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(AP) Stupid In a deft political move, Barack Obama differentiates himself from Clinton by... aligning his foreign policy with Ronald Reagan?   (hosted.ap.org) divider line 81
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burndtdan 2008-03-29 12:22:42 PM  
so he is capable of looking beyond party rhetoric and finding what worked out for us? cool.

george h.w. bush was a mediocre president, but he did execute desert storm really effectively and efficiently, with the blessing and help of the world community.

 
Tabatha Static 2008-03-29 01:02:27 PM  
i27.photobucket.com

Awesome.

Does he plan on laying wreaths on the graves of Waffen SS officers too?

 
JohnnyC 2008-03-29 01:50:16 PM  
I'm so glad we're going to have a President that cares less about winning party brownie points than he does improving our country both foreignly and domestically.

Yes, I implied he will win.

He really is going to win. :D

 
Sique 2008-03-29 01:53:14 PM  
We start bombing the Russians in five minutes.

 
burndtdan 2008-03-29 02:01:59 PM  
JohnnyC: Yes, I implied he will win.

He really is going to win. :D


pretty much. hillary is just circling the drain, and mccain just doesn't know what he's talking about half the time and is too honest to pretend like he does.

 
Sir Roderick Glossop 2008-03-29 02:07:18 PM  
FTA: At a town hall event at a local high school gymnasium, Obama praised George H.W. Bush - father of the president - for the way he handled the Persian Gulf War: with a large coalition and carefully defined objectives.

I totally agree. We have to transcend this silly-assed "if you're not on my team, no good can be said of you" sentiment to which subby apparently (at least partially) subscribes. I vote Democratic and am always getting painted as a liberal. However, I think #40 and #41 were pretty damn good presidents. I supported HW Bush over Clinton in 1992. I also like Michael Bloomberg. I think McCain is pretty decent too (but that doesn't mean I'll vote for him).

 
Great Metal Jesus [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 02:17:45 PM  
So we're going to fund Central American death squads again? Cool!

/Actually what he's proposing sounds good

 
muck4doo [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 03:00:35 PM  
ZOMG!!! He wants to be another Bush!

 
cameroncrazy1984 [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 03:12:57 PM  
Who's Ronald Regan?

 
Donald_McRonald 2008-03-29 03:51:11 PM  
cameroncrazy1984: Who's Ronald Regan?

Well...

 
Lehk 2008-03-29 04:02:01 PM  
At a town hall event at a local high school gymnasium, Obama praised George H.W. Bush - father of the president - for the way he handled the Persian Gulf War: with a large coalition and carefully defined objectives.


How horrible.

 
Argh2 2008-03-29 04:02:36 PM  
Sir Roderick Glossop: FTA: At a town hall event at a local high school gymnasium, Obama praised George H.W. Bush - father of the president - for the way he handled the Persian Gulf War: with a large coalition and carefully defined objectives.

I totally agree. We have to transcend this silly-assed "if you're not on my team, no good can be said of you" sentiment to which subby apparently (at least partially) subscribes.


This. Just because you praise one thing a president did, it doesn't mean you endorse every action and position they took during their entire term. I heartily approve of the EPA, and trade with China - that doesn't make me a Nixon supporter.

Like a lot of people, when the current war started, I didn't support the decision, but I thought that it would at least be quick. Who knew the apple would fall so far from the tree with this Bush. Whether or not to invade was controversial, the incompetence and bungling that followed was not. Obama is right - the next president may well have to fight another war, it's not something we can entirely control, but HOW we go about it is another matter.

 
PartTimeBuddha 2008-03-29 04:02:40 PM  
Interesting position. Sounds rather ominous, though.

I mean, better than Hillary biting out the throats from eight year old snipers, but I thought W. Clinton and the US forces did a much-needed job in the former Yugoslavia.

McCain... not sure. He's been a bit inconsistent, and I don't like his torture stance.

 
alacy52 2008-03-29 04:06:30 PM  
It's a shame Nancy is such a sweet lady, because she needs to start biatch slapping people on both sides who falsely align themselves with Ronaldus Magnus.

 
sarcastrophe 2008-03-29 04:14:56 PM  
To tell you the truth, if Obama pulled his healthcare crap out of his policy platform, I'd probably vote for him in the general. Before you start espousing how much we need healthcare and how even poor people deserve health care, remember this: I voted RP in the primary.

In other words, you're not going to change my mind on that issue. Feel free to flame on if it makes you feel better though.

 
sarcastrophe 2008-03-29 04:17:46 PM  
sarcastrophe: I'd probably vote consider voting for him

Fixed for accuracy

 
t3knomanser 2008-03-29 04:18:39 PM  
sarcastrophe: To tell you the truth, if Obama pulled his healthcare crap out of his policy platform, I'd probably vote for him in the general.

