Obama: You’re Nobody to Me
By NoQuarter on March 8, 2008 at 12:36 AM in Barack Obama, Samantha Power, Zbigniew Brzezinski
I thought the guillotine was invented to be fast and humane: Samantha Power waited a day for “the decision on how or whether to sanction her would be the Obama campaign’s, saying, ‘I think that’s coming today. I suspect the guillotine is hanging over my head’.”
But Sam had to release the guillotine herself, then get her head back down on the block: “‘She submitted the resignation,’ said a source in the Obama campaign. “‘She made this decision on her own to submit her resignation and we accepted it. Obviously, there was a lot of pressure from outside sources.’”
Then the gallant Zbigniew Brzezinski stuck his own neck out: “[He] seems to think that departed Obama foreign policy adviser Samantha Power got a raw deal.”
But wait. It turns out that Mr. Zbigniew is a headless horseman: “Obama [has] distanced himself from Zbigniew Brzezinski, the national security adviser in the Jimmy Carter administration who traveled to Iowa with Obama when he made an Iraq speech.”
“I do not share [Zbigniew Brzezinski's] views with respect to Israel. I have said so clearly and unequivocally,” Obama said. “He’s not one of my key advisers. I’ve had lunch with him once. I’ve exchanged e-mails with him maybe three times. He came to Iowa to introduce … for a speech on Iraq.”
The Republican Jewish Coalition has been critical of Obama’s plan, if elected president, to call “a summit in the Muslim world.” Executive Director Matt Brooks said he was “deeply troubled” by the proposal.
– Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times
I’ve heard that the fish rots from the head.
UPDATE / Enjoy:
Susan -
I’d be willing to bet there aren’t millions of Obama fans who know anything about Zbigniew Brzezinski.
No doubt…
Really. Maybe a few will recognize his daughter Mika, who’s on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and does an hour of news weekday mornings.
One of his sons works for the McCain campaign.
That family is really confused, family get togethers ought to be interesting…
EEEK! Talk about having many hands in many pots.
Wait a minute -
This is how the Rezko story started and is currently at a 20 year friendship/wife gave mansion to level…
And talk about not being able to take that 3:00 AM call! His advisors are all either under buses or busy selecting Ann Coulter wannabe outfits.
Mike and others, watch this YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9P15YZrnv0&feature=related
– the ultimate in conspiracy theories — but there are some great bits in it … “lambs, and they were screaming.” You’ll see.
SusanUnPC -
You - unlike Barack Obama - are quite the organized one. How do you find these things so quickly? I can barely get the dogs walked and you’ve found and posted another gem.
Thanks for the hard work.
I hope Obama supporters change their minds and unite to support Hillary Clinton.
Mike, may I call him “Three Zs”?
Or ZZZ ?
Susan -
Perfect! You may call him or me for that matter anything you desire. You’re amazzzzzzzzzzing!
Kind of OT, speaking to foreign policy:
http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=289786626246641
Obama, and FARC.
Words fail me.
I guess again, this points to a lack of control, and professionalism, even in Obama’s campaign. Why was this even allowed to happen, given Obama’s association with Ayers, and Auchi?
Imagine what a Presidency would be like?
And I don’t know if he truly is this politically ideological, or if he’s just an inept numb nut, but he never seems to consider the ramifications of the decisions he, or the people around him, make, the message he is sending around all that hope gas.
And even if this is innocent, given Obama’s association with Auchi, and Ayers, it’s simply more gasoline on the fire, giving credibility to the portrayal of Obama as an Auchi terrorist/criminal enabler, or as a politician incapable of rational, good judgement.
When I first read this, I thought it was a joke, more right wing spew, but you know, given his prior actions, and Auchi’s arms everywhere, I really have to wonder.
Jeez.
SusanUnPC -
The video was very interestink…! Sorry, but the Captain Kangaroo reference earlier and now I’m off on Laugh In.
Please use Zs. I’d have to either cut and paste or double check each time I used his name otherwise.
