On Thursday, CBS Early Show co-host Julie Chen declared: "President Obama seeks to reset Mideast relations in a historic speech in Cairo." Co-host Harry Smith gushed: "Powerful, far-ranging speech this morning...he was not only presidential, he was also professorial. He was very much a teacher this morning. He was giving Americans and Muslims a history lesson."
In a later segment, Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer shared Smith’s description of Obama as a history professor: "I mean, one thing I didn't know, he pointed out that Morocco, a Muslim country, was the first to recognize the United States. He also pointed out there is a mosque in every state in the United States of America. This was, as you say, this was Professor Obama...during a lot of this, and I think that will have an impact."
Smith got reaction to Obama’s speech from CBS analyst Reza Aslan, who praised the President’s criticism of Israel: "...some very frank talk about issues, about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict... there were some words that Obama used that had never been used before by any American president, including the word ‘occupation,’ and the word ‘Palestine.’ I think this is going to be really remarkable, the way that the Muslim world reacts."
While talking to Shieffer in the following segment, co-host Maggie Rodriguez similarly focused on Obama’s willingness to go after Israel: "...it was striking to hear President Obama talk in an – in an Arab country about America's unbreakable bond with Israel, but yet say directly to Israel, quote, ‘it is time for these settlements to stop.’ That was a huge concession." Schieffer added: "...the fact that this president went to the center of the Arab world and made that statement. He said no one can deny Israel's right to exist. But neither can we deny the Palestinians' right to exist."
Schieffer went on to rave about the speech, declaring: "This was a remarkable speech...The most remarkable thing to me was just simply that he made it...That he would go to Cairo and that he would speak with the candor he did...the fact that he was there, that Muslims got a chance to see him, to hear him, as he said, you know, he looks like them. This will have a great impact."
At that point, Schieffer remarked: "This was the speech, Maggie, I think that was aimed at the next generation...The younger – the younger people of the Arab world." Rodriguez agreed: "Exactly...Because a third of the population is under 15 years of age. Potentially the next generation of radical Islam. So his goal, much like it was during the presidential election here in America, was to reach the young people." Schieffer replied: "Yes. Very much so."
Here is the full transcript of Smith’s exchange with Aslan:
7:00AM TEASE:
JULIE CHEN: Breaking news, President Obama seeks to reset Mideast relations in a historic speech in Cairo.
BARACK OBAMA: I’ve come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world.
7:00AM TEASE:
HARRY SMITH: We want to take a picture of President Obama delivering his speech in Cairo this morning. And let's listen in.
BARACK OBAMA: -stand in the way of progress. Some suggest that it isn't worth t effort. That we are fated to disagree, and civilizations are doomed to clash. Many more are simply skeptical that real change can occur. There's so much fear. So much mistrust that has built up over the years. But if we choose to be bound by the past, we will never move forward. And I want to particularly say this to young people-
SMITH: Powerful, far-ranging speech this morning that President Obama has delivered in Cairo. Speaking about a new beginning, speaking about unequivocal support for a two-state solution. Talking about Iran and Afghanistan. Talking about U.S.-Muslim relations. We have much analysis of this speech this morning and we'll get to that in just a second, as we welcome you to the Early Show this morning.
7:02AM SEGMENT:
HARRY SMITH: First, President Obama's highly anticipated speech in Cairo. It has been billed as an attempt to reach out to the Muslim world. We want to go live to Cairo now and CBS News chief White House correspondent Chip Reid. Chip, good morning.
CHIP REID: Well, good morning, Harry. The President says he has one fundamental purpose in giving this speech here in Cairo, to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world.
BARACK OBAMA: So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace. Those who promote conflict, rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. And this cycle of suspicion and discord must end.
REID: To open a door of understanding, the President invoked his own connections to Islam.
OBAMA: I'm a Christian. But my father came from a Kenyan family that includes generations of Muslims. As a boy I spent several years in Indonesia, and heard the call of Yazan at the break of dawn and at the fall of dusk.
REID: He said it's time for critics of the Muslim world to shed their mis-perceptions.
OBAMA: Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires, timeless poetry and cherished music, elegant calligraphy, and places of peaceful contemplation. And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.
REID: But he also said Muslims must end their negative stereotypes of America.
OBAMA: Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known.
