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So I just saw the first part of O'Reilly's 4 part mini series I like to call, "Obama: Unscripted" Check Out the video at this link! I know many of you dislike O'Reilly and I understand you have your reasons, but check out this video, and let me know what you honestly think.

According to Nicole Wallace of the McCain campaign, the American people don't care whether Sarah Palin can answer specific questions about foreign and domestic policy. According to Wallace -- in an appearance I did with her this morning on Joe Scarborough's show -- the American people will learn all they need to know (and all they deserve to know) from Palin's scripted speeches and choreographed appearances on the campaign trail and in campaign ads....

Obama got his first intelligence briefing as the Democratic US presidential candidate this week and spy agencies are ready to do the same for Republican rival John McCain, a senior US official said today. Thomas Fingar, deputy director of national intelligence for analysis, said US spy agencies had also begun reanalysing and updating reports from around the world in preparation for the next president, who will take office in January. "We've begun to engage with the campaigns," Mr Fingar told an intelligence conference in Florida. "Senator Obama received a briefing on Tuesday (local time)." Intelligence officials would not discuss what...

Obama Throws in the Towel on the Surge Barack Obama will appear on Bill O'Reilly's show tonight. Reportedly, he will say that "the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated. I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest dreams." I must have missed that speech. Of course, Obama still says he was right to oppose the surge, notwithstanding its now-acknowledged success. The Republicanization of Barack Obama continues: Speaking on other national security matters, Obama said he would not take military action off the table in dealing with Iran, but diplomacy and sanctions can’t be overlooked. The Islamic republic is...

ST. PAUL -- Fox News "opinionater" Bill O'Reilly finally got his man. Barack Obama appears on his show this evening at 9 p.m. after an earlier taped one-on-one session with the self-proclaimed king of pithy comments. Here is a clip of Obama and O'Reilly going to eyeball to eyeball on tonight's show which is sure to raise a lot of eyebrows among the left and the right

Barack Obama's selection of Senator Joseph Biden was designed to bolster the Democrats' flagging standings on the national security issue. Biden, a 35-year veteran of the Congress, serving on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, looked to provide foreign policy gravitas to Obama's dangerous inexperience on the international stage. Yet, as analysts and bloggers take a closer look, Obama's Biden pick may end up being a disastrous liability for the campaign. For one thing, Biden's holds a near-religious commitment to diplomacy before the resort to military force in a crisis. Biden's hedging has left the Delaware Senator a legacy of vacillation...

The choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has electrified many conservatives and strengthened John McCain's claim that his administration would be far more reform-minded than Barack Obama's. At the same time, it has triggered accusations that Gov. Palin is far too inexperienced to be vice president, and has little knowledge of national security issues. Mrs. Palin's lack of mastery of national security issues is often contrasted with Mr. Obama's vice presidential pick, Joseph Biden Jr. Mr. Biden has served in the Senate since 1973, is currently chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and is often described as a "statesman." In...

The troop surge in Iraq has been more successful than anyone could have imagined, Barack Obama conceded Thursday in his first-ever interview on FOX News’ “The O’Reilly Factor.” As recently as July, the Democratic presidential candidate declined to rate the surge a success, but said it had helped reduce violence in the country. On Thursday, Obama acknowledged the 2007 increase in U.S. troops has benefited the Iraqi people. “I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated,” Obama said while refusing to retract his initial opposition to the surge. “I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest...

The troop surge in Iraq has been more successful than anyone could have imagined, Barack Obama conceded Thursday in his first-ever interview on FOX News. As recently as July, the Democratic presidential candidate declined to rate the surge a success, but said it had helped reduce violence in the country. On Thursday, Obama acknowledged the 2007 increase in U.S. troops has benefited the Iraqi people. “I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated,” Obama said while refusing to retract his initial opposition to the surge. “I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.” Speaking on...

Palin’s National Security Credentials by Frank J. Gaffney Listening to her critics, one might think that John McCain's chosen running-mate is a complete ignoramus when it comes to matters of national security. In fact, Sarah Palin's background in Alaska, including most recently her service as that state's governor, suggests that the judgment of the Republican candidate for vice president with respect to this portfolio is likely to be substantially better than that of either Barack Obama or Joe Biden.   Consider the following factors:   Mrs. Palin has spent much of her adult life dealing with matters long central to...

