Obama: I'm an Expert in Foreign Policy Becasue I Took a Trip to Pakistan....
Coincidentally, I went to the beach last summer so I'm now a marine biologist....
To counter opponents’ accusations that he lacks experience in foreign policy, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois often cites his ties to relatives in poor villages in Kenya and the years he spent growing up in Indonesia. Now he has added a new personal detail to that résumé: a trip to Pakistan while a college student.
During the speech, Mr. Obama also spoke about having traveled to Pakistan in the early 1980s. Because of that trip, which he did not mention in either of his autobiographical books, “I knew what Sunni and Shia was before I joined the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,” he said.
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Why would a college student take a 3 week trip to Pakistan?
Posted by: Elric66 | April 10, 2008 at 09:24 AM
He's a friggen moron, does having a map make you an expert as well?
Posted by: JDAM | April 10, 2008 at 10:15 AM
I went to Italy when I was 8-I too have qualifications to run for president by Obamanian logic.
Posted by: Poopyhead | April 10, 2008 at 11:15 AM
JDAM,
The morons are those that still buy his bs. The guy is clearly a racist, why isnt he dropping more in the polls?
Posted by: Elric66 | April 10, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Yeah, I bet he knows all about Islam, the traitorous scum.
I never thought I would be hoping for Hillary to win the Dem nomination, but I do. This guy scares me more than her.
Posted by: atheliing | April 10, 2008 at 11:32 AM
What normal college student doesn't go to Pakkyland? The beaches, the nightspots, the babes, the goats. What's not to love?
Posted by: Kevin in Brownsburg | April 10, 2008 at 09:07 PM