama campaign refuses
to be pinned down to anything. His vast inexperience is shown in the
following remark on Good Morning America:

Roberts: "You're calling for a slight withdrawal of troops and I need
to ask you this -- are you concerned that your lack of experience,
when it comes to foreign policy, may hurt your chances in the run for
the White House?" [Note Robin's apologetic "I need to ask you."]

Obama: "Well, actually, my experience in foreign policy is probably
more diverse than most others in the field. I'm somebody who has
actually lived overseas, somebody who has studied overseas. I majored
in international relations.

Actually the truth is, he majored in political science with an
emphasis in International Relations.

An "emphasis" is a word that an individual chooses to put on a
resume. It's not even the same thing as a concentration and does not
carry the weight, class load or experience of a concentration let
alone the major that Obama claimed to have.

All he can do is brag over and over about living overseas. His only
real overseas living experience was when he was between the ages of 6-
10. So, I'll go back to my original statement that for him to
indicate that he had the ability at even 10 years old to prepare for
his future presidency, represents the height of arrogance and an
arrogant president is NOT what we need.

Lastly, on his war ending; You do realize, that it isn't just over
the first day of anyone's presidency? Why? Because it's going to
require intense organization to get the troops, equipment, and on-the-
ground allies of the United States out peacefully.

We cannot leave the allies there as Obama indicates on his own
website.

His "plan" on his website is more regurgitation of "I was right when
I made a speech." His only plan is to begin withdrawing troops
immediately but it will still be long and drawn out. He doesn't
really have a plan, just a speech. He also has left himself some
loophole provisions in which to keep some troops over there for the
long term.

If he were to say, "I do not have a specific plan," that would be far
better for him as a candidate. If he were to say: (on almost every
issue) these are my ideas but I will also be surrounding myself with
specific people who will provide me with the details and information
that I need to make the best decision for the United States, the
people of the U.S. and the interaction of the U.S. with the world,
then we would at least recognize that he is learning and will allow
himself to be open to (negative or bad) information that these people
may have to give him. Instead, he continues to talk about his great
oration of the past with very little substance for the future. This
is dangerous for our party and our country.


SteveMule's picture
McCain is the Enemy!

Angela,
McCain is the enemy not Obama. How about writing about how either Clinton or Obama would tons better than McCain? How about examining McCain's record (hint: He's not the "Straight Shooter" the media have helped make him out to be). Try doing that OK?

Take Care, Be Good and don't play in the street!

SteveMule

Adanovi seems to be here for

Adanovi seems to be here for the sole purpose of trashing Obama.

adanovi's picture
Steve: It seems that Obama

Steve:

It seems that Obama has been given a free pass by both the media and our party. While it seems that everyone (in both parties) is completely comfortable with questioning Hillary on EVERYTHING, it has become completely un PC to even question the Obama campaign, by anyone. To even raise the three questions to his one favorite word "change," is considered an insult to the Obama Cult. My questions are: "What is Obama planning to change? When is he planning to change it? How is he planning to change it? He cannot provide answers to our party or to the American people. It seems supposedly educated and intelligent Democrats have found themselves in the middle of an O-bamagasim. All they can see is their new messiah who makes them feel good without any substance.

I've reached a point where I think Democrats who have serious concerns about Obama should put them out there because no one else is doing it. I'm getting emails every day from people who have the same concerns that I do but are concerned about being attacked for questioning Obama.

SteveMule's picture
Angela, Have you watched

Angela,
Have you watched FOX News? They're all over Obama like a cheap suit about everything (tho rightnow they seem to be focusing on Rev. Wright, his preacher). The only one getting a "pass" is John McCain. So, no, I don't buy the Obama's getting a free pass. The only one playing that is HRC becuase, I beleive, things aren't going the way way her campaign wanted them to go. AND that she seems (so far at least) willing to say, do anything to win the nomination.
The Rezko thing is dead, chech this out (good coverage, check the internal links for more details):
Link...
Obama came out and answered every question put him on the subject so get off it that dog ain't hunting anymore.
HRC's claims of Foreign Policy experience are getting laughed are getting laughed at (Irish negotiators termed her claims "silly." So come on! One of the two will be the nominee after August and we're all going to need to get behimd them. I can live with, support and work for HRC if she wins. Can you if Obama wins?

