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"My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway," said Reid in his remarks. "In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true."
Those impassioned by the anti-war slogan no blood for oil are getting nervous. According to Politico, Jodie Evans, a Code Pink co-founder who with her husband helped raise a lot of money for Mr. Obama during the primary and general election, recalled her interaction with Mr. Obama: "It has gotten to the point where he sees me coming and before I am close he just keeps repeating, 'Jodie, I PROMISE, I will end the war, I promise I will end the war.' "
It is a pity the conversation about what Mr. Obama might actually do as president didn't begin in the media until after the election. But, not to worry. As Emma Goldman, the 1900s anarchist Marxist is reputed to have said: "In America, elections are the opium of the people." Well, we have had our fix, no matter how uninformed we were during the injection.there is something presumptive about a president elect who is very satisfied to keep the public guessing about what he stands for and what he plans to do.
On the foreign policy front likewise, solid appointments may not lead to solid policies. Remember during the campaign, when Mr. Obama was on his way to Iraq, he was quite dismissive of the role of the top generals. Once again, he used the phrase "His job, as president" was to make the policy, and their job was merely to carry out his orders. That was a very unrealistic view of the relationship between civilian and military leadership - even by the example of such towering civilian leaders as FDR, Churchill or Lincoln.
when Mr. Obama was on his way to Iraq, he was quite dismissive of the role of the top generals. Once again, he used the phrase "His job, as president" was to make the policy, and their job was merely to carry out his orders.
Soon, the two men were shouting at each other on the senate floor. They took their disagreement into a nearby room, and a witness said that Obama had to be physically restrained.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
OMG! This is funny. It's not ... but at the same time it is.
Frankly I don't think the tourists smell worse then the stink'n politicians do!