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July 24, 2008

What Committee was that, Senator?

Ethel C. Fenig
On his if-it's-Wednesday-this-must-be-Israel photo op tour, Barack Obama seems to have forgotten about life back home in the US of A;  about what he said  and about his responsibilities as Senator. 
“Just this past week, we passed out of the out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee - which is my committee - a bill to call for divestment from Iran as way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don’t obtain a nuclear weapon,” Obama said at a press conference in Sderot, Israel.

But that isn't his committee; he is chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on European Affairs.  But that position seems to be forgettable because as chairman he rarely had meetings of any substance.

However, in his defense it must be stated he admitted:


“I could fall asleep now standing up,” after Netanyahu asked him how his whirlwind trip to the Middle East and Europe is going.

And

An Obama spokesman tells CNN “it was his bill, not his committee,” referring to the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act that the Illinois senator sponsored and introduced in May 2007. The measure was then referred to the Banking Committee, and passed a vote of 19-2 on July 17.

Thank you spokesman for clarifying; now please inform the Senator of his committee assignment.  And maybe he will call a meeting to tell the other members how he spent his summer vacation.

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Comments

The wizard of uhhs strikes again.......

Do all you can to defeat comrade Obama in the fall!!

Posted by: Bob Reed | July 24, 2008 12:19 PM

Obama's verbal slips and memory loss are because he's trying to fill a empty suit or even find a suit. The MSM proclaim the emperor's clothes every day and refuse to see the naked truth It becomes more obvious the more we learn about Obama that he doesn't have the sand to be POTUS.

Posted by: Buster | July 24, 2008 01:23 PM

Picky, picky, picky; if you only spent a 153 days in the Senate before you announced for president, and haven't been back since, you'd be a bit confused over what you haven't done or what committees you haven't attended.

Posted by: A. DiPentima | July 24, 2008 01:40 PM

Barry may have finally stepped in it. This lie is infringing the bragging rights of other Dem politicians now, that won't go over so big. He can't spin this one, not that he'll be asked to by the pressies, but the owner of whatever Dem toes he is mashing will assert themselves. Also, let us not forget his departure on the substance. Back when there was real legislation declaring the Iranian Quds as terrorists, not only was he against it (though he couldn't be bothered to vote) he biliously denounced Hillary for siding, this time, with Bush... "saber rattling" dontcha know (doesn't "diplomacy" involve a lot of that? Hmm.). The slackjawwed Lefty doofs that decide Dem primaries LOVED that, remember? I don't think it is too much to assert that this was the beginning of his four month pounding of the limp Clinton machine. And now, under the bus with Primary Barry, Liberal Barry, the Old Barry. Same as the New Barry.

Posted by: megapotamus | July 24, 2008 02:21 PM

I am a big fan of this site, although I have never posted anything on it. Maybe, soon.

Patrick

Posted by: Patrick McKeever | July 24, 2008 04:48 PM

Maybe he is a member of that committee after all?

Have you checked for all of the "present" votes?

Posted by: Jeff | July 24, 2008 07:21 PM

ALL YOUR COMMITTEES ARE BELONG TO US!
http://rotstar.blogspot.com/2008/07/all-your-committees-are-belong-to-us.html

So do your governments, your White Houses, and your lives!
David

Posted by: LifeTrek | July 24, 2008 07:23 PM

His Banking Committe? Why is his name missing?

Posted by: Virginia Weicheld | July 25, 2008 09:50 AM

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