Obamateurism of the Day
posted at 8:05 am on March 24, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
The fumbling of the US-Israeli relationship may be one, long Obamateurism, but if so, it’s comprised of a series of amateurish stumbles along its trajectory to disaster. Consider last night’s meeting with Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu. In his interview with Bret Baier last week, Barack Obama insisted that relations between the two countries remain strong despite disagreement over an Israeli plan to build more housing in Jerusalem — which could only have come as a surprise to someone with absolutely no knowledge of the issue. But if the relationship was really that strong, why did Obama refuse to be seen with Netanyahu and pose for pictures with him, as is customary when friendly heads of state visit the White House?
Obama and Netanyahu conferred for about 90 minutes in the Oval Office, but in a break with custom reporters were not invited to see the close allies shake hands and begin their discussions. The White House had no immediate comment on what was discussed. Netanyahu did not leave the White House for another two hours after his formal talks with Obama, but what he was doing during that time was not immediately clear.
NBC’s Chuck Todd tweeted from the White House (via CentristNet):
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu departs White House after meeting President Obama, with no word on progress, no photo op, no press access
So Obama doesn’t want to be seen with one of America’s closest allies. Who will Obama allow himself to be seen with? Gateway Pundit reminds us of this photo:
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Anti-semite.
Daveyardbird on March 24, 2010 at 8:09 AM
Heh, well… y’know how it goes. Sometimes friends disagree. And sometimes friends don’t want to be seen with certain friends when they’re trying to impress the cool kids….
apostic on March 24, 2010 at 8:10 AM
Nah. He loves all the liberal jews here who vote for him.
Not a semite, but a total fool and a wimp, for he is afraid to stand with Israel. He doesn’t want to face the chagrin of the worldwide left.
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:10 AM
This is not an Obamateurism. This is the first POTUS who hates Israel. It goes along with his Muslim upbringing. The filthy lying dictator is a jew-hater and the disrespect toward Netanyahu was deliberate and done to signal to Muslims worldwide that he is one of them and will support Palestine and Iran before he lifts a finger to support Israel.
highhopes on March 24, 2010 at 8:12 AM
Watching DVDs of The One’s speeches?
BitterClinger on March 24, 2010 at 8:12 AM
JimmahCawtahPeenutFahmah, noted anti-Semite, says “I approve!”
ExpressoBold on March 24, 2010 at 8:13 AM
They guy is a progressive.
Therefore, he will avoid anything that will piss off progressives.
He’s still campaigning for the Democrat nomination for 2012 remember…
uknowmorethanme on March 24, 2010 at 8:13 AM
Obama refuse to be seen with Netanyahu and pose for pictures with him,
One is a muslim and ome is Jewish, makes perfect sense to me…
SHARPTOOTH on March 24, 2010 at 8:14 AM
As noted this isn’t an amateur move. He hates America and by default her allies.
boomer on March 24, 2010 at 8:14 AM
Here comes the “Obama’s a Muslim” stuff, again..
sigh.
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:15 AM
It will be interesting to see who the jewish voter will cast their ballot for in 2010 and 2012? Will they continue to support Obama and the Democrats? Or will they look for a Reuplican who is a good friend to Israel?
texasconserv on March 24, 2010 at 8:15 AM
uknowmorethanme on March 24, 2010 at 8:15 AM
ome=one not enough coffeeeeeee
SHARPTOOTH on March 24, 2010 at 8:15 AM
The POTUS shaking hands like a jamokey. This goes a mile up my arse!
DJ from MA on March 24, 2010 at 8:15 AM
Americans jews seem to be self-hating idiots who agree that Isreal is causing all the problems it faces.
They couldn’t care less about the cradle of their civilization.
uknowmorethanme on March 24, 2010 at 8:16 AM
“This is a big F*****g deal!”
Mord on March 24, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Here comes the “Obama’s a Muslim” stuff, again..
sigh.
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:15 AM
It never went away…
SHARPTOOTH on March 24, 2010 at 8:16 AM
What bb said.
yoda on March 24, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Obama’s not a Muslim, but we can clearly see where his sympathies lie.
uknowmorethanme on March 24, 2010 at 8:17 AM
Guess he’s out of iPods to give away.
