Obama Sends Condolences to Families of American Victims in Mumbai
EmailPresident-elect Barack Obama and wife Michelle released a statement on Friday, expressing their sympathies for the American victims of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
"Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to the loved ones of the American citizens who lost their lives in the outrageous terrorist attacks in Mumbai," the statement said. "These terrorists who targeted innocent civilians will not defeat India’s great democracy, nor shake the will of a global coalition to defeat them. The United States must stand with India and all nations and people who are committed to destroying terrorist networks, and defeating their hate-filled ideology."
Obama once again reasserted that there is only one president and thanked the Bush administration for keeping him updated.
"There is one president at a time. I will continue to closely monitor the situation on the ground in Mumbai, and am grateful for the cooperation of the Bush Administration in keeping me and my staff updated. We fully support the Bush Administration’s efforts to protect American citizens and assist the government of India during this tragic time," Obama said.
On Thanksgiving morning, an Obama aide told ABC News, President-elect Barack Obama spoke by phone with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, receiving additional briefings on Wednesday’s Mumbai terrorist attacks, which have left more than 150 people dead and hundreds more wounded.
Additionally, said the Obama aide, the President-elect received an intelligence briefing on the attacks in the India coastal city.
Along with the updates from Rice, Obama is also getting regular situational updates from the State Department Ops Center and the National Counter Terrorism Center.
"He continues to monitor the situation closely and appreciates the cooperation and information sharing from the Administration," said the aide.
The Thanksgiving conversation marked the second time that Obama and Rice have talked since the coordinated attacks in India’s financial capital.
On Wednesday evening, Obama called Rice to get an update on the situation.
The President-elect also called Indian Ambassador Ronan Sen.
According to an Obama aide, the President-elect "conveyed that his thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this tragic situation."
"He said that there is just one president at a time. He also told him that he is monitoring the situation and has been in communication with Secretary Rice."
The Obama Transition Team also established a team to interact with the State Department Ops Center and with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Amb. Wendy Sherman, an Obama Transition Team aide focused on the State Department, is part of that.
The Bush Administration has, an Obama aide said, "helpfully provided regular updates through several channels."
On Wednesday night, Obama Transition foreign policy aides Denis McDonough and Mark Lippert also briefed the President-elect, who is spending the holiday with 60 family members at his residence in Chicago.
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It’s good that Obama gets briefed by the State Department, but he is going too far calling the Indian ambassador. In times of crisis, it is vital that the USA speaks with one voice, and currently that voice is George W. Bush, like it or not. Obama takes over on January 20th. He needs to learn when to shut up. Inexperience showing?
Posted by: Keith | November 27, 2008, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm
Mr. Obama, you are now President-Elect. You have won. The election is over. Please dispose of your underhanded political talk, “He said that there is just one president at a time”.
Posted by: young_voter | November 27, 2008, 2:38 pm 2:38 pm
Keith– I rather have OBAMA say something, that the village idiot [BUSH] saying and doing nothing. Jan 20 cant come fast enough!
Posted by: ready99 | November 27, 2008, 3:11 pm 3:11 pm
Personally I’d like to see BO prove he’s an American citizen to the Supreme Court Justices on 12/05/08 before he says anything to any other Nation!
Posted by: Just_Because | November 27, 2008, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm
Obama wouldn’t have to step up to say anything if the current administration were saying/doing something. If he didn’t come forward with a voice, America wouldn’t have one right now. Bush might as well be gone, because he is the lamest duck of all.
Posted by: americanme | November 27, 2008, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm
Seems like Keith still can’t get over Obama’s win.
When the current President has virtually quit and isn’t saying or doing much, the next one on deck should say something. If that bothers some of you because you need to see Obama “stay in his place”, I suggest you build a time machine and go back to the 1940′s so you can build some self-esteem. Or, as you loved to tell blacks and Democrats over the years, “This is America, love it or leave it!”
