Posted on 05/08/2008 6:47:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Barack Obama says that John McCain tried to "smear" him and was "losing his bearings" for suggesting that Hamas preferred Obama for president.
The Democratic presidential candidate told CNN that it's "offensive" and "disappointing" especially since McCain has said he's "not going to run that kind of politics."
McCain has raised questions about a Hamas adviser saying in an interview: "We like Obama and hope that he will win the election." The United States has labeled the Palestinian organization a terrorist group.
McCain said yesterday on "The Daily Show with John Stewart" that it shows how some enemies view America. He said "I guarantee you, they're not going to endorse me."
And a McCain adviser says Obama was referring to McCain's age with his "losing his bearings" comment.
I guarantee all the radical Islamic movements prefer Obama and most will even say it!
was “losing his bearings”
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The Hamas lover just called him a crazy old man.
Let the frontal attacks begin!!
It sounds like Obama’s problem is with Hamas, not McCain. If he doesn’t want their endorsement, he should disavow it. Of course, doing so might alienate his base.
Why shouldn’t they like him, he is “friendly” with bombing terrorists here.
Such is the truth.
This is what this idiot Juan McLame gets for acting all high and mighty as if the hard attack is beneath him. The second he makes any sound like he is playing hardball Obama will slap him with the “You are a hypocrite” claim and it will just make McLame look the fool.
John McLame couldn’t beat a wet noodle if the Dems ran it for president!
It’ll be a Barack Obama as president in 2009!
Good point.
Joe Stalin would have preferred Obama. And now that we know how antisemitic his church he attended for 20 years really is, I think it’s safe to say that Adolph Hitler would have also preferred Obama.
Moderators should consider banning pro-Obama people. Since when are we radical lefties?
This “interview” between Obama and Woffie was nothing but a verbal blow job by Woffie. I was incensed as I watched it. Woffie never once mentioned the fact that Hammas actually endorsed Obama...Woffie is scum.
Now ABC has picked it up and is also cherry picking comments.
I hope McCain blows his stack over this — he should.
He should publically demand an apology from both Obama and Woffie, and tell the news organizations to go cheney themselves.
This level of propaganda is more than annoying, it is downright disgraceful...but unfortunately all too expected from today’s “media”.
Rant off.
>Obama accuses McCain of ‘losing his bearings’ with comment
Look forward to seeing and hearing this type of treatment from the MSM 24/7.
And its never going to be this good again.
Why shouldn’t Hamas prefer the guy whose spiritual mentor is best buds with Louis Farrakhan?
First, let us be clear about the nature of Senator Obama's attack today: He used the words 'losing his bearings' intentionally, a not particularly clever way of raising John McCain's age as an issue. This is typical of the Obama style of campaigning.
We have all become familiar with Senator Obama's new brand of politics. First, you demand civility from your opponent, then you attack him, distort his record and send out surrogates to question his integrity. It is called hypocrisy, and it is the oldest kind of politics there is.
It is important to focus on what Senator Obama is attempting to do here: He is trying desperately to delegitimize the discussion of issues that raise legitimate questions about his judgment and preparedness to be President of the United States.
Through their actions and words, Senator Obama and his supporters have made clear that ANY criticism on ANY issue — from his desire to raise taxes on millions of small investors to his radical plans to sit down face-to-face with Iranian President Ahmadinejad – constitute negative, personal attacks.
Senator Obama is hopeful that the media will continue to form a protective barrier around him, declaring serious limits to the questions, discussion and debate in this race.
Senator Obama has good reason to think this plan will succeed, as serious journalists have written of the need for 'de-tox' to cure 'swooning' over Senator Obama, and others have admitted to losing their objectivity while with him on the campaign trail.
Today, Senator Obama is complaining about comments John McCain made about a senior Hamas advisor stating that Hamas would welcome Senator Obama's election as president. Indeed, on April 13th, senior Hamas political advisor Ahmed Yousef said, 'We don't mind – actually we like Mr. Obama. We hope he will (win) the election and I do believe he is like John Kennedy, great man with great principle, and he has a vision to change America to make it in a position to lead the world community but not with domination and arrogance.'
The McCain campaign has never suggested that Senator Obama supports Hamas' agenda, but it is more than fair to raise this quote about Senator Obama because it speaks to the policy implications of his judgment.
Just today, the president of Iran, whom Senator Obama wants to meet with unconditionally, called the state of Israel a 'stinking corpse.' Iran is the paymaster and state sponsor of Hamas.
In his victory speech this week, Senator Obama stated that 'wisdom' is meeting with our enemies, including Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, North Korea's Kim Jong Il, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Cuba's Raul Castro. John McCain couldn't disagree more. Rather than giving tyrants and dictators the prestige of meeting with an American president, John McCain will instead meet with the champions of human freedom around the world and opposition leaders fighting for liberty .
We understand why Senator Obama doesn't want to engage in a debate over leadership and judgment with John McCain, but the American people demand that debate take place.
These are serious times that call for a serious debate on the profound issues facing our future. John McCain is ready for that debate and we hope Senator Obama will one day get serious and join it.
I don’t see that he said anything to support obama.
Rather, he gave an opinion that McCain may well not be smart enough to win this race.
He may very well be right.
I completely agree with you.
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