Much Ado About Nothing

Democratic Senator and Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, stepped up his rhetoric yesterday concerning President Bush's "appeasement" remark. Yesterday in "Learn History's Lessons", I took a look at the speech President Bush made at Israel's 60th anniversary celebration. In the President's speech, I saw nothing that should directly give offense to Senator Obama. However Obama took offense yesterday, but really began to blow this issue out of proportion today with some very hard comments aimed at President Bush and Senator McCain. I think that perhaps it is Senator Obama who has "lost his bearings". This controversy is centered around Bush's statement comparing those who wish to sit down and meet with our terrorist enemies to "appeasement". The President was referring to foolhardy peace negotiations with Hitler in the beginning of World War Two that only served to embolden the German Dictator. So what the hell does this have to do with Obama? President Bush, if he was referring to anything at all, may very well have been referencing Jimmy Carter's recent failed meeting with Hamas. Apparently the Senator is concerned about the flaws in his own vision for an Obama Presidency and foreign policy to manufacture this conflict with Bush. Perhaps Obama is just trying to assure fellow Dems that he can play rough with the Republicans. I have no problem with that, but Obama should choose a real issue, not manufacture one. Senator Obama and his staff have been attempting to draw a comparison between his plan to meet with Iran, and past President's Nixon and Reagan. Nixon went to meet with China in the heart of the Cold War, and Reagan met with The Soviet Union which would eventually end the Cold War. This comparison is total BS because Reagan and Nixon met with enemy Nations, not terrorists and the Countries that sponsor them. Big difference there. Below are some links to other posts, some in which I have defended Senator Obama. What he has done here was create a controversy where none existed and in doing, caused me to lose some respect for him. If Senator Obama calls this the politics of change he is wrong. What he has done is politics at it's worst or might I say; as usual.

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