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On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Sarin Nou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Washington Insider with Ronald Kessler > <http://www.newsmax.com/xml/kessler.xml> > <http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/archive/> > <http://www.newsmax.com/forward_page/> > <http://www.newsmax.com/contact/editorial/> > 100-Plus Former Ambassadors Endorse McCain > Sunday, October 5, 2008 9:38 PM > > *By:* Ronald Kessler > More than 100 former American ambassadors are endorsing John McCain and > Sarah Palin for president and vice president. > To be announced by the McCain campaign later this week, the endorsements > counter Barack Obama's claims that McCain is inflexible when it comes to > diplomacy and negotiations with other countries, Newsmax has learned. > Obama has specifically said that in contrast to McCain, he would sit down > with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other world dictators to > negotiate, without preconditions. > "Senator Obama does not have sufficient leadership experience, nor has he > been tested in difficult times," said Mark W. Erwin, a Democrat and former > Hillary Clinton supporter who is a co-chairman of Former U.S. Ambassadors > for McCain/Palin. Erwin was ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius. > Endorsing McCain are Howard Baker, who was ambassador to Japan; former > President George H.W. Bush, who was ambassador to the United Nations; Frank > C. Carlucci III, who was ambassador to Portugal; and Jim Nicholson, who was > ambassador to the Vatican. > Others endorsing McCain are Bruce Gelb, former ambassador to Belgium; > Margaret Heckler, who was ambassador to Ireland; John L. Loeb, Denmark; Ed > Ney, Canada; and Julia Chang Bloch, Nepal. > Former Ambassador Gilbert A. Robinson spearheaded the formation of the > group. Besides Erwin, the other co-chairman is former Ambassador to Sweden > Gregory J. Newell. Robinson was special adviser to Secretary of State George > Shultz, director of the Office of Public Diplomacy, and deputy director of > the U.S. Information Agency under President Reagan. Newell was an assistant > to President Ford and assistant secretary of state under Reagan. > Such designations carry ambassadorial rank and require Senate confirmation. > > "Nobody could ask for a greater show of confidence," McCain said in a > statement to be released to the press. "These former ambassadors are > outstanding men and women who have served their country in foreign lands > with great distinction and devotion to the values we hold dear. They have a > deep knowledge of the challenges facing this country abroad as well as at > home. I am honored by their endorsement." > The former ambassadors endorsing McCain are Weston Adams, Malawi; Thomas H. > Anderson, Barbados; Leonore Annenberg, chief of protocol; Cresencio Arcos > Jr., Honduras; George Argyros, Spain; Catherine Todd Bailey, Latvia; Howard > H. Baker Jr., Japan; Douglas H. Barclay, El Salvador; Stuart A. Bernstein, > Denmark; Everett E. Bierman, New Guinea; Julia Chang Bloch, Nepal; Stephen > F. Brauer, Belgium; Keith Lapham Brown, Lesotho and Denmark; Richard R. > Burt, Germany; George H.W. Bush, United Nations and U.S. Liaison Office > (Beijing); William J. Cabaniss Jr., Czech Republic; Richard G. Capen Jr., > Spain; Richard W. Carlson, Seychelles; Frank C. Carlucci III, Portugal; > Bruce Chapman, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Sue McCourt Cobb, > Jamaica; Charles E. Cobb Jr., Iceland. > Also Walter J.P. Curley, Ireland and France; Peter H. Dailey, Ireland, > special envoy to NATO countries; Richard J. Egan, Ireland; Mark L. Edelman, > Cameroon; Donald Burnham Ensenat, Brunei, chief of protocol; Mark Erwin, > Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of the Seychelles, and the Federal > Islamic Republic of Comoros; Richard M. Fairbanks III, ambassador-at-large; > William S. Farish III, United Kingdom, Versailles; Edward R. Finch Jr., > Panama; David Funderburk, Romania; John R. Gavin, Mexico; Bruce S. Gelb, > U.S. Information Agency (USIA), Belgium; Joseph B. Gildenhorn, Switzerland; > Anthony H. Gioia, Malta; Luis Guinot Jr., Costa Rica. > Also Margaret M. Heckler, Ireland; Charles A. Heimbold Jr., Sweden; Hans H. > Hertell, Dominican Republic; Alfred Hoffman Jr., Portugal; Charles W. > Hostler, Bahrain; Philip Hughes, Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent > and the Grenadines; Jon M. Huntsman Jr., Singapore; Robert S. Ingersoll, > Japan; James C. Kenny, Ireland; Alfred H. Kingon, European Union; Lester B. > Korn, UN Economic and Social Council; Tom C. Korologos, Belgium; Mary E. > Kramer, Barbados and Eastern Caribbean; Paul C. Lambert, Ecuador; L.W. Lane > Jr., ambassador-at-large and Australia and Nauru; Mark Langdale, Costa Rica; > Howard Leach, France; Melvyn Levitsky, Bulgaria and Brazil; John L. Loeb > Jr., Denmark; Earle I. Mack, Finland. > Also Susan Rasinski McCaw, Austria; Thomas Patrick Melady, Burundi, Uganda, > Holy See; J. William Middendorf II, Netherlands, Organization of American > States (OAS), European Union; John A. Miller, ambassador-at-large; Steve > Minikes, Commission on Cooperation and Security in Europe (CSCE); Thomas A. > Nassif, Morocco; Gregory J. Newell, Sweden; Edward N. Ney, Canada; Jim C. > Nicholson, Holy See; Herman W. Nickle, South Africa; Julian M. Niemczyk, > Czechoslovakia; Keith Foote Nyborg, Finland; John D. Ong, Norway; Penne > Korth Peacock, Mauritius; Joseph Carlton Petrone, UN European Office; > Charles J. Pilliod, Mexico; John Price, Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros. > Also Charles H. Price II, Belgium, United Kingdom; James W. Rawlings, > Zimbabwe; Otto J. Reich, Venezuela; Mercer Reynolds, Switzerland and > Liechtenstein; Gilbert A. Robinson, special adviser to the secretary of > state; Joe