REID: And the President went through what he called some ‘blunt truth-telling,’ on about seven different issues, urging the Muslim world to do more on everything from democracy, to women's rights, to Middle East peace. Harry.
SMITH: Chip Reid in Cairo this morning, thank you. CBS News analyst and Mideast expert Reza Aslan joins us now from London. Good morning.
REZA ASLAN: Good morning, Harry.
SMITH: How do you think this is going to play in the Muslim world?
ASLAN: Well, look, this speech, as Chip said, was billed as a truth-telling moment, and it – that it certainly was. I mean there was the usual platitudes that we expected with regard to mutual respect, the things that Obama has said before. But there was also some very frank talk about issues, about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, women's rights, democracy, and especially, again, when it comes to the Arab/Israeli conflict, there were some words that Obama used that had never been used before by any American president, including the word ‘occupation,’ and the word ‘Palestine.’ I think this is going to be really remarkable, the way that the Muslim world reacts.
SMITH: It was very interesting to watch this president in action. It was – he was not only presidential, he was also professorial. He was very much a teacher this morning. He was giving Americans and Muslims a history lesson, and among the things that he came down hard on was the support for the two-state solution. But he also was so strong in his condemnation of Al Qaeda, and the Taliban.
ASLAN: He was. And he did so in a very sophisticated manner, bringing up a fundamental fact that the Muslim victims of Al Qaeda, and these violent extremists, far outnumber the Christian or Jewish, or for that matter, American, victims. And that did get a good applause line. One thing that I thought was very interesting, and watching this speech, that really had the most sort of fascinating mixed reaction in that crowd, was when he talked very forcefully about women's rights in the Muslim world. I thought that that was really fascinating, and I – and I expect that that's going to get a lot of debate in the Muslim world, which is precisely what Obama wanted.
SMITH: And also talking about democracy in Egypt, in a place where free speech is not exactly a common currency.
ASLAN: Yes, I have to say that if there was a weakness in this speech, it was probably the democracy talk. This was something that Egyptians especially wanted to hear some more from the Obama administration. Particularly in what the United States was willing to do to actively promote democracy. Perhaps he was a bit hamstrung by the fact that he was in Egypt as a guest of Hosni Mubarak, who certainly is one of the most dictatorial leaders of that region. But at – at the very least, he made a re-commitment of the United States to pursue political development, and more importantly, he talked about economic development as the key to socio-political development, and I think that that is something that the Muslim world is going to appreciate.
SMITH: Reza Aslan thank you very much for your expertise this morning. Do appreciate it. The whole world is going to be talking about this speech most of the day today. And we're going to continue talking about it, too, some more.
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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OBAMA SPEECH: HOW MANY TIMES?
June 4, 2009 - 12:13 ET by reelman46OBAMA SPEECH: HOW MANY TIMES?
How many times is this man going to say all nations are equal in their behavioral history?
How many times is he going to get historical facts wrong?
How many times is the fawning media going to avoid challenging his serial historical errors?
How many times is going to tell us so many things have “two sides or are equal” when that is nonsense?
How many times is he going to tell us nothing new of substance?
How many times is he going to fail to put any new foreign policy proposals “on the table”?
How many times is he going to praise other nations but rarely America?
How many times is he going to pretend that his mush mouth sermon-speeches change anything?
How many times is he going to cowardly avoid mentioning the “basic human rights” of moslem woman and the chinese people?
How many times are the thugs of the world going to laugh mockingly behind his back?
What can you expect from a man who quickly borrowed-spent trillions then told us “we are out of money and in deep debt”?
(its been said before…modern liberalism is a mental disorder…anybody remember Jimmah Carter?)
What is that old saying?….”Ignore what is said, watch what is done”
Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D. (theconservativecrawfish)
Doc,
June 4, 2009 - 12:34 ET by IamTinmanThis is not just a case of getting the facts wrong, It's deliberately rewriting history and feeding it to a gullible world.
Deliberately rewriting history is right
June 4, 2009 - 12:44 ET by ThisnThat"And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality".
Did Obama really say that? Did CBS ignore this -- or beleive it's true? Is there any evidence -- any at all, mind you -- that this is true?
