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Obama: I Traveled To Pakistan In College
Talking Points Memo ^

Posted on 04/07/2008 11:25:27 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Obama: I Traveled To Pakistan In College By Greg Sargent - April 7, 2008, 1:41PM

The Obama campaign says it's not disupting this account by The Huffington Post's Off the Trail of some remarks Obama made at a California fundraiser last night, including this:

"I traveled to Pakistan when I was in college -- I knew what Sunni and Shia was [sic] before I joined the Senate Foreign Relations Committee..."

We don't recall this being public before, but if it has been, let us know.

Obama also suggested that he wouldn't be looking for a hawkish type to shore up his foreign policy credentials when searching for a veep...

"I would like somebody who knows about a bunch of stuff that I'm not as expert on," he said, and then he was off and running. "I think a lot of people assume that might be some sort of military thing to make me look more Commander-in-Chief-like.

(Excerpt) Read more at tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; obamatruthfile; pakistan
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more ammo for later........
1 posted on 04/07/2008 11:25:28 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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Sure - I just traveled there as a Christian spreading the good news and was so happy on the conditions on the Christians I found there living in a muslim dominated country...
2 posted on 04/07/2008 11:28:19 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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3 posted on 04/07/2008 11:28:26 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Hussein ObamaSamma's Pastor, Jeremiah Wright: "God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11")
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To: Sub-Driver

The press will pump him up, but Obama running for president is absolutely ridiculous. He’s actually citing a college vacation as foreign policy experience.


4 posted on 04/07/2008 11:30:58 AM PDT by Williams
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To: Sub-Driver

I will do one better than that Obama.

Before I was in college I traveled to Egypt, Sudan, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia.

However, I do not think that qualifies me to be President.


5 posted on 04/07/2008 11:31:13 AM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: Sub-Driver

He needed to hear what his orders were in the madrassa.


6 posted on 04/07/2008 11:31:24 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (If you share Wright's pews, you share his views.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Is it my imagination or is his speech beginning to sound more “jive”?


7 posted on 04/07/2008 11:34:54 AM PDT by ryan71
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To: Sub-Driver

I’ve read several blog posts of this and, so far, no one has been able to find any reference to this in his books. Anyone here know?

If he did “forget” to mention it, he might’ve been worried about those State Dept contractors who saw his passport file. Better to let it slip out than for someone else to bring it up.


8 posted on 04/07/2008 11:35:43 AM PDT by Timeout
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If you did all that and can balance a checkbook, you are still more qualified than Obama... or most Congresscritters for that matter!


9 posted on 04/07/2008 11:36:24 AM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
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To: Sub-Driver
I wonder if the many documents seized in raids throughout Afghanistan by our troops and in Pakistan by their forces have revealed any information about the Democrat nominee?? The problem is that if so, the Pentagon nor CIA would tell the public. They both shake in their boots before Pelosi/ Reid and the media. They may be fearless in the field but gutless at home.
10 posted on 04/07/2008 11:36:33 AM PDT by elpadre
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To: Williams

“citing a college vacation as foreign policy experience.”

Or, is this must a little pre-emptive damage control before those passport records leak out?


11 posted on 04/07/2008 11:36:35 AM PDT by Clioman
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12 posted on 04/07/2008 11:37:08 AM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Sub-Driver

This guy should be put on the “No-Fly List”.


13 posted on 04/07/2008 11:37:10 AM PDT by San Jacinto
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When’s he making his trip to Mecca. At least once in his life time, you know.
14 posted on 04/07/2008 11:37:23 AM PDT by ryan71
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To: Sub-Driver

His yearbook picture.

15 posted on 04/07/2008 11:37:54 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (The correct word isn't "immigrant" when what they are doing is "invading".)
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Usually, there’s only one reason for most non-Pakis to travel to Pakistan (except for commercial reasons) - madrassa-based “training.”

Did Obama have any commercial interests in Pakistan? Inquiring minds would like to know.


16 posted on 04/07/2008 11:38:15 AM PDT by indcons
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I knew what Sunni and Shia was [sic] before I joined the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...

So, which are you, B-HO, Shia or Sunni?

17 posted on 04/07/2008 11:38:29 AM PDT by rock_lobsta (Operation Chaos!)
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The Obama campaign says it's not disupting this account by The Huffington Post's Off the Trail.....>/i>

Smart move...I wouldn't disupt it either.

FMCDH(BITS)

18 posted on 04/07/2008 11:39:24 AM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: elpadre
They (the CIA and Pentagon) may be fearless in the field but gutless at home.

1. It is a very important part of the job description of the United States Military that it not get involved in domestic politics.

2. The CIA is fearless in the field?

19 posted on 04/07/2008 11:40:21 AM PDT by Pilsner
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20 posted on 04/07/2008 11:40:38 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (The correct word isn't "immigrant" when what they are doing is "invading".)
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