Steele Rips Obama For Making Chicago Olympics Push

[jemagirl]

If this is really such a big deal, why is it that Michael Steele didn't pipe up when George W. Bush went to China for the Olympics? After all, we were fighting two wars, and the global recession was already well underway with the collapse of Bear Stearns. Yeah.... pretty much all the stuff on president Obama's plate was on President Bush's plate.

Personally I was rather glad George W. Bush was out of the White House even if it was only temporary. The only thing that bothered me about him being in China was he wasn't fit to represent America.

Frankly I was relieved he didn't wind up reprising his earlier performance from 2006

Which was broadcast all over the world

And by the way George, here is how to open a Chinese door....

[sag111]

I really dont think it is that big of a deal eather as this country will be broke by then and we wont be able to afford it anyway.

[gareth19]

See you are still complaining about bush.

Well, gay men have never liked bush.

[kristoff]

See you are still complaining about bush.

And we will for decades to come as we deal with all the damage he did.

[Riverwind]

I really dont think it is that big of a deal eather as this country will be broke by then and we wont be able to afford it anyway.

Sag, if we are broke it was the Republicans that put us there. Look at the mess Obama got, don't go blaming the Democrats for this, its the Dems that will get us back in the right direction.

Sag, remember back in history to 1929, the start of the depression. Republicans had been in power 8 years. Hover had just taken over and it was not until after Roosevelt became president that changes started taking place. The republican response now is the same as Hover had in 1929, it did not work then and it wont work now either. Sometimes its good to be conservative, other times you need to be very liberal, this is not the time to be conservative. The reason is simple, you cant stop spending when people are out of work, hungry, etc. that's when the government must spend.

River

[Dave]

See you are still complaining about bush.

I really dont think it is that big of a deal eather as this country will be broke by then and we wont be able to afford it anyway.

I didn't comment on these earlier. But then I thought about how to answer them.

A) you know both these statements are wrong. No one complained or "bashed" about GW Bush attending the Olympics. We just pointed out the hypocrisy of the argument that Obama shouldn't go to Copenhagen to get the Olympics in Chicago.
B) The country isn't broke.
C) These two statements are simply changing the subject so you don't have to admit that you were caught out in a statement that could be proven wrong.

[sag111]

I dont care what happened in 1929 this is 2009 and we are in a much deeper mess then back then.Any one who knows me knows I blame both patries and not just one.Any one who blames just one party is not reading or listening to what is going on in washingtion today.I hate to say this but next year things will be much worse because nothing is being done for the little guy you know us the poor folk.When we can not buy things who will pay those taxes.These olympics wont do us much good if we dont have the money to build them or attend them.But hay its only our taxes so have at it both parties love to spend what we dont have.

[Dave]

I dont care what happened in 1929 this is 2009 and we are in a much deeper mess then back then...
...

if you don't know the history, you are doomed to repeat it.
Gee whizzies, that's what happened to GW Bush and his economics plan of spending without restraint.
Then he left the mess to someone else to clean up.
Just like Hoover who you don't care about.

[Dave]

>>This is called walking and chewing gum at the same time.
>>Just for all you natural-born critics out there who can't help but pee your pants in fear since the election last November.
>>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_307475.html

Obama, McChrystal Meet In Denmark Over Afghan War Strategy
By JULIE PACE -- 10/ 2/09

COPENHAGEN — President Barack Obama summoned his top commander in Afghanistan for a 25-minute meeting aboard Air Force One on Friday as part of his review of a war strategy that has divided the president's national security team.

Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Obama met just before the president returned to Washington from Copenhagen, where he was pitching the International Olympic Committee on Chicago's bid to host the 2016 games.

McChrystal had been in London, where he said in a speech Thursday that insurgents are gaining strength in Afghanistan and more troops are needed to "buy time" for the Afghan military and police forces to prepare to take control of the country in 2013.

A White House spokesman said the meeting was part of the ongoing discussion about Afghanistan and no decisions were made. The pair met in the president's cabin.

"The president wanted to take the opportunity to get together with Gen. McChrystal," spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters aboard the presidential aircraft just before takeoff.

The meeting was the third conversation between the two since McChrystal disclosed in a television interview that aired Sunday that he had spoken with Obama only once since taking over the U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan. Obama tapped McChrystal in May to replace ousted Gen. David McKiernan.

Obama and McChrystal spoke on Wednesday before Obama convened a meeting later that day of his war council, which McChrystal joined by video conference. When Obama learned McChrystal would be in London, he asked him to meet him on the tarmac in Copenhagen after Obama made a last-minute pitch for Chicago's bid, Gibbs said.

Obama's strategy review was prompted in part by a critical assessment of the war effort that McChrystal sent him last month. He declared that the U.S. would fail to meet its objectives of causing irreparable damage to Taliban militants and their al-Qaida allies if the administration did not significantly increase American forces.

While the Pentagon has so far locked away specifics of McChrystal's troop request, he is widely believed to want to add between 30,000 and 40,000 to the current force of 68,000.

Wednesday's war council meeting, the second of at least five planned by Obama, exposed emerging fault lines within the administration over Afghanistan – with military commanders pressing for more troops and other advisers expressing skepticism.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and special Afghan and Pakistan envoy Richard Holbrooke appeared to be leaning toward supporting a troop increase, while White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Gen. James Jones, Obama's national security adviser, appeared to be skeptical of troop increases. Vice President Joe Biden also has been reluctant to support sending more troops, favoring a strategy that directly targets al-Qaida fighters who are believed to be hiding in Pakistan.

The assessment of divisions within Obama's inner circle came from a senior administration official who attended the meeting and spoke on the condition of anonymity, because the discussions were private.

Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, both support McChrystal's strategy. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has remained noncommittal.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_307475.html

[indygeo4]

bush neglected afghanistan for SEVEN YEARS and left the world with a huge mess...

what's the big deal over four hours?

[Ernie of Maine]

Dave I gess you mist the smillies. they (I thouht would clue you in)would show my intent.Sag it is all about history,don't you know. By the way if you pick on one president you should exspect to have a nother pick on Ernie PS Sorry about the text I still learning

[A-1]

What's that, DAVE... wanking and chewing gum at the same time?

[Dave]

What's that, DAVE... wanking and chewing gum at the same time?

I wank every day.

[A-1]

I wank every day.

Gave up chewing gum?