Obama on Taking Vacations and Who ‘Ended’ the War in Iraq

by
Steve MacDonald

It’s a two-fer from the best-est, dreamiest-est, presidential president ever…or something.

First – ‘Obama vows not to take vacations if elected president’  c/o Ace. Via Weasel Zippers.

 

Second – ‘I promised to end the war in Iraq and did, uuuuh, actually that was the government of Iraq, uhhh – al Maliki did it, just ignore all the video of me… taking credit, …on the campaign trail…over and over again…for ending the war in uhhhhraq  c/o Ace via Free Beacon

“…as the Washington Post reported, Obama tried to draw a clear distinction between himself and Republican Mitt Romney in 2012 by clearly stating he didn’t want to have leave any troops in Iraq at all:

“With regards to Iraq, you and I agreed, I believe, that there should be a status of forces agreement,” Romney told Obama as the two convened on the Lynn University campus in Boca Raton, Fla., that October evening. ”That’s not true,” Obama interjected. “Oh, you didn’t want a status of forces agreement?” Romney asked as an argument ensued. “No,” Obama said. “What I would not have done is left 10,000 troops in Iraq that would tie us down. That certainly would not help us in the Middle East.”

Here’s the Free Beacon mash up of Mr. ‘I did that’ on ending the war in Iraq…

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  • Steve MacDonald

    Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, blogger, and a member of the Board of directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor of GraniteGrok.com, a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

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