And that is true but check out what Obama is doing to sharpen his skills...
Crooks and Liars:
This afternoon, Ohio Sen. George Voinovich (R), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reportedly “scoffed” when a reporter asked if he thought Barack Obama has the foreign policy chops to be the next president.
“He hasn’t any experience in foreign policy,” Voinovich said of Obama, his colleague on the Foreign Relations Committee. “Give me a break.” No word on whether Voinovich was similarly dismissive of Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and Fred Thompson, all of whom have similar, or less, experience than Obama on matters of foreign policy. (For that matter, it’s also unclear if Voinovich had the same attitude towards George W. Bush and/or Ronald Reagan, neither of whom had any foreign policy experience during their respective campaigns.)
People can certainly come to their own conclusions about Obama’s background and skills. But it’s worth noting that the senator is currently working behind the scenes, reportedly on a daily basis, to help stem the post-election violence in Kenya, where his father was born and where his grandmother still lives.
On January 1, two days before the Iowa caucuses, Obama left a message for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. According to Robert Gibbs, Obama’s Communications Director, Rice called back “as we were driving from Sioux City to Council Bluffs on January 1. They talked about the situation and Rice asked Obama to tape a Voice of America message calling for calm.” Obama taped the message on January 2, after a rally in Davenport, Iowa. […]
On January 3, the day of the caucuses, he had a conversation with Bishop Desmond Tutu, who had flown to Nairobi to see if he could begin negotiations with the factions. In the days since his Iowa victory, Obama has had near-daily conversations with the U.S. Ambassador in Kenya or with opposition leader Raila Odinga. As of late this afternoon, before his rally in Rochester, N.H., Obama was trying to reach Kenyan President Kibaki.
I know this doesn’t fit nicely into the no-experience narrative, but this actually counts as some pretty substantive — and very relevant — foreign policy experience.
Crooks and Liars:
This afternoon, Ohio Sen. George Voinovich (R), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reportedly “scoffed” when a reporter asked if he thought Barack Obama has the foreign policy chops to be the next president.
“He hasn’t any experience in foreign policy,” Voinovich said of Obama, his colleague on the Foreign Relations Committee. “Give me a break.” No word on whether Voinovich was similarly dismissive of Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and Fred Thompson, all of whom have similar, or less, experience than Obama on matters of foreign policy. (For that matter, it’s also unclear if Voinovich had the same attitude towards George W. Bush and/or Ronald Reagan, neither of whom had any foreign policy experience during their respective campaigns.)
People can certainly come to their own conclusions about Obama’s background and skills. But it’s worth noting that the senator is currently working behind the scenes, reportedly on a daily basis, to help stem the post-election violence in Kenya, where his father was born and where his grandmother still lives.
On January 1, two days before the Iowa caucuses, Obama left a message for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. According to Robert Gibbs, Obama’s Communications Director, Rice called back “as we were driving from Sioux City to Council Bluffs on January 1. They talked about the situation and Rice asked Obama to tape a Voice of America message calling for calm.” Obama taped the message on January 2, after a rally in Davenport, Iowa. […]
On January 3, the day of the caucuses, he had a conversation with Bishop Desmond Tutu, who had flown to Nairobi to see if he could begin negotiations with the factions. In the days since his Iowa victory, Obama has had near-daily conversations with the U.S. Ambassador in Kenya or with opposition leader Raila Odinga. As of late this afternoon, before his rally in Rochester, N.H., Obama was trying to reach Kenyan President Kibaki.
I know this doesn’t fit nicely into the no-experience narrative, but this actually counts as some pretty substantive — and very relevant — foreign policy experience.
5 comments:
well, lol. i guess it depends on who you surround yourself with and if you listen to them. obama with a richardson for SOS, would be doing better than the condi.
I second that Markie. Bill Richardson would make an excellent SOS. A pet rock might do better than Shug. At least a pet rock couldn't make anyone angry or make anything worse.
Maybe one of you guys ( Markie or Mr. Kitty) can tell me how a Senator gets involved in handling a Forgien Country. I understand Senator Obama's concern as it's the town his Dad is from in Africa. Yet we hear he makes a call to Connie Rice and discuss settling problems. As she suggest he make a tape. Who's in charge? I read Lieberman contacted Musharraf and was given information that the nukes are safe. Who's next and where's the Defense Secretary and the people that handle these problems. Is Obama so busy with the problems in Africa that he has time between campaigning to talk to the Bush Administation yet he can't get back to DC for bills being voted for his State. All I read about is how bad Illinois is doing yet Senator Obama doesn't have time for the State but he makes time for Africa. Now I'm all for keeping up with what's going on but shouldn't the people of Illinois be first and others after that. Will the relationship between Connie and Obama lead to Connie staying on during the Obama Adminstration and who else from the Bush Administration will be part of the Obama Administration.
You guys get back to me on this one I'm a little confused.
LOL! You guys are so bad on Girlfriday. Even Mr. Kitty would do a better job than Condi.
Going through Shug is the equivalent of asking permission from the boss before helping out another department with their problem. Obama can't just call Kenya; that would be going over Shug's head. He's stuck with talking to her.
Baloneybitch, IL Senate Majority Leader Emil "ComEd Backpocket" Jones, and IL House Majority Leader Mike "Daddy" Madigan are all hopeless. Obama has a much better shot of saving lives in Kenya, stopping Global Warming, freeing Tibet, beating Tiger Woods at golf, winning the Miss America Pageant, and making peace with the Israelis and Palestinians that he does cleaning up the idiots in Springfield, Illinois.
It's called picking your battles.
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