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Statement by McCain Campaign on Barack Obama's Iraq Comments Today
ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released the following statement from McCain spokesman Brian Rogers concerning Barack Obama's remarks on Iraq:
"Since announcing his campaign in 2007, the central premise of Barack Obama's candidacy was his commitment to begin withdrawing American troops from Iraq immediately. He campaigned in Iowa, New Hampshire and across the country reaffirming this pledge to the American people.
"Today, Barack Obama reversed that position proving once again that his words do not matter. He has now adopted John McCain's position that we cannot risk the progress we have made in Iraq by beginning to withdraw our troops immediately without concern for conditions on the ground. There is nothing wrong with changing your mind when the facts on the ground dictate it. Indeed, the facts have changed because of the success of the surge that John McCain advocated for years and Barack Obama opposed in a position that put politics ahead of country.
"Now that Barack Obama has changed course and proven his past positions to be just empty words, we would like to congratulate him for accepting John McCain's principled stand on this critical national security issue. If he had visited Iraq sooner or actually had a one-on-one meeting with General Petraeus, he would have changed his position long ago."
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You're sure to be seeing more videos like this in the next few months. I don't know how this guy expects to win with friends like these.
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The last two weeks had brought talk that Barack Obama just might win in Florida and Georgia against John McCain, based on a few recent polls, particularly polls done by Public Policy Polling (PPP), a Democratic polling outfit.
But polls done by both Rasmussen and Strategic Vision in Florida show McCain with a seven and eight point lead respectively:
FLORIDA - Rasmussen
48% John McCain
41% Barack Obama
FLORIDA - Strategic Vision
49% John McCain
41% Barack Obama
In Georgia, an Insider Advantage poll two weeks ago had McCain only up by one point with Bob Barr in the equation, but now two polls which include Bob Barr show McCain with strong leads in Georgia:
GEORGIA - Rasmussen
53% John McCain
43% Barack Obama
1 % Bob Barr
GEORGIA - Strategic Vision
51% John McCain
43% Barack Obama
3 % Bob Barr
This would seem to indicate that the dire scenarios some in the media were painting of a John McCain collapse across the nation was wishful thinking on their part. McCain is still very strong in the areas where the GOP ususally wins, and he has put places like Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire in play. We'll see if the polls keep coming back McCain's way as the euphoria over Obama's clinching of the Democratic Nomination subsides.
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A Different Kind of Poiltics?
Take a Stand Against Destructive Political Attacks
This past weekend, Barack Obama’s campaign surrogate Gen. Wesley Clark attacked the military service record of John McCain. Despite Barack Obama’s repeated claims that he will be running a different kind of campaign, it is clear that he and his surrogates have failed to deliver.
With no record to rely on, all the American people can hold Senator Obama to is a promise – the promise of a different kind of politics. Twice now, Barack Obama has been given the opportunity to fulfill that promise and twice now he has failed to deliver.
First, Senator Obama broke his promise to the American people that he would use public financing and help clean up a broken system. After months of pledges to use the system, Senator Obama broke his word to the American people.
Now, after repeated, shameless attacks on John McCain’s military service, Senator Obama has failed to personally repudiate them. Once again, Senator Obama has failed to fulfill his promise of change. Sadly, Senator Obama has seemingly been seduced by the politics as usual, the selfish politics of anything goes.
John McCain wants this campaign to be about the issues – a campaign that focuses on real solutions to the challenges facing our country. Unfortunately, Senator Obama and his campaign surrogates seem unwilling to engage in that conversation.
Using the link above, tell us what you think about Senator Obama’s emerging record – a record that doesn’t seem to match his promise for a different kind of politics.
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Now my two cents:
It sounds to me like John McCain is asking his supporters for permission to fight back.
When your attempts at diplomacy continue to be rejected and ignored, it's time to fight.
It's time for a punch in the nose!
I think McCain should take off the gloves and fight fire with fire. He has my thumbs up and I will not think any less of him for doing so. :)
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Barack Obama must now feel that ,since he won the primary, he can morph his positions on virtually every major position upon which he ran and no one will notice.
It's just incredible that,every day, he seems to ignore the words he read a few months ago and thinks that his newly written words will not be challenged.
I'm sure that Moveon.org was stunned by his rebuke of the "General Betray Us" ad that Obama refused to condemn during a senate vote and now says that it was mistake. There goes those small doner contributions.
How many times will Obama be allowed to change his mind and reject the town hall style debates (which he supports but won't have one with McCain) before the MSM decides that he is just another politician with an incredible marketing team?
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Here is video of McCain responding to Wesley Clark's remarks concerning McCain's war record.
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Back on June 25th I posted about the Obama camps waffling on the issue of withdrawal from Iraq. I pointed out that his surrogates seemed to be leaving a huge amount of room available for Obama to move towards the center on the subject.
From June 25th:
Based on this story in the Financial Times ,I believe that Barack Obama will change his mind about withdrawing our troops from Iraq. His decision will be based on one principle. Political expediency. He will "Modify" his plan and mold it in to the most efficient model of assuring the most votes in November.
Apparently he has already started this process:
...Senior advisers to Mr Obama say the campaign is constantly monitoring and debating its response to the situation on the ground in Iraq. But they say that Mr Obama has no plans to modify his timetable for US troop withdrawal. However, Mr Obama and some of his most senior foreign policy advisers have been dropping tantalising hints that there might be a new flexibility over their definition of “withdrawal”...
Read the entire post here.
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Now others seem to agree that Obama WILL change his mind about withdrawing troops form Iraq.
From Jonathan Martin at Politico.
June 30, 2008
Categories: ObamaTomorrow's Obama flop today?
The next, and perhaps most significant, Obama move to the middle could be on the issue which initially sparked his campaign: Iraq.
Observers from the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol to George Packer, the New Yorker writer and author of "The Assassins Gate" can already see it coming:
Said Kristol yesterday on Fox News Sunday:
The next big flip for Obama, and this will make Brit even more astonished, will be on Iraq. He's going to go to Iraq, meet with General Petraeus, decide the surge is working and walk back from his immediate unconditioned withdrawal. And suddenly, it's going to be, "Well, we're going to be very careful, gradual." "Honorable withdrawal," Obama said the other day -- an honorable conclusion to the Iraq war. read more »
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Jonathan Martin just posted a piece about retired General Wesley Clark's disparaging comments about McCain's military service. I hope Clark has a big mouth because he just put both feet in to it.
The McCain camp responded immediately and with a vengence.
29, 2008
Categories: McCainWesley Clark touches the third rail
On "Face the Nation," the former general — who is supporting Obama — said, "I don't think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president."
McCain spokesman Brian Rogers just sent a statement, where he said, "If Barack Obama's campaign wants to question John McCain's military service, that's their right. But let's please drop the pretense that Barack Obama stands for a new type of politics. The reality is he's proving to be a typical politician who is willing to say anything to get elected, including allowing his campaign surrogates to demean and attack John McCain's military service record."
"John McCain is proud of his record of always putting the country first — from his time in the Navy, in Vietnam and through to today. And on the biggest question we've faced in recent years, the war in Iraq, the facts on the ground show that John McCain was right, as Barack Obama is about to find out after failing to visit there in over 900 days.
"John McCain will remain focused on the big challenges facing America — growing our economy and adding jobs, breaking our addiction to Mideast oil, and defending our nation's security. Rather than engage in old style political attacks, we hope Senator Obama will reverse his decision to refuse to appear in town hall meetings where the voters can speak directly to Senators McCain and Obama about the issues facing America."
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The sense of humor speaks for itself in this new web ad by the McCain camp.
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