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Kaine Gives Obama Credit for Russian Ceasefire
Accuracy in Media ^ | 08/13/08 | Don Irvine

Posted on 08/13/2008 1:21:01 PM PDT by freespirited

 

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine who is under consideration as a possible running mate for Barack Obama gave the Senator credit for the Russian ceasefire in Georgia.

From ABC News' Jake Tapper.

"The Senator's goal was to be tough and smart," Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine said of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, "and so when the action (in Georgia) happened on Thursday, he immediately called for a ceasefire, condemned the unwarranted use of force by Russia.  It was a bad crisis for the world.  It required tough words, but also a smart approach to call on the international community to step in -- and I'm very, very happy that the senator's request for a ceasefire has been complied with by President Medvedev.”

Yeah, right.


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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; Russia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; 2silly4words; aim; blueturban; ceasefire; eyebrow; foreignpolicy; georgia; georgiaconflict; jaketapper; kaine; medvedev; obama; obamamessiah; timkaine
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Don't blame me. I didn't vote for him.
1 posted on 08/13/2008 1:21:02 PM PDT by freespirited
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To: freespirited

Thus saith the Lord Obama. And it was so.


2 posted on 08/13/2008 1:22:34 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Obamuh uh uh uh uh uh uh ummmmmm)
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To: freespirited

I’d like to thank my Dad as well, since he too called for a ceasefire.


3 posted on 08/13/2008 1:22:41 PM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: freespirited
Don't blame me. I didn't vote for him.

As we say in Massachusetts, "Don't blame me, I voted for Muffy."

4 posted on 08/13/2008 1:22:50 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: freespirited

Only one problem - so far, at least 24 hours after that claim was made, there is no cease fire.


5 posted on 08/13/2008 1:23:46 PM PDT by meyer (...by any means necessary.)
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To: freespirited

It’s either Scrappleface or Tim Kaine has taking ass-kissing to unprecedented levels.


6 posted on 08/13/2008 1:23:46 PM PDT by avacado
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To: freespirited

Not satire?


7 posted on 08/13/2008 1:23:53 PM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: freespirited

So .... how’s that cease fire working out obammi


8 posted on 08/13/2008 1:24:10 PM PDT by clamper1797 (Nobama ... Karl Marx in black face)
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To: freespirited

Kaine, you utter crawler.


9 posted on 08/13/2008 1:24:43 PM PDT by agere_contra ("We are all Georgians" - John McCain)
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To: freespirited

“Tough Words” can stop a mech battalion? Who knew? Maybe the Pentagon needs to look into this? Perhaps we need to draft Harvard Law into a Rapid-Reaction unit?


10 posted on 08/13/2008 1:26:07 PM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: freespirited

**Kaine Gives Obama Credit for Russian Ceasefire **

What a bunch of baloney.


11 posted on 08/13/2008 1:27:02 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Tallguy

Oh, gag me with a fork!!


12 posted on 08/13/2008 1:27:06 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: avacado

No, it’s not Scrappleface. You know that podium Obama had, with the fake seal attached to it? Kaine was the one inside that podium. On his knees.


13 posted on 08/13/2008 1:27:17 PM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: avacado

It is almost certainly the latter.

Tim Kaine is a jackass.


14 posted on 08/13/2008 1:27:25 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't Blame Me, I voted for Kodos!)
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To: freespirited

That’s fine. I guess by extension we can also blame Obama for the fact that the cease fire has lasted all of about half a day.

On top of that, considering that the Russians haven’t lived up to their end of the bargain and are the ones who have violated the cease fire (thereby validating McCain’s harsh criticism of Moscow), I think Obama’s team would be better off here if they just STFU.


15 posted on 08/13/2008 1:28:03 PM PDT by VOR78
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To: freespirited

I requested a cease-fire yesterday.

Why am I not receiving the credit I so richly deserve?

:^)


16 posted on 08/13/2008 1:28:20 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't Blame Me, I voted for Kodos!)
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...the senator's request for a ceasefire has been complied with by President Medvedev...

And so it is. The One has amazing powers.

17 posted on 08/13/2008 1:29:01 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: freespirited

Any tough words from Baraq came a full day AFTER he had said both sides were at fault, and that the Security Council (where Russia has a permanent veto) should take this matter up immediately. What a useless wanker!


18 posted on 08/13/2008 1:29:11 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great (until it happens to YOU)...)
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To: freespirited
I was waiting for Kaine to give the credit to someone. To have a credit to hand out is such a great responsibility...
19 posted on 08/13/2008 1:29:18 PM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: freespirited

Did I miss the election?
I thought President Bush was still POTUS.


20 posted on 08/13/2008 1:29:29 PM PDT by griswold3 (Al qaeda is guilty of hirabah (war against society) Penalty is death.)
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