Today on CBS's Face the Nation, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Afghanistan, told the paparazzi-pursued correspondent Lara Logan that "the objective of this trip was to have substantive discussions with people like President Karzai or Prime Minister Maliki or President Sarkozy or others who I expect to be dealing with over the next eight to 10 years.
I guess that Harvard degree isn't worth what we thought it was.
So now we have Hussein opining about 57 states and serving 10 years. Two colossal foot in the mouth that would destroy any Repub candidate. Yet let's see what ABC's Jake Trapper has to say:
The notion that Obama will be dealing with world leaders for eight-to-ten years, possibly up through July 2018, suggests that either (a) he believes that not only will he be elected and re-elected, but the 22nd amendment will be repealed and he will be elected for a third term, OR (b) he was speaking casually and just meant two terms.
(I'm guessing b.)
Hey, Jake! How's the water in the tank this morning???
But not satisified with that, he goes on.
Similarly, international diplomacy can be impacted by careless or glibly-chosen words. (Cue President Bush's "crusade" remarks.)
There was a time when journalism was a honorable career. Yes, there was a time.
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