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Thugs and Murderers
Yesterday on Fox News with Neil Cavuto, John McCain responded to former president Carter's vacation with Hamas in spectacularly unqualified terms. After expressing his sense of "shame" at Carter's "unacceptable" conduct, McCain bluntly referred to Hamas as a group of "thugs and murderers." McCain continued: "You cannot legitimize terrorist, murderers, thugs," by giving them access to the world stage.
McCain joined Clinton in criticizing Obama over his promise to openly negotiate with terror-sponsoring regimes - likely an unreflective, knee-jerk reaction on Obama's part, an automatic opposition to all-things-Bush. Recognizing his dearth of credibility among Jews - and no doubt aware that his starting-from-square-one approach to international affairs merely revealed his lack of sufficient experience to start elsewhere - Obama has now changed his tune with regard to Hamas and criticized Carter's trip.
According to the NY Times, McCain is presently the focal point of a heated foreign policy debate among several competing schools of thought on international affairs. While McCain unhesitatingly delivers black and white conclusions on foreign policy, he seems to be involved in a profoundly philosophic and pragmatic deliberation process, One simply cannot imagine the Obama campaign having yet conducted so serious an effort at critical thinking as has flourished in the McCain camp.
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(Page 1 of 2)Zo10:16AMApr 17th 2008
Truth Detector
I could not have said it better. Great comment.
rich10:22AMApr 17th 2008
hillary lied about the "snipers" in bosnia...several times.thats not a memory-loss,its an integrity loss.
arrogantobama10:37AMApr 17th 2008
Obamas past is filled with Anti American figures.. Filled it them..
Frank Marshall Davis..Obama writes about him in this book.. Rev Meeks..And Obama close friend and racist.. Michael Pfleger..Obama advertise him on his website.. William Ayers, Bernadine Dorhn, Rezko, Sheik Abdullahi Abdi, Jabir Herbert Muhamad, Raila Odgina,
Shaki Muhammad, Nadhmi Auchi, Rashid Kalidi, Rev WrightLouis Farrahkan..and the list goes on..
All of these are Anti America figures that are friends with Obama in some way or another...
DONALD10:41AMApr 17th 2008
Americans across the country viewed the debate between Obama and Clinton. Clinton's worn-out and over-worked scorched earth politics directed at feather picking Barack Obama bled through loud and clear on the boob tube last night. Voters saw for themselves how pretentious and frivilous Clinton can be while acting demure as a kitten. As a result of her obvious obsession with smearing Barack Obama, she looks less and less electable. Same goes for McCain for jumping in like a fly finding a hot juicy pile of shit to chew on. McCain joining at the hip with Hillary and gang-banging Barack Obama could be John's derailing. The clowns of yesteryear is what voters are turning out in mass to irradicate. 2008 is not the year of BRING IN THE CLOWNS.
Both Clintons thrive on tearing down those who pose a threat to Hillary's presumed entitlement. Serious issues that us Americans are facing today is what should be foremost in the minds of candidates.
Hillary Clinton was not able to hide her undermining mindset during the debate and it will be her undoing.
An undermining President is what we have had for the last eight years.
2008 is the year of OUT WITH THE CLOWNS.
derrick10:44AMApr 17th 2008
TRUTH DETECTOR: AMEN!!!!
rich10:44AMApr 17th 2008
re: murderers...google mccain and dozens of sailors killed by his stunt on the u.s.s. forrestal in 1967.
its true....
karen oslund10:51AMApr 17th 2008
Cheesy Hillary doesn't like turning the other cheek to get bitch slapped during a debate. If she is a true Christian, as she claims, she better read her Bible again. It says, "turn the other cheek."
Hillary opened her mouth more than once and put her foot in it.
vcgh200011:00AMApr 17th 2008
U.S.S. Forrestall Fire & John McCain.....Must have been a "wet start"....
tom11:17AMApr 17th 2008
Uhhhhm what do you suppose the thugs will do, go away? What are we supposed to do, wait until they die? Or do we plan an killing them ourselves, thus becoming thugs and murderers too. Listen, when a thug capturea a group of people and holds them hostage, one of the first things the police do is establish contact with them and begin negotiations. Duhhhh
The replublicans not only are dumb about foreign relations, and the economy and taxes they appear to be dumb about all things.
