Obama’s letter to the mullahs
posted at 9:28 am on June 24, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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The Washington Times reports exclusively today that Barack Obama secretly sent a letter to Ali Khamenei and the Guardian Council in early May. President Obama told the Supreme Leader that he wanted better relations between the US and Iran, and that he hoped to build “cooperation and bilateral relations” with the Islamic Republic. Khamenei reacted as anyone outside this White House might have expected:
Prior to this month’s disputed presidential election in Iran, the Obama administration sent a letter to the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for an improvement in relations, according to interviews and the leader himself.
Ayatollah Khamenei confirmed the letter toward the end of a lengthy sermon last week, in which he accused the United States of fomenting protests in his country in the aftermath of the disputed June 12 presidential election. …
“The American president was quoted as saying that he expected the people of Iran to take to the streets,” Ayatollah Khamenei misquoted Mr. Obama as saying, according to a translation by Mideastwire.com.
“On the one hand, they [the Obama administration] write a letter to us to express their respect for the Islamic Republic and for re-establishment of ties, and on the other hand they make these remarks. Which one of these remarks are we supposed to believe? Inside the country, their agents were activated. Vandalism started. Sabotaging and setting fires on the streets started. Some shops were looted. They wanted to create chaos. Public security was violated. The violators are not the public or the supporters of the candidates. They are the ill-wishers, mercenaries and agents of the Western intelligence services and the Zionists.”
On one hand, one can see why Obama was reluctant to criticize the crackdown on the streets, even after Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel — two of Iran’s key trading partners — ripped the mullahs in public. Obama believed that his letter might have had some impact on Khamenei, convincing the Guardian Council that they could work with the US. As Khamenei’s response shows, it comes from an almost-blinding naiveté and a belief that the problem in US-Iranian relations is and has been the US, and not the radical Islamist extremists running Iran.
Obama tried saying all last week that he didn’t want to give the mullahs a propaganda boost by making it look as though we favored the protesters. In effect, though, he already had given them one through his letter, and as events showed, the mullahs didn’t need a statement from Obama to make it look like the protests were a CIA plot. Khamenei and his mullahs can simply make it up; they have done it quite often during the 30 years since the revolution. “Peacefuly coexistence” isn’t on their agenda, a fact that hasn’t sunk in at the current White House yet.
There is nothing wrong in sending that letter, of course. Probably every president since Jimmy Carter has at least attempted it, and the letter by itself does no harm. It’s the belief that a letter will magically change the minds of the mullahs, and acting as though such a letter is more important than the Iranian people speaking for themselves, that is the amateurish mistake.
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Why hasn’t Barry held up the note in a press conference, and claimed ‘Peace in our time’ yet?
Vashta.Nerada on June 24, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Well this letter had magical Obama unicorn dust on it.
Caper29 on June 24, 2009 at 9:32 AM
I just read this linked on DRUDGE
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/24/us-contacted-irans-ayatollah-before-election/?feat=home_cube_position1
and my conclusion is that Obama is a sack of slime.
He’s essentially just wormed his support across the ocean for “Dinnerjacket” while PRETENDING before the world he was neutral, or that the U.S. (which Obama says he CONTROLS), if you can believe that) is.
Obama is a very big sneaky, dangerous weasel.
And there’s no way he is not a Muslim, not after this ghastly episode of sneakiness and deceit.
He’s using the U.S. to bring about the end…
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 9:33 AM
You have your answer Barry. Please wake up.
RobCon on June 24, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Obama’s attempt at foreign policy is perpetually swinging at that slowball from Bugs Bunny.
1…2…3 strikes, yer out
1…2…3 strikes, yer out
1…2…3 strikes, yer out
LibTired on June 24, 2009 at 9:33 AM
There is nothing wrong in sending that letter, of course. Probably every president since Jimmy Carter has at least attempted it, and the letter by itself does no harm. It’s the belief that a letter will magically change the minds of the mullahs, and acting as though such a letter is more important than the Iranian people speaking for themselves, that is the amateurish mistake.
but…but…but…you don’t understand, he’s duhhh wunnn.
