Obama Says His Foreign Policy Resembles That of Elder Bush, Reagan, JFK
GREENSBURG, Pa. — Sen. Barack Obama said Friday he would return the country to the more “traditional” foreign policy efforts of past presidents, such as George H.W. Bush, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.
At a town hall event at a local high school gymnasium, Obama praised George H.W. Bush — father of the president — for the way he handled the Persian Gulf War: with a large coalition and carefully defined objectives.
Obama began a six-day bus tour through Pennsylvania, the largest remaining primary prize in the contest with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Sen. John McCain is the Republican nominee-in-waiting.
“The truth is that my foreign policy is actually a return to the traditional bipartisan realistic policy of George Bush’s father, of John F. Kennedy, of, in some ways, Ronald Reagan, and it is George Bush that’s been naive and it’s people like John McCain and, unfortunately, some Democrats that have facilitated him acting in these naive ways that have caused us so much damage in our reputation around the world,” he said.
Obama faced criticism in January from Clinton and then-challenger John Edwards for saying Reagan had changed the trajectory of American politics — and that Republicans had been the party of ideas for the last decade or more.
In one of the more heated moments of the Democratic debates, Clinton challenged him directly on the topic, saying those GOP ideas were “bad for America, and I was fighting against those ideas.”
In his speech Friday night, the Illinois senator charged that Clinton, for all her criticism of the current President Bush, has too often gone along with his decisions.
“I do think that Sen. Clinton would understand that George Bush’s policies have failed, but in many ways she has been captive to the same politics that led her to vote for authorizing the war in Iraq,” he said. “Since 9/11 the conventional wisdom has been that you’ve got to look tough on foreign policy by voting and acting like the Republicans, and I disagree with that.”
McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said Obama “represents an absolute departure” from Reagan and other presidents “whose strength in the face of an outspoken and determined enemy won the greater peace for a generation.”
I do not particularly like all Obama’s ideas but I think under the circumstances the country will be better off with him in the WH than Clinton who loves power so much and McCain who has no idea what he is talking about. Indeed, he is a veteran, he was a POW, but comparing his life with life of thousands of POWs, he had it very good. This country has rewarded him more then he will ever know or appreciate. Some of his fellow veterans are still sleeping in cardboard boxes under bridges or are on food stamps.
Senator Obama is a closet liberal and in the words of that great Texan Lloyd Bensten He ain’t no John Kennedy. For that matter he isn’t up to the standards of the Elder Bush or Regan. Check out Karl Rove on C-Span for the real skinny on Senator Obama.
Obama won’t give Bill Clinton credit for anything!!!!!!!!!!! All I know those were the best 8 years for our family!!!! I had a daughter in college during those years and was reimbursed $1000 from the goverment thanks to President Clinton! It does not sound like much but every little bit helps!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please people wake up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How Obama could say that his proposed policy resembles that of GHW Bush, Reagan, and JFK! This is like “I am good” “I love America”. My speech is like Lincoln’s. Those are all thatrical statements and turn passionate crowds and media easily.
Watch the youtube named “Barack Obama The Secrets Must Be Told !” to see another perspective on him and his international connections. He’s really leveraging the “hindsight is 20/20″ thing.
Obama changes like night and day. He is Nothing like those men. He is a man that sleep walks and even while awake he remains asleep. His ears are closed to truth, any truth, because he has bent and twisted bits and pieces of sounds, not even real words, but just sounds that deceive.
Well why wouldn’t this surprise anyone. All of his policies are copied from someone and usually they are copied from Clinton.
Big joke? What foreign policy?
Well, you’ve gotta give Obama credit…he’s pretty clever how he compares himself to previous presidents of both parties. Can you imagine Hillary praising George HW Bush (and suggest that her policies resemble his)??? Ha ha - not a chance.
All three invaded other countries - Which one is Obama picking? He is so inept that he may attack Hawai