Bush Gives State Secrets to Obama by Cliff Kincaid Barack Obama, who has not been “vetted” by the FBI for the position of president of the United States, received his “first high level briefing” on Tuesday from the office of the Director of National Intelligence, CNN has reported. “Obama was given the briefing at the FBI field office in Chicago,” the cable channel said, from a “team of intelligence experts.” But why should Obama, with a documented history of contacts with communists and terrorists, be trusted with this information?   What procedures are in place to make sure that Obama...

ST. PAUL, Minn. | Sarah Palin displays an Israeli flag in her governor's office in Juneau, even though she has never been to the country, and attends Protestant evangelical churches that consider the preservation of the state of Israel a biblical imperative. Her faith makes her a favorite with the staunchly pro-Israel neoconservative elements in the Republican Party. But other Republicans may be concerned that a John McCain-Sarah Palin administration will disregard the caution of former President George H.W. Bush and some of his top advisers and continue the tilt toward Israel. Most Republicans and conservatives outside Alaska know little...

Obama’s “Talking” Cure Joshua Muravchik September 2008 In the never-ending torrent of attacks on the Bush administration’s conduct of American foreign policy, the President’s supposed neglect of the peaceful instruments of diplomacy has come in for especially pointed criticism. Bush has been faulted, for example, for his unwillingness to talk directly with Iran and to negotiate one-on-one with North Korea, for his crude attempts to “isolate” Syria, and for his failure to immerse himself in the Israel-Palestinian peace process. The general line was encapsulated by the television news star Anderson Cooper last year in a leading question to Barack Obama:...

McCain says knows how to capture bin Laden 03 Sep 2008 23:44:01 GMT Source: Reuters ST. PAUL, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Republican candidate John McCain said on Wednesday that if elected president, he will capture al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. "President Clinton had opportunities to get Osama bin Laden. President Bush had opportunities to get Osama bin Laden. I know how to do it and I'll do it," he told ABC's "World News" in an interview. "I understand and I have the knowledge and the background and the experience to make the right judgments. Senator Obama does not," McCain...

In a teleconference held with members of the Jewish press on Wednesday Delaware Senator and Democratic Party Vice Presidential nominee Joseph Biden said that Israel must remain a strong ally of the United States, however its decisions "must be made in Jerusalem". Biden also expressed his support of Israel's right to defend itself, saying "Israel has the right to defend itself and it doesn't have to ask, just as any other free and independent country. The Vice Presidential nominee vowed that the United States will "always standby Israel, without telling Israelis what they can and cannot do." Advertisement Biden dismissed...

The international representatives include diplomats, business leaders, airline executives and others from Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, The Seychelles, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. Four international airlines--Japan Airlines, China Airlines, Korean Air, and Nippon Cargo Airlines--are participating in Alaska Fur & Ice events over the weekend. Alaska Fur & Ice events coincide with a familiarization tour organized by the Alaska Travel Industry Association for visitor industry representatives from Australia and New Zealand.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton says Sen. Barack Obama's criticism of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's lack of foreign policy experience could backfire, insisting the presumptive vice-presidential nominee's executive experience would serve her well in the White House. "I don't understand why the Obama campaign would want to make that an issue, which to me just calls attention to his own lack of experience in foreign policy," Bolton told WND at the Republican National Convention. ~snip~ "I think you put your strength at the number one position and groom your successor in the number two position," Bolton...

Last night in Montgomery, Alabama we did a concert for the Buckmasters organization. As the name implies, Buckmasters promotes hunting and their convention every year is attended by all kinds of people, but the good ol’ boys in their pickup trucks with the rifle racks, the big knobby tires and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. racing decals make up a big part of the attendees. The streets of Montgomery were teeming with big guys in camo. They were friendly folks, quick to smile and not afraid to render an opinion on anything from their favorite deer rifle to the current presidential election....

Now that the Democrats have recovered from the shock of Governor Sarah Palin's nomination as the Republican's candidate for vice president, they have suddenly discovered that her lack of experience in general— and foreign policy experience in particular— is a terrible danger in someone just a heartbeat away from being President of the United States. For those who are satisfied with talking points, there is no need to go any further. But, for those who still consider substance relevant, this is an incredible argument coming from those whose presidential candidate has even less experience in public office than Sarah Palin,...