Posted by: robXdion | November 27, 2008, 4:09 pm 4:09 pm
Today’s Wall Street Journal headline is, “Mumbai Attack is Obama’s First International Challenge”
Excuse me, but don’t you mean the attack was BUSH’S last Challenge?
Unless you clowns don’t know it, Obama won’t be president for 2 more months.
I swear, the white wash of Bush has started and the smear of Obama is still on going, even though he hasn’t even become president yet.
You neo-cons never fail to sink to lower levels.
Posted by: JR | November 27, 2008, 4:11 pm 4:11 pm
Keith:
Do you suggest that Obama is to pretend that there is nothing happening.
What we know is; Bush is just counting days to pass by. Obama knows all the workload is on his shoulder. He has to carry it anyhow!
Posted by: FM | November 27, 2008, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm
I am sick to see BO supporters and JM fighting.
Posted by: Sean | November 27, 2008, 4:47 pm 4:47 pm
where in the world is geoge w bush?
i am in my late sixties, and i have never seen anything like this.
Geo. w. bush is still the president.
rotten job he has made of it.
but he should still be held accountable right up to midnight jan 19th.
Posted by: sugar | November 27, 2008, 4:49 pm 4:49 pm
“there’s just one president at a time,” but “I’m doing my best to shove this one out the door…”
Posted by: beth | November 27, 2008, 6:18 pm 6:18 pm
Keith, its very important for Obama to speak, as Bush has been a dummy, was a dummy, and good riddance now lays to rest as the worst President in US history. Besides, we love to hear our President-elect Obama speak, he speaks like an angel.
Posted by: str8Thru | November 27, 2008, 6:19 pm 6:19 pm
Bad luck wild bush is so DANGEROUS and DESTRUCTIVE that his ‘doing nothing’ is killing America!
Moreover, methinks that bush and the Republicons are DELIBERATELY seeking to undermine the efforts of the next administration, by spending America into an even deeper fiscal hole!
Posted by: Patriot | November 27, 2008, 6:28 pm 6:28 pm
Just_Because – Why are you still bringing up non-issues? A true American would be discussing issues that are critical.
Posted by: MikeMo1947 | November 27, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm
I am tired of people throwing stones. Be thankful we have a President and a President-Elect that are trying to make this the best transfer of power during a critical point in history. How about Americans supporting both and get beyond blame.
Posted by: MikeMo1947 | November 27, 2008, 7:55 pm 7:55 pm
Didn’t Joe Biden, the “loquacious blue hen;” say not too long ago that Obama would face foreign policy challenges in an immediate manner upon taking office?
Posted by: kat | November 27, 2008, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm
well well well..the power of the media…archive back.. NYT’s Steven Levitt..Freakonomics… about 2 years ago.. Subject: How to Terrorize America..Levitts Idea, bands of 20 or more terrorist shooting up people in the streets, Malls Hotels…same senario as going on in India..Hmmmmmmmm, is the NYT’s responsible for giveing ideas to terrorist? about 800 ideas were posted that day.. If I remember correctly, Matt Drudge, and fox news were the only ones that reported on it…ABC SILENT
Posted by: tyrone | November 27, 2008, 9:05 pm 9:05 pm
MikeMo1947:
I agree!!
This a critical time for ALL AMERICANS to stand behind the President and a President-Elect!!!
Case close!!
Posted by: sisterdearest09 | November 27, 2008, 9:27 pm 9:27 pm
sisterdearest09 – I am glad there is someone out there that wants to build this country up, instead of tearing it down. Americans are suppose to pull together in times of crisis.
Posted by: MikeMo1947 | November 27, 2008, 9:34 pm 9:34 pm
tyrone: I suppose in your fantasy world Tom Clancy is to blame for 9/11 because one of his books had a terrorist using a fuel commercial flight to destroy the Capital building…
The tactics used in Mumbai are centuries old. Two teenagers from Columbine could come up with just as ‘good’ a plan – it takes little intelligence, just an abhorrent amount of evil.