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Liberals constantly demand that we accept a glaring falsehood as truth; Obama's elimination of the word "terror" will make terrorist acts less terrifying
Quick quiz
June 4, 2009 - 12:59 ET by IamTinmanName a positive world contribution from Islam (excepting Barack Hussein Obama of course) in the last 500 years.
Don't worry there's no time limit on this quiz.
Omar Sharif? Nah, nevermind.
June 4, 2009 - 14:15 ET by SickofLibsOmar Sharif?
Nah, nevermind. I'm stumped.
Can we go back 800 years, then?
"Name a positive world
June 4, 2009 - 14:16 ET by HeavyChevy"Name a positive world contribution from Islam (excepting Barack Hussein Obama of course) in the last 500 years."
A: The worlds fastest-and permanent- shave! No need to tip I will just help myself as your headless corpse is tossed into the river.
Oh you meant something positive...sorry can't help you friend.
Quiz Answer
June 4, 2009 - 14:19 ET by Sergeant ROCKOnline beheadings?
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Quiz Answer
June 4, 2009 - 14:21 ET by Sergeant ROCKThe roadside bomb?
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Burnt bodies hanging from
June 4, 2009 - 14:36 ET by bigtimerBurnt bodies hanging from bridges.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
→ I know Tinman
June 4, 2009 - 14:42 ET by Cool ArrowIslam has been proficient at engaging in trade on a Global scale.
Both of their major commodities have been Black.
I go to the head of the class.
"The Rule of Law is the only thing that separates us from Democrats" - a Firefighter
the media decides who you
June 4, 2009 - 12:40 ET by TruthMongerthe media decides who you are going to be - and they've decided that obama is God - and we the patriots are idiots
ya know i'm getting very concerned about "THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE" with all of this presidential Muslim pandering - what say you ACLU (Anti-Christian Litigation Unit)...?
...hows about a "new beginning" with AMERICAN CHRISTIANS?? No hurry - whenever you have time...
Palin/Prejean 2012
Obama speech
June 4, 2009 - 12:14 ET by Six String SpiffOh it's historic alright. The flame of freedom was just extinguished by a very naive, immature, and dangerous individual. I can't believe I witnessed such a gut wrenching speech from our President. I feel sick. Honestly. I am frightened. I love my country. Our president does not.
Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range At 0800 Daily.
reelman and Spiff... I
June 4, 2009 - 12:23 ET by bigtimerreelman and Spiff...
I know sometimes I get repetitious with I agree...but lord do I ever agree with you both.
I watched this early hours of the morn here...it made me sick...and I knew some of the tripe he was oh so eloquently blathering on and on about with this teleprompter in Chief was pure bunk...and he tried to act as if they were facts.
Dangerous indeed....
...as the lemming talking heads in the msm oooh and aaah...
For me it was oh please...gag me with a spoon...and where the heck did I put that barf-bag and duct-tape...before I explode....
Does this man ever shut-up...or have enough face time on TV...
I never, ever thought I would see a worse camera hog than Clinton, or a spookier Prez than Carter...but we have him.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
He left this part out
June 4, 2009 - 12:24 ET by FranksamSo there's a mosque in every state in America, and how many churches in Saudi Arabia?
He was right about the part where more Muslims have been killed by other Muslims than by anyone else. We should stay out of their fights. In re the Iran-Iraq war, I think Kissinger said that it was too ad that they couldn't both lose.
Obama is a danger to our interests, but I'm sure that Jer, who is undoubtedly shopping for a new GM car as I write this, can spin the speech. I can hardly wait.
→ Mosques in every State
June 4, 2009 - 12:29 ET by Cool ArrowThat was just a reminder to Israel that there's a new Sherrif in town.
"The Rule of Law is the only thing that separates us from Democrats" - a Firefighter
Professor Obama?
June 4, 2009 - 12:29 ET by well99"This was, as you say, this was Professor Obama...during a lot of this, and I think that will have an impact."
Was this Professor Obama too?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV1sxq8mqvA
Now it is time for the msm theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtGrp5MbzAI&feature=related
Why did you have to do that well99?
June 4, 2009 - 12:48 ET by IamTinmanI was just finishing up a tasty roast beef sandwich, switched on the youtube link and now have to clean up my desk and change my shirt.
Nothing reminds me more of the Hitler Youth brigade.
IamTinman
June 4, 2009 - 18:51 ET by well99Doesn’t it though. I remember seeing all those old black and white reels with the Hitler youth movement. It is scary.
