http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obama/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:34:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051048/posts Barack Obama's speech at the Victory Column in Berlin has caused a collective Obasmic thrill to go up the legs of the KOmmies. As you will see they are now acting like a bunch of enthralled schoolgirls...or like Chris Matthews on Hardball. Although the Germans, who can't vote in our elections, were enthralled by Obama's appearance, the big news for Americans is that Obama thought it was "inappropriate" for him to visit with wounded American military personnel in Germany. That is what will be remembered here. However, the KOmmie THREAD titled, "USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!... DUmmie FUnnies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051048/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:34:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051162/posts In a stunning upset, Barack Obama this week won the Iraq primary. When Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki not once but several times expressed support for a U.S. troop withdrawal on a timetable that accorded roughly with Obama's 16-month proposal, he not only legitimized the plan. He relieved Obama of a major political liability by blunting the charge that, in order to appease the MoveOn left, Obama was willing to jeopardize the astonishing success of the surge and risk losing a war that is finally being won. Maliki's endorsement left the McCain campaign and the Bush administration deeply discomfited. They underestimated... Town Hall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051162/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:30:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051179/posts And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow.... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051179/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:04:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051163/posts The Pentagon said Barack Obama phoned wounded U.S. soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical center in Germany today a day after a firestorm developed over his cancellation of plans to visit the base and Ramstein Air Force Base.Pentagon spokeswoman Elizabeth Hibner told Bloomberg News that Obama was told by the military he could visit the bases as an offical but not as a candidate and without campaign staff.Obama chose to cancel the visit and instead phoned it in to the troops. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051163/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:31:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051165/posts One People !! One World !! One Leader !!"At the core of the socialist outlook on life is what Friedrich Hayek described as 'the fatal conceit.' Far from any conscious or conspiratorial intent, a socialist's fatal conceit stems from his egotistical" -- continued at http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/the-obama-speech-at-the-hitler-monument.htmlThis article is adapted from page 15 of Back to Basics for the Republican Party, the acclaimed history of the GOP cited by Clarence Thomas in a Supreme Court decision. The GOPNation.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051165/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:33:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051170/posts Two articles in one post discussing the Berlin speech. ‘This Is the Moment’  And now we are loved again? It’s America, ObamaA modest dissent to the citizen of the world July 24, 2008Given the size of the audience in Berlin Thursday, the enthusiastic response, and the standard lines about how we-were-, -are-, and -will-be-friends boilerplate, one wonders whether all it took to win the Euro-hearts and minds was to have a charismatic, multiracial American spice up a standard George W. Bush speech about helping the world, addressing AIDs, more troops in Afghanistan, etc.? So supposedly sophisticated Europeans, who constantly dissect... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051170/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:38:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051168/posts I think America may soon learn that "the Emperor has no clothes." The protective press veil around Barack Obama may be about to be torn away. This is video (see video) of ABC News' Jake Tapper reporting from Berlin yesterday on Good Morning America. In his report, Tapper reveals the truth about Barack Obama's excessive ego by showing that Obama has replaced the U.S. Flag that was on the tail of his airplane "with an enormous Obama "O". He also describes how Obama has redesigned the airplane to separate Obama and his staff "from us lowly reporters," and he shows... Blogs for John McCain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051168/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:36:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051167/posts Presidential candidate Barack Obama has taken his pander machine on the road around the world in an effort to demonstrate two points vital to the success of his campaign for the office of Commander-in-Chief… * That he is willing to step into the hot zone and confront facts on the ground as defined by military and security experts before setting his official international security policy in stone. * That despite a nearly blank résumé, void of any military or security experience whatsoever, executive or otherwise, he has what it takes to become the next Commander-in-Chief of the last remaining super-power... Capitol Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051167/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:36:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051161/posts JERUSALEM - A written prayer that Barack Obama left this week in the cracks of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, asks God to guide him and guard his family, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday. "Lord—Protect my family and me," reads the note published in the Maariv daily. "Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will." The paper's decision to make the note public drew fire. The rabbi in charge of the Western Wall, Shmuel Rabinovitz, said... Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051161/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:29:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051160/posts ....In the private note, handwritten on the headed letter paper of the hotel where he was staying, the presidential hopeful asks God to: "Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just" and "protect my family". Predictably, the publication has ignited an unholy row. The wailing or western wall, as it is also known, is the holiest place Jews can visit, because it is the remains of the foundations of the Second Jewish Temple, destroyed by Romans two thousand years ago. Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051160/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:29:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051159/posts And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow.... TimesOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051159/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:26:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051134/posts Barack Obama's Magical Media Tour hit its high point Thursday night as the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts all led with Obama's speech in Berlin, with NBC's Brian Williams and Andrea Mitchell the most giddy, though ABC featured a German man who hailed Obama as “my new messiah.” Talking with Andrea Mitchell, an impressed Williams marveled over how “I heard one American reporter tonight say it's hard to come up with a list of others who could draw such a crowd, but then again it's hard to know what we witnessed here today.” An equally awed Mitchell gushed: “It's... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051134/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:46:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051155/posts For our money, the best line in Barack Obama's speech yesterday in Berlin came in the form of a quote from Ernst Reuter, the city's mayor during the period of the Soviet blockade and the American airlift, in 1948: "But in the darkest hour," said Sen. Obama, "the people of Berlin kept the flame of hope burning. The people of Berlin refused to give up. And on one fall day, hundreds of thousands of Berliners came here, to the Tiergarten, and heard the city's mayor implore the world not to give up on freedom. 'There is only one possibility,' he... wsj http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051155/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:16:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051152/posts Voters who have served in the U.S. military favor John McCain over Barack Obama by a 56% to 37% margin. This data, from a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, is based upon interviews with 3,000 Likely Voters, including 588 voters who have served in the military. Voters with no military service favor Obama 50% to 43%. The survey was conducted July 21-23 while Obama was on an overseas tour that included Afghanistan and Iraq. Overall, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll showed Obama leading 48% to 45% (with leaners) over those three days. Rasmussen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051152/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:12:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051149/posts NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube get the skinny on the abrupt cancellation of Barack Obama’s visit to Landstuhl and Ramstein yesterday. The campaign tried to excuse it by claiming that it wouldn’t be appropriate to visit while on a campaign-funded portion of his trip, but that wasn’t the real problem. When Obama found out he couldn’t use the visit as a photo op, he canceled... In fact, those same rules applied for the CODEL trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. They serve to keep politicians from exploiting military facilities for political reasons, and to ensure that all visitors get treated... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051149/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:09:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051147/posts In this incredible piece of video, Obama complains that FOX / FNC is on TVs at all military bases he visits. When told that FNC is available, as well as CNN, MSNBC, CW and others on Armed Forces TV so troops can chose what to watch, Obama then asks with a smirk "Well, isn't that the Commander In Chief's choice?" clearly implying that if he is elected president, FNC will be off Armed Forces TV and troops will not be able to watch it! Of course the message to the reporters was, "You had better be good, too." He already... FNC/RedLasso http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051147/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:07:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051140/posts And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow. Time Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051140/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:57:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051139/posts Radical optimism is America’s contribution to the world. The early settlers thought America’s founding would bring God’s kingdom to earth. John Adams thought America would emancipate “the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.” Woodrow Wilson and George W. Bush preached their own gospels of world democracy. The great illusion of the 1990s was that we were entering an era of global convergence in which politics and power didn’t matter. What Obama offered in Berlin flowed right out of this mind-set. This was the end of history on acid. Since then, autocracies have arisen, the competition for resources has... wash post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051139/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:55:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051137/posts The U.S. Senate soon could be debating whether you, your spouse and each of your children – as well as your in-laws, parents, grandparents, neighbors and everyone else in America – each will be spending $2,500 or more to reduce poverty around the world. The plan sponsored by Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the office of president, is estimated to cost the United States some $845 billion over the coming few years in an effort to raise the standard of living around the globe. Barack Obama S.2433 already has been approved in one form by the U.S.... Worldnetdaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051137/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:49:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051132/posts He ventured forth to bring light to the world The anointed one's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051132/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:45:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051062/posts Now that Barack Obama's photo-op safari through the Middle East is over -- "Look, Obama-nation, I bagged the Western Wall!" -- I find there's still that detail about Jordan's King Abdullah II himself chauffeuring America's Sen. Obama (also himself) to the airport worth lingering over. There the two men were, alone on the road -- at least, alone on the road in the middle of a full-metal motorcade -- cruising in the king's Mercedes 600 to the candidate's "Change you can believe in" Boeing 757 charter jet. What did they talk about? Since the traveling press didn't even find out... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051062/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:37:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051079/posts And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow.... The Times of London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051079/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:17:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051123/posts My husband FINALLY had a cartoon published! Conservative Punk Goes French! One of Conservative Punk's original cartoons was picked up by Currier International, a weekly magazine put out by Le Monde. It was featured in their Obama issue, as an accompaniment to an op-ed piece by Karl Rove. My husband, Craig Holloway along with Nick Rizzuto who is the producer of The Wilkow Majority which can be heard from 12-3pm EST Monday-Friday on Sirius Patriot 144, are the creators of GUTTER POLITIX. www.ConservativePunk.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051123/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051119/posts This is from a friend ( so I do not know this brave Captain Jeff) but feel it absolutely necessary to pass this along........ This is a first hand account from the nephew of one of our friends. I don't know each of your personal political convictions, but I thought it was important enough to share. This is Jeff's first hand view of Senator Obama. Tiffany ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Hello everyone, As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on... Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051119/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:16:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051111/posts There is no such thing as a bad time to salute our nation's soldiers This note ought to come under the heading of dumb, stupid or insensitive. Why would a person, least of all a presidential candidate, travel all the way to a war zone and not take time to salute our troops? And this is the man who wants us We the Peoples to believe that he deserves to be our nation's Commander in Chief. And his big ol' inept excuse? He did not think it would be appropriate to use campaign money to visit the troops! What an... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051111/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:59:35 GMT