TimBuk3 on March 24, 2010 at 8:17 AM
Obow makes America look bad just by waking up in the morning.
Liam on March 24, 2010 at 8:18 AM
He was in the basement being waterboarded.
Kafir on March 24, 2010 at 8:19 AM
anti-semite, rather.
I believe he sympathizes with the Jewish people, and I highly doubt he gets any tickle when a bus-bomb goes off in Tel Aviv or Haifa, but I also believe he refuses to truly scold the Palestinians for their behavior. Again, fear.
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:20 AM
Gotta’ keep that Nobel prize, you know?
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:20 AM
Forced to take a shower while Rahm told him the way things were going to be.
Bishop on March 24, 2010 at 8:21 AM
Only if you believe it’s unintentional. More and more it is clear to me that Dear Liar is intentionally sabotaging our traditional alliances. Because He wants to cripple America.
The question is why Hillary is going along with & helping to inflame this. Bill Clinton never took on Israel this way (& he wanted nazionalized health care as well.)
I Think Hillary is undermining her boss by inflaming the differences between the US & Israel. She can pin all the blame on “I’m just doing what my boss asked” and resign and prepare a 2012 campaign to run against The Whine. Only problem is that things may get so bad too quickly that American Jews won’t accept her explanation. Otherwise, they won’t accept the “just following orders.”
rbj on March 24, 2010 at 8:21 AM
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck……well then..?
5u93rm4n on March 24, 2010 at 8:21 AM
this is beyond the pale IMHO…
dear leader is going down a dangerous path
cmsinaz on March 24, 2010 at 8:21 AM
Did Bibi have to leave by the back door and walk next to the trash like the Dali Lama?
Cody1991 on March 24, 2010 at 8:22 AM
If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck…
Kafir on March 24, 2010 at 8:23 AM
I bet he would love to be photographed hugged up with Imadinnerjacket. His Middle East policy is going to blow up in all our faces.
TXMomof3 on March 24, 2010 at 8:24 AM
With no press access, do we know for sure when the talks started/ended?
My guess (which is all it is, of course) is that the Dear Reader kept Bibi waiting before meeting with him.
Basic petty diplomatic power play- keep’em waiting.
cs89 on March 24, 2010 at 8:24 AM
Dream on
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:25 AM
I bet he would love to be photographed hugged up with Imadinnerjacket. His Middle East policy is going to blow up in all our faces.
TXMomof3 on March 24, 2010 at 8:24 AM
Literally.
kingsjester on March 24, 2010 at 8:25 AM
I saw him drive up to the white house….some lowly staffer welcomed him, instead of dear leader or another big wig….pretty classless imo…it’s out in full display of how he treats our friends vs our enemies….
msm: *crickets chirping*
cmsinaz on March 24, 2010 at 8:25 AM
I would love that! I’ve read Dinnerjacket is known for having (ahem!) strong BO.
Liam on March 24, 2010 at 8:26 AM
was thinking the same thing when I saw he drive up without any fanfare….
cmsinaz on March 24, 2010 at 8:27 AM
Honestly, this is a man who sought out the company of Reverend Wright and Rashid Khalidi. It is obvious where his sympathies lie.
TXMomof3 on March 24, 2010 at 8:27 AM
Obama is a secular progressive who worships himself. He views Israel like most liberals: they are aggressors and the “Palestinians” are victims who get a pass no matter how vile their behavior. He pretends to be sorta religious (because atheists don’t get elected) and he pretends he doesn’t despise Israel, but I’m not buying it.
forest on March 24, 2010 at 8:28 AM
Well like I said, it’s not as if he gets some tickle up his leg when the Hizb’ sets a bomb off.
And like I said, the Palestinians never get a lecture or scolding for anything they do.
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:29 AM
This administration demonstrates daily that they are provincial, classless, Chicago thugs – to us and to the world.
Cody1991 on March 24, 2010 at 8:29 AM
It’s amazing. I thought disgust for a person had a bottom…it is really an abyss…
ladyingray on March 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM
All this smart diplomacy is hurting my head.