Obama Youth
June 4, 2009 - 19:00 ET by Sergeant ROCKAnd I seem to recall footage of some guys working on a 'shovel-ready' project of some kind.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Sgt Rock
June 4, 2009 - 21:52 ET by well99They must of been shoveling all the BS he spewing.
....just like every other
June 4, 2009 - 12:29 ET by tater....just like every other speech he's done.
Eventually they'll need a thesaurus to come up with something different besides historic.
www.theholyrosary.org
"There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we can not resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary." -Sister Lucia
tater... Right you
June 4, 2009 - 12:43 ET by bigtimertater...
Right you are...I betcha Matthews had tingles going up both legs this morning....and Brian Williams is still bowing at this moment he is so thankful for the messiah and words of such wisdom.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Historic, powerful,
June 4, 2009 - 12:36 ET by mattmHistoric, powerful, professional, and WRONG!
This guy is either woefully ignorant and naive, or he's playing the role of PR minister for the Jihad.
Obama: Ich Bin Ein Islamer
June 4, 2009 - 12:43 ET by Jack BauerThis insufferably stupid man (Obama) is going to be personally responsible for uncontrollable nuclear proliferation in the middle and far east.
I'd get in the bunker biz asap if I could as there is probably going to be an actual nuclear exchange within the next five years.
It's now almost unstoppable. So depressing.
But on the bright side, Michelle Obama had three effortless dress changes as she wowed the Burka clad women across Islam World.
Over to our Fashion slash diplomatic correspondent Julie Slutz to spend the next 20 minutes of this 30 minute network broadcast discussing this important topic.
All you Obama bashers--listen up--
June 4, 2009 - 12:42 ET by misterbillHe is learning to wipe with his left hand!!!!
Praise be to Allah.
He also did not bring his wife(?), for fear of offending anybody in the mideast!!
Sickening Tools
June 4, 2009 - 12:50 ET by rammingspeedMore examples of the newly reinforced state-run news media. Hamas is included in the Palestinians Obama supports. Israel is kicked in the teeth. Infuriating. However, another seedling has been added to the grass roots movementws that is growing against this country's weak-assed and wrong headed worldview. I'd call them Marxists, but true Marxists have real balls.
Israel -- the new Mideast enemy to all mankind
June 4, 2009 - 12:49 ET by ThisnThatco-host Maggie Rodriguez similarly focused on Obama’s willingness to go after Israel.
So, it's cool now to go after Israel, right? Attacked by the president, and blessed by the MSM -- Israel is the source of all problems in the mideast -- just as the U.S. is the source of the world's evils.
Obama and the MSM are going to pay for this. You watch.
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Liberals constantly demand that we accept a glaring falsehood as truth; Obama's elimination of the word "terror" will make terrorist acts less terrifying
I have a copy of the speech he chose not to give:
June 4, 2009 - 12:55 ET by misterbill(Nobody respects weak people.) (To ALL countries.)
"I am American. I represent America. We are strong. We have done more good in the world than any other nation. We are going to drill our own wells. We will become energy self-sufficient. We grow enough food to sustain ourselves and many other countries. We donate food to desperate nations. We are capable of being totally self sufficient. We have many in public office that have fought this. Our reliance on other countries has brought those in office, wealth and privilege by their support of outside interests.
We will take no abuse from any of you. We will stop any of you from committing evil against other countries. Now --you have a choice--stand by us--or stand on the other side of the room. We are abandoning the UN and NATO, they are a bunch of effete, feckless fools. We will not bother you. We are going back to being a sleeping giant. Do not, I repeat, do not poke us to wake us up.
Our God does not command us to kill those who do not share the same religious beliefs that we do. We will not tolerate any criminal action from anyone of any religion that threatens the safety of American citizens.
Since our great republic was formed, we have spent the blood and treasure of our young men and women to save most of you from being dominated by other unfriendly countries and you hate us for it. You have never settled your war debts to us from World War One or Two. Yet you sit there and you pass judgment on us. You call us the Ugly Americans. You detest us as you take all the gifts we offer. Had not so many of our children died to give you your freedom, you would not be saying anything now with the yoke of oppression on your shoulders from the countries that conquered you. No more will we do that.Stand on your own or fall.
