Crooks and Liars:
In an interview on CNN Thursday, Senator Obama said John McCain was “losing his bearings” after he repeatedly suggested that Hamas had endorsed his candidacy, even though their positions on the issue are nearly identical. Now, loyal Democrat (except on the small issue of “the war”) Joe Lieberman is coming to McCain’s defense after the presumptive GOP nominee accused Barack Obama of playing the “age card.”
Since McCain has maintained that he’s trying to run an “honorable campaign,” it’s no surprise that he’s trying to turn this into an “ageist” insult in an attempt to distract from the deplorable reality that he said Hamas endorsed Obama. But when you listen to or read the comments in their full context, it’s rather obvious that Barack was referring to McCain’s abandonment of his maverick straight-talking image in pursuit of the GOP nomination.
In an interview on CNN Thursday, Senator Obama said John McCain was “losing his bearings” after he repeatedly suggested that Hamas had endorsed his candidacy, even though their positions on the issue are nearly identical. Now, loyal Democrat (except on the small issue of “the war”) Joe Lieberman is coming to McCain’s defense after the presumptive GOP nominee accused Barack Obama of playing the “age card.”
Since McCain has maintained that he’s trying to run an “honorable campaign,” it’s no surprise that he’s trying to turn this into an “ageist” insult in an attempt to distract from the deplorable reality that he said Hamas endorsed Obama. But when you listen to or read the comments in their full context, it’s rather obvious that Barack was referring to McCain’s abandonment of his maverick straight-talking image in pursuit of the GOP nomination.
“This is offensive, and I think it’s disappointing, because John McCain always says, ‘Well, I’m not going to run that kind of politics. And then to engage in that kind of smear, I think, is unfortunate, particularly since my policy toward Hamas has been no different than his.
For him to toss out comments like that, I think, is an example of him losing his bearings as he pursues this nomination. We don’t need name-calling in this debate.”
2 comments:
McCain has lost it and Obama might be putting the cart before the horse. McCain says things and changes it and Obama acts like the Democrats have already made him the candidate. One would think Obama would wait until the people have made a decision. I heard Ted Kennedy say he isn't interested in the rest of the race or the delegates as he put Obama as the candidate. McCain just might get in the Oval Office as alot of Democrats are taking the people for granted and those people might not vote at all. Ted Kennedy didn't know Obama until he won Iowa and then jumped in to use him for his own agenda so did John Kerry. It would have been nice with both Kerry/Kennedy had helped Obama get elected to the Senator but at that time they wouldn't have given him the time of day.
Jackie--Obama ran against Allan Keyes for Senate because the Republicans in Illinois are stupid and racist. They thought after Seven of Nine's perv ex-husband had to drop out, the only person to run against a Black man was another Black man. There weren't any Black Republicans in Illinois, so they brought in Keyes from another state.
Obama could have stayed in bed and still won that Senate race.
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