Mr. President? President Obama is on the Line.

[carlablum]

August 30, 2010, 4:30 pm

Mr. President? President Obama is on the Line.

By SHERYL *** STOLBERGBefore President Obama addresses the nation from the Oval Office on Tuesday night to talk about his withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq, he intends to place a call to the man whose Iraq policy he bitterly opposed: former President George W. Bush.

The White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs, told reporters Monday that Mr. Obama planned to telephone Mr. Bush. But Mr. Gibbs would not say whether Mr. Obama, who campaigned on a promise to end the Iraq war, would mention Mr. Bush in the speech, or give the former president any credit.

In 2007, amid spiraling violence in Iraq, Mr. Bush ordered a troop buildup that experts widely agree helped stabilize the situation there. Mr. Gibbs said Mr. Obama credited a number of factors – notably the troop buildup and the so-called “Sunni Awakening,’’ in which Sunni tribal leaders abandoned the insurgency and began cooperating with coalition forces – with altering the climate in Iraq enough to shift the mission away from combat.

“The president always believed that you would change part of the security situation by vastly increasing the number of troops,’’ Mr. Gibbs said, adding, “There were a whole host of factors that led us to a point in which the president can make good on his commitment to take almost 100,000 combat troops out of Iraq, to fundamentally change the mission.’’

In preparation for his address, Mr. Obama visited wounded soldiers Monday afternoon at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center here. On Tuesday, he plans to travel to Fort Bliss, Tex., which has sent 200,000 troops to Iraq since the start of the war in 2003.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/mr-president-president-obama-is-on-the-line/?partner=rss&emc=rss

[PAPATOM]

August 30, 2010, 4:30 pm

Mr. President? President Obama is on the Line.

By SHERYL *** STOLBERGBefore President Obama addresses the nation from the Oval Office on Tuesday night to talk about his withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq, he intends to place a call to the man whose Iraq policy he bitterly opposed: former President George W. Bush.

The White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs, told reporters Monday that Mr. Obama planned to telephone Mr. Bush. But Mr. Gibbs would not say whether Mr. Obama, who campaigned on a promise to end the Iraq war, would mention Mr. Bush in the speech, or give the former president any credit.

In 2007, amid spiraling violence in Iraq, Mr. Bush ordered a troop buildup that experts widely agree helped stabilize the situation there. Mr. Gibbs said Mr. Obama credited a number of factors – notably the troop buildup and the so-called “Sunni Awakening,’’ in which Sunni tribal leaders abandoned the insurgency and began cooperating with coalition forces – with altering the climate in Iraq enough to shift the mission away from combat.

“The president always believed that you would change part of the security situation by vastly increasing the number of troops,’’ Mr. Gibbs said, adding, “There were a whole host of factors that led us to a point in which the president can make good on his commitment to take almost 100,000 combat troops out of Iraq, to fundamentally change the mission.’’

In preparation for his address, Mr. Obama visited wounded soldiers Monday afternoon at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center here. On Tuesday, he plans to travel to Fort Bliss, Tex., which has sent 200,000 troops to Iraq since the start of the war in 2003.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/mr-president-president-obama-is-on-the-line/?partner=rss&emc=rss

I love the part....."in prep for his address, mr obama visited wounded troops".......the guy's amazing! I'm sure it would be nice to be visited by the president if you were wounded....but how weak is this president...that he only goes for a visit to PREPARE for his address!....he needs to be able to talk about his "time with the wounded". weakdrip....that's all I can think..... weakdrip.

[dinarded]

I love the part....."in prep for his address, mr obama visited wounded troops".......the guy's amazing! I'm sure it would be nice to be visited by the president if you were wounded....but how weak is this president...that he only goes for a visit to PREPARE for his address!....he needs to be able to talk about his "time with the wounded". weakdrip....that's all I can think..... weakdrip.

[Doc31]

Thanks for the post!

[machcobra]

yep, kinda sounds like what Bush did all over again. amazing huh?

