A cast of hundreds: Who isn’t an Obama foreign policy adviser?!
So Barack Obama has 300 foreign policy advisers.
300.
That’s quite a carbon footprint. But he needs that many–not just to compensate for his complete lack of foreign policy chops, but because he throws so many of his advisers and acolytes off the bus each week. Gotta have padding.
Jennifer Rubin points out that the man who subscribes to the Winnie the Pooh School of Foreign Policy is on the list and adds:
Most troubling is the possibility that the performance of the campaign’s foreign policy apparatus is a preview of the Obama administration’s foreign policy apparatus. There are apparently hundreds (if not thousands) of folks waiting to join the State and Defense Departments who hold beliefs that defy evidence and logic. They honestly believe that Iraq is unimportant, unconditional direct talks with Iran will unlock the promise of world peace, we can talk up protectionism at home without scaring our trading partners, and the less input from military commanders in war zones the better.
Take your pick as to which theory makes the most sense. But 300? I guess it takes a lot of people to script a foreign trip so tightly that there is no room for a gaffe.
To quote from one of the Obama camp’s favorite foreign policy texts, “Pooh’s Little Instruction Book:” “Those who are clever, who have a brain, never understand anything.”
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The Dao of Pooh!
Someone who knows what the f^&* they are talking about.
“Oh bother!”
Chubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff!
Thank you for a photograph worthy of being remembered in the same way that Dukakis in the tank is.
This can’t be true because Obama is wiser than McCain… lgm said so.
The Spartans had 300 willing to die for freedom.
We have 300 feckless academics eager to become bureaucrats.
Is lgm one of the 300 too?
Now if he had 300 Spartans, then he’d be doing something!
I assume he’s gearing up to fight the Persians at Thermopylae…or at least negotiate with them without preconditions.
Nope. Just switch from one bureaucracy to another is all. Look at what wonders they have done with academia.
Beat me to it Chedder
Looks like we all had Spartans on the mind. I need to refresh more often or type faster.
“Understand them.” We’ve got to “understand them.”
Now we just need a photo shopped image with lawyers and bureaucrats waving white flags and pens instead of weapons.
Now we just need a photoshop of Obama with a Spartan helmet and
Pooh BearChe T-shirt on in front of 300 Piglets cowering behind him holding olive branchs with the words hope and change wrapped around them while being surrounded by 5 million jihadis with their curved scimitars.Wow, AG,
You really went for it.
And Taylork takes the prize for the first 300 spartans reference. Beat me to it
The democrat party is first, last, and always a job machine. The first law a democrat congress enacts is the Unqualified Intellectuals Full Employment Act. This is why no matter what the bickering among the various factions, they all come together at election day. In a sense Hilary did not really lose. There will be a lot of Clintonistas (as well as RINOs, of course) in the next Administration (more in Obama’s than McCain, but the difference will be in degree, not kind).
Ooops, I guess I missed #7. Sorry Lifeofthemind, props for the quick 300 reference and Rogue Cheddar too, man y’all are quick.
Why is it that every other day there’s something new about the Obama campaign that is ripe for parody, yet late night comedians say they just can’t seem to find anything funny about Obama?
Oh that’s right, they’re all liberal hacks.
Not to worry. It’s only a matter of time before we hear:
“That’s not the Pooh I knew.”
Well we now know what one of Obama’s hobbies is: he collects Bobble Head Dolls & has 300 of them. Does he go to swap meets on Saturday to trade them & get unique ones, or does he just have 300 of the same one with a vacant stare & no thoughts? Inquiring minds would like to know.
I suppose if they were to dress Madeline Albright up in a Spartan uniform it could scare everyone into submission.
Sorry for the image.
A sign of the bloated govt to come if he is elected.
I wonder who many of these “advisors” or lobbiests or donors.
Yet Obama still can’t get it right. Pathetic.
WHEW!
You’re pulling out all the stops on that one, AG.