So how does the experience of Sarah Palin stack up against the experience of Joe Biden? Just ask British PetroleumWould you trust Sarah Palin to negotiate with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad without preconditions? Well, why not? Palin came into the governor's office and found a mess on her desk. The oil deal struck by defeated Republican governor Frank Murkowski wasn't working. Through creative accounting by big oil and ambiguous reporting standards, the Murkowski plan just wasn't giving the State of Alaska the pay-off that was expected. So the former mayor of Wasilla (population 9,000, as the MSM always points out) demanded that...

Joe is giving an honorable speech, now addressing Democrats and Independents watching.

ST. PAUL–A Canadian politician who has met Sarah Palin – Republican Senator John McCain's vice-presidential choice – says her pro-family values and pro-life beliefs have energized the Republican base. In the United States, issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion are hot buttons in elections, and through Palin, they've jumped to the top of the radar. "She believes in social conservative values, family values – she lives it," said Yellowhead, Alta., Conservative MP Rob Merrifield, referring to Palin giving birth to her fifth child, Trig, knowing he had Down Syndrome. Palin's 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is five months pregnant and intends...

Governor Sarah Palin is not only experienced in foreign relations, she is literally at the tip of the spear. She is Commander in Chief for our first line of defense against missle attack. Her Alaskan units also provide early warning and response against airborne intruders, primarly eminating from Russia. Finally, she is responsible for Search and Rescue forces and resources that are involved in international search and rescue efforts. Moreover, she's had troops serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait at the tip of the spear in the War on Terror. She's visited her troops in the Midxdle East and has...

Article is from a Congressional report on U. S. International Boarders http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21729.pdf

My son, who is in Army National Gaurd, was behind a Marine in traffic and came back to report this bumper sticker to me. "I'd rather have 400 Iraqi insurgents in front of me than a democrat congress behind me."

Frank J. Gaffney Jr. of the Center for Security Policy rises to the defense of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin: "Listening to her critics, one might think that John McCain's chosen running-mate is a complete ignoramus when it comes to matters of national security. In fact, Sarah Palin's background in Alaska, including most recently her service as that state's governor, suggests that the judgment of the Republicans' candidate for Vice President with respect to this portfolio is likely to be substantially better than that of either Barak Obama or Joe Biden."

Sunday, August 31, 2008 Sarah Palin's National Security Credentials John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as vice-presidential running mate is proving more shrewd by the hour. As Blackfive points out, Governor Palin, as Alaska's chief executive, has shared strategic command of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard: One area of Sarah Palin's background that may help her is Alaska's unique role in our national security and homeland defense. Several folks have have mentioned this but Tom W. was specific and his info jibes with the record. Alaska is the first line of defense in...

National security is supposed to be the Republicans' strength. That has not been the case in recent years as the Republicans have stumbled into one mess after another. These missteps have provided Sen. Barack Obama an opportunity to make national security his issue. Public polling shows that Democrats have suffered from a "national-security deficit" for decades. The two basic Democratic approaches to this deficit — pivot to domestic policy or parrot GOP toughness — have failed to reassure the American people. But eight years of George W. Bush's foreign policy have weakened the Republicans' claim to national-security competence. Obama seems...

Not waiting to be elected, Obama has already started secret, unconditional talks with the islamic regime of Mullah iran behind America's back. By proxy. And has reached an agreement with them! Which partly explains why his advisor Tony Lake made his rather strange and very public statement to C-SPAN that his boss Obama wanted to go on record (again?) that the first order of priority when he was in the White House would be to start immediate - unconditional - talks with islamic Iran. We reported Tony Lake's remark but the news behind it has only just reached us in...

God's blessings on America would be good. I'd ask for prosperity, generosity, intelligence, opportunity, and peace. Apparently some people think of other divine blessings. Like the Bronze Age Hebrews, they pray for God's blessing in war. From McCain's Website, we learn his position on Iraq: "I know the pain war causes. I understand the frustration caused by our mistakes in this war. And I regret sincerely the additional sacrifices imposed on the brave Americans who defend us. But I also know the toll a lost war takes on an army and on our country's security." McCain says that Obama's policies...

