TPM: Obama's Silence on Kaddafi

[Coexist]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/180432.php

By Josh Marshall
Can we ignore Sen. Obama's silence about Muammar Kaddafi?

We know that Louis Farrakhan has said positive things about Barack Obama. And he's not the only one. This is the same Louis Farrakhan who has travelled to Libya to meet with and say positive things about Kaddafi, who has long-standing ties to terrorism. And that's not all. The former pastor at Obama's church, Jeremiah Wright, has not only said positive things about Farrakhan. In the 1980s, he went on a trip with Farrakhan to ... you guessed it, Libya, to meet with Kaddafi.

With all of Obama's ties to Kaddafi and all Kaddafi's ties to terrorism, not to mention a lot of Muslims and Arabs and blacks, how much longer can Obama stay silent on his relationship to Kaddafi? Does he support Kaddafi? Has he met with him? Will he denounce Kaddafi, notwithstanding that nuclear deal we have with him now?

These questions won't go away.

And I don't think even denouncing is going to be enough. He'll have to reject.


















:rofl:



(ed.note: A distressingly large number of readers weren't clear that this post was satire. But as long as we inhabit the same universe as Tim Russert, can we blame them?)

[tabasco]

1. Obama has been to Africa!

When will he reject / denounce his ties to Idi Amin?????

[babylonsister]

2. Wow. Josh Marshall wrote that?

:wow:

[MadBadger]

3. it was satire

[Coexist]

5. pssst.. in here:

this is the last line... I figured people here would get it and it wasn't necessary. My first thought when I read the headline was ... "whaaaa?" he usually doesn't do entire satire posts, just snarky comments.

(ed.note: A distressingly large number of readers weren't clear that this post was satire. But as long as we inhabit the same universe as Tim Russert, can we blame them?)

[babylonsister]

10. Jeeze...

and phew! Thanks for elaborating! :rofl:

[Barack_America]

6. I'm sensing satire here.

Marshall was pretty soundly disgusted with Russert's Wright=Farrakhan=Kaddafi approach.

I highly doubt that he's seriously considering it now.

[Big Blue Marble]

14. He was.

He expressed his displeasure with Russert on his blog.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Had me fooled there for a second

I thought Josh was channeling his inner beltway pantywaist.

[CreekDog]

7. There's a bigger scandal than this

Obama is tied with Kevin Bacon by no more than 6 degrees and Bacon is connected with Bin Laden by no more than 6 degrees.

He's so doomed. :think:

[Drunken Irishman]

8. Let's go a bit further.

Obama's mother's maiden name was Dunham. Dunham Massey is a civil parish in Greater Manchester, England. The Booth family inherited most of the Massey lands in 1409. That family lineage connects to, yup, you guessed it, John Wilkes Booth! So when is Obama going to denounce, reject and ask for salvation over his very certain connection with the man who shot the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln?

These questions need to be answered, NOW! Or we only can assume Obama is pro-Lincoln assassination.

[rodeodance]

9. satire like this goes around the internet. not wise. and no, i would not want

him to do a piece on clinton either

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

12. SATIRE IS THE TOOL OF THE RIGHT WING MEDIA

[rodeodance]

13. why are you YELLLING at me??

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. even Tony Blair likes Kaddafi now