Posted on 07/13/2008 11:13:11 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said on Sunday he used "poor phrasing" in a speech supporting Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel. "You know, the truth is that this was an example where we had some poor phrasing in the speech. And we immediately tried to correct the interpretation that was given," he said in an interview aired on Sunday on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria -- GPS." "The point we were simply making was, is that we don't want barbed wire running through Jerusalem, similar to the way it was prior to the '67 war, that it is possible for us to create a Jerusalem that is cohesive and coherent," Obama said.
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You know the guy who invented the waffle cartoon character for Kerry?
He could do a great Obama with the character making back tracks as he walked forward.
Who did that original cartoon?
Well, he IS bilingual. He talks out one side of his mouth, and immediately retracts what he said on the other side.
This year's best costume for Halloween will be an empty suit, only work 184 days, dumbo ears, and flip-flops.
Wrong, he’s a not so bright swede shoe salesman that without a speach writer is as dumb as a rock.
If his teleprompter quits he’s lost.
odumbo is not the man I thought I knew
The junior senator from Illinois never flip-flops. Not at all. He just he just refines his various positions. Endlessly, it would seem.
ZAKARIA: A final question.
You are going to Europe and the Middle East. You know that in places like France you have 85 percent approval ratings.
Isn’t that going to make some Americans very suspicious? If all of Europe likes you, if France likes you, there must be something wrong.
OBAMA: Well, I tell you what. You know, it’s interesting. As I travel around the country, here in the United States, I think people understand that there has been a price to the diminished regard with which the world holds the United States over the last several years.
It’s something that bothers people. It’s something that’s brought up.
You know, when I’m doing a town hall meeting in some rural community, invariably, somebody will raise their hand and they’ll say, “When are we going to restore the respect that the world had for America?”
And, you know, the American people’s instincts are good. It’s not just a matter of wanting to be liked. It’s the fact that, as a consequence of that diminished standing, we have less leverage on a whole host of critical issues that have to be dealt with.
So, I think the American people are ready for a president who is not alienating the world. And if that president is liked a little bit, well, that’s just a bonus.
Now, I don’t know how long that will last. We’ll see if my approval ratings hold up after I’m president.
Note to Barry: Lose the idiots.
***Notice his use of the imperial “WE”. Only emperors use that pronoun, and he ain’t no [sic] Emperor.
If he’s blaming his speech writers in that ‘we’, it’s what he does since he himself is perfect. /s ***
More than that, I took it as a further illustration that B.O. can’t talk on his feet w/o the teleprompter and/or his speech writers. How would he handle talks in person with foreign heads of state?
It’s always something with him, isn’t it?
Bus, magic bus.
What a dolt.
Exactly!!!
This one is pretty close to that idea....
It would have sounded more Presidential in Spanish.
Would love to see a video of B.O. doing the Michael Jackson moonwalk as he backs away from the podium.
That was the part that got my attention. Who the @>?% is Obama to "dictate" what happens in Israel?
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