[Vnbiz] Vnbiz Digest, Vol 29, Issue 27

Fri Feb 22 19:22:17 PST 2008

Re Obama's experience, first, i'd agree instead with Robert De Niro:

"Barack Obama does not have the experience to be president of the United
States" [was] his [De Niro's] opening line. For one thing: "He wasn't
experienced enough to authorize the invasion of Iraq."

"And that's not all," he went on. "It's clear Barack Obama does not have the
experience to let the special interests run the government."

... "That's the kind of inexperience I can get used to," said DeNiro.

Source: New York Observer, Robert De Niro on Obama's
Inexperience<http://www.observer.com/2008/robert-de-niro-obamas-inexperience#comments>

Second, if you can still handle a very long, in-depth read after years of
the Internet and TV news byte soup, Vanity Fair National Editor Todd Purdum
recently published an edifying missive on Obama's background, called "Raising
Obama <http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/03/obama200803>".
Many examples of Obama's hardly insignificant achievements are listed
therein.

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 7:19 AM, Trinh Quang Long <long76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
>
>
> Totally share the idea with Sharon. I could not see the strengths of Obama
> (of course against Hillary and other top hopefuls). He is very charm and
> intelligent, but a little bit inexperienced. Some people see him as a new
> Bill Clinton (i.e. they compare him with Bill in 1992). However, I could
> not see the points for this comparison. Bill was backed up by 12 years as
> Governor of Arkansas, and not less important, he was closely backed up by a
> used-to-be the most hopeful 08 candiate, who is not less excellent than Bill
> (I am not sure Michelle can do much for his husband as Hillary did)
>
> After this June, I believe Obama will be very strongly defended by the GOP
> who now mostly raise their points to Hillary. In every aspect, McCain is at
> least as strong as Obama, except his long-life experience in American
> Politics. Note that in terms of charisma, which is considered as one of the
> factors that can turn a hopeful to a President, I feel McCain is on par with
> Obama even though he's over 70.
>
> Anyhow, it's so interesting to observe this year election. Whoever wins in
> this election will be recorded in to the States' election history. First
> woman, first black, and the oldest.
>
> it's my 2cent
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Shandon Phan <shandonphan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
> >
> > In resonse to anh Thang's inquiry, here's an opinion I shared with
> > some other fellow Vietnamese Americans on a different forum.
> > Disclaimer:  I try to be as objective as I can in my opinion but I
> > certainly have my own bias as a McCain delegate.
> >
> > -----------------------
> > Obama is generating a lot of emotion/passion. Which is good. He is
> > an inspiring figure that can mobilize the young voters to get involved
> > in politics. If I am a Democrat or if we are not at war in Iraq and
> > against terorrism and McCain is not running, I might vote for him.
> > The Obama movement seems unstoppable.  But, is it really unstoppable?
> >
> > I bet that the bubble will burst when he emerges as the Democratic
> > nominee and having his record matched against McCain's record. The
> > entire Obama's movement, and the beautiful dream of a new America, is
> > entirely built
> > by beautiful and persuasive rhetoric. Obama is a gifted politician
> > and public speaker. However, we are searching for our
> > Commander-in-Chief and we need something substantive in his record to
> > back up his
> > promises. There is none. And against battle-scarred,
> > time-tested McCain, the bubble will burst.
> >
> > McCain fought for all his life for America, from sacrificing the best
> > yrs of his life for his country to putting his political career at
> > risk to take on the most challenging issues of our time (immigration
> > reform, Iraq war, "no torture" detainee policy). Every single moment
> > of his political life was spent tackling these big defining issues and
> > challenges of our time.
> >
> > On the other hand, Obama has 3 yrs in the Senate. Not only that his
> > time of service is too short and his foreign policy experience is too
> > thin, if not non-existent, to be our Commander-in-Chief, he has also
> > demonstrated no leadership on significant issues. He chose to charm
> > and play nice with everyone. He was an insignificant factor in the
> > Senate and was not up to par with his felow Senators.  It might be the
> > best strategic move for
> > one young senator with presidential ambition but matching him against
> > McCain for the President position, the choice is clear.
> >
> > The thing with McCain is... to quote the words of a retired judge,
> > former
> > federal prosecutor, and Vietnam veteran, who shared with me:
> >
> > "As a retired judge, I'm not allowed to take part in politics -
> > and too old for it anyhow - but I expect to vote for McCain. However,
> > he has problems: too old, steps on everybodies" toes in both parties,
> > perhaps inflexible - but he is a decent man, as rare as a blue pearl
> > in our politics."
> >
> > It is McCain being the living example of that "blue pearl in politics"
> > that
> > inspire younger generations of Americans to believe in and pursue
> > politics
> > as a way to make change. And as Vietnamese Americans, McCain offers
> > the most solid understanding and support on Vietnam. His policy of
> > promoting the rule of law and democracy in Asia is also a plus,
> > considering the strategic impact of the Asia continent in this century
> > and the rising power of China.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >   3. US president election under the eye of a vietnamese
> > >      (pthang at comcast.net)
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: pthang at comcast.net
> > > To: vnbiz at vietlinks.net
> > > Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:53:27 +0000
> > > Subject: [Vnbiz] US president election under the eye of a vietnamese
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > > Last week on TV , I saw  viet youth organizations actively involved to
> > promote OBAMA. I tried to listen to OBAMA. I heard  a lot of rhetoric and
> > promises to the mass .  His plan is nearly identical to Hillary but he has
> > not elaborated the execution details.  Also there is a lot of music  sound
> > bites produced based on words from his speech . Certainly there is a lot of
> > enthusiasm and excitement of "CHANGE" to cater the low income, hispanic and
> > welfare folks. Nobody mentions who will pay for it. I am sure it will boil
> > down to middle class housholds who will the ones to pay the burden via
> > property tax and income tax.
> > >
> > > I would like to know your viet thoughts about Obama, Hillary and Mc
> > Cain. Anybody ?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Thang Pham
> > >
> > >
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