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Microphone Picks Up Private Conversation Between Obama and British Leader
ABC Political Punch ^ | 07/26/08 | Jake Tapper & Sunlen Miller

Posted on 07/26/2008 7:42:33 AM PDT by BunnySlippers

At British Parliament today, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, met with Tory Leader David Cameron.

Seemingly unaware of an enormous fuzzy boom mike held by ABC News' Eric Kerchner, the two chatted casually -- and privately.

"You should be on the beach," Cameron told Obama. "You need a break. Well, you need to be able to keep your head together."

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cameron; caughtontape; fake; heknew; obama; obamasbigadventure; obamavisit; openboommike; openmic; openmike; staged
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Hard to excerpt this. More at the link.
1 posted on 07/26/2008 7:42:33 AM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: BunnySlippers
Hard to excerpt this. More at the link.

I read this earlier on Drudge. What a couple of morons. Neither completes an intelligent sentence.

2 posted on 07/26/2008 7:45:08 AM PDT by Zevonismymuse
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To: BunnySlippers

It’s easy,.. he thinks he’s the PREZ already.


3 posted on 07/26/2008 7:46:30 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs to said?)
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To: BunnySlippers

Oh yea, sure. Obama didn’t know he was being heard.. Bull.


4 posted on 07/26/2008 7:46:48 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: BunnySlippers
Small talk....small minds.

Leni

5 posted on 07/26/2008 7:48:17 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Stay Home for Obamination, more Taxation, Regulation, Litigation, Ginsburgization and Regurgitation)
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To: BunnySlippers

Did he say anything about snipping Jesse Jackson?


6 posted on 07/26/2008 7:48:33 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Hildy

Just like his prayer note was not gonna be picked up by the media.


7 posted on 07/26/2008 7:48:43 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: BunnySlippers

Then Obama apologized for American sins and imperfection. And promised the British leader we would perfect ourselves over the next 8-10 years under his leadership.


8 posted on 07/26/2008 7:50:07 AM PDT by omega4179 (B.Hussein Keep the change!)
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To: BunnySlippers
I got to give Obamasiah credit, that boy has alot of energy. He's non stop.

Actually kid of scary that someone should "want" the Presidency (power) so much

9 posted on 07/26/2008 7:51:52 AM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Election '08, the year McCain defined the word "dilemma")
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To: Zevonismymuse
What is truly amazing is that he admits he's not the brains behind the outfit and acknowledges that he has to know SOMEthing about the issues.
10 posted on 07/26/2008 7:52:24 AM PDT by Centaur (Never practice moderation to excess.)
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To: BunnySlippers
Once again, Obama acting like he's already the POTUS.

Check out these comments by liberals on the blog:

whobub,

Did I hit too close to home. Give the man a chance, just because a perosn is black should not disqualify them from getting the job. He is much smarter than McCain but you would rather have an stupid white man in office than a smart black man because of his color

Posted by: Barbara | Jul 26, 2008 10:44:08 AM

Ah yes...let the monkeys run the show. So what if the man is complete idiot, his wife is a crackhead and he's too damn old to remeber what he said last week. He's white so he's gots to be right.

Posted by: So sad. | Jul 26, 2008 10:43:38 AM

Europe, and the rest of the world for this matter, believes what American Louis Armstrong-Sammy Davis Jr-movies have been deceiving them since the fifties, that US are not racists anymore. Obama fits that stereotype perfectly. His projected image is of a black makin' it in America-the-free. And they are mesmerized for it. HA! If they only would read this blog! HA, HA, HA!

Let's give it up right now. WE ARE THE DIRTIEST RACISTS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. WE'RE READY TO SPIT AND SCORN AND TRAMPLE TO EVERYONE WE-CONSIDER-INFERIOR FOUND IN OUR PATH, OBAMA BEING JUST A TEMPORARY AND PASSING IMAGINARY MASTURBATION. I suggest all of you racist pigs raise your house gates so you live your scaried bums alone and choke in your bile, so I will have small gratifications every time one of your terrified assets are found rot and eaten by your own brain worms.

I hope dreams, for you nightmares I know, of Obama getting President of the USA, will sicken you more and accelerate your demise. You racists are puke.

You are so idiotic that refuse to recognize the immense superiority of Obama's mind, blinded by his blackness.You are so idiotic that you are smelling poop, seeing poop, tasting poop and still insist to call it Republican. Va fangulo!

Posted by: Viejo Vizcacha | Jul 26, 2008 10:39:54 AM

11 posted on 07/26/2008 7:53:37 AM PDT by Pinkbell (”This guy is a jerk, an arrogant jerk. A Jerk Messiah.” - Rush talking about Obama)
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To: Hildy
Oh yea, sure. Obama didn’t know he was being heard.. Bull.

