Crisis Manager?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:48 am
On 9/11, the world went nuts when President Bush finished reading to the school children he was visiting when he found out about the attack.
(1) This week, having a prime opportunity to show how presidential he can be by addressing the battle in Georgia, Barack Obama continued his vacation in Hawaii, leaving his staff to cover for him - showing what we can expect in such situations.
(2) John McCain jumped out there and practically committed us to Georgia - showing what we can expect in such situations.
While Obama was walking with his daughters on Hawaii's perfect beaches, taking in a showing of The Dark Knight and heading out for dinner on the town, McCain has been burning up the phone lines with Georgia's president, Mikhail Saakashvili.
(3) James Poulos asked what Barr thought of John McCain's statements on Georgia.
Just a few weeks ago, Sen. McCain was highly critical of Sen. Obama's foreign policy stances and politics: They were "simplistic." I'm not sure one could find a more simplistic response to a problem in the world than McCain's response to what's happening [in Georgia.] Going out there and making statements... such as 'We are all Georgians'—what does that mean? It means nothing unless it means we are to get involved on behalf of Georgia.
I read that John McCain knows the Georgian leader, President Saakashvili, that he's been over there, but his statements seem to reflect an unrealistic view of the situation over there... whether John McCain has looked into Saakashvili's eyes and seen something he liked, similar to the way George W. Bush looked into Putin's eyes, I don't know. I haven't looked into either of their eyes, so maybe that gives me an advantage.
Be damn sure what kind of response you want for the next four years: (1) one just like Bush, (2) one just like Bush, or (3) .....
Damn, it's slim pickin's this season. :yh_frustr
(1) This week, having a prime opportunity to show how presidential he can be by addressing the battle in Georgia, Barack Obama continued his vacation in Hawaii, leaving his staff to cover for him - showing what we can expect in such situations.
(2) John McCain jumped out there and practically committed us to Georgia - showing what we can expect in such situations.
While Obama was walking with his daughters on Hawaii's perfect beaches, taking in a showing of The Dark Knight and heading out for dinner on the town, McCain has been burning up the phone lines with Georgia's president, Mikhail Saakashvili.
(3) James Poulos asked what Barr thought of John McCain's statements on Georgia.
Just a few weeks ago, Sen. McCain was highly critical of Sen. Obama's foreign policy stances and politics: They were "simplistic." I'm not sure one could find a more simplistic response to a problem in the world than McCain's response to what's happening [in Georgia.] Going out there and making statements... such as 'We are all Georgians'—what does that mean? It means nothing unless it means we are to get involved on behalf of Georgia.
I read that John McCain knows the Georgian leader, President Saakashvili, that he's been over there, but his statements seem to reflect an unrealistic view of the situation over there... whether John McCain has looked into Saakashvili's eyes and seen something he liked, similar to the way George W. Bush looked into Putin's eyes, I don't know. I haven't looked into either of their eyes, so maybe that gives me an advantage.
Be damn sure what kind of response you want for the next four years: (1) one just like Bush, (2) one just like Bush, or (3) .....
Damn, it's slim pickin's this season. :yh_frustr