Shhhh … I didn’t want to say that that’s the real reason for calling him ZZZ. (Laughing out loud.)
Mike,
They might know who the Power Rangers are though! You can bet they probably watched Barney as kids instead of Mr. Green Jeans.
Chris -
They’d probably put me on an ice floe for the polar bears! Remember the ping pong balls?!
Hey no fair. I loved the Power Rangers!! They could defeat Obamabots!
Oh Mr. Green Jeans, one of my first true loves. I had the biggest crush on him when I was five, that was after I became disillusioned with Popeye the sailor man and his constant fighting! LOL.
My son and I got into a discussion the other day about how a lot of people his age didn’t know who Captain Planet is. Captain Planet was the greatest left cartoon character. I encouraged him to watch it, bought him some of the toys, even have a ring around here. Shame the Power Rangers were more popular.
Oh my god, I had a huge crush on Mr. Green Jeans as well - what a remarkably prescient name that was. For me, it was Ike and Green Jeans. I was into politics from 3 on to hear my family tell it.
Two key statements from Senator Obama from your previous thread;
.This makes me seriously wonder if Senator Obama really does understand constitutional law.
The excuse King George is “able” to use, in comitting these crimes, is the AUMF. Do we, as a nation, want ANY president to be able to go to war on a whim? You can bring the troops home ASAP; ASOP, but this will NOT address the underlining constitutional morass the next president will inherit!
Hillary Clinton …. (HEAR ME NOW,HEAR ME NOW!)…..is WISE to endeavor to repeal this misbegotten lie. Look at the loss of lives, national standing and treasures, that have been sacrificed because of this AUMF.
To me, Senator Clinton is attempting to stop GW from cutting deals in Iraq without the Constitutional required consent of Congress and prevent the Constitution from being waterboarded!
Obama is a “boneheaded” if he can’t understand this and it won’t matter how many people the Jr Senator from Illinois through under the cross town bus.
TeakWoodKite -
Makes me wonder which other country is getting a nudge nudge wink wink from an Obama rep now?
Where is the list to be found? Is this a public record? Larry had mentioned a couple folks sitting on a couple of stories…if this just top of the order, who’s on first?
Abbot and Costello could not have written a better script.
SusanUnPC thanks for the comment up post. Reading those quotes.. I think “convoluted”? WTF? Senator Clinton is a candidate that has a brigade of brass with many of them having served and borne witness with many years of military sweat, tears and experience. Obama calls them convoluted by way of Senator Clinton going right to heart of the matter. I ask how it convoluted to acknowledge what matters more than words is the US Constitution?
Teak, that is a great point. Hope Larry sees this — he could write it up very well.
Apoligies for the Pig Pen typo dust. erg..
Zbigniew Brzezinski
One of the craftiest, most able minds to ever work the world stage of political intrigue.
Don’t make the man mad.
Just thought I’d extend Obama the courtesy of reminding him that history takes sharp downward turns to those who cool their dealings with Zbigniew.
There’s a Godfather sequel, where he gets mad because every time he tries to calm down, “they keep bringing me back in!”
Those petty crooks from Chicago don’t really know who they’re messing with. Don’t think because someone owes you a favor that you can call that in on someone above the both of you.
Mr. M, check out this YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9P15YZrnv0&feature=related
– there’s some great historical footage of “Three Zs”
– it’s way out there but also has some great moments
Powers is just plain stupid and a motormouth.
She had no idea when to keep her mouth shut when speaking to the press.
She didn’t know what staying on message meant either.
Put it another way. When you are on the nation stage everything you say and imply will be dissected by lots of folk so better be careful in what you say.
She didn’t and she’s out of a job.
There are plenty more where she came from … and, lord help us, if he somehow becomes president, we’ll see them all in his cabinet.
oh god, you know it.
For all their good will, I’ll never forget the green staff of Bill Clinton who had to learn the hard way how Washington works.
And in the course of learning, gave away such little political capital as Clinton had (took Bill a while to figure out how much less he had than he’d thought).
