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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
John McCaslin :: Townhall.com Columnist
The "Best" Offer
by John McCaslin
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Was the Copenhagen Global Warming Summit Walk-Out a Win for the U.S.?


Now that Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich is out on bond waiting to face federal corruption charges, not the least being his intention to sell President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder for personal financial gain, we'll go ahead and consider the statement his office sent to Inside the Beltway last month equally bogus:

"Last night's victory was bittersweet for Illinois - as we gain a great president, we lose a great senator. And it goes without saying that our next senator has big shoes to fill. Because it's important that the best person for Illinois is selected, I want to be clear that the calendar won't dictate our search."

CLOSING ADVICE

"I believe America is in trouble."

So retiring Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska begins his sobering assessment of the state of the world, "The Challenges That Lie Ahead."

Published by the Republican Party's Ripon Forum, the senator labels the Middle East "more dangerous, more complicated, more interconnected and more combustible than ever before."

One of the most immediate priorities of President-elect Barack Obama, he says, should be to implement a "comprehensive geostrategic approach to the broader Middle East region spanning North Africa to Afghanistan and Pakistan."

Doing so, suggests Mr. Hagel, will require all U.S. instruments of power - diplomacy, trade, economic assistance, intelligence and military might - however a "war of ideas and ideologies" would have to be fought to win over Middle Eastern youth.

"Classrooms are the battlefields," he says. "This will require a revolutionary universe of new thinking and policies. The human dynamic always dictates outcomes."

MARYLAND BALL

Will George W. Bush be shining his stirrups for the Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball? Continued...
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John McCaslin is a contributing columnist on Townhall.com and author of Inside The Beltway: Offbeat Stories, Scoops, and Shenanigans from around the Nation's Capital .

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Reply # 1
Date: Dec 11, 2008 - 11:07 AM EST
What Was Obama's "Best Offer"?

Can a man wallow around in a hog trough for 20 plus years, and come out clean?

ANSWER: Only a messiah can.

Can a little-known socialist-leaning "community organizer" gain ascension to the heights of his political ambition through the corrupt political machine that is Chicago Democrat politics, without first getting the blessings of Chicago's corrupt Democrat Party Godfathers?

ANSWER: Not even a messiah can.

Even though he [and the governor] are so tied to Chicago Democrat politics [the governor, to the extent that he refused to operate out of the state's capitol to remain in Chicago][Obama, having been in Chicago since being elected], Barack Obama would have us [in the words of Harry Reid] "smelly tourists," believe that he had no contact with his state's governor OR his office, over his possible preferences for a [African-American]replacement to his U.S. Senate seat.

In the words of Hussein's Secretary of State nominee, Hillary Rodham Clinton, while attempting to disparage the Surge and Gen. Patraeus' testimony before Congress on it's successes: "It would take a willing suspension of disbelief..."

What was the Obama camp's "best offer" to buy the Presidency? Who's pockets have they agreed to line with taxpayer money?
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Reply # 2
Date: Dec 11, 2008 - 10:48 AM EST
The Prince George "cow"
John, you must not have been a farm boy, or you would not have referred to the "cow" and "he" several times. I know times have changed a lot but cows were not "he" in they old days.
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