Posted by: jhw539 | November 27, 2008, 9:45 pm 9:45 pm
kat: “Didn’t Joe Biden, the “loquacious blue hen;” say not too long ago that Obama would face foreign policy challenges in an immediate manner upon taking office? ”
Obama does not take office until Jan 20th. This guy – George Bush I think he’s called – is still President and still quite in power. Which makes your comment look rather… uninformed at best.
Posted by: jhw539 | November 27, 2008, 9:47 pm 9:47 pm
While I didn’t vote for him, I do appreciate that he is staying informed and doing his best to have a good start to his term on several fronts, God knows we need one.
Bush, regardless of his intentions is useless, not just because he is incompetent, but because the world is SO ready to move on.
Posted by: Michael ONeal | November 27, 2008, 10:00 pm 10:00 pm
Condi Rice intelligence briefing to Obama: “Watch World News Tonight”
Posted by: Angel | November 27, 2008, 10:18 pm 10:18 pm
blah blah blah blah blah — of course obama is speaking to rice! this is what the transition is all about. bush probably asked rice to keep obama posted on EVERYTHING!
the important facts that we ALL should be concerned with is that Bin Ladin’s plan to disable the Western world is working — hit the financial markets — cripple the economy — get people hungry! then you can conquer the mass and make them submit to your beliefs.
bin ladin’s greatest fear is that we Americans will unite under the threats instead of tear each other apart. won’t he be surprised!
we AND our new administration have much work to do. let’s get rolling!
Posted by: jb | November 27, 2008, 10:42 pm 10:42 pm
We’re gonna be in Afghanistan for years.
Posted by: MBNA Joe | November 28, 2008, 12:40 am 12:40 am
“Obama does not take office until Jan 20th. This guy – George Bush I think he’s called – is still President and still quite in power. Which makes your comment look rather… uninformed at best.”
JHW- Do you think the consequences and implications of the terroristic acts in Mumbai is going to be over by Jan. 20, 2009? Which makes your comment look short sighted at best.
Posted by: kat | November 28, 2008, 12:45 am 12:45 am
kat: I will let anyone reading decide for themselves the value of your implication that the terrorist attack was in any way meant to test Obama in light of the fact that he does not actually take office for another two months.
Posted by: jhw539 | November 28, 2008, 2:02 am 2:02 am
Keith,
Just be realistic.
Who is the leader of America now?
Since nov. 4th, Nobody bothers about Bush except die-hard Bushites.
Posted by: jj | November 28, 2008, 3:34 am 3:34 am
Obama should be talking to Michelle, not Miss Rice.
Posted by: JOE | November 28, 2008, 3:39 am 3:39 am
I think both Obama and Bush are handling this transition period well.
Posted by: Bill in NC | November 28, 2008, 3:43 am 3:43 am
I think George Bush needs to stand up and make it VERY clear and in no uncertain terms that he’s still the president until January 20th and he doesn’t have to be nice about it! Obama is NOT the president yet!
Posted by: carlyonsue | November 28, 2008, 3:52 am 3:52 am
At least he’s consulting with the party who knows what to do with terrorists. Otherwise he and his Clinton cabintet choices wouldn’t have a clue. Look what happened the last time a democrat was left to handle a terrorist situation. The USS Cole and 9/11, and a missed opportunity to nab Bin Laden. And where did we end up? Iraq and Afghanistan. And what did Bill Clinton do? He called in his national sexcurity advisor Lewinski in for another Oval office conference. Good thing Obama is good with the economic issues, because he hasn’t got a clue as to how to lead a military force in any way, shape, or form.
Posted by: Jerry Rogers | November 28, 2008, 3:57 am 3:57 am
Jerry Rogers,
I would have to disagree that the Republicans know how to handle the issue of terrorism.
It was supremely foolish to invade the wrong country, leave over a million of their citizens dead, and thus breeding resentment among many of the dead’s family members to join the insurgency. I would be pretty furious if some country dropped a bomb on my brother’s wedding and blew everybody to smithereens.
