Zbigniew Brzezinski endorses Barack Obama

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Brzezinski Backs Obama
Saturday, August 25, 2007; Page A03
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Brzezinski Backs Obama



Barack Obama, combating the perception that he is too young and inexperienced to handle a dangerous world, got a boost yesterday from a paragon of foreign policy eminence, Zbigniew Brzezinski. The former national security adviser announced on Bloomberg Television's "Political Capital With Al Hunt" that he is supporting the junior senator from Illinois for president.

 
Zbigniew Brzezinski says he is supporting Barack Obama for president. (By Carol T. Powers -- Bloomberg News)

 
Obama "recognizes that the challenge is a new face, a new sense of direction, a new definition of America's role in the world," said Brzezinski, who keeps an office at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Obama is clearly more effective and has the upper hand. He has a sense of what is historically relevant and what is needed from the United States in relationship to the world."

Brzezinski, who had a relatively hawkish reputation in the Carter administration but has been an outspoken critic of President Bush and the Iraq war, rejected the notion that Obama's Senate colleague Hillary Clinton is more experienced in foreign affairs. "Being a former first lady doesn't prepare you to be president," he said. "Clinton's foreign policy approach is "very conventional," he added. "I don't think the country needs to go back to what we had eight years ago."

He also defended Obama's position in his recent foreign policy tiff with Clinton, in which she called him "naive" for saying he would be willing to meet with the leaders of U.S. antagonists such as Iran and Venezuela. "What's the hang-up about negotiating with the Syrians or with the Iranians?" Brzezinski said. "What it in effect means," he said, is "that you only talk to people who agree with you."


-- Alec MacGillis

[Verily]

I wish I had learned how to pronounce his name.

[Mr. Morden]

Welcome to August 2007. 

[platypeanArchcow]

I wish I had learned how to pronounce his name.

Zbigniew is approximately "zbignyEv".  "rz" is roughly the sound of the s in measure.  The rest is, to first approximation, intuitive.

[TheGlobalizer]

Not exactly a shocker.  Or meaningful.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

His son works for the Obama campaign.  This is not news.

[Mr. Morden]

Again, this happened in August.  Why are we talking about it now?

[8 out of 11 is not deserved]

Hillary probably asked him to.

Jimmy Carter administration that considered the Muslim leaders to be equivalent to Ghadi in India.

This guy is no help.  He is a "negative" 

[Joe Republic]

This story had no impact even when it broke last summer, so I doubt it has any now. 

[WalterMitty]

ive always thought mika brezinski was cute.  really cute.

but she is so in the tank for obama it is disgusting to watch her pretend to be a 'journalist'

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

ive always thought mika brezinski was cute.  really cute.

but she is so in the tank for obama it is disgusting to watch her pretend to be a 'journalist'

Oh and the CNN (Clinton News Network) anchors are fair and balanced?

[Sam Spade]

Hillary probably asked him to.

Jimmy Carter administration that considered the Muslim leaders to be equivalent to Ghadi in India.

This guy is no help.  He is a "negative" 

Yep.  I would make sure *not* to make this endorsement known in NYC.

[WalterMitty]

ive always thought mika brezinski was cute.  really cute.

but she is so in the tank for obama it is disgusting to watch her pretend to be a 'journalist'

Oh and the CNN (Clinton News Network) anchors are fair and balanced?

more so than msnbc, yes.

but dont worry, if barack wins the nomination...if he wins the presidency...sooner or later he will encounter some rough waters.  then all of his pals in the media will turn against him.

those bastards love to tear down what they helped to build up.

[Mr. Morden]

ive always thought mika brezinski was cute.  really cute.

but she is so in the tank for obama it is disgusting to watch her pretend to be a 'journalist'

Oh and the CNN (Clinton News Network) anchors are fair and balanced?

more so than cnn, yes.

CNN is more fair and balanced than CNN?

[WalterMitty]

ive always thought mika brezinski was cute.  really cute.

but she is so in the tank for obama it is disgusting to watch her pretend to be a 'journalist'

Oh and the CNN (Clinton News Network) anchors are fair and balanced?

more so than cnn, yes.

CNN is more fair and balanced than CNN?

msnbc.