Only one word comes to my mind Mike, NARCISSISTIC!

Seems to me they are very vulnerable in this area, and we can not be vulnerable at this time, with our war on terror. Wimp equates to BO in my mind at this point, what a whiner too, its not ABOUT him yet! ! !

Lulu

Edit, sorry Myra, spell check doesn't do definitions, my mistake for not re-reading.

Thanks for the compliment. Lulu;

"Seems to me they are very venerable in this area" I accept it eagerly.

This is part of a concerted effort by the Republicans to accuse Obama of "appeasing" people who are demonized by the Israelis. A few days ago McCain said that Hamas had endorsed Obama and today Lil' Bush chimes in with his stupid speech. One must be a fool not to make the connection.

Sev-Mills:

President Bush did not name Sen. Obama as a person he was speaking of.  The only way Sen Obama could know that he was the subject of the remark is that he knows he is guilty. 

By the way, isn't it a fact that Hamas DID endorce Sen. Obama?  The Sen. may have not wanted the endorcement, but he did get it, did he not?.

hondo 

Hondo, one and only one, Hamas official endorsed Obama. It was unwelcome.

MyraL:

Thanks for the compliment. Lulu;

"Seems to me they are very venerable in this area" I accept it eagerly.

I think Lulu meant "venereal".

Sev_Mills:

This is part of a concerted effort by the Republicans to accuse Obama of "appeasing" people who are demonized by the Israelis. A few days ago McCain said that Hamas had endorsed Obama and today Lil' Bush chimes in with his stupid speech. One must be a fool not to make the connection.

Obama's comment about being willing to sit "and talk" with Ahmedinejad without preconditions is very worthy of criticism.  It has nothing to do with being demonized by Israelis (let's please not have another Ivyman here).

Attention and legitimization is what terrorist organizations want more than anything else.   As we saw with Jimmy Carter's ill-advised "talk" with Hamas, it is grossly misguided and foolish optimism to blithely say "I'll talk with anybody".   These groups have shown a million times over that they are unresponsive to honest peace brokering and Ghandiesque peace overtures.   These are interpreted only as signs of weakness and invigorate the use of terror.   Obama's apparent following in Carter's footsteps is very worrying, and a legitimate issue for criticism and debate.

Myra,

You may want to check that, the news reports I read claimed Barack Obama was FLATTERED by Hamas's endorsement. Oh, and he is now wearing the flag pin, I'm not sure if its the flag pin with 57 states or our 50 state pin though. Any idea Myra on who the extra seven states are that BO has been too? Iran, Syria, North Korea...?

Lulu

The president struck too close to their hearts.

Obama would be a joke of a president. He's not ready for prime time. Make a great used car salesman, though. 

MyraL:

Hondo, one and only one, Hamas official endorsed Obama. It was unwelcome.

I bet it was publicly unwelcome. If the Nazi's had endorsed FDR, it would have been unwelcome. However, I don't remember FDR campaigning that he wanted to talk to the Nazi's. Perhaps you can refresh my memories? 

Why bother talking to any terrorist group who advocates the destruction of Israel?

Seems a non-starter to me.

I also think to terrorists threats concerning Israel is plenty enough justification for Israel to smoke them, by any available method, including nukes.

Personally, I think some of the 57 (hmmmm, where HAVE I heard that number before) muslim states would have a "come-to-Jesus-moment." Heh Heh.

Are there really 57 muslim states? I've read that someplace.

Rick