Just our luck. Out of his 300, Obama will probably end up taking advice from the traitorous hunchback, Ephialtes.
Look! Obama wants to dig this dude up and clone him. ‘A’ number one advisor in foreign policy. Can’t go wrong with this guy!
They get there news from MSM…thats why. I’ve seen much funnier jokes on this site than from the late night comedians. Thanks for the laugh all.
Yikes! Sounds like taylork’s reference in post #24 with Albright. *shiver*
Oops. #24 preceeds #29. Like minds!
Darnit, people beat me to the 300 references
From what I hear, his advisory horde includes everyone from the Hundred Acre Wood, every cast member of High School Musical, all the major characters from Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2, and the Gummi Bears.
Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers are currently vying for roles in Homeland Security. Gadget, however, is still unavailable for comment on the matter.
Scrooge McDuck also turned down a role for Sec. of Treasury, saying he couldn’t swim in money that the government clearly didn’t have, and that his money bin would miss him too much.
/sarc off
From Die Hard Obama’s kind of advisor, Harry Ellis:
The bad guys are going to eat these fools for lunch.
I hope they have their Beano®. It’s sure to cause some transference of gaseous emissions and that can’t be good for the carbon footprint.
It isn’t even a coherent group that is falling in behind him. An Assertive Realist like Mearshiemer along with Institutional Liberals and Soft Power advocates? Obama is counting on timing to get him over the finish line before the wheels come off his contraption. All that they have is a hatred of the “Neo-cons” meaning Jews who liked or had heard of Dick Cheney. This is a swamp of failure, resentment, entitlement and bigotry.
Obama just likes to surround himself with his “court” of subjects. Gives him warm fuzzies all over.
taylork …
Albright is bad enough but what I am afraid of is that you would see Janet Reno standing next to her …
Okay…double yikes!
Pooh Bear say: “Bear that is stuck in honey pot has his a$$ in jam.”
Pooh Bear say: “Man who behaves like Obamessiah will be the butt of those who crack jokes.“
Pooh Bear say: “Obama say too damn much.“
Man, I wish W could run for a third term so America could be safe and prosperous.
Obama has a large well functioning staff of experts helping him with foreign policy. It must be working since his understanding of foreign policy is far stronger than McCain’s. For example, Obama knew that adding forces to Afghanistan meant taking them from Iraq. He knows that Bratislava and Prague are not in the same country.
After 8 years of disastrous Bush amateurism and incompetence, it seems strange to make fun of the one who wants to do it right.
I guess Obummer takes his advice from just about everyone. Does he consult the regular Joe Schmoe on the street? Perhaps, consult the opinion polls? I guess, since he was “right” about the Iraq War all along, then why did he change his position about the surge? Opinion polls? Nahhhhh.
How much is he informally consulting the likes of folks like Ayers and the terrorists who approve of him overseas, Hezbollah and Hamas?
Pooh Bear say: When you hold the hands of terrorists, you are the best of friends!
Just how much are each of these wonderful advisers going to make?
The bloat in just this area alone shows what kinda Messiah government we are going to have.
It will be the moveon.org folks running our country. Boy will that stink on ice.
I think Brian Williams of NBC News is Obama’s chief foreign policy advisor. Mr. Williams says he is unbiased with a straight face. Yet Williams has been a proud Democrat his entire life. A few months ago, C-Span did a program from Lyndon Johnson’s presidential library. The curator of the Johnson Library showed a letter written to then President Johnson by young Brian Williams in which Williams told President Johnson that he (Williams) “is a Democrat”. This is the same Brian Williams who on his blog likened Ahmedinejad to George Washington. Williams is accompanying Obama on the Obama magical mystery tour of Europe and the MidEast. Williams is likely cheerleading for Obama. Maybe Williams can get a special othopedic pillow for Barack.