I’d really rather not live through that again, even with a govt not in ruins, which is not what we’ll be having.
There can be little doubt that Harvard will welcome her back with open arms.
(Just discovered that she and my daughter are the same age; except that, should Offspring shoot off her mouth in this fashion, a bad Fitness Report and the inevitable attenuation of Career Advancement would surely follow. Power, no doubt, is booking $5K lecture dates even as we speak, on her way to $25K honoraria.)
Has anyone else noticed a long line of loonies coming out of Harvard/Yale/UChicago/Stanford in the last 20 years, or is it just me?
Fred C. Dobbs -
I’m glad I didn’t read this last night when I was a little “spooked” - weirded out by the video.
Yes! And then there are tidbits like this: Nahdmi Auchi: was Vice-Chair of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University between 1996 and 2000.
Oh, why live?
I was just going to venture something about graduate education being less thoroughly grounded in analytical training through exposure to a breadth as well as depth of serious material than maybe it used to be, when NPR’s news voice informed me that some digital devices might have to be reset manually to Daylight Savings Time this morning.
Who knows, maybe it’s the everyday basics that are missing, rather than a genuine understanding of Hume and Foucault. Maybe we should resurrect Baldassare Castiglione, who certainly understood discretion.
“Powers is just plain stupid and a motormouth.”
No, just politically inept.
She let her hair down in the boondocks while touting her book and paid the price. Her interview with the Torygraph is more measured.
The rest of the world sees the AUMF as the way bush (mis)used it - as permission for bush to start a war with … whomever he wants to. That makes it vital for the next president to repeal it as fast as possible. Obama doesn’t seem inclined to do that.
Zbigniew is having a real laugh right now. LOL, Love the way you dissect this poop information! This really is a small world! Things will take a new turn soon, they always do when they bring out the old hash! Zbignieww was not,and is not a fool. As for his son yelling Ol John on, keep in mind, ALOT OF people do get paid to to campaign for front runners, and ALOT of people do need jobs. Have a nice evening!
When the going gets tough, Obama gets going. While I rank George W. Bush as among the worst presidents of the US, I still admire him for being man enough to stand by his friends and cronies (like Danny Boy, Harriet Myers, et al). As to Barack Obama, let’s just say that he indeed personifies his “Change” mantra. He conveniently changes his positions and his friends/associates whenever they don’t synch with his near- and long-term plans.
one of the unintended benefits of a hotly contested political race is the candidates begin to reveal character flaws and strengths. maybe this isnt so unintended on second thought! one thing for sure, over the last two months or so obama’s character has become much more transparent. his obvious arrogance was well known but now we are seeing his reluctance to stand by his friends and staffers, an unwillingness or inability to respond to tough questioning, and his inherent sexism. maybe … just maybe some of his supporters will begin to recognize some of these flaws.
finally, a quick review of samantha power’s CV has me more then a little puzzled. how the hell is this woman even qualified to be a senior advisor on foreign policy and security issues. she may have an intellectual background but she seriously lacks any real hands on experience. the only thing i can compare her to … is a very young condolezza rice. not a comforting thought IMHO.
Good Morning,
Larry, Susan, and every Hillary Supporter …..
This one’s for you, for all you do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHJMp5bz9u8
Well, which is it? “An old uncle” or a “grandfather?”
Staying on campaign message about Wright:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/811251,CST-NWS-sweet25.article
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/10/080310fa_fact_collins/?yrail
So a racist crank according to Barack Obama - has been his chosen spritual director all of these years?
The Great Divider strikes again!
The New Yorker article is great! I commented on it yesterday:
The March 10 New Yorker arrived in the mail today with a nine pp. article on Michelle Obama-”The Other Obama” by Lauren Collins. Collins’ tone is interested-friendly, and candor the overarching purpose, covering everything her thesis at Princeton, her 2007 salary increase [approximately 250% to almost $325,0000 annually], M.’s family, Barack and Michelle’s social life, their church and Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., M.’s observations re: AAs in white society, and her attitude re: the Clinton’s. Well worth reading. I am interested in any and all observations if you have time to read it. For what it’s worth, I think “slicing and dicing while smiling” summed it up.
