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Obama accuses McCain of 'losing his bearings' with comment
WOI-TV ^ | May 8, 2008

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.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2008; bearings; elections; hamas; mccain; obama; terroristvote
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To: altura

“the usual 30 people who will declare for the 1000th time that they are too good and noble to vote for McCain.”

Don’t worry, enough of you aren’t.


81 posted on 05/08/2008 10:10:13 PM PDT by Grunthor (http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin445.htm)
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To: All

McCain’s age will lose him votes and that’s a fact.


82 posted on 05/08/2008 10:34:44 PM PDT by Marcella (Will work in my rose garden (with wine) and not listen to McCain.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
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.

83 posted on 05/08/2008 10:59:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
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To: mware
I know some of the posting truly do not agree with McCain.I also have issues with him but I swear, I think we have trolls in deep cover posting some of this garbage.

It appears that way to me,too.

McCain Because The Alternative Is Unthinkable

84 posted on 05/08/2008 11:05:18 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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To: not2worry

He has privately indicated that his vote is for Obama. No surprise.


85 posted on 05/09/2008 6:02:22 AM PDT by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: SoConPubbie
Moby, is that you?

Punk the prez? - Moby's anti-Bush tricks (Beware of the Moby Dicks) (New York Daily News 2/09/04 Rush & Molloy )

One of Sen. John Kerry's celebrity supporters is ready to pull out all the stops to get him elected. Republicans are shrieking over a suggestion by rocker Moby that Democrats spread gossip about President Bush on the Internet. "No one's talking about how to keep the other side home on Election Day," Moby tells us. "It's a lot easier than you think and it doesn't cost that much. This election can be won by 200,000 votes." Moby suggests that it's possible to seed doubt among Bush's far-right supporters on the Web.

"You target his natural constituencies," says the Grammy-nominated techno-wizard. "For example, you can go on all the pro-life chat rooms and say you're an outraged right-wing voter and that you know that George Bush drove an ex-girlfriend to an abortion clinic and paid for her to get an abortion.

"Then you go to an anti-immigration Web site chat room and ask, 'What's all this about George Bush proposing amnesty for illegal aliens?'"

Moby didn't claim that he believed the abortion story...


86 posted on 05/09/2008 7:58:44 AM PDT by weegee ("I didn't kill innocent people." - Bill Ayers, Weatherman. Terrorist. Obama's comrade.)
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To: proudtobeanamerican1
>Someone must have told them for everyone to believe it. How do you get the info, do you have to go to the temple?

Uh, muslims don't go to Temple. - That misunderstanding would get someone's head cut off by the religion of peace.

>Why do they think that?

Maybe they just glanced at the name Barack Hussein Obama and thought, “that is a fine muslim name.”
I did.

87 posted on 05/09/2008 8:17:40 AM PDT by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: weegee
Moby, is that you?

Prove the history that I have posted untrue, and then maybe your assertion will have merit.
88 posted on 05/09/2008 8:18:28 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (GOP: If you reward bad behavior all you get is more bad behavior.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

>No, Senator Obama never wore the uniform of the United States.

The very thought make me want to puke.
Thank you for clearing that up for someone. - bill


89 posted on 05/09/2008 8:19:59 AM PDT by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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To: TeleStraightShooter

“Ah, come on, John, I thought you were just gonna roll over and let the black man win. If you don’t, you’re a racist.”


90 posted on 05/09/2008 8:20:37 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: SoConPubbie

I’m voting for a two candidate President-VP on the Republican ticket.

Obama and Hillary are both Marxists.

Do you support Marxists over McCain?

And that isn’t name calling. It is an accurate portrayal of over 20 years of their political mindset.


91 posted on 05/09/2008 8:22:17 AM PDT by weegee ("I didn't kill innocent people." - Bill Ayers, Weatherman. Terrorist. Obama's comrade.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
: AlJazeera's report on Obama's campaign office in Gaza

People in Gaza making telemarketer campaign calls for Obama into the US

92 posted on 05/09/2008 8:39:48 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." — George Orwell)
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To: weegee
Obama and Hillary are both Marxists.

Do you support Marxists over McCain?


You know someone has lost the argument when the pull out the old canard of accusing you of wanting to vote for Obama or Hillary.

Just in case you are sincere in your question, which I sincerely doubt, I will not be voting for any of the liberals: Not McCain, Not Obama, Not Clinton.

I will, however, be writing in the name of a true Conservative for President and fighting as hard as I can for conservatives in all down-stream races.
93 posted on 05/09/2008 4:50:12 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (GOP: If you reward bad behavior all you get is more bad behavior.)
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To: weegee
And that isn’t name calling. It is an accurate portrayal of over 20 years of their political mindset.

Your tunnel vision is astounding. You can make a statement like that about the Democrat candidate (which by the way you are correct) and yet when I presnet a valid, historically correct list of John McCain's positions on the issues and his actions for the last 7-8 years you can't see the same pattern?

Is that list also not reflective of his political mindset, or do we just have to ignore that and pretend they are all petty issues because John McCain has an R next to his name and is the presumptive nominee and we are stuck with him?!
94 posted on 05/09/2008 4:56:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (GOP: If you reward bad behavior all you get is more bad behavior.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hamas adviser "We like Obama and hope that he will win the election." Who's the liar here? It sure as hell isn't McCain.

B.Hussein can go to hell and take his Muslim militant pals with him.

95 posted on 05/09/2008 5:00:30 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: smonk

Well said, smonk.


96 posted on 05/09/2008 5:06:42 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: SoConPubbie

Not true.

From the American Patriot.

McCain’s lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union is 83, comparable to Thompson’s 86. It is worth noting that the ACU does not rate voting records on how they comport with the Constitution, but how they comport with contemporaneous Republican mandates — which are not always one and the same.

He has been ranked favorably by other conservative organizations: National Federation of Independent Business — 100 percent; Concerned Women for America — 100 percent; Family Research Council — 100 percent; National Tax Limitation Committee — 94 percent; Citizens Against Government Waste — 91 percent; and the National Taxpayers Union — 88 percent.
C+ rating from the National Rifle Association.

Citizens Against Government Waste
2008 Congressional Pig Book Member List

Clinton 296.2 million dollars in pork
Obama 97.4 million dollars in pork
McCain 0.0 NONE


97 posted on 05/09/2008 5:18:31 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: Hoof Hearted

bttt


98 posted on 05/09/2008 5:36:54 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

McCain is a losing hand. He is that old, senile, ill-tempered, and ill-willed.


99 posted on 05/09/2008 5:45:57 PM PDT by Puddleglum
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To: MEG33
Meg: Thanks for cleaning up my post and giving an "active" link. Someday I'll learn how to do that...I'm just old and lazy!!

Cheers...Hardstarboard

100 posted on 05/09/2008 11:00:45 PM PDT by HardStarboard (Take No Prisoners - We're Out Of Qurans)
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