The 300 pales in comparison to the 800 advisors tasked with the job of informing Obama on how to correctly use the toilet.
lgm,
300 is way too many cooks. Just a bunch of fools unable to make a decisive decision. Or just deciding not to decide.
Stuck on Stupid.
See? I knew lgm had to be one of the 300! Look at how defensive he is over it all.
Yeah. Imagine my surprise, when Obama reassured us that Iran is only a minor threat. I was so relieved that it isn’t the major concern that so many experts have sounded the alarm on. Idiot.
Lgm a vote for Obama is truly like a chicken casting a vote for Colonel Sanders.
McCain has been a expert at foreign policy for centuries by the way.
I would again point out a few things, though i do not disagree with your assessment in regards to bush AND mccain both not being 100% on this.
First, i’d rather have someone who didnt know Bratislava, to someone who thinks we have 58 states.
I would also like to mention that if we ever need to invade piglet’s house, that Obama would absolutely be the first person we should go to. And when eeyore gets out of hand, Obama is our man for diplomacy. And when Christopher Robin becomes a member of Al Qaeda, I have no doubt that Obama would have him taken out.
/sarc off
We have no idea where Barack Hussein Obama stands on issues, and neither do our worried allies. Behind the hype, I bet our allies, such as Angela Merkel, are going to be demanding for him to state where he actually stands on foreign policy. This uncertainty scares the world to death (except our enemies). Our allies always prefer Republicans to be leading the country and the world.
lgm is just lucky he lives in SF. There’s nothing there that terrorists place any value on. His vote probably won’t cost him his life, but it may kill me in NYC.
Clown!
I’m convinced. lgm is the President of code pink.
McCain is old but he’s not that old.
I know what you meant… just couldn’t resist.
I read somewhere that he was the co-founder of CP.
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Is it me or does every time you read one of lgm’s posts you feel like they should begin with “this one time at band camp?” Maybe it’s just me.
From the nationalreview.com:
No Paperwork For Obama Grants From 1997 To 2000
From the Chicago Sun-Times article on grants distributed by then-state-legislator Barack Obama.
(Records from 1997 to 2000 weren’t available.)
There’s a shock.
His state legislative office records may have been thrown out, he told us.
He’s never released a specific list of law clients, instead giving a list of all of his firm’s clients, numbering several hundred each year. His campaign will only confirm representation when the media comes to them with a specific case.
He won’t release his application to the state bar. He’s never released any legal or billing records to verify that he only did a few hours of work for a nonprofit tied to Tony Rezko.
He’s never released any medical records, just a one-page letter from his doctor.
Does it bother anyone that a guy with political ambitions for his entire adult life has not left a paper trail?
JT,
But, but, he’s more ethical than McCain… lgm said so – so it must be true.
lgmthese so called experts have already lead this country to disaster. Obama can’t throw them under the bus fast enough. If the Republican’s just keep running ads showing the Clinton policy team and warning “They’re Back.” McCain might win.
Unfortunately, lgm lives in NYC, where you are.
LGM, so it doesn’t bother you that with 300 advisors he still sticks to a polcy that the generals on the ground say they can’t carry out? (The generals on the ground say a 16 month withdrawal is impossiable)
LGM states desperately:
Huh?! Check out the latest “gaffe” from Barack. Stupid Barack Hussein Obama, who looks like a kid in a suit with big ears next to Winnie the Pooh, needs 300 history advisers as well. Boy, what a dummy!
From Hot Air:
He believes ONE bomb fell on Pearl Harbor! The guy doesn’t even have the education of an eighth grader. No wonder he needs 300 foreign policy advisers.
Band camp stories are easier to listen to than lgm’s diatribes, 30.
Sorry for some reason I thought the idiot was in SF. Must be his pinko posts. I forgot NYC is loaded with moonbats too.
The man simply can’t call aggression, aggression. “A bomb fell…” that sounds harmless enough. Idiot.