JOHN11:18AMApr 17th 2008
Have a look at Obama's 13th ward...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqu3u9ISctA
HOWARD GIBBINS11:19AMApr 17th 2008
Bullary Clinton needs a lesson in ethics. Here is what has been reported:
"Mrs. Clinton was again reminded by a poll Wednesday in The Washington Post, there are risks to going on the attack as she has over the past six weeks. She is viewed unfavorably by an increasingly large number of voters"
Regardless of the polls ranking her unlikeable and untrustworthy, Bullary refused to admit her lying about snipers was a concious act of embelishment and kept up her usual pace of slipping in rabid idiotic attacks on Obama any chance she could find to in last night's debate showing once again her relentless waywardness, snide & bullish behavior that reminds voters of what they disliked so much in Geo. Bush Jr.
and she heeded it not in the debate.
Strados11:29AMApr 17th 2008
Rathar biased entry. Of course you can't imagine what goes on in a political camp. You're not there. You just passed off speculation as fact. This political blog is quickly becoming one not worth reading.
Blondssspice11:29AMApr 17th 2008
Obama was CLUELESS last night what to do about taxes. He stumbled on the taxes didnt have answers, and as usual he mirrored what Hillary said when ever he could.
Obama is now UPSET that you listen to every word he says.??!!! duh !! does he or doesnt he want you to listen? probably not, because when you look at the SUBSTANCE he is saying NOTHING.
Obama can't explain why he LOOKS DOWN at Christians
the way he disrespects Americans who hold the Constitution dear
the way he disrespects the flag and pledge of allegience.
No wonder, Obamas lifelong ties and heritage of MUSLIM and his subsequent alliegence to racist Jeremiah, and commitment to Africa, removes him for American interests. Obamas affiliations are not just a bad dream, it is a reality, and it is ongoing for at least 20 years.
VOTE HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT - THE INTELLIGENT CHOICE
GOD BLESS HILLARY AND GOD BLESS AMERICA
ex christian11:30AMApr 17th 2008
What makes one a terrorist? What makes one a freedom fighter? Who defines freedom, or for that matter, terror?
Our sponsoring of the "freedom fighters" in South America has given us the label of terrorist supporting state in a great many countries. What one culture sees as moral and right is an abomination to another - and any who would use the gun to advance their own agenda are terrorists....
Which put the United States squarely in the terrorist camp
sharon daly11:34AMApr 17th 2008
Clinton's problem is that many voters already see her in a negative light; there isn't much work Republicans would have to do to put her there. Per the latest polls, 50 % of the voters think she is unelectable and can not be trusted
question11:43AMApr 17th 2008
Evasive Obama, you made you money go home to Chicago with your American hateing wife, pastor and friends and drive around in your pimp mobile. You are a shame and to black and white America both. You are just a flip floper, say something and than just brush it aside. A president needs to take responsibility for their actions. Why don't you start then we can belive you have more than a vision for "CHANGE" you may be a changed man. Not just another slick tounged getto trash with no substance.
DavesRaves12:01PMApr 17th 2008
Rich- McCain wasn't the pilot who discharged the missile aboard the Forrester. He was sitting in his plane waiting for his turn to take-off when the accident happened. He was able to escape his plane and was injured while trying to help another pilot get out of his plane. McCain took shrapnel in his legs and chest, but as fate would have it, he survived to one day be the President of the United States in 2009. People like you probably wish he had died.
DavesRaves12:01PMApr 17th 2008
Tom- your scenario of a hostage situation cannot be compared with Muslim extremist who use terrorist methods to kill people. They show us the hostages, and then they kill them in front of us. They can't be negotiated with, period. Unless you follow their extreme ideology, you are an infidel, and YOU MUST DIE.
Actually, you probably could negotiate with the terrorists. Just pledge your allegiance to Allah and become a suicide bomber, or hijack a commercial airliner and crash it into a big city.
Davidg12:27PMApr 17th 2008
competing schools of thought or not...who the hell is Jimmy Carter to go talk to HAMAS?
Who in the hell does he think he's working for...Barack Obama????...hmmmmm.
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Truth Detector10:04AMApr 17th 2008
When Hillary brought up William Ayers in the debate last night Barack had to remind her that Bill Clinton had given a pardon to two members of his group. That shut her up for a minute. Good job, Barack! Keep the truth coming. And she finally admitted that Obama could be elected in November. That's the first grain of truth she has said lately. I was surprised that Hillary's "screw them" comment about southern voters did not come up. Also it might have been mentioned that Bill Clinton promised to bring jobs to Pennsylvania in 1996 but did not deliver anything. Hillary won the attack points but Obama clearly won the debate according to MSNBC by 78% to Clinton's 22%. Of course he became frustrated the second half of the debate because Hillary didn't want to talk about anything that would benefit the Pennsylvanians, just negatives about Obama. Her list of negatives is far longer than his, but I think he just wanted to be a gentleman and doesn't want to wash the democrats dirty laundry in public.