Obama Knocks McCain, Invokes McClellan

Real Clear Politics ^ | May 30, 2008 | BLAKE DVORAK

[FocusNexus]

In a speech scheduled to be delivered tonight at a rally in Montana, Obama will again call McCain's Iraq invitation "nothing more than a political stunt." In criticizing McCain over the war, Obama is also expected to invoke Scott McClellan's new book, according to excerpts of the speech.

Obama: ""The American people have had enough spin. Just this week, we were reminded by President Bush's own former spokesman of how it was deception -- not straight talk -- that misled the American people into war. It's time to cut through the tough talk so that we can be straight with the American people about a war that's cost us thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars without making us safer. It's time to end the political game-playing so that we can finally end this war. That's what I'll do in this campaign. And that's what I'll do when I'm President of the United States."

The McCain campaign responds:

"The fact is, Barack Obama has voted against bullets and body armor for our troops while they've been fighting extremists abroad. The fact is, Senator Obama has been critical, but failed to hold a single oversight hearing on our mission in Afghanistan despite his position in the Senate. The fact is, he fails to grasp that a reckless withdrawal, while it may elevate his political aspirations, it will lead to chaos, danger and increased Iranian influence in the region. The reality is Barack Obama's lack of action amounts to weak leadership, and shows he is just not ready to be our commander in chief."

[fightinJAG]

Hey, Obama, why doncha make McClellan your VP?

[KoRn]

So exactly WHAT will Obama do about the situation as it is RIGHT NOW? I don’t think he has ever said....

Has he ever said anything?

[pissant]

Maybe Scottie can be Obama’s secretary and give him coffee and Sinclairs

[FocusNexus]

Obama has been advocating immediate withdrawal from Iraq for the past couple of years.

[gov_bean_ counter]

war that's cost us thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars without making us safer.

Hey Obie, how do you define "safer"?

[singfreedom]

They war probably hasn't made Obama feel “safer”, since he is if not an outright Muslim himself, he is certainly a sympathizer.

It is just all the rest of the MILLIONS of us “blue collar types”, clinging to our God and guns, that feel “safer”. (To Mr. Obama I don't think “blue collar” has the usual meaning. To him it is anyone who does not share his “enlightened” opinion and he uses it to denote our inferiority.)

[seastay]

If Obamma’s writers think The American people have had enough spin, then why dont they shut the $^&# up!

Because the only spin here is Obamma saying he is ready to meet with all America’s enemies, to tell them WE need to change, and that WE should be ashamed as being the oppressor with no preconditions, just chit and chat these ideas with a little tea and crumpets.

While at the same time Obamma thinks its just a stunt to suggest a meeting with US generals, those men who would be under his command if he were be our next president?

What a joke, who side is this guy on anyhow? Talk about spin, his followers are so spun around they can’t tell up from down or right from their extreme leftest views of despising the folk .

[FocusNexus]

"Hey Obie, how do you define "safer"?"

Your question made me realize that Obama is right, when he says "the Iraq war.... didn't make us safer. He isn't talking about "us the American people", he is talking about "us, terrorists and terrorist sympathizers" and the Iraq war certainly did NOT make the world safer for terrorists! :)

[Global2010]

applause.

[gov_bean_ counter]

The job I would not want if Obie ever goes to Iraq...

Cleaning up after the corkscrew landing.

[cardinal4]

Im going to come right out and say it: Obama is the Anti-Christ..

[ChiMark]

I believe your onto something.

Wright, Phleger and Farrahkhan are all good buddies.

I would bet Obama champions the radical Muslims.

[caveat emptor]

McCain should also offer to take him on a side trip to Poland to see Auschwitz during a stopover at Ramstein air base.

[normy]

i guess the Dems are going to run against Bush again which is typical. I believe it's a losing strategy without a doubt. If Dick Cheney was running it might work a little better but Bush's record would then have to be scrutinized and his public approval would probably jump 10 points.

It appears McCain is going to link our Muslim Democrat standard bearer to Iran. He will practically be Iranian by the time this is over.

[Arrowhead1952]

It's time to end the political game-playing so that we can finally end this war.

OK you joker. I'll let you end the war, but I have one stipulation. If you end the war on terror, will we be safe? Probably not. Also, will you promise to

END THE USELESS WAR ON POVERTY AS WELL?

< /Screaming rant mode>