SHARPTOOTH on June 24, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Up next, Obama sends Hillary to Iran with an autographed Bible and a cake in the shape of a Bible…
jon1979 on June 24, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Newbie-In-Chief
I can envision a RNC ad in the future modeled after the old Smuckers ads.
“With disdain for his country, it’s got to be Obama!”
/sarc
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 24, 2009 at 9:35 AM
The mistake was Ogabe believing the bull from the MSM-whore byline that his “sparkling personality” and “Godlike qualities” could sway thugs who have been killing Americans for thirty years.
Bishop on June 24, 2009 at 9:35 AM
He should have sent an Ipod with all of his speeches.
Guardian on June 24, 2009 at 9:36 AM
The letter is fine. The problem is with the idiot who wrote/sent it.
Daggett on June 24, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Hey Ed or Allah
You may want to look into this story; Hillary Mann Leverett is an Iran expert that used to be on the National Security Council covering Iran and she used to be crtical of the Bush administration policy towards Iran. Her husband Flynt Leverett who was also in the NSC, and also critical of Bush, wrote what I think is the Obama blueprint for his now failed Iran engagement policy: The paper is called “Dealing with Tehran: Assessing U.S. Diplomatic Options Toward Iran” http://tcf.org/publications/internationalaffairs/leverett_diplomatic.pdf
The important detail is that last night on Lou Dobbs he was interviewing Hillary Mann Leverett along with Frum and she stated flatly that Obama’s Iran policy of “engagement” which they have been cheerleading for over 4 years is dead. She went on to say that the policy has collapsed due to this weeks events. She said Obama cannot proceed with this policy now and will have to try another one.
Now if these architects of the “engagement” policy are saying it…it may be something that should be followed up on by our side.
if either one of you have a chance you may want to look into it.
elduende on June 24, 2009 at 9:36 AM
I think there IS something wrong with him sending that letter. Iran is a TERRORIST nation who mistreats its people. Secondly, if the dolt was hell-bent on sending the letter, he should have waited two months and sent the letter to the TRUE winner of the election.
Obama is in over his head.
FYI – I expect HRC to bail from the SoS position in early 2010. She will oppose him in 2012.
Oink on June 24, 2009 at 9:37 AM
History will record that the Iranian Revolution was bookended by cowardly, submissive POTUSes.
Kid from Brooklyn on June 24, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Along with a case of Hopium, er, Yes We Can on DVD.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 24, 2009 at 9:37 AM
You mean Bugs Bunny vs. the Gashouse Gorillas??? Racist!!
Daggett on June 24, 2009 at 9:38 AM
What do you expect from Obama? He’s one of them and it’s showing more and more. His wife is even more radical than him. Have you seen the pictures of her in San Francisco – rage in those eyes. Plus, she’s not svelt. She’s got a caboose the size of Rhode Island.
suzyk on June 24, 2009 at 9:38 AM
“Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in the cause of Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly,” Qur’an 8:60.
That’s all you need to know about the situation. Obooba doesn’t know it.
Akzed on June 24, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Liberals do the same thing here.
whitetop on June 24, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Hey, Ed, cut Barry some slack. After all he’s got something more important on his mind, namely the first-ever Hawaiian luau on the South Lawn of the White House. Got poi?
http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2009/6/23/Barack_Obama_White_House_Hawaii_luau_food
Del Dolemonte on June 24, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Yes I do believe this genius thought a letter would do the trick. Remember this is the same person that told graduating college students they didn’t need to look for a job but instead should volunteer at a soup kitchen!! How about that hope and change!!
Dire Straits on June 24, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Makes you wonder how Mr. Cool can get it so wrong.
moonsbreath on June 24, 2009 at 9:40 AM
You know what?? I think it is just crap that the President of the US has to be careful about what he says to a bunch of murderous fanatics because they might not like us nor want better relations! This is just plain garbage! He should be more concerned about his nation and about the people who were being slaughtered in the streets! What about relations with those people???!!!
I know I know! Only he is President! Only he is wise!
JellyToast on June 24, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Was Obamas letter written on Charmin or Angel Soft?
Because we know what the mullah did with it.
roninacreage on June 24, 2009 at 9:41 AM
You got linky thingie for those pics?
I enjoy torturing myself with photos of the glaring First Lieutenant (gives me an extra reason to continue stuffing the gun safe).