I love the part....."in prep for his address, mr obama visited wounded troops".......the guy's amazing! I'm sure it would be nice to be visited by the president if you were wounded....but how weak is this president...that he only goes for a visit to PREPARE for his address!....he needs to be able to talk about his "time with the wounded". weakdrip....that's all I can think..... weakdrip.

[carlablum]

yep, kinda sounds like what Bush did all over again. amazing huh?

Oh please,

There is no comparison with obam and an actual true American.

Geesh LOL

[disciple7]

BAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! this is apsolutely hilarious!!

[woookiee]

Thanks for the post.

[Rodrigo1]

“The president always believed that you would change part of the security situation by vastly increasing the number of troops,’’ is one of Obama's typical lies - the man didn't support the troop surge! It amazes me how he thinks we're all idiots who will believe anything he tells us. Why not, many of us (not me!) fell for his BS when he ran for office.

[machcobra]

oh please is right and let me guess, Bush is a true American. Even after 8 years many still think him and his sidekick Cheney are the cats asssss. 8 years of huge problems we had. Amazing. Will Obama be any better, ask me that when the 4 years are up. In the mean while I suggest all try to understand a little more about World events..... This is getting funny! It is called tunnel vision.

Oh please,

There is no comparison with obam and an actual true American.

Geesh LOL

[alice]

"""oh please is right and let me guess, Bush is a true American. Even after 8 years many still think him and his sidekick Cheney are the cats asssss""".

Read more:

Seriously?! Are you kidding me? I guess it's all in one's perspetive and character. The current marxist regime running this country has us: jobless ,hopless, in debt beyond what was ever imaginable and to pour vineagar into the mix [/b]our tax dollars are funding cultural efferts in OTHER countries!!!!!! Other countries...got that? Our own tax dollars are going outside this country when this country (our home) is in desperate need of a cash infusion.

I suggest you rethink your perspective, and pray this RV happens because our country is on the verge of economic meltdown, which is exactly what

Socialistic /Marxist rulers want!!!!!!!!!!!

Good evening.

Alice

[Traconesu02]

There is no way he will share the credit. He wants all the glory.

Thanks for the post carlablum

[machcobra]

I suggest you go back and re think the damge Bushy did, or should Isay Cheney. How come everyone especially Repubs act like Obama caused the last decade of problems? Sure he got us deeper, did he have a choice? NO, we would have been in the worst Depression we would have know in our life time. Do I like the Debt, NO. Like I said ask me when the term is over and in the meantime, research World events and don't be so closed minded.

"""oh please is right and let me guess, Bush is a true American. Even after 8 years many still think him and his sidekick Cheney are the cats asssss""".

Read more:

Seriously?! Are you kidding me? I guess it's all in one's perspetive and character. The current marxist regime running this country has us: jobless ,hopless, in debt beyond what was ever imaginable and to pour vineagar into the mix [/b]our tax dollars are funding cultural efferts in OTHER countries!!!!!! Other countries...got that? Our own tax dollars are going outside this country when this country (our home) is in desperate need of a cash infusion.

I suggest you rethink your perspective, and pray this RV happens because our country is on the verge of economic meltdown, which is exactly what

Socialistic /Marxist rulers want!!!!!!!!!!!

Good evening.

Alice

[carlablum]

I suggest you go back and re think the damge Bushy did, or should Isay Cheney. How come everyone especially Repubs act like Obama caused the last decade of problems? Sure he got us deeper, did he have a choice? NO, we would have been in the worst Depression we would have know in our life time. Do I like the Debt, NO. Like I said ask me when the term is over and in the meantime, research World events and don't be so closed minded.

"""oh please is right and let me guess, Bush is a true American. Even after 8 years many still think him and his sidekick Cheney are the cats asssss""".

Need I say more!

WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: Obama's agenda: Overwhelm the system

Rahm Emanuel cynically said, "You never want a crisis to go to waste." It is now becoming clear that the crisis he was referring to is Barack Obama's presidency.