Those of you who wage the silent war of invasion against us--call your children home. We will send them home anyway. We will also punish those among us who join in your invasion for the purpose of personal profit and gain before their bounden duty to our beloved country. We will maintain our sovereignty, freedom and Constitutional rights. We will place the prosperity and well being of our citizens ahead of all other issues. We will not, so to speak, "reach across the aisle" to show how tolerant we are. That is a sign of weakness and we know you will revel in it. We will unseat those who sit in their meetings and preach to our executives that their duty is to a world wide economy and not to our country of America. These executives are not and will not be "Citizens of the World", not while they run American countries.
We are going to, temporarily, enter a period of protectionism. We are going to put American citizens back on their feet. When we are stable, we will revisit the many agreements we have with the many countries of the world. We will honor some, we will eliminate those that are unfair to American citizens.
We will accomplish this by turning the running of business over to the businessmen. Our government will monitor them to ensure that all practices are legal and within the framework of caring for our country.
We are going to implement an Ombudsman system to ensure that we hear the voices of America and we respond to them. We will enhance and increase our Armed Forces and our weaponry. We do not need anyone else's approval to know what we need to do to protect America. We will treat our military with the respect and the wages due thos who protect us.
We are going to establish term limits for ALL public offices in the united States of America. We have seen, only too well, in the past few years , how long term service becomes ultimate power which becomes ultimate corruption. Yes, we will stumble. Yes , we will make mistakes, but they will be honest mistakes made in the course of building a better America, which will be like the older America.
We are going to restore prayer to our schools for those who wish it. No one will be obliged to attend. We will preserve the institution of marriage as that between a man and a woman. We will show respect for those of other leanings and provide them with civil unions recognized under our laws. We will not allow them to change the meaning of a centuries old definition just to satsify them.
We will reinstill the authority of discipline to our teachers in our schools. Disrespect and unrestrained behavior will not be tolerated. Anyone bringing drugs on campus, regardless of how strong or mild, will be removed and placed, if students, in a boot camp that will be managed by the United States Marines. If not students, they will be turned over to the local authorities for bringing drugs on campus.
No office or position will carry life tenure, whether local or federal. The Supreme Court term of office will be six years as is the Senate with two terms maximum. The term of office for Representatives will be four years with three terms maximum. No individual will be allowed to sit for more than 12 years in any elected OR appointed position.
Further, we will designate a Federal Grand Jury of citizens on a rotating two year basis. This jury will receive compensation and will tender opinions on the Supreme Court decisions. We have seen too many decisions handed down that are based on infinitesimally small points of law, as decided by judges, that hold no water in the arena of fairness and common sense. (See Sotomayor and Ricci). This group of American citizens primary purpose is to understand and support as best they can, the intentions of the Constitution and its amendments. They will not be restricted to the cases before the Supreme Court, but by vote amongst them will be able to offer opinions such as, the intent of the 14th amendment, the 10th, 2nd and so on. Just as the Supreme Court, as defined by the founding fathers, these opinions are NOT binding upon the states. They are, just as the founding fathers intended for the Judiciary branch of government--opinions. It will then be up to the elected officials to use these opinions both from the judges and the Grand jury whether they want to implement and legislate these opinions as law.
These are the basic steps we will pursue to bring America back to her glory, sovereignty and position of safety and security in the world.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Now why can't we get a
June 4, 2009 - 13:11 ET by Scuba DudeNow why can't we get a politician to give that speech? It would be hilarious if someone could hack TOTUS and put this speech up on the screens. I don't think Barky would notice what he said.
The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER
Professor BO
June 4, 2009 - 12:51 ET by east tennessee johnSo buffalo chip reid gushes, "To open a door of understanding,the President invoked his own connection to Islam."" The same buffalo chip who couldn't wouldn't didn't ask BO question one about Islam or black liberation theology during the campaign, when the answered mattered!!!What a fawning jerk-off. The state of BO media literally has oral orgasms when they allegedly "report" on this man. Also, for BO's future reference, in all 57 states there are fire hydrants too. So what?
The Speech
June 4, 2009 - 12:51 ET by KC MulvilleI've read the speech a couple times, and his arrogance is astounding. This is a speech "from above." Obama believes that he's looking down on a history that his predecessors didn't see. His basic argument, repeated constantly, is that his predecessors acted out of fear and ignorance, but he's above all that. Professorial? There's more to being a professor than arrogantly lecturing others.
