I like to visit places to get a personal perspective. Trouble is I’ve been to some places hundreds of times and have then been caught off guard when I discover something that tells me what I have seen is not really representative even though the pictures in my mind are representative to me.

I would have been much more informed had I read extensively about a place and viewed many photos and videos prior to my first visit rather than prior to or after my last.

Obama is a box of rocks

Throw him out like smelly socks

We’d prefer chicken pox to this

moron turning back our clocks

All hail Obama! Hail to the savior of America! Hail to the savior of the Jews! Hail to the one who will tame Iran! Keep your eyes glued on ABC, CNN and NBC News, they just announced that Obama plans a surprise trip to the Dead Sea tomarrow. There Obama will be photographed by all the Major American News Networks to show the world that he CAN walk on water. Stay tuned for the next update of Obama’s Presidential trip as he discusses how he will Change the world! All Hail Obama! All Hail Obama! We want Change! Keep you ipods and televesions turned on and tuned in because you do not want to miss a moment of this great event. Chuck Hasker

Funny thing. Fox and McCain has been outspoken about Obama being dared to go to Iraq, but when he does McCain wont stop talking about the press coverage. The reason all the press went with him is that he and the trip is all everyone is talking about. In fact McCain can’t even stop talking about it.

McCain is a strange man who over the last few years said told others how much like Bush he is, but now the man has changed his dance. He is saying that Obama is more like Bush. Is this a flipflop? I think so. The guy is old and really out of touch with the world or maybe is brain is just injured from the 5 plain crashes he has been in. Of them only one was in combat. The other onces happened here in the US. One of them he crashed a jet on his way the and Army/Navy Football game.

I really did like the in the 80s. Thought he was pretty cool till he in 92 personally blocked investigations into POW/MIA records to find out if the rest could still be alive or where there bodies could be. Funny thing is that he had his personal POW records sealed. What could he be hiding. Maybe that he gave them a little more than his name, rank and SSN?

There are videos on line that show him answering questions asked by his interrogators. He gave more than he should have and anyone who knows the rules of war can see it.

We all know because of his father and Grandfather both being admirals in the Navy, young John was looked at as Navy royalty and he was give more slack than most. How else could he graduate almost at the bottom of his academy class yet get a slot in flight school. As a former Marine I know that there were and are a very limited number of flight slots given to the Naval Academy each year and because of this those at the top of the class get the pick and the bottom get jobs like Supply Officers and other less exciting jobs.

Because McCain was put ahead of better qualified officers this set him up for putting himself and others in danger. He wasn’t qualified to fly a fighter yet he was given it anyway. What happen he crashes 4 aircraft before ever seeing combat. A normal pilot would have been grounded for good after at most 2 lost aircraft. What happened to John? He was made a flight instructor and he crashed another aircraft.

Please don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t his fault. it was those above him. They were enabler!

And about his lying, He does it too much. He was yelling at a reporter who asked him about his support for Veteran groups. On there website they state that Obama gets a better score for voting on there side. And when asked about the GI Bill he Starts talking about Web. Web Fault tooth and nail for the bill, but McCain constantly said he wouldn’t vote for it. The man turns his back on us veterans until he needs a vote, then he lies to us. Don’t trust me, google it. Videos don’t lie most of the time.

Finally at least,we have Obama doing what Mccain and Bush couldnt and have not been able to do;cultivate good will from our allies and foes alike.When He gets elected i suspect,alot of gains will be achieved as far as stability in the middle East goes in addition to the solution of Israel-Palestian stalemate.The goodwill Obama is generating is exactly what we need for stronger global initiatives from peace,trade and climate change.Be careful what you wish for;the GOP and Mccain kept taunting Obama on his lack of foreign experienece and now that he’s undertaken the trip,its all name calling and whining about how unfair the press has been to Mccain.I think Mccain’s campaign is so disorganized and they seem to have no agenda for Americans.The agenda is being set by Obama,,they only play defense.Name calling and ridiculous,old and misplaced responses is all they have to offer,,,thats why Obama has the media attention ,he has an agenda.Mccain wants to be covered for offering the same old Bush policies that have this nation literally on its knees.

WOW!

There is a ton of news in the Bourbon Room!

Well done, Major!