Obama is no fool. He is not incompetent. To the contrary, he is brilliant. He knows exactly what he's doing. He is purposely overwhelming the U.S. economy to create systemic failure, economic crisis and social chaos -- thereby destroying capitalism and our country from within.Â

Barack Obama is my college classmate (Columbia University, class of '83). As Glenn Beck correctly predicted from day one, Obama is following the plan of Cloward & Piven, two professors at Columbia University. They outlined a plan to socialize America by overwhelming the system with government spending and entitlement demands. Add up the clues below. Taken individually they're alarming. Taken as a whole, it is a brilliant, Machiavellian game plan to turn the United States into a socialist/Marxist state with a permanent majority that desperately needs government for survival ... and can be counted on to always vote for bigger government. Why not? They have no responsibility to pay for it.

-- Universal health care. The health care bill had very little to do with health care. It had everything to do with unionizing millions of hospital and health care workers, as well as adding 15,000 to 20,000 new IRS agents (who will join government employee unions). Obama doesn't care that giving free health care to 30 million Americans will add trillions to the national debt. What he does care about is that it cements the dependence of those 30 million voters to Democrats and big government. Who but a socialist revolutionary would pass this reckless spending bill in the middle of a depression?

-- Cap and trade. Like health care legislation having nothing to do with health care, cap and trade has nothing to do with global warming. It has everything to do with redistribution of income, government control of the economy and a criminal payoff to Obama's biggest contributors. Those powerful and wealthy unions and contributors (like GE, which owns NBC, MSNBC and CNBC) can then be counted on to support everything Obama wants. They will kick-back hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to Obama and the Democratic Party to keep them in power. The bonus is that all the new taxes on Americans with bigger cars, bigger homes and businesses helps Obama "spread the wealth around."

-- Make Puerto Rico a state. Why? Who's asking for a 51st state? Who's asking for millions of new welfare recipients and government entitlement addicts in the middle of a depression? Certainly not American taxpayers. But this has been Obama's plan all along. His goal is to add two new Democrat senators, five Democrat congressman and a million loyal Democratic voters who are dependent on big government.

-- Legalize 12 million illegal immigrants. Just giving these 12 million potential new citizens free health care alone could overwhelm the system and bankrupt America. But it adds 12 million reliable new Democrat voters who can be counted on to support big government. Add another few trillion dollars in welfare, aid to dependent children, food stamps, free medical, education, tax credits for the poor, and eventually Social Security.

-- Stimulus and bailouts. Where did all that money go? It went to Democrat contributors, organizations (ACORN), and unions -- including billions of dollars to save or create jobs of government employees across the country. It went to save GM and Chrysler so that their employees could keep paying union dues. It went to AIG so that Goldman Sachs could be bailed out (after giving Obama almost $1 million in contributions). A staggering $125 billion went to teachers (thereby protecting their union dues). All those public employees will vote loyally Democrat to protect their bloated salaries and pensions that are bankrupting America. The country goes broke, future generations face a bleak future, but Obama, the Democrat Party, government, and the unions grow more powerful. The ends justify the means.

-- Raise taxes on small business owners, high-income earners, and job creators. Put the entire burden on only the top 20 percent of taxpayers, redistribute the income, punish success, and reward those who did nothing to deserve it (except vote for Obama). Reagan wanted to dramatically cut taxes in order to starve the government. Obama wants to dramatically raise taxes to starve his political opposition.

With the acts outlined above, Obama and his regime have created a vast and rapidly expanding constituency of voters dependent on big government; a vast privileged class of public employees who work for big government; and a government dedicated to destroying capitalism and installing themselves as socialist rulers by overwhelming the system.

Add it up and you've got the perfect Marxist scheme -- all devised by my Columbia University college classmate Barack Obama.

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/obama-s-agenda--overwhelm-the-system-95716764.html

[alice]

Barack Obama is my college classmate (Columbia University, class of '83). As Glenn Beck correctly predicted from day one, Obama is following the plan of Cloward & Piven, two professors at Columbia University. They outlined a plan to socialize America by overwhelming the system with government spending and entitlement demands. Add up the clues below. Taken individually they're alarming. Taken as a whole, it is a brilliant, Machiavellian game plan to turn the United States into a socialist/Marxist state with a permanent majority that desperately needs government for survival ... and can be counted on to always vote for bigger government. Why not? They have no responsibility to pay for it.

