Obama's VP: Knows a "bunch of stuff"

[Beacool]

Posted April 7, 2008 11:15 AM

by Mark Silva

When, and if, it comes time to look for a running mate, Barack Obama will be looking for "somebody who knows about a bunch of stuff that I'm not an expert on".

This was the senator's word at a closed-door fundraiser last night in San Francisco, the Huffington Post reports. Obama fielded a question on what he's looking for in a running mate, HuffPo's Mayhill Flower writes.

"I would like somebody who knows about a bunch of stuff that I'm not as expert on," the senator is quoted as saying. "I think a lot of people assume that might be some sort of military thing to make me look more commander-in-chief-like. Ironically, this is an area--foreign policy is the area where I am probably most confident that I know more and understand the world better than Sen. Clinton or Sen. McCain.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/04/obamas_vp_knows_a_bunch_of_stu.html


Right about now, Hillary and McCain are probably laughing their butts off.

:rofl:

[tokenlib]

1. They laugh at their peril...n/t

[Cant trust em]

2. Is this really what we're talking about?

If he would have said "is knowledgeable on" would that have done it for you?

[Rockholm]

3. That would be Dodd, Biden, Richardson, Kucinich.....

Name just about any Democrat that had been in the race. They all know more than you.

[JayFredMuggs]

4. He knew more in 2002, when Hillary couldn't be bothered to learn.

[redqueen]

38. We have a winner! Hillary didn't read the NIE and instead asked Condi for advice.

Then included the 'Al Qaeda has connections to Iraq' lie in her IWR speech... and was STILL parrotting White House LIES about Iraq even 10 months after the war started!

[Catchawave]

5. I saw a similar article on HuffPo....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/obama-says-no-to-foreign_b_95357.html

How does he get away with this? :mad:

[MidwestTransplant]

6. I don't know about Hillary but there is no doubt in my mind BO knows and understands the world

better than McSame.

[CTyankee]

7. Hmm, that's interesting. It kinda signals that he won't be signing up

a military type for his VP choice. Makes me think he's aiming at domestic policy and looking for a governor who is popular and can bring in a state in a traditionally Republican region, a Janet Napolitano or a Kathleen Sebelius, for example...

[bellasgrams]

16. No, I think it will be a white MAN.

[jenmito]

8. Why would anyone laugh? He says he's stronger on foreign policy than

the others. And your quote says, "I would like somebody who knows about a bunch of stuff that I'm not as expert on," not AN expert on.

[JayFredMuggs]

10. Good catch!

[jenmito]

12. Thanks, JFM!

:hi:

[Pirate Smile]

24. (Some people think) He needs to speak more "senatorese". He still talks like a regular person.

He used the word "stuff".

Sometimes instead of saying "raise" he says "jack-up".

I like it. :)

[Cant trust em]

27. Guess what. George Bush won two elections talking like that.

His folksiness masked the fact that he was a proponent of war and a slew of other shitty policies.

Now we have a candidate who can be folksy and right on the issues.

[jenmito]

33. I like it, too...

:) I also like when he says "to scare up votes."

[cooolandrew]

9. Sounds like he'd pick Richardson from that or even Boxer.

[JayFredMuggs]

13. I like both, but Richardson

Is someone with more to bring to his support.

Boxer is a great woman, I'd love her, too!

[goclark]

36. I like Boxer because she is a woman from a big state

and we love her out here.

Those that are sincerely for a woman could enjoy voting for her.

She certainly knows her way around Washington.

Obama/Boxer , it has a nice ring to it.

[LSK]

11. Hows that Iraq war working out for McCain and Hillary???

:eyes:

[anamandujano]

55. Obama's Pakistan war will go much better.

:eyes:

[durrrty libby]

14. Jesus ....BO is an idiot and the cult bleets on

[TexasLady]

44. I still like potatoes

:D

[damonm]

54. Stay classy, there, dl...

By no means offer substantive rebuttal...

[burythehatchet]

64. BO is an idiot. I wonder what that makes Miss Libby....

:rofl:

[durrrty libby]

79. "I wonder what that makes Miss Libby..." Not a Mets fan and not a BOSniffer

2 big pluses for me:hi:

[anamandujano]

57. He really needs everything written down. You can just picture

the advisers faces when they heard that one.