Isolating countries like Iran instead of attempting to engage them was also the wrong approach. Writing a cheque for US$1 (or was it ten?) billion to Pakistan without attaching stipulations that they should go after the terrorists more vigorously was also another blunder.
Oh, and Keith, Bush seems pretty absent. He’s been in hiding and has hardly said anything to attempt to reassure the nation in the financial crisis. If W isn’t going to say anything, I’d rather Obama did. Plus, I reckon the Indians (and the rest of the world for that matter) like the soon to be 44th President of the United States alot more then the incumbent.
And those of you still flogging your ridiculous argument that Obama was born in Kenya, please ask yourselves a simple question. Why on EARTH would a heavily pregnant woman travel to Kenya in the 1960s? There was quite a bit of unrest then and I doubt that there were, cheap, regular flights to Kenya.
Posted by: Grey Matter | November 28, 2008, 5:19 am 5:19 am
ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION:
The Democrats were elected to fix this economy and withdraw our troops from Iraq. They were not elected to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. We must stop the Democrats and Senator Barack Obama. We elected Senator Barack Obama and he has to do what we want: WE DO NOT WANT TO GRANT AMNESTY TO ILLEGAL ALIENS. PERIOD. WE WILL FIGHT THIS ONE. ILLEGAL ALIENS MUST NOT RECEIVE HELP FROM THE FEDS OR STATES. SENATOR BARACK OBAMA AND HIS STAFF MUST ENFORCE CURRENT IMMIGRATION LAWS. IF THEY DO NOT, NEXT ELECTIONS THEY WILL NOT WIN.
Posted by: Patty | November 28, 2008, 7:26 am 7:26 am
Yes, we only have one president at a time, but it seems that Bush and Obama are in total communication during the transition. At this time there are so many critical issues and President Bush has decided to keep President-Elect Obama up to date on everything. It seems to me President Bush is being most cooperative and President Elect-Obama reminds us daily that we are a nation of one President at the time. What is the problem with that? When both parties are in disagreement we complain, when both parties agree, we complain. WHAT EXACTLY DO SOME OF YOU WANT? It appears this nation is working on unity, I for one would like to see that happen.
Posted by: Marilyn in Florida | November 28, 2008, 7:34 am 7:34 am
it should have been bush doing the press conferences,(we have four years of obama on the tv) I for one would have liked to see bush,just on this one last stroke, try and do something for the american people.
maybe it could have redeemed him a little bit.
i guess i am saying it would have been better for bush to try and go out in some type of style, instead of taking the punk way out.
Posted by: sugar | November 28, 2008, 9:02 am 9:02 am
bush is still the president
Posted by: sugar | November 28, 2008, 9:03 am 9:03 am
“kat: I will let anyone reading decide for themselves the value of your implication that the terrorist attack was in any way meant to test Obama in light of the fact that he does not actually take office for another two months.”
JHW- I see you’re referring to the earlier reference to Joe Biden, who said that Obama would be tested soon internationally. In lieu of the Mumbai attacks, it was an accurate prediction. The terrorist attacks in Mumbai could clearly destabilize relations between Pakistan and India, if the funding and training for the Indian militants did indeed come from Pakistan. It’s a very tenuous situation, not likely to be resolved anytime soon. You can only speculate on the source and reasoning behind the attacks , which are still ongoing. Again, I don’t think the international repercussions from the Mumbai acts of terrorism are leaving us anytime soon.
Posted by: kat | November 28, 2008, 10:59 am 10:59 am
If Bush did something you would complain, if he doesn’t do anything you complain. All you whining woosies will be crying in your cheerios when Obama doesn’t change your diapers and burp you after 1/09.
