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Old 04-07-2008, 09:59 AM
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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-hief-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.

"It's ironic because this is supposedly the place where experience is most needed to be commander-in-chief,'' he continued. "Experience in Washington is not knowledge of the world.

"So when I speak about having lived in Indonesia for four years, having family that is impoverished in small villages in Africa--knowing the leaders is not important--what I know is the people. . I traveled to Pakistan when I was in college--I knew what Sunni and Shia was [sic] before I joined the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. . . .

"Nobody is entirely prepared for being Commander-in-Chief. The question is when the 3 AM phone call comes do you have somebody who has the judgment, the temperament to ask the right questions, to weigh the costs and benefits of military action, who insists on good intelligence, who is not going to be swayed by the short-term politics. By most criteria, I"ve passed those tests and my two opponents have not."
Looking over this in my off-period. This guy is unbelievable. He's only as eloquent as his speechwriter b/c this speech is what a 10-year-old would come up with, good riddance.

The VP candidate needs to know everything then, because Barry is so ill-suited for the office he aspires to, it is ridiculous.

I have noticed lately that when asked questions off the cuff, he’s starting to stammer a little. He’s getting in over his head.
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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.
Incredible. "In over his head" is an understatement.
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Yet he's tied with McCain...

Everybody expects balance from a VP choice.


Like how everybody expects McCain to pick somebody who isn't very, very old.
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Incredible. "In over his head" is an understatement.
Exactly. This guy has been toking way too long on that Mary Jane or some other stuff if he thinks he knows more about the military and foreign affairs than McCain. Unbelievable cockiness and ignorance and respect for those who have actually sacrificed for this country
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Yet he's tied with McCain...

Everybody expects balance from a VP choice.


Like how everybody expects McCain to pick somebody who isn't very, very old.
Well, Al ain't a good choice. Rule Gore out.
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