July 19, 2008 12:00 PM
Bill Kristol: Obama is so unqualified
It's FOX NEWS SUNDAY, which means more idiocy with William the Bloody. Too bad for Bill that Maliki endorsed Obama's Iraq plan of withdrawal---which basically makes him out to look more ridiculous than he normally does. There are no warmongering mountains too high for William the Bloody to climb. He's going way over the top with his attacks of Obama.
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Kristol: ...I never before running for President in a time of war who was so unqualified to be Commander in Chief. No, I don't mean that in a polemical way.
Bill keeps his hate going.
Kristol and FOX to America: "If you thought we had nothing for you before, just wait for the next 5 months."
In William the Bloody's world, all American values should be suspended "in a time of war", even if that war is undeclared. He is a real-deal American Fascist.
Well people, try to understand this fucking idiot. After all, it's a job. He has to say something, whatever, in order to earn his money. Even idiots have to earn a living.
Drip, drip, drip every passing day washes our honds of the Mideast. All of the Mideast.
NEOCON propaganda continues
I wonder how Bloody Bill manages to keep the smile on his face while he spouts his fatuous talking points. He's too smart to believe what he says, yet he keeps at it year after year. Is it really just for the paycheck? Is he a sociopath? Has he somehow convinced himself that it's okay for him to lie and smear? I'd love to know. I also wouldn't mind seeing him fall down a manhole.
It seems to me that Obama is more qualified than McCain in many ways especially when it comes to Afghanistan. Recall Obama's call to shift more forces from Iraq to Afghanistan? Well there is a reason for that as we see from the below article. This is what you learn when you attend briefings on military situations. Maybe McCain should attend one or two. He just might learn something.:
Petraeus: Al-Qaeda may be easing effort in Iraq
BAGHDAD - After intense U.S. assaults, al-Qaeda may be considering shifting focus to its original home base in Afghanistan, where American casualties are running higher than in Iraq, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said yesterday.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20080720_Petraeus__Al-Qaeda_may_...
Who really cares what this shit-head thinks? Krystol's DISMAL track record speaks for itself. Actually, WHY is this man in the news at all?
What war?
I'm beginning to think that Obama is unqualified. It's just that McCain (at this point) is a little more unqualified.
I mean, face it, Obama should have a 30% lead over McCain in the polls, with all the ways the Repubs have screwed up this country, and with 85% dissatisfied with the direction it's going.
Was George Bush "qualified'?
End of discussion.
At this point no one should even bother reporting what Kristol says.
All this crap is about protecting Bush. Can't have someone smarter show up that dimwit and all his failed policies.
George Bush wasn't really “qualified," either. He brought in the big brains like Rove, Cheney, Perle, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, and Bremer to do the big thinking. Look what they got us.
RW @ 8:
I was thinking the same thing.
And what makes Bill Krapstoll qualified to make an assertion about Obumas qualifications?
The guy is a lying hack and a propagandist.
Here we go with that phrase "in a time of war." Remember, back when Bush was running for his second term, the right wing talking point was "we can't change presidents during a time of war." The logical thing for Republicans to do is to keep these wars going, or start a war every time there is a presidential election. And I also remember that the Republicans had no problem voting for such an empty suit like Bush.
theWalrus @ 12:
good question and good answer
the president surrounds himself with people as part of the
decision making......i need to look up Lincolns experience
i believe it's similiar
Bloody Bill Krapstool is a gutless turd.
"in time of war" that really, really pisses me off. We wouldn't be "in war" if it weren't for the very unqualified George W. Bush. The country is falling apart at every level yet, high paid idiots like Kristol keep promoting war and more war. Let the smiling freak pick up some inferior gear and put his ass on the line in Iraq or Afghanistan. Then we will see how much the freak enjoys war.
What is this "Commander-In-Chief" bullshit? Does America exist in a perpetual state of WAR? Jesus, when every other country sings along with their national anthem, it's not like America trots out her flag with a military cadre accompanying it and -- oh wait
I don't think Obama will be the next president. Why ? It's so obvious. The repubs say, "Obama has not done X !!! therefore he's not qualified to be president."