A clarification-the article is an interview with Michelle Obama, as well as ethnographic details-descriptions, chats with people who know MO, etc. A measure of her audacity, is summed up in the following: MO, when asked is her husband could “take” John McCain, said “Oh, yeah. We got him.”
Here is the link to the full New Yorker article on Michelle.
No Belle is she:
“I want to rip his eyes out!” she said, clawing at the air with her fingernails. One of her advisers gave her a nervous look. “Kidding!” Obama said. “See, this is what gets me into trouble.”
– joking about what she’d like to do to Bill Clinton
Fred Dobbs:
“Has anyone else noticed a long line of loonies coming out of Harvard/Yale/UChicago/Stanford in the last 20 years, or is it just me?”
Fred, you’re not alone. I’ve been thinking the exact same thing.
Princeton,and MIT, too.
Susan, while BO was denying Zbig, the latter was reportedly representing him in Syria. Sorry, but I don’t have the link.
Huh. I think i read that too. I assume that ZZZ was winking and nodding to the Syrians.
pop psych 101. stir the pot.
Obama’s Freudian weakness. Absent cheating dad, doing but severe cerebral mom.
Bill is the absent cheating dad, Hillary the mom.
Work that into the campaign…
The mocking of Obama’s light from the sky worked into that theme and mental battle. She was like mom chiding her kid.
…and you’ve got Obama beaten psychologically.
McCain literally would be the Authoritarian dad he never had. Will he not be able to out muscle the old man?
Of course Freud was a bit of a charlatan.
Of course Freud was a bit of a charlatan.
You leave my FREUD alone … you … you…
MONSTER
Remember the ” Leave Brittney Alone” vid?
I wish someone who had YouTube ability would do a video of ” Leave my BO alone … you monsters”
OMG, how funny would that be?
Ultimately, thought, Obama accepted, most likely bribes, from some HEINOUS men.
And I’m of the opinion, in the end, we all know the difference between right and wrong, no matter what our parents did.
So, how do you manipulate that, or do you just tell the truth about Obama, and his decisions, his judgement?
I mean, at a certain point he has to show people he understands what is happening here, and he fails, each and every time.
Color me unimpressed, and appalled at his lack of intellect.
Everything he “achieved” was handed to him, from his admit to Harvard, to his IL senate seat, to the IL policy he was falsely credited with creating, to the house he is living in, to the bribes he may have taken, through Rezko.
And why do they want to put this man in the Presidency?
How the hell does someone like Russ Feingold or John Kerry buy into this shit?
doting but cerebral mom
Clinton should have laughed off the “monster” comment; the incident makes her seem vindictive. But she is entitled to run with the BBC/Power waffling on Iraq pullout story.
Grow up, kids. Politics isn’t softball. You fight for your turf, and you prevent another dog trying to take it by force.
No amount of dreaming is going to take this basic precept of politics away.
Either learn the ropes, or get out of politics. It’s a grown up high stakes game, not playing a DM online where nothing is real and cheaters are rewarded. The Obama-o-matic remedy is Punkbuster, and any kid knows how non-effective it is!
Chris …Agreed and also I must add
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/billary/-/pv_design_details/pg_1/id_22586508/opt_/fpt_/c_666/
He pledged new politics and that anybody making attacks would be fired. He failed.
He pledged honesty and transparency. He failed.
Nafta:
Iraq: scotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Inside-US-poll-battle-as.3854371.jp
Israel: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/03/samantha_power_unplugged.html
No more race baiting? At Democratic Party dinner in Canton where, Clinton was the speaker, there was a strong pro-Obama presence (and something short of a sold-out hall). She and her supporters mostly left when she finished, prompting, one blogger reports, the minister who spoke for Obama to remark, “This is a new form of white flight, isn’t it?” Hardy, har, har.