To be fair, a President has no ability to implement health care reform. They can set policy, and propose bills, but they can't wave the wand to make their vision a reality.

If he gets the Dem nomination, I'll vote for him in the general, but I'll also try and toss my other Federal votes towards the Republicans (I also try and vote against the incumbent in elections, and my state is pretty Republican).

An Obama presidency with a balanced Congress with no clear majority strikes me as a good situation.

 
Simplest Quantum System Conceivable 2008-03-29 04:20:19 PM  
PartTimeBuddha: Interesting position. Sounds rather ominous, though.

It's a bit long, but here's a very good look at what Obama's foreign policy approach actually is.
The Obama Doctrine.

It's neither Hawkish nor Dovish, and it isn't just a kneejerk response to Bush foreign policy like the dems have too often fallen into. More than just "not bush" - it's a cohesive approach at defining Americas future military relations to the world.

 
sarcastrophe 2008-03-29 04:21:46 PM  
t3knomanser: To be fair, a President has no ability to implement health care reform. They can set policy, and propose bills, but they can't wave the wand to make their vision a reality.

Yeah. I'm well aware. But we have a Dem controlled congress at the moment, so I don't think that's going to see much oppostion.

If he gets the Dem nomination, I'll vote for him in the general, but I'll also try and toss my other Federal votes towards the Republicans (I also try and vote against the incumbent in elections, and my state is pretty Republican).

I'm not as optimistic, but the Republican party is so screwed up, I can't see how they're going to actually gain Congressional ground in this election.

An Obama presidency with a balanced Congress with no clear majority strikes me as a good situation.

That would be awesome. I just don't see it happening.

 
Lenny_da_Hog 2008-03-29 04:22:30 PM  
Is he going to use the CIA to sell cocaine to American kids to fund a South American rebellion?

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 04:29:31 PM  
sarcastrophe: To tell you the truth, if Obama pulled his healthcare crap out of his policy platform, I'd probably vote for him in the general. Before you start espousing how much we need healthcare and how even poor people deserve health care, remember this: I voted RP in the primary.

In other words, you're not going to change my mind on that issue. Feel free to flame on if it makes you feel better though.


Gotta love one issue voters.

 
sarcastrophe 2008-03-29 04:36:18 PM  
Sabyen91: Gotta love one issue voters.

I'm not a one issue voter at all. You missed the point entirely.

 
Hideously Gigantic Smurf 2008-03-29 04:37:46 PM  
He is the most Reaganesque when it comes to foreign policy. Reagan, if you remember, wanted to TALK with our enemies.

I've got no love for Reagan, but even I'll admit he was damned good when it came to foreign policy. Hell, even the Nicaraguan death-squads, while inherently wrong on every moral level, were a necessary evil at the time.

His domestic policy, however, was schitt.

 
BKITU [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 04:38:11 PM  
Sabyen91: sarcastrophe: To tell you the truth, if Obama pulled his healthcare crap out of his policy platform, I'd probably vote for him in the general. Before you start espousing how much we need healthcare and how even poor people deserve health care, remember this: I voted RP in the primary.

In other words, you're not going to change my mind on that issue. Feel free to flame on if it makes you feel better though.

Gotta love one issue voters.


Don't mind him. He's voting Toaster Oven.

 
sarcastrophe 2008-03-29 04:39:57 PM  
BKITU: Don't mind him. He's voting Toaster Oven.

Yeah.... and who are you voting for, asshat? Parking Meter? Honkbag? Don't tell me you still want LAMP of all people!!

 
Hideously Gigantic Smurf 2008-03-29 04:41:43 PM  
sarcastrophe: To tell you the truth, if Obama pulled his healthcare crap out of his policy platform, I'd probably vote for him in the general. Before you start espousing how much we need healthcare and how even poor people deserve health care, remember this: I voted RP in the primary.

In other words, you're not going to change my mind on that issue. Feel free to flame on if it makes you feel better though.


Well, at least you're up front about it. In a way, I kinda sympathize with you.

Everybody's more or less made up their mind how they're going to vote this year, and those who haven't are, frankly, the biggest idiots in the world.

 
thalidomide new and improved 2008-03-29 04:42:49 PM  
burndtdan: george h.w. bush was a mediocre president, but he did execute desert storm really effectively and efficiently, with the blessing and help of the world community.

You should ask the Iraqis, specifically, the ones who were encouraged to rebel against Hussein, and then were abandoned at the behest of the U.N., how effective his execution was.

In reality, the brutal execution of all those rebellious Iraqis was the only successful by-product of GHWB

 
Hideously Gigantic Smurf 2008-03-29 04:44:16 PM  
Sir Roderick Glossop: I think McCain is pretty decent too (but that doesn't mean I'll vote for him).