You mean they cut out the part where he said "Testing...Testing...1,2,3?

12 posted on 07/26/2008 7:54:37 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: Pinkbell

Wow :(


13 posted on 07/26/2008 8:02:22 AM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Election '08, the year McCain defined the word "dilemma")
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To: Centaur
What is truly amazing is that he admits he's not the brains behind the outfit and acknowledges that he has to know SOMEthing about the issues.

That caught my eye as well. It occurred to me that he must be studying his role model Jimmy Carter and attempting to learn from his mistakes. When Obama talks about micromanagement, I was reminded of what those who are loyal to Carter claimed was the downfall of an otherwise great Presidency. They believe Carter's policy was right but the execution was flawed because of Carter's need to micromanage.

14 posted on 07/26/2008 8:03:16 AM PDT by Zevonismymuse
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To: Pinkbell
Check out these comments by liberals on the blog:

Which blog? DU?

15 posted on 07/26/2008 8:03:32 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: BunnySlippers

Obama has a “bunch of smart people” behind him working his strings... Obama has to be smart enough to know how to use the information they feed him... uh uh uh..uh ..that is why he stutters so much he is being force feed information... and he can not decipher it as quick as they would like.


16 posted on 07/26/2008 8:05:44 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: TLI

These were from the ABC blog where the conversation was posted. People were allowed to leave comments.


17 posted on 07/26/2008 8:07:36 AM PDT by Pinkbell (”This guy is a jerk, an arrogant jerk. A Jerk Messiah.” - Rush talking about Obama)
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To: BunnySlippers

ABC = Always Barak Channel
NBC = National Barak Channel
CBS = ?


18 posted on 07/26/2008 8:09:15 AM PDT by dubie
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To: BunnySlippers

19 posted on 07/26/2008 8:09:56 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (Geeze now if i could only learn how to spell)
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To: dubie

constant bs


20 posted on 07/26/2008 8:10:14 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa (The goo on John Kerry's flip-flops)
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To: AmericanMade1776
They were smart enough to eradicate his entire record as an Illinois senator: no calendar, no records, no meeting notes, no documents. Good job, Obama minions!
21 posted on 07/26/2008 8:12:39 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: MinuteGal

I would disagree. The most difficult task of an executive is to manage time effectively. Obama was right....you get bogged down in detalis and easily lose track of the big picture.

Some quality time (ie not 4:00 am) must be reserved for nothing except what you want to do or address. If you don’t, minions will insist on taking it for them selves. A minion has only one concern..... me, me , me.


22 posted on 07/26/2008 8:13:12 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Conservation? Let the NE Yankees freeze.... in the dark)
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To: dubie

CBS — Conniving Barck station


23 posted on 07/26/2008 8:13:15 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: dubie

.....CBS = ?.....

? = See BS


24 posted on 07/26/2008 8:14:44 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Conservation? Let the NE Yankees freeze.... in the dark)
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To: Hildy

You beat me to it. I, too, am calling “bull”.


25 posted on 07/26/2008 8:17:55 AM PDT by ReluctantDragon
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To: BunnySlippers
"You should be on the beach," Cameron told Obama. "You need a break. Well, you need to be able to keep your head together."

Two space cadets attempting some intelligent discourse and failing miserably.

"You should be on the beach."??? Does he think Braaack needs a tan? "Keep your head together."? Impossible!

26 posted on 07/26/2008 8:20:51 AM PDT by KLFuchs (Congress and the president working together is much worse than having them fighting.)
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To: dubie
CBS = Contaminated Barak Sewer

Leni

27 posted on 07/26/2008 8:21:53 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Stay Home for Obamination, more Taxation, Regulation, Litigation, Ginsburgization and Regurgitation)
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To: Pinkbell

These ‘progressives’ can’t spell and are incapable of stringing intelligent sentences together.


28 posted on 07/26/2008 8:22:05 AM PDT by KLFuchs (Congress and the president working together is much worse than having them fighting.)
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To: Hildy
Oh yea, sure. Obama didn’t know he was being heard.. Bull.

Exactly.
29 posted on 07/26/2008 8:23:13 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: BunnySlippers

No way did Obama not know the microphone was picking up his conversation.


30 posted on 07/26/2008 8:23:25 AM PDT by Dustbunny (Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. The Gipper)
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To: Always Right
Just like his prayer note was not gonna be picked up by the media.

Yea, that was a totally put up job. Sort of Bill and Hill dancing on the beach with no music.

31 posted on 07/26/2008 8:24:57 AM PDT by Dustbunny (Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. The Gipper)
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To: bert; Quix

Some one has tag line on ATS that said “ the only difference between Obama and Osama is the B-S”.


32 posted on 07/26/2008 8:25:26 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: BunnySlippers

Or could this have been staged?

An attempt by the Obama campaign to make their guy seem human?