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:31 AM
indeed, however our msm continues to prop him up as the best thing since sliced bread…
cmsinaz on March 24, 2010 at 8:31 AM
He’s way better than sliced bread. He’s a big effin deal, man!
forest on March 24, 2010 at 8:33 AM
Every Middle Easterner I have ever met does.
It’s a whole different world over there. I don’t think they’re bothered by smells like we are.
I went to HS w/ 2 Iranian refugees & besides being disgusting in their behavior toward us girls, they did smell quite awful.
Perhaps this is also why they do Jihad. Getting all those virgins is the only way they can truly be free from sexual repression bcs no one can stand to smell them.
Badger40 on March 24, 2010 at 8:33 AM
:)
cmsinaz on March 24, 2010 at 8:34 AM
Racist!
Sliced Pumperknickle is more appropriate.
Badger40 on March 24, 2010 at 8:34 AM
I wish it was possible to access the old TUCC website that existed prior to the 2008 election. I did and printed some pages.
It told me plenty. Anyone who sat in that church for 20 years does not embrace values that are representative of the rest of the country.
Cody1991 on March 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM
They have a much different diet, and that is a large part of the different scents.
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM
lolol
cmsinaz on March 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM
i believe you
cmsinaz on March 24, 2010 at 8:36 AM
This isn’t just a funny Obama AnninCA’ed up the moment thing. I really do want to know why there were no pictures. I want someone to press Gibbs until we get some sort of answer. I want an official explantion from the White House about why they had no pictures of this visit.
Until there is a real answer, they deserve all of the “Obama is a secret Muslim” crap.
myrenovations on March 24, 2010 at 8:37 AM
While Obama may not think that he is a Muslim, and Americans may not regard him as a Muslim, the law in Islam is that a person born of a Muslim father is a Muslim and is not allowed to convert to another religion. This means that Muslims regard him as an apostate Muslim and subject to the death penalty (unless they regard him as “undercover” and infiltrating the West).
sabbahillel on March 24, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Careful, that’s one of the 100,001 most insulting things you can ever say to a muzzlum.
singlemalt_18 on March 24, 2010 at 8:39 AM
No, that’s the fault of all those G&Ts…
ladyingray on March 24, 2010 at 8:41 AM
Correction: Marble Rye
singlemalt_18 on March 24, 2010 at 8:41 AM
I was on their website back in late 2007. Based on the website, it was obvious that BO comes from a racist and hate-filled position.
But, too many chose to turn a blind eye from his “heritage”.
jbh45 on March 24, 2010 at 8:41 AM
Distroying American from the inside. Mission accomplished.
milwife88 on March 24, 2010 at 8:43 AM
Indeed.
Tigers don’t change their stripes. Anyone who thinks this guy can/would or desires to behave differently because he was elected to the highest office in the country is a fool.
It was there for everyone to see prior to the election. And the media ignored it completely.
Cody1991 on March 24, 2010 at 8:44 AM
The view in the ahadith of Muhammad (Book 33, 6223 of Sahih Muslim al Kitab ul Qadr) is that everyone is born a Muslim, but it is his or her parents who pervert that child into something else. And seeing as he was raised in a mixed culture of Islam and Christianity, only to be brought to the US and raised around Christian grandparents, it’s hard to see how he can remain a Muslim.
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:45 AM
The “evidence” for his Muslim religion is very lacking, and we’re better off not relying on conspiratorial narratives for our arguments.
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:46 AM
OT:
Georiga residents…DEMAND answers.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.14550d38949dfe334ce5001df099c351.441&show_article=1
milwife88 on March 24, 2010 at 8:46 AM
Never went away because the filthy lying dictator refuses to account for huge portions of his life when he was running around as a little Muslim boy in Indonesia named Barry Sortero. Throw in his hatred of jews, lack of Christian values, and love of terrorists and it isn’t too hard to see where the bastard’s values are.
highhopes on March 24, 2010 at 8:46 AM
Did Netanyahu have to leave by the exit that goes by the trash like Dali?