Then the weak dems say "Oh my God !! Obama GO DO X !!! Go DO X !!!" Then Obama does X. Then the Repubs say on Nat'l TV, "FINALLY Obama has done X ! but the BIG question is why WHY did it take so long for him to do the responsible thing ??" "Osama/ Obama has finally become responsible and done X . Good for him. The question that has to be addressed here is why it took Osama Obama so long to become responsible and act responsibly." I think 1/2 of America is falling for this crap. McCain is clearly psychotic but Obama has only a slight lead with just a few months to go. That shows how BEYOND STUPID 1/2 the American people are. Now all the McCain supporting corporations have to do is pour millions of dollars into McCain's campaign and he'll win (even if it's by stealing the election which W did so easilyTWICE). The weak but oh so polite democrats should have at least tried to impeach and imprison. Watch, McCain will be the Pres. in 2009 or Bush will refuse to leave office.....Martial law or something ....so in 2009 - the Pres. will be a Repub and the Dems are gonna slap their foreheads and say "Why the *&%# were we so <+;% polite ????????????????" "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!"
Should we ever again listen to what this man says?
Before the Iraq war he wrote in a book:
"According to one estimate, initially as many as 75,000 troops may be required to police the war's aftermath, at a cost of $16 billion a year. As other countries' forces arrive, and as Iraq rebuilds its economy and political system, that force could probably be drawn down to several thousand soldiers after a year or two."
Well, after 5 years there we have 150,000 troops there and it costs about $16 billion a month.
Has there ever been a journalist so unqualified to give his opinion?
Is this wee willy krystol(nacht's) love-child on the far right?
http://mobydiskrecords.net/images/Nightmare_Before_Christmas_Sticker_LOC...
As noted, all one has to do is look at Bush II's pre-selection experience. As I recall he didn't even know who the "President" of Pakistan was (and I'd wager he couldn't have placed it on a map as well). Had he even been out of the country? Heaven knows he'd never been to Vietnam...
Requirements for a President
Article II - US Constitution
* be a natural-born citizen of the United States;
* be at least thirty-five years old;
* have been a permanent resident in the United States for at least fourteen years.
Obama
* Born August 4, 1961, at the Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii,
* Born August 4, 1961 = 46
* Has been living in the states since 1971.
Looks like he's plenty qualified to me. If he's not qualified then Mr. McCain, who was born at the Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936 isn't qualified either.
As long as Mideast leaders like Democrats it does not matter what anyone says. The Republicans are the party of Imperialism and war. And as long as everyone knows this then the ballot box is all that matters. You can vote for war or you can vote for peace. And the Republicans are about to be wiped from the face of the earth.
Geraldo @ 21:
Good question :
The answer : Americans are now brainwashed to believe that the world is FULL of evil enemies that need to be destroyed. The main function of the President is to kill the EVIL ONES. There are secondary fuctions of the Pres. but a president really is the same thing as main commander of the armed forces. I'll bet that is what many 10 year old American children think.
After Wanton Boy -- eminently unsuitable, a moron way out of his depth -- anybody is qualified.
Shut up, Kristol, you sanguinary sap.
You're on fire, Walrus!
I echo you: What war?
There never has been a "war." On "terra," that is. Iraq was and is a unilateral, unprovoked, illegal and immoral invasion and occupation. Or, as Mike Malloy puts it, the murder of a sovereign nation, with men and women and children and animals blown to red mist.
Period.
Joe O. @ 7:
seems to me thier is no justifyable reason to send troops into afganistan other then to promote more agression towards another country, get out of iraq completly and get out of afganistan any who are for sending more troops to either countrys are fachists !
What EXACTLY is this era known as "The Time of War" ? Seriously, left to these right wing nuts, they will always start some form of war on a foreign country every 4 years just so as to convince those narrow minded voters ( Sean Hannity ) who can't look past this oh so BLATANT form of Fear Mongering to help defeat this War Politics and bring some form of Accountability and Trust to our Government.
BigIslandDave @ 29:
Goes well with what I thought he was: a pusillanimous prevaricator.
Obama Derangement Syndrome
I meant the one with the axe, not the cute little bug.
Oh no!
The ghost of Spiro Agnew
Is haunting this thread!!!
Otay @ 10:
Otay @ 11:
Yup, wait 'til the full-scale sleazy right-wing attack campaign starts up. The whole nine yards of Willie Horton/SwiftVet/Madrassa-myth/terrorist-sympathizer/dope-smoker/negotiate-with-the-enemy/America-hating slanders.
It's going to be a long four months.
mccain's primetime has past i'm not disrespectful to seniors but
he couldn't beat bush in 2000.....bush who had weak texas governor
experience.......mccain is 72yo next month... we need to make sure we
celebrate his birthday big with the public........the public has to understand
mccain is 72 going on 78
Following up with Jimboslice's offering: I submit the article is mis-titled. The title SHOULD be: "Bill Kristol is not qualified"
I can't think of another prominent pundit who has been MORE wrong MORE often.
BigIslandDave @30
Boy, do you hit the nail on the head.