33 posted on 07/26/2008 8:28:39 AM PDT by Redbob ("WWJBD" ="What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: BunnySlippers

Aw jeez,not this crap again. What’s next for B.Hussein? Making a cross on the beach out of stones when he thought the press wasn’t looking.


34 posted on 07/26/2008 8:29:08 AM PDT by 4yearlurker
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To: Redbob
Or could this have been staged?

An attempt by the Obama campaign to make their guy seem human?

My suspicions exactly.

35 posted on 07/26/2008 8:30:22 AM PDT by Allegra (Ain't it grand? I'm back in the sand...)
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To: AmericanMade1776

Talking about health care at a stop in Bristol, Virginia, a clearly confused Barack Obam-uh mentions a scenario of a kid with asthma...

“Everybody knows that it makes no sense, that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking up a hospital bed, it costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them treatment early and they got some treatment, and a, a breathalyzer, or eh a inhalator, not a breathalyzer ... (crowd nervously laughing) ... I haven’t had much sleep in the last 48 hours, so...”


36 posted on 07/26/2008 8:35:24 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: BunnySlippers
did he say, "I think Jesse oughtta CUT OUT MAH NUTS, that's what I think!"
37 posted on 07/26/2008 8:36:21 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (reviewing my list of worse case scenarios.)
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To: BunnySlippers

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“That’s exactly right,” Obama said. “And the truth is that we’ve got a bunch of smart people, I think, who know ten times more than we do about the specifics of the topics. And so if what you’re trying to do is micromanage and solve everything then you end up being a dilettante but you have to have enough knowledge to make good judgments about the choices that are presented to you.”


38 posted on 07/26/2008 8:43:30 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

This guy is a true nitwit. I was born with asthma and so was my youngest daughter. A few times when she was about 6 years old we had to rush her to the emergency room. She just couldn’t breath. Inhalers did nothing. The emergency room saved her with IVs and nebuilzers. She was twice admitted to the hospital. Found out she was highly allergic to many things. Once pinpointed we got her asthma under control.


39 posted on 07/26/2008 8:43:43 AM PDT by 4yearlurker
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To: Las Vegas Ron
Actually kid of scary that someone should "want" the Presidency (power) so much

Hilary is Obama's equal in the lust for power. The Dems want total control of the government so they can complete the transformation of the country into a completely socialist state.

40 posted on 07/26/2008 8:43:53 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: BunnySlippers
Cameron told Obama. "You need a break. Well, you need to be able to keep your head together."

Oh. Like what my tagline says?

41 posted on 07/26/2008 8:46:50 AM PDT by McGruff ( 'the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee' - Barack Obama)
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To: BunnySlippers
Two thoughts on the conversation:

1. Obama at least has some inkling of understanding the art of delegation of responsibility. Which puts him one rung up on Jimmy Carter.

2. Obama cannot complete an unscripted sentence. This may be one of those rare occasions when debates make a difference.

42 posted on 07/26/2008 8:54:40 AM PDT by Artemis Webb ( OBAMA/HUCKABEE '08)
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To: BunnySlippers

Nothing concerning Oblahblah is coincidence.
This was staged to give Oblahblah an excuse
for his adlib gaffs and his glaring lack of
intelligence.

Public education is a waste of a good mind.


43 posted on 07/26/2008 8:55:56 AM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: Pinkbell

If these blogger’s minds match their writing skills,
I pray they won’t find their way to the polling places.


44 posted on 07/26/2008 8:59:32 AM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: omega4179
And promised the British leader we would perfect ourselves over the next 8-10 years under his leadership.

You people keep making fun of the 10 years for the presidency. You people are so clueless. I'll bet you are the same ones that aren't aware of the 57 states in the U.S.

Study up!
45 posted on 07/26/2008 8:59:32 AM PDT by adorno
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To: dubie

Constant Barak Spew


46 posted on 07/26/2008 9:06:17 AM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent......)
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To: Starboard
Agreed.

The way things are these days you kind of have to question why anyone would want the job, considering what you have to go through to get it.

47 posted on 07/26/2008 9:08:34 AM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Election '08, the year McCain defined the word "dilemma")
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To: BunnySlippers
And ALWAYS make time (and new friends) for the Ritz Carlton gym.


48 posted on 07/26/2008 9:18:02 AM PDT by They'reGone2000 (And I DON'T want to have to change my name to They'reBack2008!)
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To: BunnySlippers

I’m not sure anything this campaign does like this is not scripted. I believe the note he left at the wall in Israel that was published in the newspaper was meant to be published.


49 posted on 07/26/2008 9:23:25 AM PDT by lexusppd
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To: dubie

CBS = Constant Barack Syndicate


50 posted on 07/26/2008 9:24:00 AM PDT by Marie2 (It's time for a ban on handgun bans)
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