Comments on: I take back every snarky thing I’ve ever said about CNN’s Campbell Brown

By: George Washington

George Washington — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:45:24 +0000

Yes Pat, I do. And let’s toss Joe Biden in there as well. It’s a question of legitimate and significant importance for all four candidates. And my simple statement is I wish our media would provide all four candidates the chance to answer without being interrogated by sarcastic, smirky, uninformed journalists playing a childish game of “gotcha.”

As for the latter half of your post……seems you’re back to splitting hairs. Brown was clearly intimating that as a governor with only two years in office, Palin can not claim foreign policy experience — and posed her question in the “give me one decision she has made” format.

Similarly, some may argue that being part of a large legislative body with several checks and balances does not vest Obama (or Biden, or McCain for that matter) with foreign policy experience. I was simply making a comment using the same format that Brown did.

Seems to me you’re the one changing the subject. I made an observation about media performance (uninspired), and you listed laws Obama had some role in.

By: Pat Cunningham

Pat Cunningham — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:09:46 +0000

George: Don’t you want the same question put to McCain? By the way, you’re flat-out wrong when you say: “What I asked was when a brave journalist would dare to ask Obama — in a similarly dismissive and sarcastic tone — why being one of 100 senators (and 538 legislators) qualifies him to lead the free world.” That’s NOT what you asked in your previous comment. Rather, you said this: “I’m hoping soon to hear someone ask Obama for his ‘one decision’ that shaped American foreign policy.” I responded, and now you’ve changed the subject.

By: George Washington

George Washington — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:30:01 +0000

Pat it’s not. What I asked was when a brave journalist would dare to ask Obama — in a similarly dismissive and sarcastic tone — why being one of 100 senators (and 538 legislators) qualifies him to lead the free world. I for one am interested in the answer. But, I keep waiting, and waiting…

By: Pat Cunningham

Pat Cunningham — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:45:59 +0000

George: I’ve got several things for you: 1) Obama, along with Republican Sen. Dick Lugar, authored legislation that will help keep certain weapons out of the hands of terrorists, expand U.S. cooperation to destroy conventional weapons and expand the State Department’s ability to detect and interdict weapons and materials of mass destruction. The Lugar/Obama initiative was signed into law. 2) Obama was lead sponsor of a bill to provide relief and promote democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was signed into law in December 2006. 3) Obama also sponsored legislation that would help develop democratic institutions in areas under Palestinian control. 4) Obama also successfully sponsored amendments to 16 other bills. 5) In his first two years in the Senate, Obama sponsored or co-sponsored 15 bills that became law, bills covering such diverse matters as the needs of veterans, health care, energy conservation, congressional ethics and education, as well as foreign policy.

Let’s remember, too, that the Republicans controlled the Senate during Obama’s first two years in office, and they only rarely allowed Democratic-sponsored bills to advance to final votes. After the Democrats gained control of the Senate, Republicans regularly filibustered Democratic-sponsored bills to death.

I hope this info is of help to you.

By: George Washington

George Washington — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:47:06 +0000

I have another word for Campbell Brown, and it isn’t “awesome.” It was pretty clear watching this, and the follow up discussion, that she has no clue that governors have command authority for National Guard troops within their borders for domestic missions. It may be true that these responsibilities don’t vest Palin with foreign policy experience, but that isn’t what Brown was asking. And I’m hoping soon to hear someone ask Obama for his “one decision” that shaped American foreign policy.

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:34:22 +0000

Dukakis was never president and Carter helped negotiate the Egypt/Israel peace treaty. Has W. done anything to promote peace. The so-called summit last year produced nothing.

By: Menlo Bob

Menlo Bob — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:29:15 +0000

Sure, Palin, like Obama, doesn’t have extensive experience with foreign policy and defense issues. Still, it ain’t nothing. here and here And it wasn’t an issue with Carter, Clinton or Dukakis.

By: equalityrkfd=

equalityrkfd= — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:12:08 +0000

Typical BS from the repugnants, never answer a direct question, then attack saying they are “belittling” her decisions, that she hasn’t even made. How arrogant! It is about time that the media is actually asking some tough belittling questions!

By: LD

LD — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:22:13 +0000

It’s painfully obvious McCain is not running his show. He’s only a spectator. Being himself didn’t win it for him in 2000, so now he’s letting others pull all the strings and make all the decisions. It’s an embarrassment.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:58:29 +0000

She admitted that McCain obviously has more experience than Obama. And Obama is at the top of the ticket. What is more stupid - to put your least experienced a heart beat away from the presidency - or to actually have your least experieced run for the president? Not a good argument for democrats to be making. It only works to expose Obama’s own lack of experience.