This blog is very knowledgeable to me for Obama’s next trip.
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I feel that John McCain is getting the “Cold Shoulder” from Fox. Example: Obama coverage this morning from Israel ran about 30+ minutes. Yesterday, I watched a 2 minute clip of John McCain. Is this Fair and Balanced. There are two people running for President of the United States. They should get equal treatment. The biased reporting is definitely not Fair and Balanced. Fox News is losing a lot of ground with me. I do understand Program Scheduling and Fill Spots. I find it hard to believe that John McCain should only be given Sound Bits.

Obama will not be briefing anymore as he cannot speak without script. I think everyone knows this by now. He stutters and makes a fool of himself.

I assume CHRIST made it to the airport on time…what a bunch of BS>

I think its funny that nan thinks Obama is the stuttering fool when McCain can hardly talk without making commentary gaffs .If hes so good at foreign affairs how in the world could he make a mistake like syaing that Iraq and Pakastan have a border together…I think his alzhimers is kicking in along with his old age.

Does the media mock his stammering & stuttering? Part of it is obvious trying to hide the arrogant, latte-sipping, learjet liberal that he TRULY is. Mack Daddy as Rev James Manning (54D) video on YouTube. He is bamboozling the mindless.

When Barrack was talking to Israel today he made a big mistake in saying that his banking committee voted. The problem is he is not on any banking committee and never has been. so why is that not being brought up. Again, he has lied about being on a banking committee go back and listen to his speech it was right after he ask them to look at his deeds, whaterver that means.

I double dog dare the media to follow John McCain around with a camera and report everything that comes out of his mouth.

He CANCELED his national media press conference this week, ostensibly to focus on local media, but there are those (count me) that think he’s getting in trouble most every time he tries to make the news.

Major – I hope you do get more access as the trip transitions to the campaign-funded part. I enjoy your reporting, even when our takes differ.

I really think Obama is just wanting media attention which yall are giving him.. I mean he has spots on the plane for media people.. If he was a true president he would try to fix things in the United States before trying to look good all over the world.. I mean media people are always takling about the horrible things presidents have done but yet when Obama steps in they all of a sudden turn good.. And if yall would actually give Mccain a chance to talk instead of running about a two minute show maybe yall would see he is trying to do good.. Ooohh and um yea people are saying he is god well there is only one true God and he is not him cause in Revelations it says that God will return in the skies not Earth chuck hasker .. Thank you for letting me give my opinion.. By the way im a 9 th grade kid following this election..

I’ve never seen the level of hatred for a Democratic candidate since liberals wrote about the ignorance of George W. Bush. What is different about the Conservative hatred for Obama is that Conservatives are much more cynical. They can’t believe there is a candidate who has so many supporters, hence the Christ comparisons.

They are expecting 100,000 people to attend Obama’s visit to Berlin. The only difference here is, George W. Bush and his handlers would not allow just anyone to attend his speeches who opposed him. The first time was on April 26, 2006:

Bush Faces Rare Audience Challenge in NC

What is wrong with the Media? Why can’t they investigate all of Obama’s stories and keep making an issue about them. He’s applying for the most challenging job in the “world”.

Thank God McCain has the courage to stand up for Americans with his ads.

Just one of many issues surrounding Obama is enough for me and my community.

Obama has minimal government experience, an anti American Pastor as a mentor, many co workers that are radical leaders, a non practicing Muslim father and an Atheist as a mother. Obama is a fast talker, flip flopper and a racist man running for President: The media and the authorities should be investigating this man.

Just knowing that Louis Farrakhan, anti Semitic, radical, Nation of Islam leader supports Obama should be enough to make our hair stand up on end.
Watch Louis Farrakhan and his followers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7QUftErt_M

Farrakhan held a rally with 20,000 Islam members in Chicago just a few months ago.

Many questions need answering. Obama’s father was a non practicing Muslim. How do the Muslim nations view Obama? Aren’t we at war?

Why shouldn’t that be a proper question to ask Obama?

Obama is risky and scary. The media should be talking about Obama’s relationships with radical leaders and anti American supporters as much as they should be reporting about a nominee that was being supported by the KKK. Is the media part of this whole movement? Are Oprah and her new age religious believers behind the hype of Obama?
What are they afraid of?