Otay @ 11:
i disagree the country is in conservative mode from the war mentality.
who is the expert on what obama's lead should be.......he had a long battle
against hillary people are just getting to know him.....mccain will take us the wrong way......as he will follow bush and the NEOCONs
I think the Zionists must have some really really embarrassing photographs of Bill.
Yes, Obama will be the least unqualified commander-in-chief in a time of war since, oh, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Actually, it's Bush who's the most unqualified to be Commander In Chief during a time of war.
as is Billy Kristol
if its not in a "polemical way" then why is he on a talking heads show? what is he saying, its a self evident truth that is beyond argument? One could say electing a senile old fart who sings beach boys songs about bombing people is by default disqualified as well, for sheer jackassery.
constituent @ 41:
That may be what the beltway bobbleheads and dimbulbed Dem strategists think, but the reality is quite different. The country is more left-leaning than it has been in a long time.
From a man who was wrong about EVERYTHING, which is equivalent to a 0.00 GPA...but the fact that he keeps on appearing on these Sunday talk shows in the ELITIST media shows the wingnut affirmative action that is going on...
Kwazy Kwystol Kwalification: ignore a daily briefing titled "Bin Laden determined to strike in U.S."
ucsbclassics53 @ 48:
I read an article recently which stated that it is better in the media to be part of the conventional group thinking and wrong than part of the unconventional thinking and right. Looking at how many Bill Kristol's are still spewing nonsense, versus how many Paul Krugmans are allowed to speak on media roundtables, I'm afraid that old saw is correct.
JimboSlice @ 23:
He's a wingnut, he doesn't have to be right...Conservatives and wingnuts don't need facts, in fact if they stick to the facts, then they are shown the door in favor of those who will be more eager to lie...
This pasty fairy needs to be parachuted over a bad ass Baghdad neighborhood and left to his wits. Another Neocon dimwit who sends other people's kids to fight over his retarded ideology. What is sad is this creep still gets appearances on shows like The Daily Show to spout his self-serving chickenshit. Enmity well- earned.
However, Billy, we should conclude that your boy, J. Danforth Quayle, WAS qualified?
Some of us remember that JDQ raised idiocy to a new level.
Please.
I can think of another President who was called "unqualified"..
his name was Abraham Lincoln.
Bismarck @ 52:
Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Totally agree.
by the way, why the hell does anyone listen to Kristol? Every NY Times article he writes has to be proofread and retracted/corrected, and his statements are right from the right wing talking points. He is a nothing, and should be treated as such.
Otay @ 47:
i agree the movement is going that way but it's not their....it's people are in limbo or a transition spot.....i now believe it's important to challenge bush,rove and cheney regarding their crimes.....they seem to be protected by the "war" theme
What's worse, somebody unqualified with all mental facilities facing all the crap coming at us or somebody who's not all there but is older with more governmental experience facing all the crap coming at us? Myself, I'd prefer the younger, inexperienced guy, as he can adjust to the more rapid changes of today.
BigIslandDave @ 30:
The War on Terror is a false idea anyway. How do you wage war on an abstraction? What's more, what is "victory?" And why is Terror only something Muslims do? Did our own domestic far-right terror orgs and the Communist terrorist groups disappear off the map when I wasn't looking?
Wrong again, Kristol. Malike likes Obama's phase-out plan for American occupation. We're all waiting for you to be right about something...really, you're way overdue.
Chris from Maine @ 56:
We have to listen to him because his dad Irving Kristol was friends with the guy at the New York Times dad. So he was hired.
Aren't we all getting mighty disgusted with these empty suit-types broadcasting their feeble opinions on presidential qualifications. What about Bush whom they supported? The moderator of each talk show and editor of each newspaper column should require that the big mouths contrast their negative Obama commentary with their summations of Bush in 2000.
As far as qualifications, let's not fool ourselves. The US is too large and complex for any one person to have all the answers. Obama is not a stubborn man, unlike the incumbent. Obama is a knowledgeable man ( I would say educated, but then Bush is supposedly 'educated', all the good it did). Obama is wise enough to surround himself with patriots and people accomplished in all spectrum's of society. As far as McCain, he is stuck in a full speed ahead, 'gotta win' mode. McCain, like Bush, would not be amenable to other's opinions and guidance, but he would spout their mantras and agendas as his own.
ucsbclassics53 @ 48:
To think - even if he could retake the course and make 49% of the things he got wrong correct, he'd still have a 0.00 GPA.
Otay @ 47:
The country may be but the MSM isn't. Polls can and are manipulated by demographics. The media is biased against any democratic candidate.
when maliki demanded withdrawl.....that put a hurt on mcBush
i believe it has hurt his campaign more than we may know
Ron @ 64:
I agree. But the Dem party also has a way of shooting themselves in the foot. And they don't know how to use the media to their advantage, or don't even try.
