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Or take credit for the Iraq troop surge

 

 

As senators, Barack Obama and Joe Biden both opposed the troop surge in Iraq -- and Biden even wanted to divide the country into three sections.

 

But as vice president, Biden is taking credit for success in Iraq.

 

"I am very optimistic about Iraq," he said. "I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration."

 

But Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, a member of the Armed Services Committee, said you cannot oppose the surge and then claim it for your legacy.

 

"When Joe Biden was in the Senate and Obama was in the Senate, they authored and were the chief architect of the resolution opposing the surge," he said.

 

The vice president also took credit for the troop drawdown.

 

"You're going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer," he said. "You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government."

 

But the drawdown was negotiated in the Status of Forces Agreement before the Obama administration took office.

 

"The reduction in U.S. forces that is under way right now is in fact important and it's largely the continuation of the policy that President Bush had set in place when he negotiated the drawdown schedule with Prime Minister Maliki at the end of 2008," Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution told Fox News.

 

In fact, the agreement called for having U.S. troops out of Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. combat troops out by the end of 2011.

 

"The timetable for withdrawing those troops had been worked on for a long time, way preceding this administration coming into power, and that timetable really centered on success in Iraq," said Col. Bill Cowan, a Fox News contributor. "That success starting really after the surge that was implemented by the previous administration."

 

At the White House, the day after the vice president's remarks, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked how the administration could take credit for Iraq.

 

"Well, putting what was broken back together and getting our troops home, which we intend to do in August of this year," he said, adding that Obama helped provide critical "political pressure" on Iraq policy before taking office.

 

oh ok :nana:

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Someone grew up in the Bible belt! :nana:

Actually I grew up in the Rust Belt

 

That's ok, Change is a lot harder than it looks. Just ask Obama.

I've never thought about nailing a girl named Change. I've nailed two Autumn's and a Summer. Knew a girl named Winter but didn't get to f*ck her. Never met a girl named Spring

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White House predicts an average of 95,000 new jobs each month.

Hooray! We're out of the woods now! Good Times Again!!! Woo-Hoo!!!

 

Wait, what's this inconvenient truth?

The economy needs to create 125,000 jobs per month to keep up with population growth

Which means in addition to the 8.4 million jobs lost, the economy is actually down about 11.4 jobs. Even with 95,000 new jobs each month this year will fall another 360,000 jobs further in the hole. It will take at least until mid 2015 at the earliest for payrolls to climb back to pre-recession levels.

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No. 174: Give a speech at a major Islamic forum in the first 100 days of his administration

 

Woohoo!!

 

No. 125: Direct military leaders to end war in Iraq

 

Oooooh, that was tough.

 

No. 119: Appoint a special adviser to the president on violence against women

 

I bet this one kept him up late.

 

And seven of those expanded or increased something and that something was spending. Great time for that O.

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Woohoo!!

 

 

 

Oooooh, that was tough.

 

 

 

I bet this one kept him up late.

 

And seven of those expanded or increased something and that something was spending. Great time for that O.

 

 

Oh I am sorry. Did you expect him to reform the healthcare system and fix the economy by now? :nana::sick:

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