Dingbat63 on March 24, 2010 at 8:47 AM
OT sorry to interrupt, but has anyone heard or does anyone know what has happened to Rick Santelli? He is not on Squawk on the street, and it has been 2 weeks I guess since I last saw him there. He is a voice for conservatives, and one of the few if only people on CNBC who isn’t afraid to speak out against the crap going on in DC, and I am just wondering what is going on. Thanks for letting me intrude.
clinker46 on March 24, 2010 at 8:48 AM
AND, leaves a trail of feathers… while laying egg after egg
Crusader Rabbit on March 24, 2010 at 8:48 AM
I’m sure he isn’t really anything.
How can you follow any religion when you are a narcisist?
You can only worship yourself.
Badger40 on March 24, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Just one more reason to be disgusted. This is getting old.
Mojave Mark on March 24, 2010 at 8:49 AM
The evideence of his Christian faith is completely lacking and yet we are supposed to believe he is a Christian. It makes as much sense to ascribe his love of terrorists and hatred of America and its allies as being part of his Muslim roots and upbringing.
The world would be a far better place if the filthy lying coward had remained a Indonesian Muslim.
highhopes on March 24, 2010 at 8:49 AM
Dear Liar isn’t a Christian or a Muslim. He is an Obamian. It’s all about Him.
rbj on March 24, 2010 at 8:51 AM
Christ was not a Christian so it follows that Obama is merely the God-like figure to be adored while he is free to espouse the teachings of his mentors- Che, Alinsky, Castro, and OBL.
highhopes on March 24, 2010 at 8:52 AM
That anywhere near Huntsville?
highhopes on March 24, 2010 at 8:53 AM
The “evidence” for his Muslim religion is very lacking, and we’re better off not relying on conspiratorial narratives for our arguments.
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:46 AM
The “evidence” for his U.S citezenship is also “very lacking” but that’s OK????
SHARPTOOTH on March 24, 2010 at 8:53 AM
More pics of whom Obama doesn’t mind being seen with.
Shy Guy on March 24, 2010 at 8:53 AM
???
We’re talking about whether or not he’s a Muslim. Mentioning the citizenship issue does not a Muslim make.
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:55 AM
The majority of American Jews currently is secular and liberal and votes democrat almost reflexively (although I dare say even they may not stomach barry in 2012). However, a very large and growing minority in American Jewry is religious and conservative and greatly honors and appreciates the support that righteous gentiles and many republicans give to Israel. Religious, conservative Jews (much like religious and conservative Christians) tend to have much larger families than their liberal brethren — so the trend, I believe, towards a conservative Jewish voting block can only accelerate.
ncc770 on March 24, 2010 at 8:56 AM
“A Philistine upon you, America.”
Shy Guy on March 24, 2010 at 8:57 AM
It’s Georgia the country, not my Peach state.
Still, not good.
Brat on March 24, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Geez. It never ends with this guy.
Another day, another spit on America.
tru2tx on March 24, 2010 at 9:01 AM
He thinks that distancing himself will give him plausible deniability when he asks Israel to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities. Yes, I do think he’s that stupid, despite everything Mr. Brooks and Mr. Buckley try to tell me, I won’t change my mind.
Cindy Munford on March 24, 2010 at 9:01 AM
Is there a Huntsville in the 57th state?
rbj on March 24, 2010 at 9:02 AM
If Obow is truly a Marxist, then it stands to reason he adheres to no religious faith. Marx is about politics and the physical universe; the doctrine of dialectical materialism–if it can’t be sensed or measured, it doesn’t exist.
But I do believe he came to hate Jews for what he was taught in Wright’s ‘church’ for twenty years. If I’m wrong there, the evidence he doesn’t much care our traditional allies is plain for all to see.
Liam on March 24, 2010 at 9:02 AM
No, but there’s a Huntsville in Al-Obama.
Shy Guy on March 24, 2010 at 9:05 AM
???
We’re talking about whether or not he’s a Muslim. Mentioning the citizenship issue does not a Muslim make.
