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Lebezniatnikov
Stupidity Annoys Me

Registered: Feb 2004
Location: DC
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lol:
| quote: | McCain Campaign Attacks Washington Post, Insinuates Terrorists Want Obama Victory
By Greg Sargent and Eric Kleefeld - October 22, 2008, 12:22PM
The McCain campaign is now charging that the terrorists want Obama to win, while pretending they're not really saying that.
The McCain campaign just held a curious conference call with reporters in which McCain advisers made the insinuation. It's a claim that's at odds with folks who know what they're talking about, such as journalist Ron Suskind and counter-terror big Richard Clarke, who have both written that Al Qaeda actually prefers pro-war GOP rule.
The McCain camp also unleashed yet another clumsy attack on the media, hitting The Washington Post for failing to report a recent quote from a Hamas official who praised Obama-Biden.
On the call, McCain foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann seized on an article in today's WaPo reporting that some members of al Qaeda are pulling for McCain to win.
"If we're gonna talk about who has got support from terrorist groups in this election, I'm gonna read some quotes," Scheunemann said. "I'm not going to characterize them. I will let others judge whether they amount to expressions of support or opposition."
Scheunemann proceeded to read a recent quote from a Hamas adviser, in which he said that Palestinians would do better under an Obama administration's foreign policy. He then chastised the WaPo for not reporting that quote.
"The Washington Post did not find the time to write a story about that," Scheunemann said. "Not a single story."
When discussing this topic, it's always useful to recall that journalist Ron Suskind reported that CIA analysts concluded that Bin Laden had released a tape of himself on the eve of the 2004 election in order to help Bush stay in power, partly because his presidency made such a handy recruiting tool.
And Clarke, for his part, recently surmised that Al Qaeda might try to swing the election to McCain, perhaps with a terror attack.
One especially fun moment on the call came when McCain adviser Jim Woolsey badly undercut the campaign call's message. Woolsey said that Al Qaeda supporters who praise McCain are actually doing it to hurt him, because praise from Al Qaeda is the "kiss of death."
At that point, a reporter quite naturally asked whether the same could be said of Hamas advisers who praise Obama, prompting Woolsey to pull a homina homina homina and dodge the question.
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hardcore trancer
Mystic Mind

Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Toronto,Canada
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Oct-23-2008 01:45
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jerZ07002
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to me it doesn't make sense why terrorists would want a republican administration given the avowed justification for islamic terrorism against the US/west. if the avowed purpose of terrorism against the US is support for israel and the occupation of muslim lands, how would electing a republican further that goal. it appears the purpose has shifted to simply wanting to fight americans. that's the only way that makes any sense to me.
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Oct-23-2008 04:37
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