U.S. Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden never said Israel would have to accept Iran obtaining nuclear weapons, his spokesman said Monday. Army Radio in Israel reported Biden, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told Jerusalem officials three years ago he opposed an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities and Israel would likely have to come to grips with a nuclear-armed Iran, The Jerusalem Post reported. This is a lie peddled by partisan opponents of Senators (Barack) Obama and Biden and we will not tolerate anyone questioning Senator Biden's 35-year record of standing up for the security of...

NATO: On Terrorism by: Irene Warren, September 02, 2008 In the wake of Sept. 11, 2008, terrorists’ attacks, America was alerted to a new type of threat: a threat so detrimental to domestic security and to our civil liberties that it took immediate action, and retaliated against insurgents in the Middle East. Today, combating terrorism still remains a high priority in terms of protecting the liberties and freedoms of democratic countries, Richard Prosen, a ranking official at the U.S. Department of State, explained at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies on August 22. “We see a growing threat of violent...

US Senator and vice presidential hopeful Joe Biden reportedly told Israeli officials three years ago that sooner or later they would have to reconcile themselves to the reality of a nuclear-armed Iran. Israel's Army Radio reported on the remarks, which Biden is said to have made to visiting Israeli officials in his capacity as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. According to the report, Biden reaffirmed to the Israelis his rejection of military action against Iran, but also admitted that diplomatic efforts to halt Iran's nuclear program had little or no chance of success. In essence, Biden resigned himself...

U.S. vice presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden's press secretary vehemently denied on Monday a report that the Democratic candidate had said that Israel would have to reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran. According to an unsourced report by Army Radio, the senator made the remarks to senior Israeli officials behind closed doors, adding that he opposed "opening an additional military and diplomatic front." Biden, chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has long been considered strongly pro-Israel. His nomination as U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's running mate had been expected to shore up the Democrats' strength with U.S. Jewish...

Barack Obama, the Democratic Party’s candidate for US president, indulged in a campaign swing through Europe. His vice-presidential running partner, Joe Biden, if tempted to do the same, may as well avoid Belgrade. Memories run deep in the Balkans, but among Serbian nationalists, uppermost on their minds is that long-term senator and foreign policy committee figure Biden was strongly in favour of the 1990s bombing of Belgrade. Popular Serbian newspaper Blic reminded its readers on August 28 that Biden was one of those who proposed resolution on bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. “He also believes that all changes in Serbia...

Starting at 2:39, on youtube clip of ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, August 31, 2008:On Governer Sarah Palin: KERRY: ...You know, she may be — I mean, I’m sure she’s a terrific person. I’m not attacking her. I think John McCain’s judgment is once again put at issue, because he’s chosen somebody who clearly does not meet the national security threshold, who is not ready to be president tomorrow. And there’s just no way to...STEPHANOPOULOS: You heard Senator Graham, though. He said that she has more experience than Senator Obama.KERRY: That’s just ridiculous on its face. I mean, John...

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden was quoted Monday as telling senior Israeli officials behind closed doors that the Jewish state will have to reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran. In the unsourced report, Army Radio also quoted Biden as saying that he opposed “opening a additional military and diplomatic front.” Biden, chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has long been considered strongly pro-Israel. His nomination as Barack Obama’s running mate had been expected to shore up the Democrats’ strength with U.S. Jewish voters.

Gov. Palin Visits Kuwait CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (July 26, 2007)- During her recent visit to Kuwait , Gov. Sarah Palin accompanied 1st Lt. John Lombrano on a tour of facilities on a military base. Lombrano is commander of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 297th Infantry, Alaska Army National Guard. Bravo Company provides security for the base. Lombrano lives in Anchorage, Alaska.

Security officials expressed concern Monday over statements reportedly made by US Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph Biden regarding Iran's nuclear program. Army Radio reported that the Delaware senator was heard saying in closed conversations with Jerusalem officials three years ago that he was firmly opposed to an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. Biden, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reportedly claimed that Israel would likely have to come to terms with a nuclear Iran. He reportedly expressed doubt over the effectiveness of economic sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic and said he was against the opening of an...

In a famous example of ideological flexibility, the American Communist Party changed its mind completely about Adolph Hitler in 1939, when he signed a deal with Joseph Stalin. Previously, they hadn't cared for him much. Suddenly, he looked pretty good. Two years later, when Hitler ratted on the deal and invaded the Soviet Union, the Communists changed their minds again. Both times, it took only days. Now, thanks to the Internet, the same kind of conversion can take place in hours or even minutes. And although it's hard to find many Communists around these days, we happen to have just...