The reason Clinton supporters will not vote for Obama is because they are embarrassed of him, his life, his unfair tactics and his beliefs. And they still don’t know all about him.

1. They don’t want a candidate that has been in a twenty year relationship with Reverend Wright and the Trinity United Church of Christ.

2. They don’t’ want a candidate that has a twenty year relationship with Father Pflaeger as his compass in life

3. They don’t want a candidate that went to a church that supports Louis Farrakhan, an anti Semitic racist.

4. They don’t want to defend Black Liberation theology.

5. They don’t want a candidate that lies about his relationship with Tony Rezko, the Syrian Criminal that sold his property to Obama and supported his campaign.

6. They don’t want a candidate that could work with a domestic terrorist, William Ayers.

7. They don’t want a candidate that Hamas supports.

8. They don’t want a candidate that Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam support

9. They don’t want a candidate that has a wife that has just now realized she was proud of our country.

10. They don’t want a candidate that denies Florida and Michigan their voices

11. They don’t want a candidate that mentions 57 states in his speeches. 50 states in the USA and 57 states in the Nation of Islam (IOC website)

12. They don’t want a candidate that fights unfair and steals Michigan delegate votes from his opponent.

13. They don’t want a candidate that is inexperienced.

14. They don’t want a candidate that considers it a loss to not to be able to attend his anti American, racist Church.

15. They don’t want a candidate that has a “non practicing” Muslim father, but avoids the entire discussion of his father.

16. They don’t’ want a candidate that won’t debate

17. They don’t’ want a candidate that misleads the youth with an ‘Obama girl and her behind in their face”

18. They don’t want a candidate that says he’s an African American and missed the MLK Remembrance Day and the Louisiana Black Caucus meeting

19. They don’t want a candidate that enjoys laughing at sexism

20. They don’t want a candidate that switches his position on gun control, FISA, the war in Iraq, religion and government….

21. They don’t want a candidate that showcases his daughters on TV shows.

22. They don’t’ want a candidate that has poor judgment.

23. They don’t’ want a candidate named; Barack Hussein Obama

24. He is embarrassing.

25. He scares them to death.

I agree that the media should give more play to the speech of John McCain, I believe that if they did focus more on McCain more people would realize how lock step he is with Bush on almost every policy. Except if you count when he was against them and then for them again.
As for Obama, if you are against him for some policy reason fine, we can disagree on those. But try to leave the name calling out. I realize when you contrast the enthusiasm of many supporters for Obama to the tepid response toward McCain it is easier to make fun than point out truly substantive differences.

If fox is going to continue to be fair and balanced–please do not get on the Obama bandwagon. We have heard all the speeches we want to hear. Let’s have more ad lib coverage. McCain, at least, is honest and straightforward. Obama purposely tries to talk above people–hoping we won’t understand how much his positions change from day to day. I hope they have some debates.

If this trip is truly a fact-finding mission for several Senators, instead of a political ploy by Obama, why is it that none of the other Senators met with the foreign leaders, only Obama? I don’t want my tax dollars spent to support Obama’s campaign!

Hey Major…I found this posted on another site. Perhaps FOX can investigate.

Why is it now that experts have exposed the Barack Obama birth certificate as a forgery that the media is not trying to find out why is it that Ann Dunham showed up on Mercer Island with baby Barry visiting a friend when women of that era never traveled with children?
Could it be as the friend stated she was on her way to Hawaii which would mean that Barack Obama might have been born in Canada to match his British commonwealth Kenyan father’s British status?
Why has no one bothered to demand why is it Barack Obama is recorded as born at 2 hospitals in Hawaii and only as a “live birth” recording which means he was brought in already birthed and born somewhere else?
Barack Obama has gotten away with too much of this clever past. His sister is registered as being born both in August and September which leaves the conclusion Ann Dunham has her children out of the United States in the nations of her lovers and then comes in and illegally registers them in America as Hawaii allows late birth registration.
For the sake of the United States as a nation, the press had better start reporting on this as the last thing this nation needs with all the problems we have in finding out in 2009 that Barack Obama is not qualified to be President because he is Kenyan or Canadian and impeachment starts because he had a birth certificate forged covering this all up.