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 8:55 AM
I understand the topic.But when you mention lack of evidence i think of citizenship, Much of his past is kept hidden away, like his birth certificate. Makes you wonder why…
SHARPTOOTH on March 24, 2010 at 9:06 AM
I understand that, totally
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Ban Ki Moon visited Gaza. It seems there is no “food shortage” as has been claimed and Israel was right all along. No one in Gaza is starving. Obama should be ashamed at the way he treats our allies. There is no excuse good enough for some of his political posturing. O insulted the PM of India, the PM of the UK too. This is nothing new for him and his Chicago thug crew. He coddles the worse dictators and tyrants, bows to kings and insults our friends, par for the course. Don’t expect anything different.
elclynn on March 24, 2010 at 9:08 AM
Ummm…need more coffee! Thanks for catching that!
milwife88 on March 24, 2010 at 9:09 AM
He signed an executive order to keep the info hidden.
elclynn on March 24, 2010 at 9:10 AM
His proof of being an American is just as lacking as his proof of being a Christian. We do know of his Muslim upbringing and the fact he had to be an Indonesian citizen to go to school there. All of which has been ignored by the White House with accusations of racism if the talk continues. Time for you bastards of the left to be honest with we Americans and tell us exactly what the f**k it is you forced on us.
highhopes on March 24, 2010 at 9:11 AM
He thinks that distancing himself will give him plausible deniability when he asks Israel to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities. Yes, I do think he’s that stupid, despite everything Mr. Brooks and Mr. Buckley try to tell me, I won’t change my mind.
Cindy Munford on March 24, 2010 at 9:01 AM
elclynn on March 24, 2010 at 9:15 AM
None of this comes as any surprise….
1921 C DRUM on March 24, 2010 at 9:16 AM
You can go back to Begin’s election in 1977 to find the problem. To the far left in the U.S. Likud=conservative Republicans. As long as Israel was run by Labor, with its socialist domestic policies they held their tongues, but once they were out of power, whatever pretense there was for not allowing their true feeling to come out were gone.
Clinton sent James Carville there 11 years ago to make sure Labor won the 1999 election so he’d have a more mailable partner for peace with Yassir Arafat, which would boost Bill’s chances for the Nobel Peace Prize, and we all know how that turned out. The current White House occupant has already won his Nobel, doesn’t really care about foreign policy all that much and has a cadre of Middle East advisers that makes Clinton’s group look like members of Hadassah, so naturally they and Obama are going to treat Netanyahu like he’s Dick Cheney. He’s a ‘bad’ Jew, and they think, like Carville getting Ehud Barak elected Israei Prime Minister, that by treating him like crap, they can pressure Israeli voters into dumping Bibi and Likud and installing a government that Obama & Co. can push around.
jon1979 on March 24, 2010 at 9:19 AM
i sure hope you aren’t including me
blatantblue on March 24, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Okay, I will amend, he thinks everyone else is stupid.
Cindy Munford on March 24, 2010 at 9:20 AM
I think the central thesis in George Gilder’s The Israel Test explains Obama’s anti-semitic tendency perfectly:
http://www.amazon.com/Israel-Test-George-Gilder/dp/0980076358
year_of_the_dingo on March 24, 2010 at 9:21 AM
You know what? This really is a big deal. Last time I checked, this is still the United States of America and our President continues to slap our greatest allies in the face. He (Obama) is not representing this Republic with the distinction or characteristic resolve we, (this Nation), has shown for Israel since the nation’s independence.
Obama’s “get along” attitude with every foreign country, whether an ally or a sworn enemy of the U.S.—including pandering to despots like Chavez—is a dangerous precedent. If a serious conflict arises, and we need to reach out to our allies, they may be hesitant to respond. Instead, this President is tearing down relationships that have been built over decades. Powerful “leaders” have made similar mistakes in history that have led to disasterous consequences, yet history doesn’t seem to be a learning tool in Obama’s repertoire. His conclusions appear to be reached by his “experience” as a renowned community organizer, while his ignorance and arrogance of foreign affairs is seriously flawed.
As a concerned citizen, I hope our Armed Services are prepared and standing firm.
Rovin on March 24, 2010 at 9:22 AM
Don’t forget Jimmy Carter.
Oldnuke on March 24, 2010 at 9:23 AM
This only means something if the Obama-fellating media says so. They haven’t said so, so it means nothing.
Extrafishy on March 24, 2010 at 9:28 AM
If Obama spent four years of his schooling in Indonesia there is no way that he couldn’t have at least been influenced by Islam.
Crux Australis on March 24, 2010 at 9:28 AM
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