M. Rodgers, France; Sig Rogich, Iceland; John Rood, Bahamas; > Francis L. Rooney III, Holy See; Bob Royall, Tanzania; Rockwell A. Schnabel, > Finland, European Union; Peter F. Secchia, Italy; Martin J. Silverstein, > Uruguay; Marion H. Smoak, chief of protocol; Ronald J. Sorini, chief textile > negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; Michael G. Sotirhos, > Jamaica. > Also Robert D. Stuart Jr., Norway; Charles J. Swindells, New Zealand and > Samoa; Peter Terpeluk Jr., Luxembourg; Timothy L. Towell, Paraguay; Rodolphe > M. Vallee, Slovak Republic; Leon J. Weil, Nepal; John G. Weinmann, Finland, > chief of protocol; Ronald N. Weiser, Slovak Republic; Pamela P. Willeford, > Switzerland and Liechtenstein; Richard Williamson, assistant secretary, > ambassador IAEA; Curtin Winsor Jr., Costa Rica; Dr. Aldona Z. Wos, Estonia; > and Joseph Zappala, Spain. > *Ronald Kessler is chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com. View > his previous reports and get his dispatches sent to you free via > e-mail. Go here now. <http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/>* > > > > > --- On *Tue, 10/7/08, Sarin Nou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Sarin Nou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: The real Obama by Prof Thomas Sowell > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 1:43 PM > > Tuesday, October 07, 2008 > [image: Thomas Sowell :: Townhall.com > Columnist]<http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell> > The Real Obama > by Thomas Sowell > > > > Critics of Senator Barack Obama make a strategic mistake when they talk > about his "past associations." That just gives his many defenders in the > media an opportunity to counter-attack against "guilt by association." > We all have associations, whether at the office, in our neighborhood or in > various recreational activities. Most of us neither know nor care what our > associates believe or say about politics. > Associations are very different from alliances. Allies are not just people > who happen to be where you are or who happen to be doing the same things you > do. You choose allies deliberately for a reason. The kind of allies you > choose says something about you. > Jeremiah Wright, Father Michael Pfleger, William Ayers and Antoin Rezko are > not just people who happened to be at the same place at the same time as > Barack Obama. They are people with whom he chose to ally himself for years, > and with some of whom some serious money changed hands. > Some gave political support, and some gave financial support, to Obama's > election campaigns, and Obama in turn contributed either his own money or > the taxpayers' money to some of them. That is a familiar political > alliance-- but an alliance is not just an "association" from being at the > same place at the same time. > Obama could have allied himself with all sorts of other people. But, time > and again, he allied himself with people who openly expressed their hatred > of America. No amount of flags on his campaign platforms this election year > can change that. > Unfortunately, all that most people know about Barack Obama is his own > rhetoric and that of his critics. Moreover, some of his more irresponsible > critics have made wild accusations-- that he is not an American citizen or > that he is a Muslim, for example. > All that such false charges do is discredit Obama's critics in general.. > Fortunately, there is a documented, factual account of what Barack Obama has > actually been doing over the years, as distinguished from what he has been > saying during this election campaign, in a new best-selling book. > That book is titled "The Case Against Barack Obama" by David Freddoso. He > starts off in the introduction by repudiating those critics of Obama who > "have been content merely to slander him-- to claim falsely that he refuses > to salute the U.S. flag or was sworn into office on a Koran, or that he was > born in a foreign country." > This is a serious book with 35 pages of documentation in the back to > support the things said in the main text. In other words, if you don't > believe what the author says, he lets you know where you can go check it > out. > Barack Obama's being the first serious black candidate for President of the > United States is what most people consider remarkable but how he got there > is at least equally surprising. > The story of Obama's political career is not a pretty story. He won his > first political victory by being the only candidate on the ballot-- after > hiring someone skilled at disqualifying the signers of opposing candidates' > petitions, on whatever technicality he could come up with. > Despite his words today about "change" and "cleaning up the mess in > Washington," Obama was not on the side of reformers who were trying to > change the status quo of corrupt, machine politics in Chicago and clean up > the mess there. Obama came out in favor of the Daley machine and against > reform candidates. > Senator Obama is running on an image that is directly the opposite of what > he has been doing for two decades. His escapes from his past have been as > remarkable as the great escapes of Houdini. > Why much of the public and the media have been so mesmerized by the words > and the image of Obama, and so little interested in learning about the > factual reality, was perhaps best explained by an official of the Democratic > Party: "People don't come to Obama for what he's done, they come because of > what they hope he can be." > David Freddoso's book should be read by those people who want to know what > the facts are. But neither this book nor anything else is likely to change > the minds of Obama's true believers, who have made up their minds and don't > want to be confused by the facts. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. 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