OBAMA: A PROFILE IN AUDACITY

MARK STEYN ON OBAMA:

From a preview of “the coming effort to dismantle” Barack Obama :

Asked on ABC’s “Good Morning America” last month if his lack of foreign policy experience would hurt him in his White House bid, Obama replied: “My experience in foreign policy is probably more diverse than most others in the field. I mean, I'm somebody who has actually lived overseas, somebody who has studied overseas. You know, I majored in international relations.”

Excellent. That may be my favorite foreign-policy answer since Howard Dean cited his experience in driving his kids up to Quebec for school hockey games.

MORE STEYN - ( A LITTLE LATER):

A reader responds:

Funny guy. Are you really calling attention to Obama's lack of foreign-policy experience? Perhaps you'd prefer he first serve as the governor of Texas?

Er, well, no, actually. I’m less interested in his lack of foreign-policy experience (I certainly don’t want ex-Assistant Secretaries of State or ex-ambassadors to Saudi Arabia running for President) than his lack of foreign-policy interest.

But, if you want to value grade school experience in Indonesia over executive authority in one of the world’s 20 biggest economies, feel free. I once had a penpal in Norway. Can I be National Security Advisor?

OBAMA WOULD BE ONE OF THE LEAST QUALIFIED PERSONS EVER TO RUN FOR POTUS - EXCEPT FOR JOHN EDWARDS AND AL SHARPTON! BUT HE'S RUNNING ANYWAY. NOW THAT'S AUDACITY!

DON'T GET ME WRONG: OBAMA HAS TALENT. IT'S JUST THAT HIS TALENTS ARE MORE SUITED FOR A TV TALK SHOW HOST THAN LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. BESIDES: HE'S A SOCIALIST.

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