Notice this asshole is only on Faux Noize?
Otay @ 66:
the (R) has perfected the sales pitch of their product.....they frame with one
word responses....(R) often are black and white thinkers whereas (L)
think in the gray area. we need to learn how to become better with a
Linguistic strategy.......these words for instance: taxes....liberal....socialism
there are more.....newt gingrich followed by rove perfected this propaganda
machine
Since wee-willy has his hands up, does that mean he's surrendering?
Otay @ 66:
It's hard to use the MSM to their advantage when on most of the shows the dems are outnumbered 3 to 1 and sometimes the dems get no input at all.
Is The Left Being Underrepresented
When the MSM holds a debate, have you ever felt, the person arguing for the Left was week? I have sit on the edge of my chair yelling the truth at the TV concerning the argument. The truth never comes because the conservative media is controlling too much. One way the conservative media appears "fair and balanced" is having both sides of the argument deliver their points. What happens when one side is not arguing their points fully? You yell at the TV like a kid in a classroom with his hand in the air who feels they have the right answer.
The drilling argument is a good example for my point. I wondered why the counter for drilling offshore never expressed the key points to why drilling will not do a thing to lower prices. After the right-wing representative expresses their "we need all the contributers for being energy independent, the left wing counter is presented in a week fashion that does not include more then one point during the debate.
It's subtle but the right-wing media is guilty of presenting the Left's argument is a week fashion. That is just one way the right-wing media does to even the lead currently held by Barack Obama. The other way the right-wing media is going after Obama's lead is by chopping up Obama's message. This hits Obama at his strongest attribute. By chopping up Obama's message, they have taken away to flow that moves the audience. This too is subtle and hard to see unless someone points it out.
It helps to be aware of the silent effective tricks the Republicans use. It has got to help to know the conservative media is controlling both sides of the argument in order to give you the impression they are covering both sides of the debate and the Left lost. A informed voter is a smart voter.
Joseph
"Was George Bush “qualified’?
End of discussion."
Absolutely!
The other day, there were news articles all over about how Teddy Roosevelt was John McCain's idol, role model, and favorite President.
Now, take a wild guess who the youngest serving President in US history was? That's right, TEDDY ROOSEVELT. Roosevelt was only 42 when he took over the Presidency after McKinley's assassination. Roosevelt also had very little political experience at the time. He was briefly the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, served only 2 years as Governor of NY, then became McKinley's Vice President for about 6 months before becoming the President.
Obama's camp needs to use this whenever these clowns bring up the "lack of experience" issue, or when they try to claim Obama doesn't have the age. They should point out the age of McCain's favorite President, and also point out how politically inexperienced Teddy Roosevelt was at the time.
Oh but of course, I mean look at the vile miasma we are in today because of Bush and Cheney's sage wisdom, leadership, and experience. Oh please let's have some more of that, we ought to be living in living straw huts in another 8 years at this pace. It's so exciting
I guess he had to take his mouth off Cheney's wang to make that remark.
And, seriously, why isn't anybody pointing out that the 'gravitas' Republicans, long on national security credentials, are the bozos who got us in to this contemptible mess? Just askin'.
Joseph @ 71:
Great example is this last week when the dems tried to pass a bill for the oil companies to drill on the 68,000 sq. miles where they already have leases. The repugnants voted against it.
BrianFL @ 73:
And TR was the first conservationist and the father of our modern presidency of today as well, and a true leader among the progressives. Had a great deal of flaws by our modern standards, but he was a good man for his time. Not a racist fuck like Wilson who used idealism over realpolitik. Pity he picked Taft as his successor.
Kristol is such a pussy, I'll bet he had the shit kicked out of him daily in school.
Sorry, I just had to say that, the creep really pisses me off
I think that Obama is more qualified than McCain, because of superior enemy recognition skills. In his speech in 2002, Obama nailed it when he said "What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other arm-chair, weekend warriors in this Administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne."
It is completely clear that following the ideology of the chickenhawks in the neocon movement makes one unqualified to lead the country in "a time of war". And Lieberman is slobbering over McCain exactly because McCain intends to adhere to the neocon agenda with his "rouge state rollback" plan.
Heck, today may not had to be a time of war, if the war on terror, located in Afghanistan hadn't been put on hold so that we could nation build in Iraq. We left Musharraf pissing in the wind between 2003 and 2007 when we possibly could have combined to drive Al Qeada and the Taliban from their refuges on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Now, Musharraf is politically weak and a deal has been struck between the Islam extremists and the Pakistan government.
The neocons are in a tiff because their plan for Middle East hegemony is in the 2nd inning. It is quite obvious from neocon ideology that there is no way that the neocons intended to wipe out an enemy of Iran by nation building in Iraq, enhancing Iran's standing in the region, without also dealing with Iran after the 6 month cakewalk war with Iraq was concluded. So, they look to McCain and his "rouge state rollback" program to continue the neocon agenda and deal with Iran. First think I want to hear out of McCain is how he intends to pay for it, because all this military spending is bankrupting the nation and leading to the inflation tax. Meanwhile, the chickenhawks will continue to naysay Obama.
Timmy_D11 @ 67:
Actually he has been on The Daily Show about 7/8 times as the only guest that has ever made Jon look tall.
Was George Bush qualified? He had only been out of the country once, to England, prior to being elected, but he started an unnecessary war in Iraq! So much for qualifications--how about judgment and intelligence for a change!
*cough* jerk-off *cough*
It's amuzing (and sad really) how NOW foreign policy experience (and just overall book-learnin') is important now and not, lest say, in 2000 or 2004.
Double standard blow hards.
If anybody on this planet ever had a 'punch me' face, it is Wm Kristol
There are a couple of other presidents as unqualified as Obama; Lincoln and Kennedy
Bush, hello??? The combat dodging chickenhawk gross incompetent who started 2 wars and loosing both of them??? Remember him you Zionist chickenhawk neocon piece of shit?
Timmy_D11 @ 67:
I think he has column gigs in a couple of big publications believe it or not.
We have reached a new dimension of surreality when the "brains" behind Dan Qualude, who was probably the most incompetent vice president ever, has the brass balls to question anyone else's qualifications.
BTW, he has a batting average close to 0 when it comes to foreign policy (and domestic policy for that matter) predictions. So when is someone going to ask him to STFU?
Ron @ 70:
When the Dems are on t.v., they often agree with the Repubs, and use the DFH meme against the average Dem (or even American) position. And they'll spend political capital telling the Repubs how much they respect them (like Harold Ford talking to and about Faux News hosts). They haven't a clue how to use the media.
Cheryl @ 81:
and mccain couldn't beat bush in ......2000
That would be Bill "my greatest accomplishment was choosing my parents" Kristol who broke into politics by serving as Dan Quayle's political advisor?
Yeah, he'd pretty much be the first person I'd go to if I wanted a line on who was qualified for pretty much anything.
Ruthless People @ 85:
...sorry, I lost my head but every time this guy opens his mouth it reminds me of why I cancelled my NY Times subscription.
Who's on first?
Ask those watching from second and third. You may get two different stories.
Hee, hee, tee hee..ain't he funny!!! I mean isn't he really funny!! I mean funny like a joke funny!!! Anymore, I find Bush and his morons, to be entertaining. It is like their saying, "Obama is not qualified, he is wet behind the ears" but "McCain, he has more morals, he is more qualified, especially to lead us to War with Iran" Enough with these War Time Presidents, who are bankrupting our nation and destroying America and its people. If being qualified means more Bush politics, than Pleeze..give me Obama.
I hear time and time again, that Democrats stand for higher taxes, more government and welfare. Higher taxes are needed because there are less jobs, means less people paying taxes, the rich get tax breaks and some hide their money in other countries or swiss banks. The number one employer in this country is government, what is wrong with that? Now lets get to welfare. I seem to recall that government has come to the aid of bailing out these corporate Greed giants and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be bailed out because of corporate greed. So this is okay but it is not correct to help those people who have paid into the system but now need assistance?
Medicare seems to work in this country so why not have a national healthcare run like Medicare? You know why? Because we allow lobbyists and out the back window our politicians are paid off.
LETS REVOLT, descind on Washington. We need good paying manufacturing jobs, affordable health care, our government is broken, lets fix it. And lets demand, EQUAL TRADE, NOT FREE TRADE!!
McCain has been an absolutely horrible and an embarrassingly inept presidential candidate when he has had no one to challenge his lies or his ignorance, and no one to actually compare his knowledge and command of the facts to. I can't wait to see him go up against Obama in a legitimate debate on the same stage! McCain will show himself to be as inferior, stubbornly inflexible and out of his depth as George W. Bush, while Obama will show himself to be as intelligent, thoughtful and capable as John F. Kennedy.
McCain is a manual typewriter in a digital wireless age who has no idea how to talk to voters who take the time and make the effort to study and learn the facts of the issues that confront them and that their futures depend on. John McCain's worst enemy is an educated and informed electorate that has been smartened up rather than dumbed down. McCain has never had a civilian job in his life. He went from the privileged life of an Admiral's son to the privileged life of a elitist multi-millionaire who never experienced the daily struggles or hardships that 97% of Americans endure. He flies around in a private jet, and can't even keep track of how man homes he owns and or hasn't paid taxes on.
McCain's Annapolis graduation class rank was 884 of 899. I doubt that most people understand the significance of how inferior a student John McCain was at Annapolis. The only reason he was allowed to be at Annapolis was because his father was an Admrial and he had a free pass. How many pilots lost five planes and still kept their flying liscense and or pilot's wings who weren't Admiral's sons? How many student pilots crashed a plane on landing and lost a second plane because he flew into power lines and were still allowed to pilot a plane who weren't Admirals sons? How many men returned from Vietnam to a wife and three children and shorthy thereafter started an illicit secret affair with a women 17 years younger (41 vs 24), and while still married filed for a marriage liscense to marry his young mistress before he filed for divorce from the women he was married to without giving her any indication at all that he was unhappy let alone thinking about getting a divorce? What kind of man, husband or father cheats on his wife and children for nine months and out of the blue files for divorce and destroys their family without a word of warning?
McCain likes to say that no one really knows who Barack Obama is. For me, it's enough to know who John McCain is.
chinodeb @ 92:
Sure...smash the current system. What do we replace it with? The Bolsheviks replaced the bad regime of the Tsars with a worse one. The Qing Emperor collapsed in favor of Chiang and Chiang in favor of Mao. Does that make it an improvement?
good one page opinion regarding manufacturing jobs how the losses
are having a big impact on this country
http://www.augustreview.com/news_commentary/economy/free-trade_chaos%3a_...
chinodeb @ 92:
Other conservative cheats, like Dick Cheney, move the headquarters of their former companies off shore to avoid oversight and paying taxes. http://iraqforsale.bravenewfilms.org/blog/560-halliburton-moves-overseas... but they come back to the US with their hands out to get corporate welfare in the form of no bid government contracts http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1117-22.htm. Low life conservative cheats like Cheney have created a racket, gaming the system from both ends. The traditional corporate media should be reporting this story everyday but of course, they won't.
Floridiot @ 83:
I second that, where does that idiot eat lunch? I have a pie for his (just) dessert!
his message is clear, if we the people elect Obama, he and his cohorts plan to punish us.
What qualifies you, mr PNAC, to say how to....rule the world?
What qualifies you, to be on a national news broadcast, and tell us the way you want things done?
What qualifies anything that you have to say?
As per the patriot act, you are a terrorist.
Otay @ 61:
Wow New York Times, nepotism before journalism. Isn't this how most Republicans get their jobs? Because of their daddies.
This from the guy who was DAN QUAYLE's chief of staff?
That certainly sounds like a great endorsement. So Obama might not be a puppet guy for PNACcios? Goodie.
Every time I see Kristol I want to slap that stupid look off his face.
He's proof that intelligent design is false.
I'm just curious,what is Bill Kristol qualified for? He's proven that he's always wrong,so how does that qualify him to make any sort of judgement on who's qualified for what?
Exactly. Obama should use that as another of his campaign commercials. He will win hands down.
Is Kristol EVER right about anything?
Annoyed Canuck @ 37:
Fixed.
When Kristol opens his mouth, Cheney's words come out.
Kristol repeats Republican Jewish Coalition talking points dissing Obama, and not one member of the press has the balls to call him on it.
See JewsOnFirst for more about this:
http://jewsonfirst.com/
http://www.jewsonfirst.org/08a/cufi_obsession.html
constituition definition of qualified: over 35, born in the u.s.
kristol definition of qualified: ability to turn treason into working policy
I agree with Kristol. I live in Chicago and have followed Obama over the years. He was never talked about here in Chicago for being some great politician and to this day is more known locally for his scandals than his work as a state senator. What great things has he done for Illinois that makes him so worthy of running the country? The local news here is very liberal and they never praised him when he was a state senator. I don’t understand the hype on this guy. I don’t care for McCain but when it comes to who is more qualified between the two it is not even close. Obama is the definitely the least qualified person to run for President in my lifetime.
BrianFL @ 73:
And Obama has more experience than our greatest president Abraham Lincoln, who had just 1 term in the House of Representatives.
I would like to hear his opinions of George Bush's ability to be commander in chief 8 years ago.
A former alcoholic/drug user that was a failure at not one but two business should not have been president either. He did not do such great things for Texas either
No wonder why the economy is in the shape it's in. He screwed up 2 businesses!