As a Democrat and a pretty left-leaning guy, I describe my attitude towards McCain as this;

"I salute you, soldier, but I ain't letting your ass NEAR the button!"

 
BKITU [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 04:47:09 PM  
sarcastrophe: BKITU: Don't mind him. He's voting Toaster Oven.

Yeah.... and who are you voting for, asshat? Parking Meter? Honkbag? Don't tell me you still want LAMP of all people!!


I love Lamp.

I can't forgive Waffle Maker settling for the Veep spot. =(

 
sarcastrophe 2008-03-29 04:48:28 PM  
BKITU: I love Lamp.

I can't forgive Waffle Maker settling for the Veep spot. =(


You're a fool. Lamp is the Fred Thompson of the Applicance Party.

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 04:51:08 PM  
sarcastrophe: Sabyen91: Gotta love one issue voters.

I'm not a one issue voter at all. You missed the point entirely.


My point is, who else do you vote for on the healthcare situation. Do you like the Republicans' stand where Big Pharma and HMO lobbies write policy for it? Hillary, who would garnish the wages of the poor to make sure they were on the roles (more pro-corp garbage). Obama's plan is not perfect for either of us (I don't think it goes far enough and you think it goes too far) but at least he is open to taking a good look at it and proposing intelligent fixes without bowing to the pressure of lobbyists. If the healthcare issue is why you wouldn't vote for him...I think you would just be looking for a reason not to.

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 04:52:46 PM  
sarcastrophe: BKITU: I love Lamp.

I can't forgive Waffle Maker settling for the Veep spot. =(

You're a fool. Lamp is the Fred Thompson of the Applicance Party.


Lazy freaking Lamp!

 
PC LOAD LETTER [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 04:54:56 PM  
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/cig

 
Relatively Obscure [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 04:55:07 PM  
Donald_McRonald: cameroncrazy1984: Who's Ronald Regan?

Well...


Awesome.

 
Digeratus 2008-03-29 04:57:05 PM  
Sabyen91: If the healthcare issue is why you wouldn't vote for him...I think you would just be looking for a reason not to.

Nailed it.

Of course, you're not going to get him to admit that, especially if he hasn't admitted it to himself.

 
Sgt Otter [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 04:57:36 PM  
Tabatha Static: Awesome.



I figured someone would post that. Hell, farking France retaliated after that. Ronnie didn't.

 
atlanta_ufo 2008-03-29 04:57:37 PM  
thalidomide new and improved: burndtdan: george h.w. bush was a mediocre president, but he did execute desert storm really effectively and efficiently, with the blessing and help of the world community.

You should ask the Iraqis, specifically, the ones who were encouraged to rebel against Hussein, and then were abandoned at the behest of the U.N., how effective his execution was.

In reality, the brutal execution of all those rebellious Iraqis was the only successful by-product of GHWB


Iraq has been a mess for the U.S. for a while. President Kennedy backed a coup against the government of Iraq that brought the Baath Party into power. We just play the peoples over there against each other and it is really biting us in the backside now.

 
sarcastrophe 2008-03-29 04:58:07 PM  
Sabyen91: My point is, who else do you vote for on the healthcare situation. Do you like the Republicans' stand where Big Pharma and HMO lobbies write policy for it? Hillary, who would garnish the wages of the poor to make sure they were on the roles (more pro-corp garbage). Obama's plan is not perfect for either of us (I don't think it goes far enough and you think it goes too far) but at least he is open to taking a good look at it and proposing intelligent fixes without bowing to the pressure of lobbyists. If the healthcare issue is why you wouldn't vote for him...I think you would just be looking for a reason not to.

None of the above. I simply do not trust the government with my healthcare decisions. If the republican's have it so wrong, why are most big business healthcare providers supporting democrats? Either way, none of the candidates has a decent solution. We have the greatest healthcare system in the world... if you can afford it. The reason you can't afford it is because of the massive amounts of legislation put on the industry. Adding more legislation to an overregulated industry will not solve a problem. Of course, that's all my opinion, and again, you're not going to change it.

 
Digeratus 2008-03-29 04:58:46 PM  
Relatively Obscure: Donald_McRonald: cameroncrazy1984: Who's Ronald Regan?

Well...

Awesome.


I don't get it.

/is this one of those obscure allusions that I never understand?

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 05:04:35 PM  
sarcastrophe: Sabyen91: My point is, who else do you vote for on the healthcare situation. Do you like the Republicans' stand where Big Pharma and HMO lobbies write policy for it? Hillary, who would garnish the wages of the poor to make sure they were on the roles (more pro-corp garbage). Obama's plan is not perfect for either of us (I don't think it goes far enough and you think it goes too far) but at least he is open to taking a good look at it and proposing intelligent fixes without bowing to the pressure of lobbyists. If the healthcare issue is why you wouldn't vote for him...I think you would just be looking for a reason not to.

