We all know the man can talk. What he's talking about, I have no idea. Go ahead and print off some of his recent speeches, maybe his stump speech, and just try to tell me that there's any 'there' there. There's not. But people seem to love it... to adore hope... to faint over change... heck, it sends a tingle up Chris Matthews' trouser leg. ("No, I'm serious.") But when it comes to showing guts, true grit, real American strength and steadiness, the guy can't talk his way out of a turban.
By now you've seen the pictures. (Or maybe you've just seen one. My buddy J was the first one to alert me to them.) "Sweet" Senator H. Obama was on a fact-finding mission in North Africa and was offered to try on the traditional garb of a Somali warlord, or whatever. Okay, maybe not one of the warlords that took down our Blackhawks and hung Americans from a bridge, you'd be right to correct me there. He wasn't befriending any of those particular Somalis who kill Christians or use child soldiers against neighboring towns and villages. So I take back any quip about the warlord - he was definitely NOT wearing the clothes of a brutal Somali warlord, just a regular, everyday Somali.
So anyway, it's neat that our freshmen Senators get to experience little trips to foreign lands, I'm not against it. I can just see his eyes getting really big and his mouth trying to say "Wow!" as he looks around at landscapes he's only seen in adventure films. And one of the perks is often to put on the customary clothing of the people. Which he did. And guess what, people take pictures. Constituents like to see that you're becoming worldly, taking trips, seeing sights, and meeting people - all things that they will only ever dream of - and all on their dime. So they at least deserve to see pictures.
But I guess Senator Barack H. Obama doesn't want his picture taken for the folks back home. It's a fair conclusion since he's spent all of the past two days whining about how unfair it is for people to see his picture on a junket, acting completely wounded and ashamed. But my question is: why whine? Why not tell it like is; wouldn't that be a new tone for Washington? Do we really want a whiny President, unable to make a cogent point when he's questioned? He just turns into a stammering name-caller. He throws out words like "shameful" and "negative" and "sad" as though that's going to stop Osama or Ahmadinejad. Instead, he needs to take pride in himself and his actions there in that foreign land, the land of his father. Take pride in giving all those people hope. Matter of fact, just how is Somalia doing today? How about Kenya and Chad and Darfur? I mean, Senator Obama visited the region in 2006 - two years ago, that's half a president's term in office... shouldn't they be running full steam ahead on all that hope by now?
By now you've seen the pictures. (Or maybe you've just seen one. My buddy J was the first one to alert me to them.) "Sweet" Senator H. Obama was on a fact-finding mission in North Africa and was offered to try on the traditional garb of a Somali warlord, or whatever. Okay, maybe not one of the warlords that took down our Blackhawks and hung Americans from a bridge, you'd be right to correct me there. He wasn't befriending any of those particular Somalis who kill Christians or use child soldiers against neighboring towns and villages. So I take back any quip about the warlord - he was definitely NOT wearing the clothes of a brutal Somali warlord, just a regular, everyday Somali.
So anyway, it's neat that our freshmen Senators get to experience little trips to foreign lands, I'm not against it. I can just see his eyes getting really big and his mouth trying to say "Wow!" as he looks around at landscapes he's only seen in adventure films. And one of the perks is often to put on the customary clothing of the people. Which he did. And guess what, people take pictures. Constituents like to see that you're becoming worldly, taking trips, seeing sights, and meeting people - all things that they will only ever dream of - and all on their dime. So they at least deserve to see pictures.
But I guess Senator Barack H. Obama doesn't want his picture taken for the folks back home. It's a fair conclusion since he's spent all of the past two days whining about how unfair it is for people to see his picture on a junket, acting completely wounded and ashamed. But my question is: why whine? Why not tell it like is; wouldn't that be a new tone for Washington? Do we really want a whiny President, unable to make a cogent point when he's questioned? He just turns into a stammering name-caller. He throws out words like "shameful" and "negative" and "sad" as though that's going to stop Osama or Ahmadinejad. Instead, he needs to take pride in himself and his actions there in that foreign land, the land of his father. Take pride in giving all those people hope. Matter of fact, just how is Somalia doing today? How about Kenya and Chad and Darfur? I mean, Senator Obama visited the region in 2006 - two years ago, that's half a president's term in office... shouldn't they be running full steam ahead on all that hope by now?
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