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Well, I’m disappointed in Obama. Alas. Cajones? What Cajones? Not that Hillary would be any better, mind you.
There’s a minor flap (which I wish would become a major one) over Ed Shultz calling McCain a “warmonger” at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Grand Forks, ND, which the Obama campaign scrambled to repudiate, certainly out of a knee-knocking fear that Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh would say mean things about Obama – horrors! (and as opposed to the nice things they say about Obama, and, for that matter, Hillary, now).
Gad.
McCain IS a warmonger. McCain has a hard-on for this war in Iraq and is itching, like his Master, President Cuckou Bananas W. Stumblecracker, for a war with and in Iran.
Had Obama simply said:
“Do I think he’s a warmonger? Well, he seems to be energized about keeping our troops in Iraq for a hundred years or more. He’s giddy with excitement over bombing Iran. He falls all over himself to embrace the policies of President Invade-First-Justify-It-Later himself, so, in the end Senator McCain seems to be rather allied with that small and shrinking, but none-the-less creepy and dangerous ilk that loves war in all its forms. My personal view? I believe that John McCain is a friend of the warmonger sect of the GOP, whether he wishes to define himself that way is his own business.”
. . . the question of Obama’s toughness and taking off the gloves would be settled. Bam! And, for the next couple of weeks the issue of McCain’s warmongerness would dominate the political headlines. Obama could’ve also played the media like a fiddle by following up on how McCain and the GOP don’t appear to give a damn about our wounded and emotionally-scarred soldiers (let alone the deceased ones), about the Iraqi refugees, and about the fact that Bush’s war has served as a recruiting poster of al Qaeda — a triumph for Osama bin Laden! Wow! What a news cycle! What a debate! What coverage of and for Obama!
Obama had an opportunity. He stupidly squandered it.
UPDATE: I wrote (above) about McCain/the GOP appear not to give a damn about, among other things, “the Iraqi refugees”. A few minutes ago, this article came up on Yahoo news. THIS is what bin Laden loves to see: living “nightmares” for Arabs resulting from Bush’s war in the Middle East. And what’s McCain doing to stop it?
UPDATE 2: Well, Hillary did something right and ousted Mark Penn. Now, will Obama reciprocate the good move and fire whoever the milqutoasty nebbish is who advised him (Obama) to cave and fawn before the harsh stares of Hannity and Limbaugh, before they even lit into him on Hate Radio . . . tomorrow?
Mu . . .
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. . . answer the damn door.
Mu . . .
Obama’s response sounded like it was given to him from handlers
we have to start speaking the truth.
McCain is a war monger.
Obama is not going to take off the gloves. That would ruin his chances of bringing republicans into his administration. He can call Hillary names and excoriate her, but can’t seem to do this to republicans. What does this tell you?
It tells me he is not ready for primetime.
But he never made the grade the same way that Grandpa, and Da-Da did, never made Admiral, never was the commander of a fleet, never had a base named after him. In fact, after he was captured by the North VietNamese, he made so many radio speeches denouncing America that he was up for court martial on the charges of treason, until Da-Da who was commander of the Pacific fleet at the time squashed the charges.
Now all his bruised ego can do is dream of bombing Iran, and staying in Iraq for 100 years. He is a sick man, seriously sick.
this major disappointment of a campaign.
Let me just say, I am not at all surprised by Obama’s statement. Sorry.
expect perhaps the speed at which Obama backpedaled away from this line.
The campaign could have simply said nothing.
Obama reminds me of JFK runnung in 1960. The idea of a young dashing literate man was exciting, but he was a war- monger over Kimoy and Matsu, allowed the Bay of Pigs to commence, and almost blew up the world over Cuban missiles (knowing we had a ring of missiles around the USSR).
I fear Obama will be the same sort of president. The country needs an articulate Black president (hat tip to Biden), but it also needs someone more liberal, of more substance, than this edition. BTW, Hillary probably no better–Edwards was the one–and most here knew that.
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. . . to cross-post this at orange. Of course, don’t tell ’em it came from this site, lest they descend on D’dharma and overwhelm it with, well, with what they’ve overwhelmed orange with. The hornets would be enraged. And (mind you, I can’t say this enough times: I’m for Obama now), my complaint about Obama is that he’s not aggressive enough (nor are his supporters) against McCain. Hillary, of course, is fare game for freaking over, ad absurdum.
That’s screwed-up, in my opinion.
I agree 100% with inclusiveheart re: Unity. That is, do it. Unity against the GOP and McCain; unity with the likes of Ed Shultz, too, who spoke utter truth to power and b.s.
Mu . . .
If it’s not love, then it’s the bomb that will bring us together.
So ask me, ask me, ask me…