Posted on 02/07/2006 6:47:51 AM PST by johnny7
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) received a dressing down Monday from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who accused the freshman of using the ethics reform issue for "self-interested partisan posturing."
In a sarcastic letter, McCain accused Obama, the Senate Democrats' new lead spokesman on ethics, of not wanting to sincerely negotiate a bipartisan reform of lobbying. Obama replied Monday that he was "puzzled" over McCain's letter and pledged to continue to work together on reform. "I confess that I have no idea" what prompted the letter, Obama wrote Monday. "But let me assure you that I am not interested in typical partisan rhetoric or posturing. The fact that you have now questioned my sincerity and my desire to put aside politics for the public interest is regrettable but does not in any way diminish my deep respect for you nor my willingness to find a bipartisan solution to this problem."
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McCain is a 'scorned' Senator.
Two media whores blowing smoke.
I'm sure what's-his-name is just as "sincere" as McCain is. That is, sincerely wishing to get in front of a camera and whore it up for the media.
Too bad we can't channel McCain's anger into the electrical grid.
Worthless McCain, traitor to his party...
Obama has one up on McCain... At least Obama is a partisan posturer.
McCain just postures.
This is possibly the courtship of the McCain/Obama '08 love affair.
McCain winked and Obamamama kept on 'walkin.
Barack HUSSEIN Obama, Jr. (born August 4, 1961) is a U.S. Senator from Illinois.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barak_Obama
Pot, meet kettle.
Socialist to the extreme...
A politician insincere? Never!
:)... why do I agree with you so much?... call me paranoid or "insincere," but why I believe Renegade/could have been the democratic advice president, McCain, is simply engineering a move to the right?.. He finally smelled the coffee and now he is trying to appeal to the conservatives?
And then the other whore Obama, is also trying to exploit the situation to promote himself? Yes, these are both media whores :)
Isn't that kind of like Paris Hilton calling Britney Spears a slut?
LMAO!
Maybe McCaniac should'a cleared it with Jean Claude Kerry before he tried to get a date with O-mama.
Both of these men are very strange people.
Reform? Yeah, Senator McCain did a great job on campaign finance reform. What a travesty. Now federal politics are more expensive than ever. Can't wait to see what a bang-up job he does on lobbying reform - which, btw, will be like herding cats. Lobbying is as endemic to Washington as hot air. Why, some of my best friends are lobbyists. Really.
Sen. Obama? Give me a break. I wouldn't trust him with a three-minute egg. He wants more and more spending. Period. "We don't want a hand-up, we want a hand-out." That could be his slogan.
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