Bishop on June 24, 2009 at 9:42 AM
So, did Obama expect that the smiley faces he put over his “i’s” would persuade them?
Oh well. Obama should make sure that at all the embassy Fourth of July bashes we’ll be serving entrees and side dashes that the Iranians like.
BuckeyeSam on June 24, 2009 at 9:43 AM
FYI – I expect HRC to bail from the SoS position in early 2010. She will oppose him in 2012.
Oink on June 24, 2009
chaos redux!
SKYFOX on June 24, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Narcissist to the core… A rude awakening lies ahead for this ego maniac.
Keemo on June 24, 2009 at 9:43 AM
I think he already has. The state controlled media certainly treat him as the great negotiator.
Jeff from WI on June 24, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Instead of posting this in every thread, why don’t you send it to tips@hotair.com
ProfessorMiao on June 24, 2009 at 9:44 AM
So when they are put on trial and sentenced to death or killed on the streets Khamenei and the Mullahs in their thinking aren’t putting to death their own citizens but ‘agents of the West’ and that is how they will sell it to the people who have been ingrained with this message for the last 30 years. And the Mullah rule will continue.
Does anyone know if these ’secret letters’ are copied and sent to the Archives before they are sent to their secret destinations so that they can be FOIAed for later use- in articles, trials etc?
journeyintothewhirlwind on June 24, 2009 at 9:44 AM
I’ll be specific: Obama UNDERSTANDS how the Muslim mind functions and why. And he speaks their language in the same contexts that they do, even when he’s using English. It’s what he’s SAYING by not spitting it out that’s the thing, to them and to anyone who has mastered listening to his duplicitous, if not torturous, missives.
The Mullah undoubtedly received that letter as a performance act by Obama (and the U.S. unfortunately, since the Mullah also is of the mind that the U.S. is now under the control — at least, influence — of Islam with Barry in the White House, and he’s probably right in that regard), and what that letter IN THE MIND OF ISLAM means is that Barry’s AGAIN BOWING DOWN, he’s acting submissively, it makes them then feel more empowered.
Thus, the Mullah’s brazen complaints, Barry’s cowardly denials of being involved while actually being instruementally involved. This is a truly horrible escapade that is unfolding and Obama is, indeed, a slimy b**tard.
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 9:45 AM
…Clueless
DamnYankee on June 24, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Del Dolemonte on June 24, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Nice to see the Ogabe’s are also tightening their belts in these tough economic times; they’re having chocolate delivered from Hawaii.
Bishop on June 24, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Not just a letter, but the letter. From The One.
His arrogance and narcissism know no bounds.
CarolynM on June 24, 2009 at 9:46 AM
thanks.
elduende on June 24, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Me too. I bet he’s genuinely shocked and disappointed that Khameini took the letter and rubbed his face in it, instead of turning over a new leaf. “B-b-but I ASKED NICELY!!!”
Tonus on June 24, 2009 at 9:47 AM
I expect HRC to bail from the SoS position in early 2010. She will oppose him in 2012.
Oink on June 24, 2009
She will be his VP.
artist on June 24, 2009 at 9:47 AM
No, to the contrary, that’s what Obama DOES know. He’s like a guy at a suicide hotline who advises a caller to “just do what feels natural and get it over with.”
He seems to have no hesitations at quoting the Qur’an, which should tell everyone ELSE all they need to know about who Obama is and where his head is.
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Instead of a letter, perhaps he can send them some autographed 8 x 11 glossies to get them seeing it his way. Those certainly makes our media salivate.
Jeff from WI on June 24, 2009 at 9:48 AM
NO! YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!
Elections have consequences and Obama won. Ali Khamenei and the Guardian Council have no choice but to comply with Obama’s whims because he’s the president and they aren’t.
Seriously, Jimmy Carter was bad but Obama has all the gullability of Carter mixed with unbridled arrogance. This is a very dangerous combination. I pray our nation will not live to regret the actions of this man.
highhopes on June 24, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Barry’s a lot worse than an amateur; he’s a dangerously incompetent fool.