Posted by: Hippie Smasher | November 28, 2008, 11:21 am 11:21 am
Im sorry we had how many attacks PRIOR to Bush taking office. Hands up Please. How may attacks after 9/11? Hands up please? Most Dems are cowards. ie. Vietnam. They like their freedom but nobody elses. 3000 people died. Never forget that you lilly livered, weak kneed (cant we just get along) uneducated in world history whiners. You got your president comming up, IN January. The most unqualified individual to EVER hold the office. God help us all. Finally a socialist in office to remind the 30′s something exactly how well things go when we have a limp wrist in office. He will be our president like it or not so i will him well.
Posted by: neil | November 28, 2008, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm
SO MUCH HATE, SO LITTLE TIME!!!!
Posted by: Danny | November 28, 2008, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm
neil…
well said. i agree, the democrats have EXACTLY what they have wanted for the last eight years. they have their liberal president, and have control of congress. possibly a filibuster proof congress if they can steal the election in minnesota as they are trying to do. so, that being said: SAVE THE WORLD. im a conservative, not the biggest fan of what the bush administration has done, or what modern day republicans have become, but here’s your chance to save the world. no more excuses, although i have a very strange feeling (because it has started already) that you will claim “the democrats cant fix all of bush’s mistakes in four years”.. lol obama hasnt even been sworn in yet, and already they are making their claim for his second term, but thats just my opinion. the nation, and the entire world, is at a very crucial time, and electing a liberal, unexperienced canidate to be the leader of the free world was simply NOT the thing to do. if you cant see the trend hat has already started with the push towards full blown socialism in this country, you simply arent paying attention. so, here you go democrats. take the progressive movement you have been pushing for 40 years and run with it. ill be expecting my stimulus check ASAP. i need a new tv, thanks.
Posted by: tim | November 28, 2008, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm
tim:
you too
Posted by: shalom | November 28, 2008, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm
All countries should be sticking together on terrorists.Bush does not control the world and neither will Obama.When we free these people we do not have to baby sit them forever.Get it? If the terrorists are in a main country the rest of the world should get them.By the way why arent Russians being attacked? Or why arent they helping? Why dont they mind seeing the US get hit? Why is Iran doing all they can to help? Bush didnt create all this ect. Where is all the people we feed and have fed? Obama is going to have to hit the ground running and he is going to need help from all. Come on world!USA cant baby sit no more! We are broke!
Posted by: walters | November 28, 2008, 2:23 pm 2:23 pm
neil,
you know who else didn’t go to vietnam?
Bushie and Cheney.
Posted by: sugar | November 28, 2008, 2:41 pm 2:41 pm
Walters, Russians have been attacked by terrorists multiple times with very high casualties
But there are more. As a general premise I agree that all countries have to stay together to fight terror.
Posted by: allaptr | November 28, 2008, 4:15 pm 4:15 pm
Obama wont get much information from Connie because she’s clueless and it’s Cheney who directed Connie. Now Obama need not go to the CIA as they messed up and got the information wrong. It was reported New York subways would be bombed but it was India not NY and it was hotels not subways. With 2/3 of the CIA agents gone as they walked out over the Valerie Plame Leak we have no one to translate information. Connie is only good for speaking Russian and playing the piano as her only Govenment job as Secretary of State was to carry memo’s from Cheney and Rummy she wouldn’t know Foreign Policy if it hit her in the face. The World Leaders laugh when she comes to visit because they know she’s clueless and just the messager.
Posted by: Jackie | November 28, 2008, 4:25 pm 4:25 pm
Keith: “Obama takes over on January 20th. He needs to learn when to shut up. Inexperience showing?”
Keith,
He needs to know his place? Is that it? You need to learn some damn respect for your country. These are trying times and all you can do is offer up your puke as an opinion. Bush is not doing anything. He’s too busy trying to save his legacy by revising history. I for one am thankful that we now have a grown up as President.