Gabe, that HotAir quote is right up there with wee Jimmy Carter’s “Inordinate Fear of Communism.” The frustrating thing is that rarely has a campaign offered so many self destructive things to run against as the Democrats present now, and the Republicans are not taking advantage of it. This race should not even be close.
I can’t believe this neophyte may actually become president.
And it’s unbelievable that the media has bought into this phony. And how his followers (groupies) fawn at every word he spews.
Empty suit. That’s all he is. This is the scariest election I’ve ever seen.
I guess I should modify my photoshop recommendations to include lgm’s head on one of the 300 piglets cowering behind Obama.
Lifeofthemind,
Unfortunately, Republicans (some, not all) feel they must tread carefully when dealing with Obama and “attack ads.” As it is everything is all about race with Obama. They don’t want to be viewed (and unfairly portrayed) as attacking his policies and having that misconstrued as an attack on his race.
I say they should hit him hard and often. But what do I know….
Obama’s advice team:
Life of the Mind states:
Susan Estrich states the poll numbers are actually bad for Obama right now and that she is very worried. With all the love the MSM bestows on Obama, the numbers should be much higher than they are right now. Dukakis was 20 points higher than Bush at one stage.
It looks like McCain is getting more aggressive, which is a good sign.
I really wish that they would put together a string of Obama gaffes and make a campaign commercial out of it. . .as well as his constant changing of positions. He is a really weak and thoroughly Marxist candidate.
JT, it is scary that the MSM cares nothing about Obama’s deception. Conservatives need a campaign commercial about what Obama is hiding and why he won’t be forthright about his past.
Attending band camp (something I’ve done) is a learning experience. Listening to lgm or lgm spouting off about foreign policy is like your brain on drugs. Unfortunately, Obummer/lgm (Obummer’s online spokesperson?) need a bell curve to help them pass their foreign policy training.
Oh, 30, listening to lgm and his thoughtless comments on foreign policy makes me disappointed that yet another clueless lib is educating the American public in some way. I’m astounded that any of his students can apply mathematics correctly.
Turning away from the military and withdrawing from Iraq precipitously will bite the libs (if they have any foresight at all…. yeah, I know that I’m full of wish) and the thoughtless American people who can’t even read their own mortgage contracts or balance their own budgets.
30 pieces of silver, well said.It is the feminization of political conflict. Obama does it better than Hillary did. He just substitutes race for gender but it is the same shtick to preemptively disarm your opponent.
Obama would be better off with John “Bluto” Blutarsky than many of the 300 he has now, I suspect.
This only works if you allow it to.
Burack HUSSAIN HUSSAIN HUSSAIN Obama is full of pooh!
With upfront apologies for a lengthy post here goes …
OK lgm …
let’s compare W’s foreign policy results with Bill’s …
North Korea:
Clinton … Agreements with no monitoring or enforcement … North Korea develops nuclear capabilities under Clinton … Basketballs and Caviar …
Bush … Multi-Party (6) pressure and sanctions from North Koreas neighbors … Korea now folding and suspending nuclear activities … all of which will be monitored and confirmed …
Libya:
Clinton … Qaddafi spits in the USA’s face … supports terrorists that blow up airliners and murder hijacked plane passengers … including US military passengers …
Bush … Uses military action to put Qaddafi in his place … Qaddafi gives up all of his nuclear materials and goes sulking into obscurity …
Iraq:
Clinton … All talk … no action … sat on his butt while Saddam told the USA and your beloved UN to take all of their resolutions and shove them …
Bush … Called Saddam’s bluff … freed the millions of citizens of Iraq is giving them a chance at a new life of self goverment …
Terrorism:
Clinton … (just listing the major ones)
1st WTC Bombing … response … none against those responsible from outside of USA …
Khobar Towers Bombing … response … none …
USS Cole Bombing … response … none …
Bush:
WTC attack on 9/11 … response … declared war on terror, terrorists, and terrorism sponsors world-wide … took action in Afghanistan to remove the Taliban from power and took action to ensure that Saddam (who it turned out had been duping the entire world and all of it’s intelligence agencies) could not supply nuclear or biological materials to terrorists, such as Al Qaeda …
No further attacks on American soil since …
Now … whose foreign policy has been the most productive ? …
Okay. It looks like the gauntlet has been thrown down on another thread for the PhotoShoppers to take a turn today.