AZCoyote on June 24, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 9:45 AM
are you sayin he’s a closet muslim? me thinks so…
SHARPTOOTH on June 24, 2009 at 9:49 AM
I was thinking more along the lines of a few signed MOABs.
highhopes on June 24, 2009 at 9:49 AM
We should all as Americans be asking ourselves just who and what Obama’s “nation” is.
Asking three times, my answer is, three times over, it’s not the U.S.A. that you and I have in mind.
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 9:50 AM
He’s not in the closet.
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 9:51 AM
He’s not in the closet.
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 9:51 AM
exactly….
SHARPTOOTH on June 24, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Hmmm, chocolate, the necessity of drug addicts.
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 9:52 AM
If that Loon from North Korea shoots a nuke at Hawaii The One will have plenty of chocolate… most of it will be in his pants!!
Dire Straits on June 24, 2009 at 9:52 AM
No wonder the letter didn’t work. Ayatollah Khamenei feels neglected. No iPod filled with the “messiahs” speeches and no bag of American movie DVDs
Jeff from WI on June 24, 2009 at 9:52 AM
The most naive, foolish, historically ignorant political figure of the last 1,000 years. Speaking for all of us.
Griz on June 24, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Why doesn’t Tapper or Garret just ask “since you sent a letter a month ago – its clear you intended them to win, yet when faced with voter fraud – you took 11 days to get serious and are now claiming you couldn’t forsee the consequences?”
Odie1941 on June 24, 2009 at 9:53 AM
blatantblue on June 24, 2009 at 9:54 AM
He seems to have no hesitations at quoting the Qur’an, which should tell everyone ELSE all they need to know about who Obama is and where his head is.
Lourdes on June 24, 2009
I know where his head is. How did he get a Qur’an up there?
SKYFOX on June 24, 2009 at 9:54 AM
From our King, Obama the Weakling, LOL..I doubt it.
Jeff from WI on June 24, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Heard the letter was more of a invitation:
“I grovel at your feet oh Supreme Leader and invite you to a 4th of July BBQ at the White House with me and Michelle.
Tell your wife to come along. BYOB. (Bring Your Own Burka).”
albill on June 24, 2009 at 9:55 AM
His first mistake was sending the message in the form of a letter because words on paper simply cannot match the soothing persuasiveness of Obama’s smokey calm voice. He should learn from this mistake and be sure to upload the wound-healing passionate words to a sparkling new ipod and ship it off to Tehran. We haven’t heard any “Death to America” chants being spouted by Queen Elizabeth have we? Coincidence? I think not.
Zetterson on June 24, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Obama and many liberals mistakenly believe that a Utopian world is possible. They feel that all that is required to enter this new era of peace and love is a positive example. The belief that once the US lays down its arms and hostile rhetoric as a gesture of goodwill, the rest of the world will follow suit.
This position is very naive to anyone who knows any basic facts about human nature. It amazes me that this is the position that most academics and universities take. This approach has never worked in the past. It has always allowed tyrants to use deceit and manipulation in an effort to forestall hostilities against them, while they build up their own forces and wage a propaganda campaign against their opponents.
Why are academics and universities teaching our children a position that is based solely upon wishful thinking and not backed up by history. As a matter of fact, the liberal position on world peace is contradicted by history in every case.
This is one reason why I feel ambivalent about a student led resistance in Iran. I wonder if the Iranian students have been deceived about human nature as their American counterparts.
http://garyganu.blogspot.com
garyganu on June 24, 2009 at 9:57 AM
I was thinking more along the lines of a few signed MOABs.
highhopes on June 24, 2009 at 9:49 AM
“Unproven weapons system” or whatever, soon to dropped on the ash-bin of military technology we are no longer allowed to possess, much less use.
I have a bad feeling that soon enough I will be better armed than our military (though admittedly I’m pretty close now).
Bishop on June 24, 2009 at 9:57 AM
I’m waiting for the day when Obama gives a foreign “dignitary” a digital frame photo displayer.
You know, the “picture frame” that displays photos off your SD card.