Take Care, Be Good and don't play in the street!

SteveMule

adanovi's picture
Obama said his supporters couldn't support her

Why should I be the one questioned about whether or not I could support Obama when Obama himself said "If I get the nomination, I know the party base will support me because I am the nominee, but I don't think I can say that my supporters could support her"

Why hasn't Obama had to answer for that? Why have we, as a party, allowed that go unchecked?

I expect to be working almost solely for our Senatorial Nominee, which should Obama be the nominee is the best that I can do for him because as much as he may want to boast about his so-called "working with everyone," I don't see Senate or House republicans too eager to work with him or Senate/House Democrats towards a new agenda. So, the best support I could give Obama should he (unfortunately) be our nominee is to work the Senatorial Candidate because Obama's going to need it.

Do you really think that disbanding the Iraqi constitution is the best idea? Obama has stated that is his plan for Iraq. That concerns me!

You have been a member of

You have been a member of Knoxviews for 1 week 5 hours and posted 4 entries...each one bashing Obama. We get it...you dont like Obama. Move along now.

adanovi's picture
Questioning

Trashing would be talking about the hard drug use of Obama. Trashing would be talking about his questionable (possibly illegal) association with Rezko. Trashing would be talking about how unfeminine, rude, and insulting Obama's wife is.

I'm here as a Democrat questioning Obama's campaign. There is a difference!

SteveMule's picture
Angela, It sounds as if your

Angela,
It sounds as if your schreeching. We can argue for, against whatever. Turn it down a notch, or two.
Obama may not be perfect but then HRC certianly isn't either. The devil incarnate is McCain! Keep that in mind.

Take Care, Be Good and don't play in the street!

SteveMule

Factchecker's picture
Credibility, yours

All he can do is brag over and over about living overseas.

Yeah, won't he ever shut up about that? Uh, wait--I've never heard him mention that at all.

adanovi's picture
It's on his website. You

It's on his website. You can find it. Attacking me about making stuff up is just like some other people in Democracy for America who didn't believe it and said I was just repeating trash. Actually, I found it on his website. He has stated it in speeches and on November 19 specifically said that since he lived overseas in Indonesia he had the strongest foreign policy experience. So, just because YOU haven't heard it doesn't mean that it wasn't said multiple times.

redmondkr's picture
We all know that Will Rogers

We all know that Will Rogers once said he didn't belong to an organized party, he was a Democrat.

With the quagmire that is the legacy of the Republican administration, the only way that a Bush clone can win this fall is if Democrats insist on continuing to shoot themselves in the foot with this foolish bickering and just hand the damned thing to McCain on a silver platter.

BTW a friend sent me this link the other day to a site put up by the AFL-CIO.


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Wearybottom Associates

Carole Borges's picture
Speaking of endlessly repeating hyped-up facts...

Hillary worked to develop the Children's Defense Fund, pass S-chip, worked to develop micro credit programs for women in developing countries around the world.

It would be more accurate to say she "helped" or "supported" these things. A laudable effort too, but single-handedly she hasn't really done much.

As for Obama's pass--surely you joke. This week's media-bashing was constant and brutal. Faux News in between covering their usual racy or murderous stuff was spending hours and hours trying to tear Obama apart limb by limb.

Fortunately our future president remained cool and level-headed through this whole circus. That's the quality that inspired so many military brass to endorse him last week. They felt those qualities would be needed by the next Commander-in-Chief. They felt Obama was the best man for the job.

Andy Axel's picture
They felt those qualities

They felt those qualities would be needed by the next Commander-in-Chief. They felt Obama was the best man for the job.

"Man" being the operative word.

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With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.

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