The media is in the tank for Obama. What he says is irrelevant, as evidenced by the reports focused exclusively on what he wears, where he goes, and who he sees. In other words, it’s all eye wash. Reminds me alot of the old Soviet regime’s MO of orchestrated propaganda.

This guy is bad news and ya’ll had better wake up and consider the consequences.

Obama should do his own debrief. Wait there must be no teleprompters available for the answers to the questions that have been pre-screened.

Seriously…what in the heck is this love-affair the media has with Obama?

Major, did you get the ticket number off his plane ticket stub too? How many times did he go to the bathroom this morning?

Did he talk to any little children? Kiss any cheeks? What was the weather like?

You are acting like he’s WON the presidency, not just one of the CANDIDATES.

I will give Obama this, he is (or his marketing managers are) geniuses when it comes to garnering the media’s attention.

It’s been a LONG time since I’ve read such trivial and worthless information in a report.

One thing is quite certain, if he does get elected, it’s going to be SOLELY because of the media attention he’s received the months SELLING him to the uneducated masses….those idiots who pay no attention to his POLICY and only vote the way the winds are blowing.

Matt, Kansas.

I think that the people of the United States need to wake up and smell the coffee. Obama is going around to the European countries and talking about everyone coming together to be one! And is not campaigning in his own country where people are voting for him! This is sounding an awful like an Anti-Christ. Could he be the one?

How come Obama is speaking English in Germany? I thought he said it was embarassing to go to other countries and not speak their language.

now he is saying he is a citizen of the World!!

My god, from now on when that Beginner is on my t.v. is off. Can’t handle this STAGED b.s.

OH OH. Dems want the gas tax raised 10 cents. Of course thats their answer to everything. Tax everything and every one. We are slaves to the gov. enough.

The DNC is busing in thousands to Invesco from other states. They are then asked to go out in the land and campaign as a reward for being able to come. Of course the hotel rooms are all sold out and the Parks are full of Tent City people.

So, Obama is going to cure the whole world and only he can do it. Yeh, no ego or presumption there.

It astounds me that Israel and the Jewish politcos can give Barack Obama the time of day considering that recently he stated that “Israel stole their land from Palestine”. Barack didn’t learn in the Koran that God gave the land to Israel as a Covenant. Barack, as a jurist, must have assumed that the Statute od Limitations must have overriden God’s Covenant.

I am sorry to hear a reporter like Major Garrett give such a distorted view about Obama’s speech in Berlin. I watched Major Garrett as he gave his report– his eyes followed his written script which was on his Right side. Did McCain write this ? Too bad that the media is not giving Mcain more press time—but one has to give the press something to cover , and so far he is very unproductive.

I see a real difference between the two candidates. Obama goes to Germany to speak to the Germans. McCain goes to a German restaurant. Yep, a big difference.

Yes we can!

it will go like this at the inaguration- I Barack HUSSEIN Obama-

The McCain campaign is proving to be increasingly incompetent.
It’s so obvious in his missteps and blundering untrue statements,
that he’s out of touch with the American poeple and the
factual data in the war on terror. Even if you completely disagree
with Obama you have to admit, Obama has the more compelling
message and is masterful in communicating it. The McCain
campaign looks like he’s running for Mayor and Obama looks
like he’s running to be the leader of the free world.

McCain needs to find a message instead of attacking Obama.
Juvenile cheap shots and half empty town halls aren’t going
to work, even for a republican candidate.

I read a bumper sticker the other that said, “The only difference between oSama and oBama is the BS

I agree that McCain needs to have a stronger message and stop the particular comments about Obama that McCain look small. If McCain had a stronger message he wouldn’t need to keep picking apart everything about Obama that isn’t even that important. Obama, so far, seems to come across as trying to unite people to work together to make this country and world a better place. McCain just comes across as a petty at times.

SLIP OF THE TONGUE? OR, HE REALLY HAS HIMSELF ALREADY AS PRESIDENT?

IF THIS DOES HAPPEN,
IS THE MEDIA READY TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL HIS MISTAKES?
CAUSE THEY: ABC, NBC, MSNB, NYTs, LATs SUPERDELEGATGES — NOT THE AMERICAN VOTERS

WHO HAVE GIVEN HIM THE WHITE HOUSE

GOD HELP AMERICA — WE REALLY NEED HIS HELP NOW, MORE THAN EVER!