{"id":5308,"date":"2008-05-22T14:08:54","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T14:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/05\/even-the-ap-cant-figure-out-ob.html"},"modified":"2008-05-22T14:08:54","modified_gmt":"2008-05-22T14:08:54","slug":"even-the-ap-cant-figure-out-ob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/05\/even-the-ap-cant-figure-out-ob.html","title":{"rendered":"Even the AP can&#8217;t figure out Obama&#8217;s foreign policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s pretty bad when even the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20080522\/ap_on_el_pr\/obama_diplomacy_fact_check\">messiah supporting MSM can&#8217;t follow Obama&#8217;s ever changing foreign policy positions<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Barack Obama&#8217;s willingness to meet Iranian, Cuban and other hostile leaders who would not get face time from John McCain stands as a distinctive element of his foreign policy.Distinctive, yes, but clearly defined? Not quite.[&#8230;]This week, Obama qualified his past statements that he would meet the Iranian leadership directly and without precondition by saying he did not necessarily mean Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran&#8217;s hardline, anti-American president.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Em&#8230;well, then why did he say this:<object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dXDaWd4rMcU&#038;hl=en\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dXDaWd4rMcU&#038;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object>Something positively Clintonian about Obama, don&#8217;t you think?Thank you, Democrats! I didn&#8217;t think we would ever get a candidate as fun as Kerry but Obama&#8217;s turned out to be as pompous, arrogant and clueless. Imagine that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s pretty bad when even the messiah supporting MSM can&#8217;t follow Obama&#8217;s ever changing foreign policy positions: Barack Obama&#8217;s willingness to meet Iranian, Cuban and other hostile leaders who would not get face time from John McCain stands as a distinctive element of his foreign policy.Distinctive, yes, but clearly defined? 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