Obama Is The Acting US President
He has another 5 months and 29 days, but for all intents and purposes George Bush is no longer the President of the United States. If anyone had any doubts about the fact that Obama is the de facto President his trip to Iraq has dispelled then.
Obama Gets Trappings of Presidential Visit in Iraq
By Julianna Goldman and Viola Gienger
July 21 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama wrapped up two days of meetings with leaders in Afghanistan and Iraq who gave the candidate the trappings of a presidential visit for talks on efforts to stabilize their U.S.-protected governments.
Obama, who favors a gradual pullout of U.S. forces in Iraq, said he was committed to preserving the gains of the Iraqi government, according to a statement on the Arabic-language Web site of President Jalal Talabani‘s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Talabani, who sat with a smiling Obama, stressed the need to improve the performance of the Iraqi army and continue training and equipping them. – bloomberg
On an anectdotal note I was at soccer practice past night and one of the players grandpa’s who admitted to being a life long Republican (with chagrin) and that he voted for Bush twice said that he can’t stand to see Bush’s face anymore and gets ill when he hears his voice.
“I can’t wait for Obama to take over. Bush has been a complete disaster.” He admitted.
This seems in keeping with Obama’s action on the Senate floor when he took Lieberman to the woodshed. He simply does what needs to be done. It’s not just change, it’s action. Smart action. Kinda refreshing.
Almost every conservative I know who, in the first term, was slapping patriotic bumper stickers on their cars, saying war is great, andRepublican economic theories beat the hell out of liberal bullshit, is now secretly calling the Ralph Nader Crisis Hotline for counseling on a weekly basis.
Yes, I’ve noticed that Obama is really acting president as well. We see Maliki supporting his Iraq plan and apparently Petraeus was asking Obama for “flexibility.”
In the department of anecdotal evidence, I’m visiting my parents in Kentucky this week and I’m seeing only Obama lawn signs and no McCain lawn signs. However, the newspaper here hates Obama.
Take a look at my blogroll – They’re not a bunch of right-wing conservatives, but I don’t think one is planning to vote for Obama.
I wish you guys had fielded a more moderate candidate so I wouldn’t have to vote for McCain.
And the idea that Obama is the “acting President” is laughable.
“Acting like” is more like it.
Senator Obama is a good man. We shall see if he can beat another good man with more experience and leadership but less of that vision thing. Senator McCain is more realistic on Iraq and on energy policy. People trust him more on two of the touchstone issues of our time. http://delawarepolitics.net/2008/07/22/mccain-launches-salvo-on-energy-obamahigh-prices-at-the-pump/
mike, I agree with you about 2nd A. stuff, but its pretty obvious who the next President will be.
I really don’t think McCain’s a ‘leader’.
He’s a taker, as shown by his undeserving matriculation from the USNA; taking someone else’s spot in fighter school, taking advantage of the de facto ‘hero’ status from being a POW to parlay that into a government job for the past 30 years…also taking a new, wealthier and less disfigured wife in order to finance a Senate run.
The two things, David, you believe people trust McCain more than Obama is off by one.
The Military action in Iraq I’ll give you, but not based on reality, but solely on perception. McCain was wrong from the start of Iraq, Obama wasn’t. Shit, McCain was wrong about Bosnia. Most people see McCain as Military, so it’s no surprise he has a slight advantage on that measure….but if they knew the entire story, I’m sure most would change their minds.
On energy? Please! That must be a joke!
Where was McCain during the last banking crisis? Oh yeah, he was part of the Keating Five, caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Where is he during the latest banking crisis – his economic advisor calls us whiners while being the main architect of the deregulation that led to the abuses.
Hey Dr. Isotope!
Are you reading the Courrier-Journal or the Lexington Herald?? Just wondering.
Rebecca,
Nothing so interesting. It’s the Paducah Sun which manages to publish a paper almost completely free of content. They are still publishing cartoons and editorials about Obama is a flip flopper. One of today’s opinion pieces is about Obama has no sense of humor for being mad about the New Yorker cover.
Also, Maliki’s support of Obama’s withdrawal timeline apparently never happened since it hasn’t appeared in the paper.
The Courier-Journal and the Lexington Herald are a little more left-leaning, IIRC.
YES VON CRACKER!!!!
You got it right McCain is no hero but a victim of family connections who Thur their pull got him into a fighter jet that he was unqualified to fly and got his ass shot down and captured.
One thing DOES lead to another, TT.
But ‘victim’ may be a little too generous; to me he’s more like a complicit collaborator in propagating the family birth right.
So maybe the Accident on the USS Forrestall, July 29, 1967, was NOT an ACCIDENT but an Attempt to get McCain before he could become president?
134 sailors lost their lives. 72.2 Million Dollars damage.
A rocket was accidentally fired across the flight deck. It went right through John McCain’s plane.
Interesting take on that and the anti-Ace McCain’s involvement:
http://judicial-inc.biz/82jjohn_mccain_and_the_uss_forresta.htm
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_11_16/ai_61361646
You guys are so off base. When McCain leads protests against America and spreads lies on American troops then his war record may be vulnerable. If you don’t understand that, it is no wonder you thought letting John Kerry remind people about Nam was a winner. He needed to mention it to balance out the other, but it was a mistake to base his campaign on it when he was a leading anti-war stooge.
As long as you talk about McCain’s record you lose.
Hey David — you mean this record?
It really is amazing to watch all of you suddenly embrace flip flopping (66 of them and counting!), and actually find something that is actually Presidential in it.
I don’t approve of trashing anyone’s service record, but then again I’m not Republican. You guys do have a pattern of not supporting the troops who don’t agree with your politics.
‘its pretty obvious who the next President will be.’
I remember thinking the very same thing in 2002 and 2004.