Comments on: Starting Gate: Going Global

[noprejudice]

a smart prez.... yea that''s my dream too.

[jarisha]

This is the perfect time for this trip. Nothing much is happening right now in the campaign; most people won''t start really noticing until October.
Obama is, as usual, being his usual brilliant self. By making headlines in Europe that McCain can''t, he can begin to make a case that he can talk one-to-one with all the world''s leaders. Watch how they handle it: there will be tons of pictures of Obama laughing it up, but there will be just as many serious posses, showing his gravitas and depth.
Obama does not need "300 advisors" for foreign affairs. He graduated from Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in political science with a specialization in international relations.
That was before going on to Harvard in late 1988 where he was selected as an editor of the law review based on his grades and a writing competition. In his second year he was elected president of the law review, a full-time volunteer position functioning as editor-in-chief and supervising the law review''s staff of 80 editors. Obama was elected in 1990 to be the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. He graduated with a J.D. magna *** laude from Harvard in 1991.

Can McCain come anywhere near this man''s abilities? We''ve had a dumb president for 8 years. Let''s try a smart one!

[noprejudice]

i used to aim for the house/senate as a security blanket for whatever nut we vote into the highest office. i had such high hopes for more balance in nov. ''06''s votes, and yet nothing changed. so i''ve lost that confidence. i trust neither of these men, and i am skeptical that either of them could show me they are smart enough to take care of America the way she deserves to be nurtured.

[jgg000]

I agree. It''s like a choice between a headache and a stomach ache. For me, it''s who do I trust more.

[noprejudice]

are you convinced that either of these two will do better than bush? i realize it LOOKS like it''s all uphill from here, however, I would prefer someone articulate enough to use communicate and common sense in our foreign policy practices, and in alot of cases I would say a woman would do the better job. unfortunately, the one woman we had hopes for was just as bully-esque sounding as bush and mccain are.

[medmom04]

lessor of two narcissistic upper class political evils.... i can''t be convinced that mccain''s experience means much, when his experience has not convinced him that following Bush''s policies like a blind sheep are not what is best for our country....

[medmom04]

I''m not so thrilled with the need to take this trip now. bad timing. the way things have gone the last eight years is troubling, regardless of partisanship. why europe? i see a desperate need for ALL of our senators, esp those who voted for the Iraqi war, to get their plush behinds over there, see what we''ve done to the infrastructure, to the family structure, to everything that needs to be rebuilt and secured, and not just because of the *** for tat tossing between these two annoying candidates.

[jgg000]

That shows EXACTLY where your intelligence lies.

Posted by hungry1968 at 05:41 PM : Jul 18, 2008

Aren''t you the one who said Iran isn''t a threat to the world?

[medmom04]

In 2000, George W. Bush appeared almost uninterested in foreign affairs at times. In a famous interview in New Hampshire, Bush was asked to name the leaders of several foreign countries and was unable to.

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ahhhh that''s our Prez!!!!

[jgg000]

name any world leader who cares what we think about him. When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody.