The last 2 weeks have been rough for Barack Obama. First, he receives the support of radical nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan, and Obama’s campaign plays politics with NAFTA by talking out of both sides of their mouths in trying to pacify our Canadian friends. Hillary exploits both issues brilliantly and Obama’s momentum is, at least for the time being, halted. Now, just to add fuel to the fire, Libyan dictator, Colonel Mumamar al-Qaddafi throws his support to Obama.
While not directly endorsing Obama, Qaddafi made it crystal clear that he is for “change” even to the point where the economy in the United States should “change” to be like Libya’s. If you think our economy is bad, go to google and type - Libya, economy. What you will find is an economy so bad that it would be an insult to other 3rd world countries to call it 3rd world.
Who will support Obama next week? Perhaps Kim Jong-il, who definitely wants us to “change”. However, I suspect that Vladimir Putin, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chavez are just trying to find the right moment to issue support for Barack Obama. I can imagine Hillary Clinton using the following line in their next debate, “Barack Obama, the candidate for dictators and despots.” Unlike his renouncement of Farrakhan, which if you listened to very closely was only in regards to Farrakhan’s anti-Semitic hate speech, I expect Obama will completely and without qualification renounce Qaddafi.
Somehow, I cannot imagine any of these characters supporting Senator John McCain. That is something to think about when you enter the voting booth this November.
March 8th, 2008 at 5:55 am
Ah Qaddafi, the guy who ordered the downing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, yet is suddenly buddy-buddy with the Bush administration.
Sigh…..
March 8th, 2008 at 6:08 am
Basically, Iraq scared the crap out of him. He had a fairly advanced nuclear weapons program that “supposedly” has been dismantled.
March 8th, 2008 at 9:49 am
A. He’s still responsible for Lockerbie, you don’t negotiate or forgive terrorists who murder hundreds of civilians.
B. He had approached the Clinton administration in the late 1990’s to begin the process of ending international isolation.
Clinton began the negotiation with a mass-murdering terrorist, Bush continued it. It’s disgusting.
March 8th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Bob,
On this, we are in agreement.
March 8th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Bush’s relationship with the Saudi Royal family and his opening of relations with Qaddaffi are troubling. I’m glad that Qaddaffi has supposedly stoppped his nuke program, but in the rest of the world, when you are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people, you have to pay for those crimes.
March 8th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
BTM,
I could not agree more. Frankly, I think it is funny to hear him talk about getting away from oil. I am not buying that for one second. Those Saudi’s are the enemy.
October 20th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
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