I wouldn’t have let it go. Neither should she. On CNN, the pundit was saying he had a glass jaw.
The surest way not to get my vote is to let your character be assassinated by not standing up for yourself. I want a president who is smart, tough and capable and frankly if you can’t defend yourself then you can’t defend this nations honor and integrity. I also think that it implies not standing up for your ideas and policies. People seem to forget that the president is the chief law enforcement official in the land and that means that any candidate must demonstrate character and a big part of character is standing up for what is right including defending yourself from people who attack you in order to stop your ideas.
Samantha Power accidently told the truth about Obama’s Iraq plan and she attempted to call Hillary a monster off the record.
Obviously she’s not real experienced with politcal campaigns, there are rules against telling the truth and rules against sharing your personal feelings with the press.
But I really think Obama is a sleezeball to throw her under the bus. The bucks stops…..at that woman over there?? That’s something Bush has done, thrown a series of women under the bus so he can avoid taking responsibility himself.
Obama showed no leadership on this issue, he could have denounced Samantha’s words and fired her or he could have stood with her and watched her back. Instead he avoids taking any responsibility at all by claiming outside forces forced her to resign.
I am not ready to condemn Obama for sendig Powers home; however, from everything I’ve read about the guy he has no character or sense of righteousness. The things that trouble me are the constant lying, compromising core democratic values to get elected and the willingness to take credit for other peoples ideas and work such as all those bills he sponsored in the Illinois legislature that he had nothing to do with. Oh, I also don’t like that he is just playing a role ala Jimmy Smits on Westwing to get elected. I need some authenticity.
Obama didn’t send Samantha Power home, or so he says. He claims outside forces made her resign.
I get tired of men who avoid responsibility. This entire incident is Samantha Power’s fault or by translation Hillary’s fault. Anybody but Obama.
The same with Nafta, he’ll blame the Clinton campaign, the entire Canadian government, the press, but he won’t take responsibility for his own boneheaded actions.
Speaking of boneheaded, his 17 year relationship with Rezko, his property deal, none of it is his fault either.
With this attitude we’re going to wind up with another president just like Bush. It’s not his fault either, he just suffers from faulty intelligence. When you do not take responsibility there can be no accountability.
“He claims outside forces made her resign.”
It’s tinfoil skullcap time.
Gas up the UFO, lads
Gas up the UFO, lads…I have been having a hard time getting anti matter and mercury..That is funny.
Don’t look in the pantry… one of them is in there..(Signs)
Obama theme song:
I watched a docuentary this morninf about the Iraq War called “No End in Sight” which Power just happened to be in ans the whole gist was how Bremer and the rest of those thugs just did what the wanted and Bush just let them call the shots. Well that’s essentially what Obama is saying he will do too with all of his talk about “building coalitions” to get stuff done. I’m not willing to live through another four years of a renegade presidency. Obama is not ready by a longshot.
Oh yikes. I want to see that. Did you rent it or see it on TV? If TV, which channel?
The same director — Alex Gabney — did “Taxi To the Dark Side,” which won the Oscar last week. I wrote up a couple stories here about that documentary. Both of my stories link to other great stories on “Taxi.” The executive producer — I only learned the night of the Oscars — is Sidney Blumenthal, who was in the Clinton White House and whose fantastic book (The Clinton Wars) I’m still reading (albeit slowly because I’m on the net too much). I think he is also some kind of adviser to Hillary’s campaign. Unlike SOME PEOPLE, he is very loyal, best I’ve heard.
Saw that too, what a mess.
Susan,
You are amazing! I wish there were more people like you. Keep exposing the truth. Hopefully before it’s too late. I knew there was something fishy about Obama. He scared me from the start.
Thanks for all your work.
Obama is turning out to be the shady politician many people said he was. His rhetorical points in one directions, but his motives are completely differently. Thanks to this type of reporting, the true Obama is emerging. Too bad his apostles don’t understand how they have been taken advantage of, and manipulated by Obama and his minions.