And all the pictures will be of him.
blatantblue on June 24, 2009 at 9:58 AM
As another comment pointed out, Obama should have sent a letter after the elections. It seems he was in a hurry to shore up our relations with the Muslim world (aside from spending money we don’t have) before he had settled into his new jobs. He is making all these rookie mistakes from sheer impatience, and this was the worst time we could have POTUS learning on the job. Plus, it seems he has a very different idea of America than most of us. *cough*closet Muslim*cough*
Anyway, Hitchens was right in his recent assessment of the situation: everything in that part of the world is a Western crypto-Zionist conspiracy. You can count on the mullahs to make that argument, especially when their backs are up against the wall.
We want regime change. The Iranian people want freedom. It’s a WIN WIN situation to everyone but Teh Won.
alliebobbitt on June 24, 2009 at 9:58 AM
The other thing, I just read an article (from a few days ago) in the WSJ, about Michelle Obama crowing about how Americans should be eating more ORGANIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES and then Barack chimed in and said that since Michelle’s been (having the gardeners) growing (their) her “organic garden,” that “we’ve all been eating a lot more” healthy, organic vegetables “in the White House.”
All of this nonsense without regard for the fact that the White House has a superlative, exceptional kitchen staff and chefs available 24/7, who certainly know how and where to obtain just about everything imaginable there is to eat and are doing so in the course of their jobs there.
And that “organic gardens” are not possible for many Americans except those with far more resources than the majority of people today have (time, money, help, land, weather).
Michelle Obama has to be the most spoiled, self-centered fool I have ever heard speaking anywhere at any time and that’s saying a lot. She shows up supposedly to serve food to the homeless in a shelter wearing $500. shoes and then stays there “serving” for all of twenty minutes while she has photos taken, then she leaves.
Same with her ridiculous parade about her wonderful gardening. The staff at the White House take care of it, the kitchen staff even says they have weekly weeding work. Michelle shows up for the photos, pulls a few stalks and then disdains the White House food as being beneath her accordingly.
I’m truly disgusted by these two people, the Obamas. Just disgusted by their gravely course and ill-mannered characters.
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 9:59 AM
…coarse, not “course” ^^
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 9:59 AM
I wonder is he also sent them a signed copy of “The Audacity of Hope?”
moonsbreath on June 24, 2009 at 9:59 AM
er…that’s “I wonder if he…”
moonsbreath on June 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Obama’s messianic complex is coming to a crashing halt!
Gird your loins folks.
katy on June 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM
I’ll be impressed when he sends a private letter to his real enemies: Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.
JammieWearingFool on June 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM
I understand that Ali Khamenei had approved only those candidates he wanted as President, so if Obama sent that letter in May, knowing they had elections coming in June, could Obama also have known the election results were predetermined?
fourdeucer on June 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM
wouldn’t surprise me
BPD on June 24, 2009 at 10:02 AM
HERE, article about this ridiculous, foolish idiot calling herself “the First Lady”.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/06/17/michelle-obama-on-the-importance-of-eating-vegetables/?mod=sphere_ts&mod=sphere_wd
Read some of the comments…
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Only for a world leader or to a NBC state run TV commentator.
Jeff from WI on June 24, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Heh. That was the verbal equivalent of hitting a hanging slider out of the park.
Vashta.Nerada on June 24, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Well, look who he sent the letter to. That’ll answer your question.
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 10:03 AM
*presses play*
blatantblue on June 24, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Hey, if all she can handle is vegtables, who are we to go after her. Other first ladies went after drug & kids, or education, Michelle tells us the importance of Broccoli.
Jeff from WI on June 24, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Never before has this nation elected such a total incompetent. The argument over Affirmative Action is over, and it is proven a failed policy. We see someone elected, who lacks the intelligence to successfully represent the basic tenures of what this nation and its people stand for, and who also does not share those ideals. Barry Hussein will continue on a course he deems fit since he feels he has been elected the tribal leader of this country.
Hening on June 24, 2009 at 10:06 AM
I believe that Obama is child-like in his Marxism and world view, but not everyone around him is immature. As much as I do not like Rahm as a human being, I at least give him credit for being somewhat of a realist in that White House.
myrenovations on June 24, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Oppps…vegetables
Jeff from WI on June 24, 2009 at 10:07 AM
as stated in a previous thread
Arrogance thy name is Obama….
cmsinaz on June 24, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 9:59 AM
I’m with ya, brother/sister(?).