No, no, make him the traitorous hunchback.
You just know John McCain is hoping for a huge bump in the polls, once the BO throws the Pooh under the bus.
This reminds of the Rodney Dangerfield movie where he plays the successful entrepreneur of big and tall menswear. He shoots a commercial. In it he says that if you want to look skinny, surround yourself with people who are fatter than you are.
OTOH, if you subscribe to the principle that the boss never surrounds himself with people more competent than himself, then Obama’s advisors may be 300 idiots – or TV newspeople, whatever.
chsw
Wouldn’t even need a new photoshop for that, someone else already has his head on the picture of a troll underneath a bridge. Could just recycle that one
Emjem, is lgm a math teacher? If so, I’ll bet you anything that lgm is this type of math teacher. . .the one that believes that math can promote socialism. From the New York Post article “Math and Marxism” by Sol Stern about the wacky New York city math teachers, such as lgm:
Maybe this is lgm:
Hey, lgm, is this the kind of math teacher you are? Did you attend this conference last year?
That one would be courtesy of Blind_Mule.
lgm said:
Hopefully those soldiers moving from Iraq to Afghanistan have picked up some Arabic; Obama thinks that may come in handy for them there. *eyeroll*
Please. Obama didn’t even know that Arabic was NOT a major language of Afghanistan. A 10 year old could have found that on Wikipedia. (Those languages, btw? Dari and Pashto.)
abstractmind:
All this made me think of was Sora and Roxas holding hands… ^_^!
sonofdy said (#65):
That’s not exactly what the article said. There are 300 people involved with foreign policy advice in some way. Not all of them give advice every day. Some are administrative staff. Others are experts on things (like specific small countries) that don’t come up every day. It would be better to call it a foreign policy advice network. All accounts say it works very well.
I’m not aware of a general saying 16 months is impossible. And even if there were a General on the record, I would doubt his independence from the White House.
And thanks for discussing the issue without unnecessary insults or photoshop pictures or anatomical references.
Really? Strangely enough, that isn’t how I read it.
Nope. Still not seeing…
Maybe you should log in and suggest your name change for it?
Anyone who maintains 300 advisors is not looking for advice, he is looking for an audience.
That’s quite a posse of peeps. A “Pooh’s Peep Posse”?
Nope, it’s a weenie roast. And he’s about to get his chestnuts roasted on an open fire.
LGM
Report on the 16 month timetable thing.
Taht would still mean 300 people who advise him on forgien policy, or 300 advisors. LGM you are going to have to accept that Obama is not going to be good on everything. Liberals have set him up to be some sort of god like figure that can do no wrong, the trouble is when people like that get exposed as humans, people lose faith fast. I am not a huge McCain supporter, but if you are willing to see beyond his image, you will see Obama is worse.
Then you’re a moron with your head in the sand. Stick to your fuzzy math dude. Pfffft.
Let’s do the math that lgm the math Prof hasn’t done. Check my numbers – I’m notorius.
300 advisors. If they each had a minute of advice (and that’s more than enough for most of them) per day, isn’t that 5 hours a day of advice? OK, they don’t call every day because he doesn’t really want any advice…so yeah Jim, it’s an audience. I believe the 50,000 who will worship him during his acceptance speech are also advisers.
Gee, 300 advisers! One from every country? Reminds me of the “how many people does it take to change a lightbulb” jike.
I don’t know if you saw his student named Chap on the 50 billion Aid bill but his math (and logic) skills fall short of my 9 year olds.