-- Universal health care. The health care bill had very little to do with health care. It had everything to do with unionizing millions of hospital and health care workers, as well as adding 15,000 to 20,000 new IRS agents (who will join government employee unions). Obama doesn't care that giving free health care to 30 million Americans will add trillions to the national debt. What he does care about is that it cements the dependence of those 30 million voters to Democrats and big government. Who but a socialist revolutionary would pass this reckless spending bill in the middle of a depression?

-- Cap and trade. Like health care legislation having nothing to do with health care, cap and trade has nothing to do with global warming. It has everything to do with redistribution of income, government control of the economy and a criminal payoff to Obama's biggest contributors. Those powerful and wealthy unions and contributors (like GE, which owns NBC, MSNBC and CNBC) can then be counted on to support everything Obama wants. They will kick-back hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to Obama and the Democratic Party to keep them in power. The bonus is that all the new taxes on Americans with bigger cars, bigger homes and businesses helps Obama "spread the wealth around."

-- Make Puerto Rico a state. Why? Who's asking for a 51st state? Who's asking for millions of new welfare recipients and government entitlement addicts in the middle of a depression? Certainly not American taxpayers. But this has been Obama's plan all along. His goal is to add two new Democrat senators, five Democrat congressman and a million loyal Democratic voters who are dependent on big government.

-- Legalize 12 million illegal immigrants. Just giving these 12 million potential new citizens free health care alone could overwhelm the system and bankrupt America. But it adds 12 million reliable new Democrat voters who can be counted on to support big government. Add another few trillion dollars in welfare, aid to dependent children, food stamps, free medical, education, tax credits for the poor, and eventually Social Security.

-- Stimulus and bailouts. Where did all that money go? It went to Democrat contributors, organizations (ACORN), and unions -- including billions of dollars to save or create jobs of government employees across the country. It went to save GM and Chrysler so that their employees could keep paying union dues. It went to AIG so that Goldman Sachs could be bailed out (after giving Obama almost $1 million in contributions). A staggering $125 billion went to teachers (thereby protecting their union dues). All those public employees will vote loyally Democrat to protect their bloated salaries and pensions that are bankrupting America. The country goes broke, future generations face a bleak future, but Obama, the Democrat Party, government, and the unions grow more powerful. The ends justify the means.

-- Raise taxes on small business owners, high-income earners, and job creators. Put the entire burden on only the top 20 percent of taxpayers, redistribute the income, punish success, and reward those who did nothing to deserve it (except vote for Obama). Reagan wanted to dramatically cut taxes in order to starve the government. Obama wants to dramatically raise taxes to starve his political opposition.

With the acts outlined above, Obama and his regime have created a vast and rapidly expanding constituency of voters dependent on big government; a vast privileged class of public employees who work for big government; and a government dedicated to destroying capitalism and installing themselves as socialist rulers by overwhelming the system.

Add it up and you've got the perfect Marxist scheme -- all devised by my Columbia University college classmate Barack Obama.

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/obama-s-agenda--overwhelm-the-system-95716764.html

[b]Thank you for the back up Carla!!!!![/b][/colorAlice

[carlablum]

"""oh please is right and let me guess, Bush is a true American. Even after 8 years many still think him and his sidekick Cheney are the cats asssss""".

Read more: http://dinarvets.com...8#ixzz0y9CRb65D

Seriously?! Are you kidding me? I guess it's all in one's perspetive and character. The current marxist regime running this country has us: jobless ,hopless, in debt beyond what was ever imaginable and to pour vineagar into the mix [/b]our tax dollars are funding cultural efferts in OTHER countries!!!!!! Other countries...got that? Our own tax dollars are going outside this country when this country (our home) is in desperate need of a cash infusion.

I suggest you rethink your perspective, and pray this RV happens because our country is on the verge of economic meltdown, which is exactly what

Socialistic /Marxist rulers want!!!!!!!!!!!

