Obama's passport...a flashback. Interesting.

[B2G]

Obama's European problem
The senator may have traveled widely, but the critically important subcommittee on Europe has languished under his leadership.
By Joe Conason

Dec. 29, 2007 |

Doubts about Barack Obama's presidential credentials have crystallized during the past two weeks over his stewardship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on European Affairs, which has convened no policy hearings since he took over as its chairman last January. That startling fact, first uncovered by Steve Clemons, who blogs on the Washington Note, prompted acid comment in Europe about the Illinois senator's failure to visit the continent since assuming the committee post, and even speculation that he had never traveled there except for a short stopover in London.

But why should those questions matter to Americans who consider Senate hearings so much useless verbiage? And why does anyone care whether and where a would-be president has traveled, on official or personal visits?

The simple answer to the first question is that Senate hearings do not merely provide occasions for grandstanding as many voters may suspect, but fulfill a critical purpose in providing information and perspective to lawmakers. In the Senate, the foreign relations subcommittees have few direct legislative responsibilities, but they have traditionally gathered substantive research for the committee itself and for the rest of the Senate.


Read the rest here...
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/12/29/obama_europe/print.html

[KittyWampus]

1. Fuck Conason the Clinton Hack. There's been no need to convene the EUROPEAN SUB COMMITTEE

and considering the HUGE amount of information that Hillary and Bill refuse to make public, Conason's piece shows him as the partisan hack.

[high density]

2. So basically, the Clinton people think he would be a better candidate

had he bought a Eurail pass and rode a train around Europe while in college or something... Give me a break.

[Lint Head]

3. Republicans are fascists!

Rush Limp balls is Goebbels and Lid dy is an former SS lackey with limp balls.

[B2G]

4. This is why his info was hacked

To discredit him.

Question remains...who is trying to do the discrediting.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

5. As far as I know...

Hillary didn't ask Penn to talk to Rove who requested a favor from Condi :P

[stillcool]

6. as far as I know...

no one knows anything. And if past performance by our government is any indication we never will.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

7. Hi B2G,

Please be aware that DU copyright rules require that excerpts of copyrighted material be limited to four paragraphs.

best,
wakemeupwhenitsover
DU Moderator

[B2G]

8. Sorry...my bad.

I'll edit the post and keep that in mind.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

9. no problem & thank you for editing.

:toast:

[B2G]

10. My pleasure

:-)