****BREAKING****Obama in Afghanistan now!

[jenmito]

He will be speaking soon-at Bagram Air Base-he's not going to Kabul due to bad weather. (Report from MSNBC.) You can watch here online: http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream4

[SpiralHawk]

1. Breaking: George AWOL Bush (R) still playing with his putter

[tiris171a]

4. haha

[jaxx]

2. Thanks.

I am hoping it'll be on CNN online... http://www.justin.tv/hoctoggle?#/w/610193360/7 .

MSNBC has taken the live feeds away from this site. They just said they will be going live to President Obama as soon as he appears.

[jenmito]

3. It's on CNN's website...

I added a link. Thanks for yours. :hi:

[jenmito]

5. I almost missed this, since I was watching the DADT hearings on C-Span 3. Poor McCain

and others against its repeal are NOT getting as much support as they had hoped they'd get.

[gateley]

6. What's going on? I just turned on and MSNBC is saying that the President is

not going to meet w/Karzai as scheduled. I got the impression from Andrea M that he was going to meet w/Karzai but some documents were released last night that made them decide it's best if Obama isn't seen with him?

[jenmito]

7. The weather is bad, so he's going to talk with Karzai via

video conference there.

[gateley]

11. But now they're saying the video conference meeting has been cancelled.

They're also giving some background, that Obama rarely (if at all) communicated w/Karzai his first year in office, and that Karzai took affront. Also, that Obama came down hard on Karzai at some point but the admin has backed off from that approach since it "didn't go well". So they're wondering what this video cancellation will do to the 'relationship'.

We just need to get the fuck out of there. But you know that.

[jenmito]

15. Well...

it will supposedly be a phone call now due to technical reasons, and NOT a conspiracy that some are trying to make it.

[jenmito]

9. Andrea Mitchell is just guessing, or

making things up. He's now going to have a phone call with Karzai instead of meeting or video conference.

[gateley]

12. Yeah, somebody else told her she may have been reading too much into it - not

in so many words, but that was the sense of it I got.

[jenmito]

16. Yeah, that was Karen Finney (and then Savannah Guthrie, too). I just posted something similar. n/t

[Still a Democrat]

8. Obama Ducks Inclement Weather that Troops Must Endure

Just getting the Fox News story out in advance.

[jenmito]

10. They can't report that because it's not true...

he's going to speak to the troops. The bad weather excuse is for not meeting with Karzai.

[Still a Democrat]

14. Since when has that stopped them?

B-)

[jenmito]

17. True. n/t

[gateley]

13. Jenmito is right, but you sure got it nailed as to spin. nt

[jenmito]

18. Robert Gibbs just told Savannah Guthrie that there is incredibly strong winds,

and NOT any other reason, that he's not meeting with Karzai. He ALREADY had a phonecall with Karzai a short time ago.

[jenmito]

19. Look at all those troops waiting to see their CIC!

I'm glad he's there.

[discopants]

20. Has Palin tweeted yet complaining about Obama taking ANOTHER vacation?

You know it's coming... it'll be a CNN "breaking news" headline.

[jenmito]

21. I'm sure it IS coming. I just wish the media would ignore it. n/t

[Arctic Dave]

22. Unless he is there to personally tell them we are packing up and leaving that CF

why should I care if he is there?

Moral booster? Gimme a fuckin break.

[jenmito]

23. Who cares if you care? I'm sure the troops care and are HAPPY to see him. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

24. Troops waiting to see President asked to squeeze in tight...

..... there's an overflow crowd with more trying to get in apparently.

[jenmito]

25. Yup-I heard the guy telling other troops to squeeze in tight.

They love their CIC! :D

[jenmito]

26. He's visiting injured troops at Bagram Hospital and awarding Purple Hearts to 4 of those troops.

[jenmito]

27. I just checked Faux, and the host was asking the guest, "Do you think it's just a coincidence

that on the day Obama gets bad economic news, that he goes to Afghanistan? Maybe to change the subject?" (That's paraphrased, but that was the idea.) And Stephen Hayes, the RW commentator, shot that idea down, saying it takes a long time to plan these trips, and that it's GOOD to visit the troops.

[gateley]

28. Good for Hayes. And they always talk about how MUCH EFFORT and planning

go into these trips. He just didn't decide last night to hop on over.

[jenmito]

29. Yup...

I was surprised to hear him say that.

[jenmito]

30. He's up!

[jenmito]

31. He's been shaking hands with the troops for a half hour and still going! n/t

[jenmito]

32. MSNBC just played a clip of Obama talking about visiting wounded vets and awarding

Purple Hearts. He was emotional, blinking a lot and wiping his eye once.

[Union Scribe]

33. I'd wipe my eyes too

If I knew I was responsible for those injured soldiers, having sent/kept them in a useless war for my political career.

[jenmito]

34. He inherited the war. He set a timeline to bring them home. I'm glad he's

so serious about how they be treated once they return, too.

[Union Scribe]

35. Yes, they'll receive wonderful burials.

How do you feel about his cluster bombing of children in Yemen? I'm pretty sure he didn't inherit that from anyone.

[jenmito]

36. He's not cluster bombing children. He's cluster bombing terrorists

and it's better than having troops in Yemen.