tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post8801378485397861420..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: Obama’s grand European tour hits bumpsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-58521448092956215722008-07-22T22:52:00.000-04:002008-07-22T22:52:00.000-04:00Jack in Silver Spring: Good comment, but remember,...Jack in Silver Spring: Good comment, but remember, AH at least served his country in the military unlike a certain junior senator with a god complex.<BR/>Tarheel HawkeyeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-10156378522218758392008-07-22T20:48:00.000-04:002008-07-22T20:48:00.000-04:00John -Kudos to anon at 4:21 PM. On a more serious...John -<BR/><BR/>Kudos to anon at 4:21 PM. On a more serious note, I observed in my comments yesterday that St. Barack is following in the steps of certain other pre-WWII people who liked to address the masses in stadiums. How fitting it is, then, that he should present himself to Europe at the Brandenburg Gate. America beware.<BR/><BR/>Jack in Silver SpringAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-64900775214188763362008-07-22T18:09:00.000-04:002008-07-22T18:09:00.000-04:00Well, I don't think I agree. Obama is the likely ...Well, I don't think I agree. Obama is the likely (or at least very possible) next President. He keeps showing us that he's a very inexperienced politician prone to offering nice-sounding but dopey bromides (e.g. learn-a-language). All to often, he doesn't know what he doesn't know.<BR/><BR/><I>Of course</I> the trip is a campaign swing. Everything that Obama or McCain does at this point is.<BR/><BR/>By going to Afghanistan - Iraq - Europe, he is at least meeting some important and expert people, American and foreign. Obama's a smart guy and a good listener. Maybe he'll pick up a few pointers about the difficult present and future policy choices concerning those regions. I hope that will prompt him to rethink some of his dogma and weigh what he says and what nostrums he signs on to. At least to a degree.<BR/><BR/>If foreign trips get him to think about balancing the need to satisfy his core hard-left supporters with other views of America's national interest, then I am all for them.AMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872008617279528583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-68248037511423457732008-07-22T16:21:00.000-04:002008-07-22T16:21:00.000-04:00Or, "Ich bin ein Beginner".Or, "Ich bin ein Beginner".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com