I was listening to Ingraham last night and she played a snippet of Mrs. Ogabe ranting about Americans being overweight, not eating right, smoking and whatnot and how it all affected the money spent on healthcare.
My first thought was “uh oh, here come the food police” and my second thought was that she has a train-sized body and Mr. Ogabe smokes….who the he1l are they to preach to anyone about personal health habits? Clean your own house before criticizing the mess in my place.
Bishop on June 24, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Smart people dont get any dumber than Barack Obama.
Chuck Schick on June 24, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Was the Dairy Queen drink ‘MooLatte’ named after the Mullahs?
Just curious.
cntrlfrk on June 24, 2009 at 10:09 AM
It is probably an irrelevant question. Nobody, certainly not an individual with the international affairs expertise of Paris Hilton, was anticipating anything but an uneventful election. After all, it is a proven fact that the more repressive the regime the easier elections run.
From the way I read the story, the letter really had nothing to do with the election and everything to do with Obama’s unrelenting desire to sit down and have a photo-op with all the nation’s enemies. It’s the naive liberal idea that he can talk them into “liking us” if we only abandon our principles and values and do whatever they want us to do or say.
highhopes on June 24, 2009 at 10:10 AM
I keep seeing Dana Carvey on SNL singing about ‘chopping broccoli’
cmsinaz on June 24, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Ms Obama is on a crusade to get all of America to start liking Chitlins & Greens.
Jeff from WI on June 24, 2009 at 10:10 AM
LOL
Jeff from WI on June 24, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Well, they’re just liars aren’t they?
Huh, imagine that…
Mr_Magoo on June 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM
To Ali Khamenei
From Barack Obama
I like you
Do you like me?
Check yes___ or no___
NYconservative on June 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM
:)
WordsMatter on June 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Well, look who he sent the letter to. That’ll answer your question.
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 10:03 AM
So in my humble opinion he threw his lot preemptively to the mullahs, prefering the mullahs over a possible overthrow
of the hardliners.
fourdeucer on June 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Obama’s Original Letter to the Mullahs Draft #1:
Dear Mullahs,
As you know I won. Since i plan to stand with my muslim brothers in times of strife, y’all can relax. Now let me be clear, as i have said from day one, I will reduce the military, increase the public debt, undermine the economic foundation of this once great country, and turn america into a bannana republic. By the time i am done you won’t have to worry about the USA ever again.
Love
Barry
P.S.
Don’t worry about the upcoming election, i will send acorn over to help you count votes.
BillaryMcBush on June 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Everyone needs to just calm down.
It took Obama’s Cairo speech several weeks to embolden the Iranian protesters into action – the administration said so.
Let’s just give the hopeandchange waves from this letter enough time to simmer in the pot. I’m sure a paragon of religious tolerance, political liberty and good old fashioned common sense will erupt at any moment…
catmman on June 24, 2009 at 10:15 AM
I’m just relieved that that old out-of-touch codger McCain isn’t running things and that dumb breeder Palin isn’t a failing heartbeat away from the Presidency.
/SARC
Seriously though, I hope I’m not the only one who’s noticed Obama has no idea what he’s doing with foreign policy and that the other choice in the election would be much much better.
gwelf on June 24, 2009 at 10:15 AM
No, she’s lecturing Americans on the desirability and “need” to have an organic garden. AND to eat ORGANIC “fruits and vegetables.”
It’s pitifully condescending and utterly unrealistic. A family can be exceptionally healthy consuming once-frozen veges purchased at a WalMart, for example, they don’t NEED to go spend $55,000.00 or more to create a seasonal “organic garden” that is then tended by dozens of paid staff that someone else pays, to-boot.
Michelle Obama is a righteous and flaming idiot. As ugly inside as she is out.
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 10:15 AM
“wil u b my valentine, ayat’allah”
blatantblue on June 24, 2009 at 10:16 AM
JiangxiDad on June 24, 2009 at 10:16 AM
In that case, he should have just copied Reagan’s letter.
Disturb the Universe on June 24, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Ha, I know, I have a problem with that bit recurring over and over, too. Was unforgettable.
Lourdes on June 24, 2009 at 10:16 AM
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