Good evening.

Alice

Hey Alice!

I think I owed you a thank you first!!

Carla

[Photochic]

Yes carlablum - YOU ROCK! And NEVER stop with your comments! You hit every point Head ON! I just pray for the opportunity that will get his a$$ impeached!!! Anything to get him out of the most sacred post of our country!! Love ya!

[Jac]

Hey Alice!

I think I owed you a thank you first!!

Carla

I think that I owe you both thank yous!!! Bravo! Applause, please!

BTW he did not have to call Bush and he would not have to if he had any idea how to serve the American People, respected the US Constitution and respected our Flag and do the job he was hired by us to do!

[alice]

I suggest you go back and re think the damge Bushy did, or should Isay Cheney. How come everyone especially Repubs act like Obama caused the last decade of problems? Sure he got us deeper, did he have a choice? NO, we would have been in the worst Depression we would have know in our life time. Do I like the Debt, NO. Like I said ask me when the term is over and in the meantime, research World events and don't be so closed minded.

"""oh please is right and let me guess, Bush is a true American. Even after 8 years many still think him and his sidekick Cheney are the cats asssss""".

Read more:

Seriously?! Are you kidding me? I guess it's all in one's perspetive and character. The current marxist regime running this country has us: jobless ,hopless, in debt beyond what was ever imaginable and to pour vineagar into the mix [/b]our tax dollars are funding cultural efferts in OTHER countries!!!!!! Other countries...got that? Our own tax dollars are going outside this country when this country (our home) is in desperate need of a cash infusion.

I suggest you rethink your perspective, and pray this RV happens because our country is on the verge of economic meltdown, which is exactly what

Socialistic /Marxist rulers want!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh dear ...I now suggest you learn the definitions of: Democracy, Socialism and Marxism. Then study economics and pray for this RV to happen.

I wish you only well

Alice

[pourit]

Carla and Alice...I'm with you all the way...POURITFORWARD

[DmsC]

now now now kids play nice. Obamites would like us to believe that Bush is the supreme evil no matter what happens I'm sure that if a bomb went off in a crowded mall most of the Obamites would say it was cause Bush had it planned. Just remember the President has no real power. CONGRESS on the other hand are the ones that we need to take out and flog. Presidents can't send troops without congressional okay, Taxes are a congressional matter as well . Seeing as Obama is only a Lap dog for Pelosi and the other people in Congress that know better how to run your life than you do, give the puppet a break. He is only a boy from Kenya that got a lucky break.

[tampa1000]

TO MATCHCOBRA.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM, IT SURE WOULD NOT TAKE ME 4 YEARS TO FIGURE OUT HE IS OUR WORSE PRESIDENT WE'VE EVER HAD, HE HAS ALREADY SPENT MORE THAN BUSH IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS AND THE WAR IS OVER IN IRAQ! AT LEAST WE SAW WHERE THE MONEY WENT WITH BUSH AND THANK GOD SADAM IS GONE FOR EVER AND YOU HAVE A LOT TO GAIN FROM BUSH'S ACTIONS!!! WITH OBAMA THIS COUNTRY IS DONE!!! WEEEE ARRREEE BROOOOOKKKKEEEE! GET IT!

[DTH]

You have to ask your self if Obama is distroying This country fiancialy why would he want an RV ?

[cgbrown]

It does no good to bash the 'sitting president'. The American people voted him in. Good or bad he's in. Just like we are waiting for the Iraq people to put in office those who were elected in March - good or bad they've been elected.

If you want to blame someone for the mess we are in blame the voters (or lack of voters) . Folks you get what you are not willing to "vote "for. Ho w many thousands of potential voters stayed home and did not vote. The loudest block of complainers are those who did not vote. That way they can say, "hey, i didn't vote them in- you did".

When Americans come to realize the value and price of Freedom and take it seriously they will turn out to vote. For now most Americans are content to exercise their 'freedom to complain".

[Man_Kind]

BAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! this is apsolutely hilarious!!

Looks like a scene from the Wizzard Of Ozz !

Where's Toto ?

toto.doc