Again, the first thing that George Bush did after 9/11 was to protect muslims from any backlash, and to prevent anyone from blaming 9/11 on Islam. Muslims had more to fear from the fictional backlash that liberals projected. Yet here, because he needed to push himself up, Obama manufactured an outright lie. He just told the Muslim world that George Bush blamed them for 9/11, and started torturing local Muslims out of his own fear and ignorance.
I've never seen anyone manufacture straw men at such a phenomenal rate. An example:
Our response to 9/11 was not an emotional lashing out against Islam, causing us to torture, because we were scared and confused. What a load of crap! We were attacked. We responded. That's what you do when you're attacked. You respond. And when you're working under the theory that the enemy is trying to attack again, and you capture a source of accurate information, and he isn't a soldier but a terrorist ... enhanced interrogation isn't an act of fear and ignorance.
Obama is an amazing study in narcissism. Whenever he feels its advantageous for him, he has no qualm about betraying others. Today, again, to please his audience and to portray himself as superior, he eagerly threw his own country under the bus. But, wink wink, he wasn't really betraying all of us ... only his domestic opponents. They did it, not him. They were ignorant and fearful, but he understood the Muslim world and was brave.
To go to Egypt and tell Muslims that our response to 9/11 was merely an act of fear ...
KC spot on--
June 4, 2009 - 13:02 ET by misterbillI cannot describe the loathing I feel for this abominable creature lest the FBI come to this old man's door.
What is worse is that approximately half of my fellow citizens live in adulation of this narcissist and hang on his every word.
Thus the onset of destruction from within. I am older, but I want the American values and country for my grandchildren. It is being eroded every day of every week under our new Marxist leadership.
His courage
June 4, 2009 - 13:11 ET by KC MulvilleLoathing ... that's a word that perfectly described my reaction to this speech.
And yet, the media is already reporting this as an historic, courageous speech. For those people who don't take the time to be skeptical of the media, they'll assume that Obama made us proud. Instead, he went to Cairo and insulted us. We were fearful. We responded to 9/11 as cowards, abandoning our values and torturing Muslims. That's what he just told the Muslim world. He told them we were cowards.
There's something neurotic about this. Like Don Juan, as soon as he gets a vote of approval (his conquest), he throws them aside and seeks another conquest. And if he has to insult and disparage the same people whom he was wooing before, so be it.
this is not profound---but--
June 4, 2009 - 13:15 ET by misterbillthis is not profound---but--
Garofolo you, Sheik Hussein!!!!
KC and
June 4, 2009 - 13:21 ET by bigtimerKC and misterb...
Loathing is a great word...I was seething, it was after four in the morning when I was listening to this insult, arrogant BS coming from this man...
Needless to say, I was out of bed fast and coffee was brewing as I tried to calm down....the more he blathered, the angrier I got.
I was thinking so many things in my mind as he talked...mainly it was STHU already.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
KC, I think you speak for
June 4, 2009 - 13:15 ET by motherbeltKC, I think you speak for most of us with this:
Obama is an amazing study in narcissism. Whenever he feels its
advantageous for him, he has no qualm about betraying others. Today,
again, to please his audience and to portray himself as superior, he
eagerly threw his own country under the bus
In the car a bit ago, I had Rush on and he was commenting on Obama talking about how Islamist countries like India and Pakistan have actually elected women as leaders, but in the USA, the struggle for women's rights still goes on!!
I nearly drove off the road!
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Rush, bless him, needs to do some homework.
June 4, 2009 - 14:06 ET by IamTinmanIndia isn't by any stretch an Islamic country. It's about 80% Hindu and only 12% or so Muslim. Indira Ghandhi was upper caste Hindu.
Benazir Bhutto was president of Pakistan for about 5 years but was booted out of office twice and eventually assasinated. She was Shia Moslem and led a left leaning party. She was hated by the mullahs.
Other muslim countries have had women leaders, but not for a long time.
