Mr. Obama…the only thing you need to know is that counterinsurgencies are unwinnable…and therefore the only thing that needs refining is how much faster Our Best & Finest can get home from SW Asia, i.e., from both Afghanistan and Iraq.

So, please get on with it and stop saying things that can be construed as reneging and turning republican red.

I can’t wait for November 4th, so that all this slip-of-the-tongue stuff can come to an end.

January 20th can’t come soon enough to suit me…and the 100 days thereafter.

OK Jack

Sophia Paloma Dow
http://www.healingcolombia.org

It is like saying that the federal government can not denied funds to David Duke because he discriminate against minorities.

Either recieve federal government money and stop discriminating or do not recieve any money and discriminate.

the first amendment gives to the right to freedom of speech but that did not give you the right to yell fire in a crowded theatre.

I don’t know what is unclear about “this Constitution” and the Bill of Rights. I don’t know what is unclear about the President of the United States’ oath to protect and defend the aforesaid.

It’s all very clear to me.

Mr. Obama appears to be waffling on my first amendment rights and on separation of religion and government. Additionally, he seems to be waffling on getting Our Best & Finest…Our Sons & Daughters out of SW Asia.

I liked the democrat presidential candidate better when he was clear, concise and consistent. I am suspicious of him now.

OK Jack

P.S. I hope that Mr. Obama gets his act together soon…and that he chooses Jim Webb as his vice presidential running mate. While I respect General Clark, I think that Mr. Webb is the better choice. I like the fact that Mr. Webb personally stood up to Mr. Bush on the issue of Our Sons & Daughters in SW Asia (namely Mr. Webb’s Son). Incidentally, I saw nothing disrespectful about General Clark’s assessment of Captain McCain’s military career before and after the senator’s time as a POW. I think that Mr. Schieffer’s putting words in General Clark’s mouth was inappropriate. Of course, I was surprised that General Clark took the bait. I also think that General Clark was a bit self-serving on his differentiation between his wartime command time and Captain McCain’s postwar command time.

Good article.

Obama’s ‘nuanced’ speech pretty much nullified his ’support’ for the faith based initiative simply because he wants to tell religious charities that they have to hire people that are not of their religion. What then are religious charities for but to be a representation of who they are and what they believe–which is a form of evangelization in istelf, ie, setting an example.

Mr. Obama won’t get any traction at all from the right and maybe even the left. The center will certainly applaud due to their ‘fence sitting’ character of not being all for one side or another, but a mix.