Obama Needs a History Lesson

Real Clear Politics by Jack Kelly | May. 10, 2008 (Opinion)

In defending his stated intent to meet with America's enemies without preconditions, Sen. Obama said: "I trust the American people to understand that it is not weakness, but wisdom to talk not just to our friends, but to our enemies, like Roosevelt did, and Kennedy did, and Truman did."

That he made this statement, and that it passed without comment by the journalists covering his speech indicates either breathtaking ignorance of history on the ... Full Story »

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Dale Penn
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 by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a story that had been on the conservative blogs for several days prior to Mr. Kelly's post. It speculates, in a transparently biased manner, as to Obama's intended references when invoking FDR, Kennedy and Truman. This may spark an interest in historical review of diplomatic measures taken by these Presidents - and likely points to the next plan of attack on Obama by conservatives. It will be interesting to see how Obama deals with this latest vetting exercise. This blog post appears to be a very relevant hit job - as the "experience" issue begins to bubble to the surface.

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