But he'd meet with the mad-man of Iran who vows to blow Israel off the map?
Well, that's consistancy....
Posted on 04/12/2008 7:39:09 PM PDT by markomalley
Mr Obama, who has come under fire from Hillary Clinton for promising to meet hostile leaders – including Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, the president of Iran, and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela – if he is elected, said he drew the line at Mr Meshal.
“Senator Obama does not agree with President Carter’s decision because he does not support negotiations with Hamas until they renounce terrorism, recognise Israel’s right to exist, and abide by past agreements,” a spokesman for the Obama campaign said.
Mr Obama’s move follows attacks from rightwing pundits and Clinton supporters over his relationship with Jeremiah Wright. In the past, Wright, Mr Obama’s former pastor, has given rhetorical support to controversial groups, such as the Nation of Islam, which has been accused of anti-Semitism.
Opinion polls also show that some Americans still believe Mr Obama is a Muslim, in spite of his repeated public avowals of his Christian faith. Since the Wright scandal broke last month, Mr Obama has deployed more patriotic symbols at his rallies and made more frequent references to the American flag and God.
Unsurprisingly, he has also been criticised for his stance on Hamas. Steve Clemons, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, a centrist think-tank, said that many leading figures – including former national security advisers Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski – endorsed direct talks with Hamas.
“While knocking Carter’s efforts, Obama fails to articulate how any negotiation that does not include an attempt at a negotiation with Hamas will be stable enough to believe in,” said Mr Clemons. “What is his position today, if not one that has been influenced by special interests whose political weight has undermined the strategic interests of the US?”
Again, another example of some major, major backpedaling...
But he'd meet with the mad-man of Iran who vows to blow Israel off the map?
Well, that's consistancy....
No one said the racist was smart
This guy makes Forrest Gump look like Albert Einstein.
Exactly right. And...
“Opinion polls also show that some Americans still believe Mr Obama is a Muslim, in spite of his repeated public avowals of his Christian faith. Since the Wright scandal broke last month, Mr Obama has deployed more patriotic symbols at his rallies and made more frequent references to the American flag and God.”
Public talk is cheap. Associations and actions speak so much more (and maybe words spoken when he thought they were “off the record”). I think the one part that really disturbed me from this latest revelation in San Francisco was his statement that “they cling to religion”. Hmmm - for someone who’s made such a point of saying that Rev. Wright “led him to Christ” and that he “prays to Jesus every day” - to 1) defend Wright and his close alliance to him, and 2) convince us he’s a Christian - sounds like he was mocking and disparaging when it comes to real faith, thereby negating all his public rhetoric on the subject.
I SO hope this isn’t a voting nation of hypnotized children.
Gadzooks! Is Obama giving in to those typical Jewish people?
I have always mused that we get the government we deserve.
Lord have mercy.
Obama = Racist, Marxist, Muslim, Anti-American, Black Radical....enough said....
This Obama can make chewing gum stick to a block of ice. He’s a Jew to the Jews, a Palestinian to the Palestinians, a freak to the freaks, a Scholar to the students. A Rich man to the rich and just another po folk to the po folks.
But he’s really just another crumb. And I apologize to all crumbs everywhere for saying that.
He’s on ABC tomorrow:
“ABC’s “This Week” — Former President Jimmy Carter; National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley.”
I have read and heard many statements made on Obama’s behalf, I’ve yet to see the man, himself, make those statements.
That IMO, means that Obama himself is a liar, he will let other people do the lying of course..
Dave Axelrod was Clinton’s Campaign guy from 1992, we’ve seen this stuff before FrFolks.
“his statement that “they cling to religion”. Hmmm - for someone who’s made such a point of saying that Rev. Wright “led him to Christ” and that he “prays to Jesus every day” - to 1) defend Wright and his close alliance to him, and 2) convince us he’s a Christian “
This is Obama’s Doublespeak for “I’m not really a Christian; I just play one on TV.”
Won’t meet with Hamas but will meet with Im-a-nut-job.
Won’t with Himmler, will meet with Hitler.
Yeah he does ‘not agree’, same like he ‘did not agree’ with Wright
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