Obama: "I trusted Rezko" Judgement matters

[2rth2pwr]

words matter, experience matters

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-obama-rezkomar15,0,2968927.story

He was a friend. Rezko helped bankroll Obama in five election runs

Is Obama's judgment on his friends and church indicative of what is going to come out of his messy office?

[FrenchieCat]

1. Give it up! It doesn't look good for you. I feel your pain though.

[anonymous171]

2. lol rezko

:rofl:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

3. RE: IWR - Obama one good judgment in a lifetime of bad judgments does not make a President.

[Kittycat]

4. 4K dead soldiers and many more wounded. Thanks Hillary.

[Plucketeer]

20. Denny Hastert ..

.. trusted Mark Foley too. ...........just sayin'. :-)

[polichick]

5. And Hillary trusted Bill and GW - go figure!

[Yes We Did]

6. Yes, judgment does matter. Now Hillary, About that Iraq War Vote...

[Forkboy]

7. Well I agree...that's pretty dumb. Almost as bad as trusting Bush to not invade a country.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. why did the Clintons pardon Marc Rich?

remember it is 'we'

[MojoMojoMojo]

11. Search Marc Rich Mossad

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. Oh oh!

[DJ13]

9. Hillary's judgement of sticking with her philandering husband doesnt inspire confidence

She knew of his trysts long before Monica, yet she stayed with him to help further her own ambitions.

Thats not the kind of judgement I want in the WH.

[cbayer]

14. You don't know why she stayed with him

and, frankly, it's none of your business.

[pdxmom]

10. Okay, you win. Now, let's get on with it. Obama misjudged the

trustworthiness of a fundraiser to the tune of $250,000. And he was a member of an 8,000 member megachurch whose preacher said mean things in a scary way. Poor judgment.

Clinton voted for the IWR because she trusted Bush wouldn't invade and now thousands are dead. Hsu - she trusted a fundraiser to the tune of $850,000. Poor judgment.

So far we're even. Your turn. What's your next gripe? Cause I guarantee I can match them point for point.

[Saturday]

12. When you're running on your GOOD JUDGEMENT then maybe you should have

GOOD JUDGEMENT or maybe you should run on something else.

[FrenchieCat]

13. When you're running on experience, you need to have actually done

more than having experience making bad mistakes.

[Spiffarino]

19. Pssst...no, she really doesn't have experience

HRC is engaging in a wee bit of revisionist history on SCHIP:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/03/14/clinton_role_in_health_program_disputed/

Oh, and she didn't have much of anything to do with the Northern Ireland accords, either:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-bergmann/hillarys-ridiculous-nort_b_91536.html

And of course, there is the matter of her "dangerous trip into war-torn Bosnia" she's been touting:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/03/sinbad_unloads_on_hillary_clin.html

Therefore, if you stack Hillary Clinton's experience against Barack Obama's, you have a two-term US Senator from NY versus a one-term US Senator and three-term State Senator from Illinois. In terms of legislative experience you have:

Hillary R. Clinton: 7 years
Barack H. Obama: 11 years


I think we have a winner.

[JoFerret]

22. This is true

.

[Hepburn]

15. SSDD....

...:eyes:

[alteredstate]

17. Hillary Clinton trusted Bushco.

4000 American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens paid the price.

Obama was thoroughly vetted today by a tough crowd of Chicago reporters. Give this petty shit a rest.

[alcibiades_mystery]

18. IT'S ALL OOOOOOOOOOOOVER!!!!!

:rofl:

[Avalux]

25. OMG! Is that real??

:rofl:

[alcibiades_mystery]

26. Nah....I put it together

Real in spirit, though.

:-)

[boppers]

21. What's Rezko Opinion on Iran?

Will Obama give Rezko "the benefit of the doubt" on it?

[Umbram]

23. Bad business deal vs. war costing hundreds of thousands of lives.

Judgment matters. We all screw up, I guess it matters how big of a screwup we are, now doesn't it?

[casus belli]

24. Are you willing to examine your candidate of choice...

with the same microscope?

[JVS]

27. And who trusted W?

[avrdream]

28. So true.

But this won't get a whole lot of traction in GD-P. The BO supporters seem to like this type of judgment.

[myrna minx]

29. Shall we discuss the Kyl/Lieberman amendment?

Or the Iraq war vote?

[Perry Logan]

30. First, tell us why you're so anxious to change the subject.

[myrna minx]

31. The topic of the thread is about judgment and experience.

Anxiety has nothing do do with it.

On edit: I worked very hard to prevent the Iraq war. My elected officials: Senator Wellstone, Senator Dayton and Representative Sabo all voted against the IWR. This is a very personal topic for me, and yes, I do believe judgement does matter on this.

[Perry Logan]

33. The topic of the thread is Obama's judgment. Kyle-Liebermann has been thoroughly discussed.

[myrna minx]

34. If we throw open the doors of both houses and cast sunshine in, I'm sure we will find

some unsavory donors. Of this I have no doubt. I'm not going to participate in a donor war with anyone, because I think we will find that no one wins.

The OP refers to Rev. Wright as an example of Obama using bad judgment. I disagree. Many Americans aren't aware of Liberation theology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_theology

This link is just a brief overview of the theology and it may give some context for Rev. Wright;s perspective. The Reverend said things that made me uncomfortable, but it doesn't mean that I don't agree with him on most things. Do I agree with him about everything? No. I don;t agree with anyone about everything. Liberation theology isn't about making someone feel comfortable, it's about not resting until *all* that are oppressed and suffering are liberated and brought to the promised land. OK, my description is embarrassingly inadequate, but it's the best I can do before I have my coffee. :silly:

Agree or disagree with Rev. Wright, that's a matter of personal judgment too, but I thought I'd share a little bit of what I know, because it's not your typical Lutheran service. (I was raised Lutheran.)

Kyl/Lieberman may have been thoroughly discussed here, but it is still an important issue for me as is is the IWR. That speaks to judgement too, is all I'm saying.

BTW, I love your avatar. Max was so ahead of his time. :hi:

[Perry Logan]

35. I hear you. We should probably question the judgment of anyone who wants to run for President.

[WonderGrunion]

32. Dude, you're still pushing Rezko?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Rezko was so last month, nobody is wearing that anymore.

[Hugabear]

36. It's a good thing Hillary has never associated with dubious characters

There's nobody in Hillary's past that she wouldn't be ashamed of because of her close association with, is there?

:rofl:

[Abacus]

37. Hillary "I trusted Bill"

Hillary "I trusted Hsu"
Hillary "I trusted Scruggs"
...
Do we really want to play this game? Consistency matters.