The Coronation Hasn’t Taken Place Yet Mr. Obama

David Gergan believes Obama made another big mistake with this trip oversea’s by negotiating with our allies. Something the CIC is only allowed to do:

David Gergen: “I think it was the first — Barack Obama made the first mistake of his trip, in my judgment, in releasing a statement in which he said exactly what Maliki had said in those conversations. We have a long tradition in this country that we only have one president at a time. He’s the commander in chief and the negotiator in chief. I cannot remember a campaign which a rival seeking the presidency has been in a position negotiating a war that’s under way with another party outside the country. I think he leaves himself open to the charge tonight that he’s meddling, that this is not his role, that he can be the critic, but he’s not the negotiator. We have a president who does that. So, I think the underlying facts support him, but I think it would be a real mistake — and I think it was a mistake — to get into these conversations and let it be used politically.”

CNN’s Anderson Cooper: “That’s interesting. Gloria, do you think this is the first mistake he made on this trip?”

Gloria Borger: “You know, it’s very interesting, I do agree with David. And Candy, in her earlier piece, talked about walking the fine line between being this candidate and being presumptuous. And I think that he may just have crossed that, because, you know, it is a tradition. You don’t talk about these private conversations. And it’s not up to Barack Obama right now to negotiate troop withdrawals. It’s up to Barack Obama to be on a fact-finding mission, which is indeed what he has said he was on.”

But look at who we are dealing with here. The arrogance of the man and his campaign knows no limit. Hell, he is holding political rallies overseas. Unbelievably arrogant and stupid. When the mass of reporters called his campaign on it they let the reason for this trip slip. Not to see the conditions, but to hold political events:

But senior aides engaged in a bit of rhetorical gymnastics Tuesday as they faced reporters who questioned their resistance to acknowledging the political aspects of Obama’s week-long, high-profile tour against the backdrop of an intense American presidential campaign.

At a morning background briefing, reporters parried with senior advisers on the characterization of Obama’s speech Thursday in Berlin as a campaign rally. The outdoor speech at the Victory Column could draw thousands of people, similar to the size of Obama events in the United States.

“It is not going to be a political speech,” said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background. “When the president of the United States goes and gives a speech, it is not a political speech or a political rally.[”]

“But he is not president of the United States,” a reporter reminded the adviser.

“He is going to talk about the issues as an individual … not as a candidate, but as an individual, as a senator,” the adviser added.

The man hasn’t even officially been named his party’s nominee and decides to hold rallies in countries overseas. Its one thing to go on a fact-finding trip, which will give you some publicity of course, but stick with the fact finding ie meetings, trips to various sites, and so on. That way when you come back, you come back informed.

When you start to hold rallies where you will give speeches as a Presidential nominee then this becomes a political event. And you can bet he will bad mouth the current President.

To call it unseemly would be a understatement.

Lets go through the checkmarks (via TheBigOldDog)

• Speeches in stadiums filled with mesmerized, adoring audience – Check
• Seeks to replace God with the State – Check
• Creates his own new symbols of power – Check
• People adopting his name as their own – Check
• An uninspiring background before meteoric rise – Check
• Often dismissed as a light-weight by his opponents – Check
• Associates with racists hatemongers – Check
• A propaganda machine willing to show him only in the best possible light – Check
• Inspires adoration Art – Check
• appropriates symbols of past German glory – Check
• Never plans on giving up power – Check (Obama to be president for the next “eight to 10 years”)
• A narcissistic megalomaniac – Check

I’m sure some FA readers can add even more to this list….he is a arrogant elitist who expects the crown to placed on top of his head soon.

And the man is tied with McCain in the latest polls.

What arrogance.

Curt

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