Posted by: Giveusfree | November 28, 2008, 4:50 pm 4:50 pm
This Mumbai attack is Bush’s last test/challenge…however all incoming presidents receive some test/disaster upon taking up office. Clinton did in 1993 with the FIRST World Trade Center bombing(and then flinched in the eye of danger by not going after Bin Laden BEFORE he went into deep hiding) and of course George W. was greeted with the second attack on the World Trade Centers on 9/11. Both Bill and George had less experience as an elected official when they first took as office, than Obama will. Neither George or Bill had ANY foreign policy or national security experience. At least Obama is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee and has traveled extensively abroad on behalf of the U.S. and he is also a member or a chairs of Senate subcommittee that deals extensively with NATO. Matter of fact Obama has more elected official experience than Ronald Reagan had and Jimmy Carter had when they first took office. He has more than Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Mitt Romeny and Rudy Guilliani. (yet only Obama’s experience is ever questioned).
Posted by: Progressive Gurl | November 28, 2008, 5:57 pm 5:57 pm
Michelle, your little boy needs direction – ABC / All Barack Channel will help you out with important issues like helping the kids make their mothers bed and picking out a dog – YAWN . He/Barry Sotero or Dunham needs your help locating his BIRTH CERTIFICATE – HEALTH RECORDS _ SCHOOL RECORDS – get that resolved first and stop disrespecting OUR CONSTITUTION – while you are at it – learn to Salute the Flag. Elected or not – you have no right to presidential info and January is still 2 months away.
Posted by: lotzahair | November 28, 2008, 6:42 pm 6:42 pm
It’s great the two are working together. The only way out for us all is to work together. We’re all in this together.
Posted by: jburke | November 28, 2008, 7:35 pm 7:35 pm
For those that continue to be suspicious of the authenticity of BO’s birth certificate or rant that he is not a US citizen, go to factcheck.org if you dare.
Still not convinced? I guess that you didn’t vote for BO and are still mad about the outcome of the election. As John McCain said during his appearance on Jay Leno, ‘The one thing I think Americans don’t want is a sore loser’.
Posted by: Bear | November 29, 2008, 1:36 am 1:36 am
B.O. media hound. Typical Dem. No class. No grace. Media made. Let’s see your (real) vault copy of Birth Certificate!!! (Any one of you want to predict how long his paternal grandmother will live? She’s the only one who knows his birth place because she was there. If I were she, I’d be worried.) What is he hiding? Trying to look presidential by offering condolences to the victims of Mumbai? We think you protest too much~ Your turn in January!
Posted by: LavieStand | November 29, 2008, 5:51 am 5:51 am
Patty: Illegal immigration is a vital part of the farm industry. Without them there would be no one to pick the apples, oranges, tomatoes etc. These people are the hardest of hardest workers you’ll ever see and doing jobs that Americans will not do. These are people that came from desperate situations and want to make a better way of life for their children. Are you sure your ancestors were wanted in the is country? Were they really hear legally. If they came here because of the potato famine they’re illegals. Yes, something has to be done about securing our border and I wish it would be done. I think most European Americans it’s a little bit of fear of being outnumbered and the American way of life will be lost-well Americans faces have always changed and we continously evolve welcome to being multicultural. I do, however, get a little annoyed when I can’t apply for a help wanted ad and have all the necessary qualifications except for one qualification and that is speaking Spanish fluently. These ads are cropping up more and more. When amnesty is given, the illegals will be required to read, write, speak English fluently. They will be required to be fingerprinted with their picture taken prior to and after the test-less cheating. Anyone caught in falsifying the passing of the test will do serious jail time.
