I have several German friends - 0they treat me and other Americans as I treat them - just fine.

Not to mention the rather thunderous crowds of Germans that treated Obama with great welcoming enthusiasm.

The world has hope that America can be restored to the greatness that we achieved before the failures of the bush administration. Time to stop living in a box Steve. We are citizens of the world.

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The fact that he has put together a campaign that has secured him the nomination, has him in the lead, and is already well known on the world stage, should tell you one thing, the guy knows how to get something done.

OK, you can say that Bush came out of nowhere too, but Bush had connections, that got him into Yale and Harvard and into the TANG , kept him out of the court system, and set him up financially, and he had Karl Rove to organize and direct his campaign.

Obama has done it on his own brain power, his chief speech writer is 26 years old, can you even name his campaign manager?
The Obama campaign for all the passion and excitement that it's generated is kind of out of the limelight, exactly the way you want a campaign organization to function. Compare this to John McCain, whose campaign has gone broke, violated federal law, and had most of the top guys fired for conflicts of interest.
Clearly someone is demonstrating a talent for putting together a successful organization, and making good decisions, and someone else isn't.
At first I thought this might be beginners luck, but it just goes on and on and on, leading me to believe it's something called good leadership.
Do you think a president should be a good organizer, a strategic thinker and a good decision maker?

Because that is part of Obama's short resume.

And it's nowhere to be found on John McCain's.

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Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address

You got it - greatness is a born quality. As mush as the Elitists would like you to believe otherwise, they would be great leaders if they could only buy intelligence rather then achieve greatness through Ivy league association and nepotism.

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How is he "NOT" self made? Which one of his parents went to Harvard so that he could get the benefits of Legacy? Which one of his parents had political clout? Which one of his parents had a family business that Obama inherited? What aspect of Obama's lifes was "made" for him?



How is he an "academic"? Is it because he uses the occasional big word?

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"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"—Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

Um, if you're having problems paying attention, just say so.

This is what I was responding to:

I was a "good organizer" when I was 12.

What accomplishments are there?

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Sayeth John Drake - 10/13/08: "OK, you're right, I admit to LYING"

You often miss the point.

Obama said he wasn't there as a Presidential candidate.

That's complete and utter bullshit...

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Sayeth John Drake - 10/13/08: "OK, you're right, I admit to LYING"

Not impressed.

Hillary's resume superseded that. And she lost the nomination. Quite a few Senators are also lawyers. So his law degree is not out of the ordinary.

In the end, it is what you bring to the Presidential table, after all of those experiences. Obama brings a half-empty plate, which is equivalent to little job experience.

Thank God that the Germans did not let Obama used the Brandenburg Gate. That was Obama's intent. To show that he can walk where "real" President trod.

Can you just imagine the overblown ego that would have resulted from that?

What a speech? My question is Why a Speech? Why was it made? I have no idea. He is a junior US Senator, nothing more just yet, what possible reason could be had for giving a speech in front of the German people? he's not President yet, he's not even the official Democratic nominee, he's the presumptive nominee.

I do not think that anyone bothered telling him. Either that, or he is in total denial.

He's a brilliant strategic thinker, this gives him the video for his ads later on in the campaign, when Old McNasty starts whining about how Obama has no foreign policy experience, he rolls this out, showing the world loves him, and the Prime Minister of Iraq agrees with him,(and thinks McCain is completely out of touch with the Iraq situation BTW), and that he has met and discussed the serious issues with the foreign leaders.

Meantime, just for contrast, what did McCain do today?

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address

Um, what? show me some examples of his "brilliant strategic thinking" if you can.


So you admit it was a cheap political stunt?

Really now?

Do you really honestly think that that automatically gives you a better understanding?
Obvs?

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Obama is such a tool

so it's ok to give a photo op speech to foreigners, but "inappropriate" to visit your own country's wounded soldiers? Wow.

So what if the world loves him.

That doesn't magically give him foreign policy experience...

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Sayeth John Drake - 10/13/08: "OK, you're right, I admit to LYING"