:wow: :wtf:

[Phillycat]

60. Haven't we had enough of that for the past 7 years?

:banghead:

[knight_of_the_star]

71. FAIL

[sudopod]

73. Idiots are put in charge

of the Harvard Law Review all the time.

Oh, wait, disregard that, lol. :p

[Arkana]

74. That sand that your head's buried in taste good?

[dionysus]

82. yeah them damned uppity nigras pwning your queen...

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

[Alexander]

83. There's a special delivery for you.

[polichick]

15. Yeah, Clinton & McSame are probably ignorant and arrogant enough to laugh.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. they won't be laughing at Al Gore on the environment

[Bake]

20. Are you suggesting Gore would accept An Obama veep invite?

In. Your. Dreams.

Bake

[jillan]

18. He's going to have to hire ALOT of people then because Obama is just a newbie.

[FrenchieCat]

30. A Newbie who's kicking Ms. Experience's and her Former President

in their ass.

That's the kind of Newbie that we need. :thumbsup:

[butterfly77]

49. Thank you!

[Beacool]

53. Winning doesn't equate with knowhow.

As we have seen abundantly with Bush......

[TahitiNut]

59. Who's being an "elitist" now?

Maybe we should embrace aristocracies. After all, "born to rule" is about know-how, right? :eyes:

Damn people! They don't know shit. :sarcasm:

[GoldieAZ49]

19. I know I am

The list of things Obama didn't know already is stunning, let alone the "bunch of stuff" he knows he is not an expert on.

[Beacool]

32. My same feelings.

The Huff article called Obama "cocky", he sure is that and much more!!

His assumption that he knows more about foreign policy because he lived abroad as a small child and has family in Africa is truly laughable.

Heck, I was raised abroad in boarding schools for most of my growing years. I have family in Europe and Latin America and travel overseas on a regular basis. Does any of that make me an expert on foreign policy????

Please..........

:crazy:

[mckeown1128]

21. Summery "Obama wants a wise Veep... Clintons supporters scoff" nt

[scheming daemons]

26. Because they hold out hope that Hillary will be veep... If Obama wants a "wise" one, Hillary's out

[polichick]

22. I guess it's escaped your attention that Obama had it right...

...while Clinton and McSame sent our kids to be killed in a faux war. Nothing to laugh at there.

[knixphan]

23. It would be refreshing to move from 'warrior-culture' to 'wisdom-culture'

[polichick]

29. Great way to put it - change the mindset entirely!

[Eurobabe]

25. What, laughing all the way to Puerto Rico?

:eyes:

[bunnies]

28. Obama will have the best political minds as his disposal.

know it.

[Bucky]

31. Please don't associate Hillary and McCain as sharing values & attitudes

`

[Beacool]

37. I'm talking about foreign policy experience,

not about sharing values. Both Hillary and McCain have far more experience in the area than Obama, that's why it's so funny that he seems to feel so "confident" on this issue.

[gmudem]

45. You still actually believe Hillary has foreign policy experience?

I think that myth has been pretty well debunked at this point.

[Beacool]

51. Oh please, compared to Obama she has plenty. n/t

[gmudem]

81. Like what exactly?

I realize she has experience working for Wal-Mart and lying about her support for NAFTA, but I really can't tell if she has any actual foreign policy experience aside from the things that happened in her own mind.

Does voting for the Iraq War because she lacked the political will and spine to oppose it count as f.p. experience? I guess it could.

[burythehatchet]

62. Did Obama take sniper fire in Bosnia? Noooooo.

:rofl:

[knixphan]

75. She's got experience with Sinbad. Valuable stuff.

[goclark]

34. Mr. Bomb Bomb and Ms. Bosnia

need to keep on laughing..... the joke will be on them.

[book_worm]

35. "laughing their butts off?" why? Obama had Iraq right and they were wrong.

that's the biggest foreign policy fiasco since Vietnam.

[Beacool]

39. That speech in 2002 made him an expert in the field of foreign policy??? n/t

[walldude]

42. No it didn't that's why he's going to get a VP

who knows stuff he doesn't. Can't have it both ways, you make fun of him for being inexperienced then make fun of him again for surrounding himself with experienced people. So which is it, he's a jerk for being inexperienced or a jerk for handling his experience "issue"?