You mean, Obama needs to do some homework
June 4, 2009 - 14:10 ET by Sergeant ROCKHe that the U.S. is one of the largest Muslim countries based based on a fluctuating population. And doesn't seem to know which country is Muslim, etc. etc.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Re: homework needed
June 4, 2009 - 15:09 ET by slickwillie2001I believe that statement was made based on numbers provided by ACORN, the same folks that will be doing our census!
Obama's speech was a recipe for world Marxism
June 4, 2009 - 12:59 ET by R D Helm...but the non-linear thinking Obama supporters don't realize it.
This man's anti-freedom, Marxist agenda is going to ba a disaster of Biblical proportions.
And not just for us here in America.
-Dave
Where does Obama get his numbers from?
June 4, 2009 - 12:58 ET by Gary HallLet's see, yesterday according to President Obama:
According to ABC's Fact Check:
Just to note, the "seven million" figure came from Obama's speech in Cairo today:
The 2 - 3 million estimate puts the Muslim population at just less than 1% of the total US population, while Obama's number puts it at just over 2% - one has to wonder why he did not nominate a Muslim for the Supreme Court.
(;~/ gary
Fact check anyone
June 4, 2009 - 13:13 ET by metaphorsbwithuUnfortunately, "Professor" Obama says so many things that aren't true. Of course, it's not what he says but how he says it, as we all know.
Still, is anyone in the media gonna fact-check all that stuff? Just to make sure the public is properly informed.
Oh, darn!
metaphorsbwithu
Did anybody hear
June 4, 2009 - 14:32 ET by IamTinmanDid anybody hear the part where Barack talked about the 14 centuries of moslem involvement in the slave trade?
Oh you missed it? I was sure he would have mentioned that the majority of africans captured and sold into slavery went to the middle east.
Obama "puffing" a bit?
June 4, 2009 - 15:57 ET by metaphorsbwithuI thought he was "puffing" a bit when he credited Islamic culture with creating algebra (the hard way - apparently 1500 years before Islam came into being) majestic arches, racial and religious tolerance, and so forth.
Of course I could be wrong.
metaphorsbwithu
Obama "puffing" a bit?
June 4, 2009 - 15:57 ET by metaphorsbwithuI thought he was "puffing" a bit when he credited Islamic culture with creating algebra (the hard way - apparently 1500 years before Islam came into being) majestic arches, racial and religious tolerance, and so forth.
Of course I could be wrong.
metaphorsbwithu
He wasn't puffing...
June 4, 2009 - 16:46 ET by taocpahe was exaggerating and badly off base. Algebra was first discovered by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians.
Of course, someone better tell the Italians and Greeks the arches that they made centuries before Islam came along still standing today aren't as "majestic".
But the "professor" and student of history won't have any fact checking on him because as we know, we are just a bunch of dummies compared to Him
When will the madness end? Hopefully, January 20, 2013.
Tom
Philosophy's debt to Islam
June 4, 2009 - 18:45 ET by KC MulvilleI'm not certain about all the rest of it, but philosophy certainly owes a huge debt to Islam.
The big three of the ancient Greeks (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle) were fairly well known throughout the Roman empire, but the actual works were lost. Legend has it that the authoritative collected works of the three were housed in the Library of Alexandria. Julius Caesar set the Library on fire, and the actual works were thought destroyed. The legend is that they remained lost until Islam reintroduced them back to the west about a thousand years later.
The big difference is Aristotle; he was out of favor for a long time, until the Muslim Averroes made Aristotle a big star. Soon after, St. Thomas Aquinas based his theology on Aristotle, and since the Catholic church treated Aquinas as the ultimate philosopher and theologian, Aristotle's influence dominated the west for centuries. That lasted until less than a century ago.
Our "common sense" in the west is still (basically) the realism of Aristotle, and that wouldn't have happened without the Muslims. If you were brought up in western civilization, you think the way you do because of Aristotle. So, collaterally, we owe the Muslims a huge debt.
'Bam slam
June 4, 2009 - 13:21 ET by wnaegeleIt;s obvious that Obama hates America as much as the Islamists do...
O bra man
June 4, 2009 - 13:30 ET by misterbillThere are so many stupid slips
That come from those purple lips
So many sorry factual lies
That one is pressed to realize
That this is the being who we chose
Because of looks and flowing prose
A man who does constantly pose
And fails to remember the Emperor's Clothes
The elected one who without a fuss
Threw his grandmother under the bus
Now wants to be King Saud's truss
And with Muslims wants to discuss
How we in America are your friends
So to the Muslim leaders we will bend
And try so hard to not offend
But we will lose out in the end
He tries so hard to find and seek
A way to be an American sheik
But all the words he does speak
Just shows a man who is very weak!!!!