None of the above. I simply do not trust the government with my healthcare decisions. If the republican's have it so wrong, why are most big business healthcare providers supporting democrats? Either way, none of the candidates has a decent solution. We have the greatest healthcare system in the world... if you can afford it. The reason you can't afford it is because of the massive amounts of legislation put on the industry. Adding more legislation to an overregulated industry will not solve a problem. Of course, that's all my opinion, and again, you're not going to change it.


You do know that even those that have very good healthcare are getting farked by the HMOs too, right? HMOs pressure doctors into doing tests upon tests upon tests on those with good insurance. Unnecessary tests that drive up premiums. If you are going to put your trust in big business to do what it best for you and your health you are doing it wrong.

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 05:05:30 PM  
Digeratus: Relatively Obscure: Donald_McRonald: cameroncrazy1984: Who's Ronald Regan?

Well...

Awesome.

I don't get it.

/is this one of those obscure allusions that I never understand?


There you go again.

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 05:06:47 PM  
Remove all Republicans: To everyone who doubted my concerns about Obama and how he'll act in office, we're starting to see it. It looks like he'll readily sell himself out to the right as long as they help to keep his "unity" going. I'm just sorry to see it. This is why I love Hillary, she knows that the evils of the Republican policies and knows better than to work with them. Selling out your beliefs to make friends is always a terrible way to go.

Fail.

 
sarcastrophe 2008-03-29 05:09:09 PM  
Sabyen91: You do know that even those that have very good healthcare are getting farked by the HMOs too, right? HMOs pressure doctors into doing tests upon tests upon tests on those with good insurance. Unnecessary tests that drive up premiums. If you are going to put your trust in big business to do what it best for you and your health you are doing it wrong.

So proxying the industry pressure through government to doctors is a better plan? That's short-sighted. Once it's legislation, it's not likely to change. Government change is slow. Private industry a little bit more nimble. These votes will be bought and paid for. Good intentions don't solve the problem.

 
Relatively Obscure [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 05:09:39 PM  
Sabyen91: Digeratus: Relatively Obscure: Donald_McRonald: cameroncrazy1984: Who's Ronald Regan?

Well...

Awesome.

I don't get it.

/is this one of those obscure allusions that I never understand?

There you go again.


Also awesome!


Digeratus:

It's a personal mannerism often parodied by comedic Reagan impersonators.

 
chipspastic 2008-03-29 05:10:10 PM  
Remove all Republicans: To everyone who doubted my concerns about Obama and how he'll act in office, we're starting to see it. It looks like he'll readily sell himself out to the right as long as they help to keep his "unity" going. I'm just sorry to see it. This is why I love Hillary, she knows that the evils of the Republican policies and knows better than to work with them. Selling out your beliefs to make friends is always a terrible way to go.

We've already had 7 years with a president who refuses to reach across the aisle. We don't need four more.

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-03-29 05:11:44 PM  
sarcastrophe: Sabyen91: You do know that even those that have very good healthcare are getting farked by the HMOs too, right? HMOs pressure doctors into doing tests upon tests upon tests on those with good insurance. Unnecessary tests that drive up premiums. If you are going to put your trust in big business to do what it best for you and your health you are doing it wrong.

So proxying the industry pressure through government to doctors is a better plan? That's short-sighted. Once it's legislation, it's not likely to change. Government change is slow. Private industry a little bit more nimble. These votes will be bought and paid for. Good intentions don't solve the problem.


Selfish intentions exacerbate the problem and that is all the Republicans are offering. Business can be more nimble but that doesn't mean it will ever change for the good. Profit and healthcare doesn't mix.

 
sarcastrophe 2008-03-29 05:14:30 PM  
Sabyen91: Selfish intentions exacerbate the problem and that is all the Republicans are offering. Business can be more nimble but that doesn't mean it will ever change for the good. Profit and healthcare doesn't mix.

Profit and healthcare don't mix because the system is stacked against profit in the name of good intentions. Right now, we have the worst of both worlds.

 
ilambiquated 2008-03-29 05:17:47 PM  
Hideously Gigantic Smurf: Hell, even the Nicaraguan death-squads, while inherently wrong on every moral level, were a necessary evil at the time.

Why?

 
jx100 2008-03-29 05:19:44 PM  
sarcastrophe: Profit and healthcare don't mix because the system is stacked against profit in the name of good intentions. Right now, we have the worst of both worlds.

Are you saying that, given a laissez-faire approach to health care law, it will never be a circumstance where taking care of the sick will be significantly unprofitable?

 
ilambiquated 2008-03-29 05:19:54 PM  
Actually I think Obama has pretty much aligned himself with W by claiming that Isalmic fundamentalism is the cause of all problems in the Mideast - Bush's justification for the misguided war in Iraq.

 
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