This is what Hillary supporters have against Obama today? He's going to get experienced help? Yeah that's some scandal :rofl: :rofl:

[Beacool]

52. It's no scandal.

What's funny is his level of "confidence" in an area that he knows so little.

P.S. I didn't call him a jerk....

[walldude]

69. You posted it like it was a scandal or a joke..

or whatever, it was a shot at a guy who has taken slack for "inexperience" yet when he tries to get experienced help, well then he's.. ok you didn't say jerk, what you insinuated was "fool". Like he should be laughed at for wanting an experienced VP.

[anamandujano]

65. We want experience plus experience, not someone who has to fill a void.

[walldude]

68. No candidate has experience in every area he/she needs to..

none. The question is will they surround themselves with "yes men" or people with experience and opinions that matter and will they listen to them. But don't let that get in the way of some Obama bashing..

[book_worm]

56. Well he is much more on the ball than Clinton or McCain

BTW, what foreign policy experience does Hillary have?

[redqueen]

40. Neither one of them is laughing their butts off.

They're not that stupid.

[HopeforChange]

41. Biden I hope

[Vinca]

43. "A bunch of stuff" is a whole lot more than we've got right now. nt

[DefenseLawyer]

46. Yeah I'm sure it is a laugh a minute over at Camp Clinton

They only way they are all laughing their butts off, is if they are all drunk. Of course given that her campaign is in shambles and she has no hope of winning, I hope they stocked up on liquor before the campaign went broke.

[flor de jasmim]

47. Obama's has a BA in POLITICAL SCIENCE - INT'L AFFAIRS

from Columbia U. It's not just his experience as a child.

To Hillary supporters - you're right that Hillary has been in the public eye a LONG time. Since it looks like Obama will be the nominee, it might be a good time to read up on him, with an open mind. You can't honestly said you would prefer McCain, can you?

[tokenlib]

58. Way to go..you just kneecapped the asinine posts on this thread...

ROFLMAO!!!

[OzarkDem]

67. So if Iran attacks Turkey...

Obama can get out his textbooks and look up a solution, right?

How many times has he even traveled overseas to visit with foreign leaders? How many times has he traveled overseas, period?

We just had 7 years of someone like this. Sorry, inexperienced people are easily manipulated.

[Beacool]

72. So do I............so what? n/t

[SoCalDem]

48. Yes. they are a couple of "ass-less wonders"

:)

They also are both losers :)

[intaglio]

50. Mayhill Fowler strikes again

Here's the original article at HuffPo
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/obama-says-no-to-foreign_b_95357.html

here's one she did earlier
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/pennsylvania-campaign-jou_b_94779.html

here's her bio
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/#blogger_bio

with added info here
http://junehill.blogspot.com/

for those of you with a sense of humour deficiency it is in HuffPo's "Off the Bus" section and is exquisitely done

[burythehatchet]

61. They are laughing their butts off. Unfortunately, they're doing it in a straightjacket.

Keep at it. Your gal will come through. And don't forget to donate. Make it hurt.

www.hillaryclinton.com

[Beacool]

70. Win or lose, it's money well spent.

I don't regret a minute of my time, nor a penny of my money that went to help her campaign.

On the other hand, the DNC won't get another penny, neither will I campaign for the GE (except at the local and state level). I may help Lautenberg's campaign, he's up for reelection.

[loveangelc]

63. laughing about what? Hillary has nothing to be laughing about at this point lol.

[OzarkDem]

66. He sounds more like the Blivet every day

Oy.

:rofl:

[knixphan]

76. The 'experience' I do not want

'Experience' pandering to transnational corporations, the super wealthy, the military-industrial complex, big pharma, Saudi Arabia...

Experience mimicking republicans.

That's experience we can do without.


GOBAMA!

[ecstatic]

77. Well, that eliminates Hillary

Whew! What a relief!

[TheDonkey]

78. Oh, so this is the new "stuff-gate" very serious trouble for the Obama campaign

[Unsane]

80. McCain laughing? You mean the guy who's repeatedly said he "doesn't know much" about the economy?