I don't think listening to Fox news is credible after there wholehearted support of Republicans for the last 8 years.
WOW!! One of those rare moments when you can see both Bloody Kristol's hands.
But I can't figure out why he thinks people care about what HE has to say. Indeed - that he has any valid opinion at all after the role he has personally played in the Iraq debacle.
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Billy Kristol, Hannity, Limbaugh....it's only the 1st wave boys. We have yet to hear from that skunk...Coulter. You gotta believe she's getting fired up to get in her licks too.
Oh...and just a few months ago, anybody Republican was saying "Barack is the better choice" and now you see why he is their best choice.
Man you guys all fell into their BS. I was saying, "Barack will be great in 2012 but he's 4 years light on experience and CRED". I'm not a big Hilary fan but in 2008 (and that is in fact when the vote is) she would do better against the GOP assault.
But hey, frig, I'm only a Canadian who like the rest of the world...knows nothing about American politics and the spin wheel.
If you ever want to come to Canada....we have these really big buildings....they call them LIBRARIES!!
McCain is so unqualified Bush actually beat him. If McCain wasn't good enough back then, he's an even worse choice today. Besides, McCain is so incompetent he got captured by the VC. No telling how long he was spilling his guts to them. I just just imagine if he was actually elected, that he would get his ass captured again by lord knows who and just start singing like crazy.
ya know @ 100:
Spot on about repuglicans and their daddies. Lets take a look back at the last few canidates for the repugs.
McCain - Daddy = admiral
Bush 43 - Daddy = President
Bush 43 - Daddy = President
Dole -
Bush 41 - Daddy = Senator
Bush 41 - Daddy = Senator
Talk about nepotism!!!
Bloody Bill Kristol has not been right about anything for the past eight years. If he says Obama is unqualified, that immediately makes Obama the best candidate. I do not know why this warmongering chickenhawk continues to get space every week.
110 Larry Says:
You agree with Bill Kristol who has never been right about anything so that means your opinion doesn't mean squat.
RW @ 8:
Why is this (?)man alive at all? he is so full of shit and bile, I dont know how he survives.
subliminal message: another unqualified black trying to steal a job entitled to a white man.
"I never before running for President in a time of war who was so unqualified to be Commander in Chief"...
Does it really take that much valuable time to pause for a second and proofread before posting? I always get a headache at this site, from having to mentally unscramble crap like this.
kasinca @ 118:
Why don't you give me a list of the good things he has done for us here in Illinois that makes him such a great candidate. I knew Obama was an empty suit way before Kristol did.
It seems that Billy's bloodlust might just have a psycho-sexual root (emphasis on the psycho). Read more here, please. http://www.tagg-lines.com/2008/06/kristol-klown-dayha.html
constituent @ 38:
mccain is 72 going on 178 (mentally).
I love to see conservatives pushing this "inexperienced" line. They're *trying* to turn McCain's age into a positive here, but it just ends up making them seem even more unappealing.
First, you can't praise the present Imbecile-in-Chief *and* disparage Obama's experience. This line leads the listener to compare Obama and GW Bush. Not good for Republicans.
Second, it highlights McCain's old age. Experienced...? Yeah, that's a nice way to put it.
Third, and probably most importantly, the country is a wreck. Their "inexperienced" line casts Obama as some kind of new, political outsider in a country where the populace is disgusted with their government. Again, not good for Republicans.
I hope these idiots repeat this attack every day for the rest of the campaign season.
theWalrus @ 9:
The Peloponnesian war, of course. That's the one they keep trying to re-fight, because they've had 20 centuries the think about what went wrong. It's just so frustrating that this one is SUPPOSED to be the same, but isn't following the script.
I hear ya Mr. Kristol. Why he'd probably destroy our vibrant economy and do something stupid like ignore Global Warming for 8 years or maybe we'll get attacked under his leadership. Why I wouldn't be suprised if he went and attacked the wrong country in retaliation. Can we really afford to take such a gamble? Again?
this bill is just another f#cking reichwingneocon racist.
he is a dingle berry on cheney's a$$.
And Bill Kristol, who has been so wrong on the justification for the Iraq war, is still qualified to sit there and pontificate?
Otay @ 11:
The American voter will almost always vote against his
best interest & vote for reasons that are never important.
Case closed. That was easy.
When will America tell Bloody Billy Kristol what a non-entity he and his cabal is? These guys have been wrong about everything and they are not going to change. They are failures and need to move on.
Pericles @ 126:
Methinks you've got your chronology wrong, they're trying to refight the Roman-German wars.
