Obama dabbles in a moment of comedy
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<<...As Stewart's smile slowly faded away, his questions grew serious: "If Barack Obama was in charge of the Iraq policy, what would we be doing right now?"
"Iraq is sort of a situation where you've got a guy who drove the bus into the ditch. You obviously have to get the bus out of the ditch and that's not easy to do," Obama said. "Although, you should probably fire the driver."
Amid bursts of applause from the Democrat-friendly crowd, he continued to make his point, without ever uttering these two words: President Bush.
"Now, the question is how fast can we get our troops home without causing all-out chaos in Iraq," Obama said, noting that the Dec. 15 parliamentary elections could be a defining moment. "If the Iraqis are serious about keeping the country together, then we should be able to start phasing out our troops by next year and we've got to have specific benchmarks to do that."
Before the discussion could be weighed down with specifics about a controversial plan to withdrawal troops from Iraq, Stewart turned to a lighter topic: Obama's celebrity.
"It is true, I worry about the hype," Obama told Stewart. "The only person more over-hyped than me is you."
Stewart collapsed onto his desk with laughter as the cameras rolled.
"Well done, sir. Well done!" Stewart replied. "That's about the best answer I think I've ever heard."
And with that, the senator's foray into comedy ended...>> |
