Barack Obama

[faceless]

So is this the big story that was supposed to be released in the mass media in order to derail Obama's campaign? I'd imagine the reason why the Clintons didn't mention it was because it's either a pack of lies, or they knew that the Republicans will do it for them, but we'll see.

[Kezza]

Wow, this is the first I've heard of it -- if the US mainstream news knows of it, I haven't seen it (& I've been watching CNN and MSNBC frequently). I suppose if it were to be exposed, I would expect Fox News Channel (Murdoch's corporation) to broadcast the story since Fox leans more to the Republican side. 'Politics' is so friggin' ugly, I can't wait for the election to be over & done with!

[pirtybirdy]

I've not heard of this rumor before, though there is another rumor floating around that there is a video tape of Michelle Obama spouting racist word. I'll believe it when I see it, otherwise it's all bullcrap.

[Kezza]

I agree pirty...it's just going to get even uglier from now until Election Day.

BTW, have you registered to get a write-in ballot sent to you in Denmark so you can vote?

[pirtybirdy]

[faceless]

Considering the maniacal way in which many bloggers are latching onto the idea that Obama supports terrorists I'm not surprised.

[faceless]

[nico]

Obama Names Foreign Policy Panel

By Reuters

18/06/08 -- - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has named a foreign policy panel of former U.S. officials from whom he will seek advice on weighty foreign policy matters such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

The list may offer hints about how the Illinois senator might fill senior jobs if he is elected to the White House.

Obama met with the panel on Wednesday and said his advisers shared his approach of pursuing a "pragmatic" foreign policy which he contrasted with what he said was a "rigid ideology" of the Bush administration.

These are the advisers on Obama's senior working group on national security.

* MADELEINE ALBRIGHT - Served a secretary of state in former President Bill Clinton's administration and was a top adviser to the campaign of Obama's former rival, Hillary Clinton.

* DAVID BOREN - The former governor and senator from Oklahoma chaired the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

* WARREN CHRISTOPHER - Was Bill Clinton's first secretary of state and also served as deputy secretary of state in the Carter administration.

* GREG CRAIG - Was a former senior adviser to Albright in the Clinton administration and later led the team defending Bill Clinton against the impeachment charges involving Clinton's affair with a White House intern. Despite long ties to both Bill and Hillary Clinton, Craig was an early supporter of Obama and has been part of his inner circle of advisers.

* RICHARD DANZIG - Served as secretary of the Navy under Bill Clinton and is an expert on counterterrorism.

* LEE HAMILTON - The former Indiana congressman co-chaired the blue-ribbon commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks and was a lead author of Iraq Study Group report that offered recommendations on Iraq to President George W. Bush in 2006.

* ERIC HOLDER - Was deputy attorney general in Bill Clinton's administration and is working with Caroline Kennedy, daughter of slain President John F. Kennedy, in helping to guide Obama's search for a vice presidential running mate.

* ANTHONY LAKE - Was national security adviser to Bill Clinton and has been part of the inner circle of Obama's campaign.

* SAM NUNN - A former senator from Georgia who chaired the Senate Armed Services Committee, Nunn has long been viewed as a leading Democratic voice on foreign policy and some have speculated he might be looked at by Obama as a potential running mate.

* WILLIAM PERRY - Was secretary of defense under Bill Clinton.

* SUSAN RICE - The former assistant secretary of state for African Affairs is Obama's senior foreign policy adviser.

* TIM ROEMER - The former Indiana congressman was a member of the 9/11 commission.

* JAMES STEINBERG - Was deputy national security adviser to Bill Clinton.



MADELEINE ALBRIGHT

Now we can guess where Obama's foreign policy is going to take us.

[luke]

madeleine fucking albright!!! for anyone who doesn't know, she was the one who said the deaths of 500,000 iraqi children caused by the sanctions imposed on iraq by britain and america ( which the un described as 'genocidal' ) was 'a price worth paying' - if you ever read the poem i posted on here once, she was the witch with the cauldron ...

[major.tom]

[faceless]

I see the entire blog from which the original article was linked has now been removed. This link seems to suggest reasons why...

www.bloggernews.net/114055

Anyway, here's the front cover of the latest issue of 'The New Yorker', depicting him and his wife as flag-burning, militant bin-Laden supporters... Satire's a great thing, but it has to have some basis in reality!

[faceless]

I've read now that the New Yorker cover was meant to mock those right-wingers who want Obama to be portrayed in that way - it does that I suppose, but it's right on the edge of justification! I'm sure many people will take it as being a mockery of Obama himself though - I did... haha

[luke]

i took it as they intended, they're just taking the piss out of fox and stuff - but i read the new yorker on-line now and then so kinda know where they stand, sy hersh writes for them - they do some good stuff.

the thing is the media jumping all over this story has given it way more coverage than it would have got - i bet the new yorker doesn't have a massive readership normally so would hardly have been seen

its a shame the media aren't as quick to pick up on some of the excellent work sy hersh does for the new yorker!

[faceless]

www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/us/politics/15humor.html

This is a feature on why jokes about Obama tend to fall flat... quite a good read. The line about Obama wanting to be on a coin gave me a chuckle at least.