Obama The Muckraker
Barack Obama can deny it all he wants, but my money says his campaign is complicit in Wesley Clark’s drive-by on McCain’s military service:
“For those like John McCain who have endured physical torment in service to our country — no further proof of such sacrifice is necessary,” Obama said. “And let me also add that no one should ever devalue that service, especially for the sake of a political campaign, and that goes for supporters on both sides.”
Talk about fortuitous timing. Clark, an Obama advisor, just happens to pick the weekend before Obama’s patriotism speech to get diarrhea of the mouth on McCain’s patriotism and military service. Thus, Obama gets a golden opportunity to inoculate himself as he points out that others (mostly his Democratic Primary opponents) questioned his patriotism, and the campaign can remind/familiarize the electorate with the fact the McCain cooperated with the North Koreans while a POW. It’s also kind of interesting that Obama doesn’t mention Clark or directly repudiate his comments.
Sorry, but I don’t believe in coincidences that large. This, along with his broken campaign financing pledge, proves that Obama is playing hardball. The McCain camp better start bringing its A game soon. If they persist in the romantic notion that politics isn’t a full contact sport, this election might be over before it began.
Archived in: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Presidential Election, Wesley ClarkJune 30, 2008 at 6:47 pm | Trackback
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My husband says (and dear Lord! I hope he’s right) that if anyone is going to derail Obama’s campaign it is his staff. The people working for him are the typical red-eyed, crazed liberal hacks we see and hearing running all over San Francisco. They are totally incapable of restraining their seething hatred for America and soldiers especially.
Look at all the scandals coming out of his staff - trying to get muslim women in headscarves out of photos, posters of El Che, the list goes on.
As Obama tries to play to the center, his staff will continue to show their radical leftist colors.
Like, Wow!
It took John McCain five years to break out of prison? It only took Obama a couple of days to bust out of his shackles in Unity, New Hampshire to get to Independence, Missouri. He never even felt those bodies….I mean, speed bumps.
OOO…I’ve got a crush on Obama! He’s my man!
Catch me, I feel faint…
The broad field of the military can produce a boot-licking, perfumed crank like Clark or a man like McCain. Clark’s career is checkered, from ordering air strikes on the CNN Belgrade Bureau, to (plausible) involvement in the fire storm at Waco. He fouls anything he touches.
…and what Clark lacks is dignity and honor. You can acquire a bogus form of it in the military, which is why it attracts sleazes like Clark. Power and authority is the stimulant, and now he