Larry @ 122:
Better yet. You tell me why more of the present crime family policies will be good for you in Illinois and me in CA. McSame is not what we need any more that Dubya and Cheney were what we needed. Obama is not an empty suit when you compare him to the alternative. If you have a hard on for something he did to you, please explain. If you are a troll who respects FAUX NOIZ and Bloody Billy Kristol, get your head out of the place where the sun doesn't shine. William Kristol does not have a crystal ball, at least he hasn't read it correctly for the past eight years. Billy is a bloodthirsty, chickensh!t, chickenhawk, warmonger who is also a neo-conservative coward.
This from the guy who was campaign manager for Dan Quayle for President. Willy K. knows neither shame nor concience.
The media is bending reality in an effort to manufacture the appearance that this is a close race so the republicans can steal a 3rd term. When it's a landslide, it makes rigging an election a lot more difficult. No one but loonies want McCain for president. And that's all the GOP has had to offer the USA since I can remember. Crooks, liars, actors, deserters, perverts, and war prisoners.
And W is qualified! Well at least 28% of the people think so. I guess those numbers are to grounded in Reality for Kristo to
mention.
All the neocons have to do is make the appearance that more than 50% doesn't like Obama. They'll use the corrupted voting software to create the win for McCain, and then say, "see? pre-election polls mean nothing, lots of people didn't like Obama".
End of the change dream.
Kristol has never been right on anything yet. why do they keep talking to this moron name one time when he was right about anything!!!!!!!!
Billy Kristol is correct in the sense that there is nothing in the background of Barack Obama that prepared him to be President of the United States. However, he is legally qualified because he is over 35 years old and a native born citizen of the US. Obama is a quick study. It is a great asset which might make him a fine President.
Ratface @ 130:
And why is that? Why do the Dems just assume Bush's record alone will be enough for them to win? Conversely, why do they assume that voting along with Bush's legislation will make their chances of winning stronger?
If the Dems can't make the case in public, then case closed against the Dems. Time and time again. They are experts at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Hey, get the dunce hat for Bill Kristol?
How can the Neocons continue to be so brain-dead?
In the year 2000, the most unqualified candidate to ever run for president, George W. Bush, only became president because some nut-jobs on the Supreme Court gave the presidency to him.
And this occurred while our nation was facing an intractable enemy in al Qaeda religious funadmentalist extremists intent upon killing U.S. citizens wherever they might be, including inside the United States.
Al Gore was much, much better qualified to be president, especially where dealing with the al Qaeda terrorist threat was concerned.
Al Gore wouldn't have let down our nation's guard in 2001 as president, probably leading to the capture of some (if not all) of the right-wing terrorists behind the 9/11 attacks, thus saving the lives of close to 3,000 U.S. citizens.
In fact, a President Al Gore would have probably followed through on President Clinton's promise to Osama bin Laden that if any further attacks occurred on U.S. citizens, wherever they might be, then the U.S. would come after bin Laden wherever he might be, including invading Afghanistan if necessary.
Just weeks before George W. Bush was sworn in our intelligence agencies determined that bin Laden's terrorist organization was behind the U.S.S. Cole attack several months earlier in Yemen.
The incoming, criminally-incompetent Bush administration DID NOTHING...resulting in the al Qaeda 9/11 plot continuing until the day when 3,000 U.S. citizens died needlessly.
I have a hard time believing that a President Barack Obama (just like a President Al Gore) would blow off warning signs of an impending terrorist attack inside the United States like the Bush/Cheney/Rice administration did in 2001.
Both Obama and Gore strike me as being more sane, and having a lot more common sense, than any of the hardcore conservative nut-jobs in the Bush/Cheney/Rice/Rumsfeld/Ashcroft/Addington mal-administration, an administration that has done severe damage to our democracy, while getting a whole lot of people killed and injured in the process.
We all know by now what "qualified" and "un-qualified" look like.
kasinca @ 133:
You need mental help.
Larry @ 144:
You need mental help.
if you could pass on the name of your doctor, please, we can make sure to keep clear and look elsewhere
Billy Kristol's qualifications stem from his father - otherwise he would not be on TV.
Obama ith tho alquidaified. Did you get my hidden subliminal message?
Simply for Bill Kristol.
Where is your credibility? The same place that WMD you professed was/isin the name of Bush and a insane Republican fringe ideology?
My dream is that Bill Kristol wakes up one morning with the police breaking down his door, finding him in bed with a naked, 15 year-old mail prostitute, smuggled in from Thailand, sex toys all over the place,
and Larry Craig hiding in the shower...
Every succeeding ridiculous pronouncemnt Kristol makes reaffirms more strongly that my decision to vote for Obama is the correct one.
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