'Hope' is politics, not real Iran, Iraq policy February 29, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 2/29/2008 | Steve Huntley

[sagmanagain]

The political salvos over Iraq between Barack Obama and John McCain the other day made for good political theater. More important, the exchange offered a revealing contrast between the politics of realism and the politics of hope. It began with a question to Obama during the Democratic presidential debate Tuesday. Obama has pledged to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq and was asked if he reserved the right to go back into Iraq. He responded that "if al-Qaida is forming a base in Iraq, then we will have to act in a way that secures the American homeland and our interests abroad."

[sagmanagain]

Obambi's wishing that the exchange between him and McCain on Iraq last week will just go away. If McCain's team has any smarts, they've already done an ad showcasing The Great Black Hope's utter cluelessness re the WOT, and they'll run it a million times if he's the nominee.

[Tex Pete]

[Freee-dame]

Have you heard the Billary ad which ends with something like ....Who do you want in the Oval Office answering the red phone?..... The voice pauses and your mind (if you have a thinking one) says, McCain. Then Mrs. C comes on with the I-am-...and I approve this message. It is too funny.

[SoConPubbie]

This is about the same as McCain calling himself a conservative.

Empty and vain words.

[EagleUSA]

Osama Obama, like all radical socialist libs, will say anything, and do anything, in exchange for empowering votes. It is all that matters — to either of them. It remains amazing that candidates today, in this election, do not have to convince voters THEY STAND BEHIND A SYSTEM OF ISSUES AND CORE VALUES, as well as experience, that would EARN a vote for President. This campaign remains totally devoid of any convincing argument from ANY candidate why they should have the job in the Oval Office.

Frightening.