Hussein Attacks McCain On Hamas, Age - With Video
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republican John McCain tried to smear him and was “losing his bearings” for suggesting that Hamas preferred Obama for president.
“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,” Obama told CNN in an interview Thursday.
The Illinois senator added: “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.”
McCain has raised questions about a Hamas adviser, Ahmed Yousef, 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.
“It’s indicative of how some of our enemies view America,” McCain said Wednesday on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” “And I guarantee you, they’re not going to endorse me.”
McCain’s campaign issued an angry response that accused Obama of trying to divert attention from a legitimate question by raising McCain’s age.
“He used the words ‘losing his bearings’ intentionally, a not-particularly-clever way of raising John McCain’s age as an issue,” McCain adviser Mark Salter said. “It is more than fair to raise this quote about Senator Obama, because it speaks to the policy implications of his judgment.”
Obama spokesman Bill Burton insisted that Obama was not trying to do what McCain’s campaign accused him of.
“Clearly, losing one’s bearings has no relation to age,” he said.
Thus far, Democrats have been careful not to mention McCain’s age, at least not directly. The lone exception is Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., a supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton who a few weeks ago said the rigors of running the country is too much for guys their age.
“Let me tell you something, it’s no old man’s job,” Murtha, 75, told a union audience.
In response, McCain told CNN: “All I can tell you is that I admire and respect Jack Murtha. Speak for yourself, Jack. I’m doing fine. Thanks.”
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See this is why its a shame the MSM in this country sucks so bad. I guarantee you they wont be keeping the context of the statements by Hussein and add that Hamas actually did say that. its a true statement and yet Hussein is trying to act like McCain made those words up
May 8th, 2008 at 4:32 pmHey Hussein !!! Read what Hamas and any of the terrorist bloggers say about you. Ya dumba$$ !!
May 8th, 2008 at 4:32 pm….and the truth shall smear thee…
Yep. Sounds about right.
HAMAS might endorse The Obamanation because The Obamanation has a different view of patriotism than McCain (and much of the rest of America) and that the Obamanation takes a more conciliatory view to ‘talking’ with our enemies in the Jimmah Carter mold (unlike much of the rest of America). Both are true and both are enough on their own to keep his jive ass out of the Oval Office.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:44 pmNote to Hussein:
FYI … I don’t believe it was John McCain’s name that appeared on FARC chieftain Raul Reyes’s computers either …
May 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pmGoddamn hypocrite talk there. It’s amazing how BO can say one thing one day (he was willing to sit down and talk directly to Hamas, Syria, Iran, et al) and answer Blitzer question with the opposite AND the non-thinking public (+the MSM) only picks up on the last comment he makes!
And I’m sure you all noticed how Obama keeps trying not to answer questions directly and misdirects the interviewer by saying “we don’t need to be playing politics like that… this isn’t about politics… we need to have serious talk… this is about moving XYZ-country forward.”
He also says we (He and McCain) don’t need to be engaging in “ideological politics.” What the heck does he call what he’s doing?
May 9th, 2008 at 2:08 am