Biden quoted as saying that Israel will have to reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden was quoted Monday as telling senior Israeli officials behind closed doors that the Jewish state will have to reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran. In the unsourced report, Army Radio also quoted Biden as saying that he opposed "opening a additional military and diplomatic front."

TOKYO (AFP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set this week to be the highest-ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, which bitterly divides opinion six decades later. No sitting US president or vice president has ever paid respects to the dead of the US nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, a sore point for many survivors in Japan. Pelosi will travel to Hiroshima for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations. Pelosi, who is second in line to the presidency, is a member of Barack...

Time was, Ronald Reagan's 600-ship Navy gave us freedom of the seas. But if Joe Biden and the Senate have their way, we'll need the permission of 21 judges in Hamburg. On Thursday, presidential wannabe Biden will chair hearings intended to lead to the ratification of the quarter-century-old Law of the Sea treaty (LOST), a document that would severely restrict our ability to use oceans to defend ourselves and would turn over control of 70% of the world's surface to a U.N. bureaucracy. ...LOST would create an International Seabed Authority (ISA) with the power to regulate and tax things like...

The senator may have traveled widely, but the critically important subcommittee on Europe has languished under his leadership. Doubts about Barack Obama's presidential credentials have crystallized during the past two weeks over his stewardship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on European Affairs, which has convened no policy hearings since he took over as its chairman last January. That startling fact, first uncovered by Steve Clemons, who blogs on the Washington Note, prompted acid comment in Europe about the Illinois senator's failure to visit the continent since assuming the committee post, and even speculation that he had never traveled...

U.S. Republican presidential nominee John McCain will a pursue tougher policy toward North Korea than that of the incumbent Bush administration if he becomes the occupant of the White House, a report said. Radio Free Asia (RFA), a U.S.-funded private radio station, Saturday quoted the Republican Party's draft policy on North Korea as saying that McCain will demand complete, verifiable, irreversible dismantlement (CVID) of its nuclear weapons program. The inclusion of the term ``CVID'' in the party's draft on North Korea policy reflects a more hawkish approach toward resolving the North's nuclear issue, the report said. The Bush administration, which...

FORT GREELY, Alaska, Dec. 20, 2006 – Just a few years ago, this snow-swept central Alaskan post lay dormant, closed through the Base Realignment and Closure process. But today it’s up and running again at full speed, serving as the epicenter of the United States’ Ground-Based Midcourse Defense program. Spc. Juan Coronel, left, and Sgt. Michael Picirrillo, members of the Alaska Army National Guard’s 49th Missile Defense Battalion, patrol the perimeter of the Missile Defense Complex at Fort Greely, Alaska. Picirrillo came to the job because he “wanted to be on the cutting edge.” Defense Dept. photo by William D....

Let's assume that John McCain is not crazy, and that he wants to show America he will steer a different course in foreign policy than George Bush's, while remaining faithful to his party's values and traditions. How does he do that? How can he present himself as both a change agent and a force of continuity? There's an interesting model for McCain here in France, in the remarkable realignment that President Nicolas Sarkozy has accomplished in foreign policy over the past year. Youthful and energetic, and accompanied by his celebrity wife, Sarkozy might seem closer in style to Barack Obama....

Additional Link to Chicago Tribune article: "NATO: No 'business as usual' with Moscow" The Russian planes have been challenged by Alaska-based F-22s and F-15s and escorted in the other direction without incident, officials said. ... BRUSSELS, Belgium - BRUSSELS, Belgium -- NATO allies said Tuesday there would be no "business as usual" with Moscow until Russian troops withdraw from all parts of Georgia, but members of the Western alliance disagreed on the extent to which Moscow should be more permanently isolated. An alliance declaration calling on Russia to "demonstrate -- both in word and deed" its commitment to its cooperative...

BERLIN (AFP) — Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright has blasted the current US administration's handling of the Georgia crisis, saying her first move would have been to travel to Russia for talks. In an interview with the online service of German news weekly Der Spiegel Sunday, Albright said she would have criticised the Russian military surge into Georgia and recognition of two Georgian rebel enclaves but reassured Moscow over its security fears. "I would have gone straight to Moscow, unlike the current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice," she said, in remarks printed in German. "I would have told the...