Posted by: t42 | November 29, 2008, 8:31 am 8:31 am
Oh, ProgressiveGurl, you are entertaining on this bleak, rainy morning. You actually wrote, apparently with a straight face, in your gushing praise of Obama which, like so much of the praise that appears around here, is couched in putdowns of previous presidents: “At least Obama is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee and has traveled extensively abroad on behalf of the U.S. and he is also a member or a chairs of Senate subcommittee that deals extensively with NATO.” Oh, heaven forfend that we elect someone who is not a member of an important Senate committee. That’s where the real foreign policy work gets done, right? That’s hilarious. And you are serious when you mention his chairming a subcommittee on NATO? You do recall that it came up in the primaries that he had never gotten around to actually holding any hearings with that subcommittee, remember? Too busy running for president– Senate was always a stepping stone and once you’ve checked the box, no need to spend too much time on the minutia. Sorry, membership on the committee does not strike me as experience superior to leading a state (as did other presidents you denigrated) or serving in the military. Travelling the world with a Senate junket? Sometimes that’s a way to develop experience, sometimes not. Depends on the individual and what s/he puts into the trips.
“Matter of fact Obama has more elected official experience than Ronald Reagan had and Jimmy Carter had when they first took office. He has more than Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Mitt Romeny and Rudy Guilliani. (yet only Obama’s experience is ever questioned).” What on earth are you talking about? “elected official experience”? You mean he served in office somewhere at some level longer than those two men, who were both governors of large states who developed EXECUTIVE experience as a result? Funny, when people cited Palin’s long experience as a city commissioner and mayor, that experience was ridiculed. But you figure I’m supposed to get real excited about a few years in the Illinois state legislature– not in a leadership position, not in an executive capacity? Sorry, I don’t see that as some fabulous credential. Nothing wrong with it– don’t misunderstand me– just nothing great about it either. All the people you mention have developed leadership skills in a variety of ways– for example, Guiliani was a prosecutor before he was mayor; Hillary was a very involved first lady of Arkansas and the United States before she was elected Senator. So please don’t be so quick to put down these people in order to prop up Mr. Obama.
Experience can be compensated for, and he seems to be doing that with his Cabinet picks, which pleases me. It is not simply Obama’s lack of experience that gives me pause. Sometimes a fresh approach is needed– let us all hope that Obama has the right fresh approach to deal with the problems he will face effectively.
Posted by: moderate | November 29, 2008, 11:22 am 11:22 am
Gang, let’s be clear. Many of you are saying that Obama MUST make statements because Bush “has checked out” or “is useless” or “is just counting the days” or “has virtually quit.” That simply isn’t true. Bush is on the ball with the situation in India, as he is on the ball with the economic bailout and lots of other issues. He issues statements, he meets with advisors, he makes phone calls– just like Obama, except that it’s actually Bush’s job. He also holds national security meetings, sends assistance, and a myriad of other things, most of which we will not be told about. However, the press and the public show no interest in what he is doing– they rush to see what the Chosen One will say or do instead. Please do not assume that because you didn’t read on Mr. Tapper’s blog or see on the evening news precisely what the president is doing, that means he is not doing anything. Things actually do happen in Washington even when people are not pointing a microphone or a camera at the person who is acting.
Posted by: moderate | November 29, 2008, 11:31 am 11:31 am
Do anyone think that US should stay in the Middle East or get out all together?
Posted by: sisterdearest09 | November 29, 2008, 12:42 pm 12:42 pm
The following post is simply incredible:
Seems like Keith still can’t get over Obama’s win.
When the current President has virtually quit and isn’t saying or doing much, the next one on deck should say something. If that bothers some of you because you need to see Obama “stay in his place”, I suggest you build a time machine and go back to the 1940′s so you can build some self-esteem. Or, as you loved to tell blacks and Democrats over the years, “This is America, love it or leave it!”
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Posted by: shalom | November 29, 2008, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm
I wonder if the founders of this great nation thought that in 200 years our educated citizens would still be taking cheap shots at the President and President-Elect after the election. I wonder if the founders thought that if we would ever face a great crisis, that instead of working together, we be whining about who to blame.
Posted by: MikeMo1947 | November 30, 2008, 1:02 am 1:02 am
OH yeah, and both groups are trying to erase the concept of seperation of church/mosque and state.
Posted by: Bush IQ is that of a squirrel | November 30, 2008, 6:03 am 6:03 am