Fact-check addendum for Kyle
June 4, 2009 - 13:38 ET by PianobuffExcerpted from the Wikipedia entry on St. Eustatius Island which conflicts with Schieffer's awe at Obama's historical knowledge.
Since the island sold arms and ammunition to anyone willing to pay, the island was one of the few ways for the rebellious Thirteen colonies to obtain weaponry. This good relationship between Sint Eustatius and the United States resulted in the famous "flag incident" of 16 November 1776, when Commander Johannes de Graeff of Sint Eustatius decided to return the salute fire of the visiting American brigantine Andrew Doria.
The United States gave the answering salute great publicity because the
eleven gun salute was the first international acknowledgment of the
independence of the United States. The gesture provided the title of Barbara Tuchman's 1988 work The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution.
'Hysteric', 'Powerless', and a 'Prophessorial' act of De Nile.
June 4, 2009 - 14:22 ET by CrashI liked this gem of a line, "That is why the U.S. government has gone to court to protect the RIGHT of women and girls to wear the hijab, and to punish those who would deny it."
"Women and girls" also have the RIGHT to abort babies (male or female), but, that fact didn't make it into his speech. "Women and girls" should try that "right" in the middle east. Let us "hope" for a stone free middle east.
"A man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument." Hilmar von Campe
→ Obama's Wisdom
June 4, 2009 - 14:48 ET by Cool ArrowSo long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace.
This sounds like what's happening in America as a result of our emphasis on diversity, doesn't it?
"The Rule of Law is the only thing that separates us from Democrats" - a Firefighter
Chip Reid "said it's time for the critics of the Muslim...
June 4, 2009 - 14:56 ET by ThalpyChip Reid "said it's time for critics of the Muslim world to shed their misperceptions." Yes it is, and unless we continue to read the revisionist history of Islam provided to us by those who stand to gain from a positive slant to their history, we'll never shed those misperceptions about the Muslim world. In fact, most of the alleged contributions by Muslims to science were indirect contributions provided by many in positions of Islamic servitude. As a post by Scooter in Jihad Watch 11/10/07 stated, "Islamic science-- isn't that an oxymoron?" Yes.
Those who doubt the criticisms of Islamic science might read Robert Spencer, Fjordman, Toby E. Huff, Andrew Bostom, Takuan Seiyo, Srdja Trifkovic, Hugh Fitzgerald, and excellent others who have no ax to grind or academic chair to keep funded.
Where were the ACLU and
June 4, 2009 - 16:00 ET by eaglewingz08Where were the ACLU and People for American Way protesting Obama's calling the US a muslim nation? Very curious silence.
Just as curious as their failures to protest the discrimination of women and gays in muslim countries, yet claiming the rights of women and gays are fundamental and universal. Why it'd almost be like an abolitionist claiming that the right to be free of enslavement was a universal right but that same abolitionist never setting foot in slave states or such abolitionist never having an unkind word to say about such states.
Weren't FRANCE the first country to recognize the US?
June 4, 2009 - 16:28 ET by Jack BauerOmigod -- this man Professor Obama is a GENIUS ...
Imagine that... only a man of his smarts could have gone to the always reliable Wikipedia to discover that:
Interestingly it doesn't say WHAT DATE in December 1777 Morocco recognized the US.
I only ask because:
This is what I turned up, via the web, of course.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/bg1666.cfm
However according to This Day In History at: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=46History
Mmmmm? I only ask because, you know, seems to me 17 comes before 20
Can Obama stop being a
June 5, 2009 - 04:44 ET by RogerCfromSDCan Obama stop being a narcissist long enough to do something useful and constitutional to actually help OUR country?
The communist is so busy acting like he's Jesus and getting journalistic hummers that this country's going to hell in a handbasket.
A nation cannot be free without a free, unbiased media. We are not free.
Morons and buffoons are
June 5, 2009 - 07:40 ET by George S PattonMorons and buffoons are easily impressed. The magic negro did nothing but grovel and pay homage to his islamic masters.