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NRO column repeated debunked claim that Obama attempted to delay troop withdrawals
Summary: In a National Review Online column, Lisa Schiffren claimed that "[i]n personal conversations," Sen. Barack Obama "asked that the Iraqi leadership wait for the next administration (his) to begin serious troop withdrawals -- as Amir Taheri has documented." In fact, a Bush administration official has reportedly said that Taheri's assertion was not true. Schiffren also repeated other false and baseless claims in her column providing "suggestions" to the McCain campaign.
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Posted by open_mind
1. Economy: Not going to happen. The failures of this economy are going to be blamed on deragulation. Right or Wrong. For once the burden of nuance is on the Republican side with the whole "good regulation" vs. "bad regulation".
2. Taxes: Might get some traction. People hear taxes and don't like it at all. Problem is that McCain has been saying this over and over - often caught misleading people as to what Obama is going to do. McCain's credibility is a problem convincing people this will be a problem.
6. Bill Ayers: Yawn. Nobody is buying. Waste of time.
7. Arrogance/Treason: Considering it is apparently untrue, the media may actually smack it down. If it was true, why on Earth hasn't the Bush Administration done anything - which would seem to be their right? Heck, nothing else has worked or will work. I'll bet they at least give this one a try over the next couple of weeks.
I am going to have to read the article to see what the other suggestions were. I hope it was at least better than these loser issues.
Posted Wednesday October 8, 2008 7:54:26 PM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by captfoster2
Obama attempted to delay the withdrawl of troops?
Really?
This coming from the side who's presidential hopeful says that he knows how to get them home and win the war! Whos appearantly known how to do so the last 7 years......
And yet won't tell Bush this little secret? Or did tell Bush but Bush has failed to carry it out? Which might mean that McCain, for political reasons has not gone public in demanding Bush's head on Bush's own silver spoon!
Either way..... if McCain truely knows how to end the war and win (whatever that means) and will only share that little secret only and until he is president (HE HAS THEN ALLOWED many more hundreds of soldiers to die simply because he was not elected in the past and will only share this information IF he is elected and so many more will have to die!).....
I'll be writting a letter to the editor about this one!
I'm sorry my friends.... but imagine if Gore/Kerry/Obama would have been saying this stuff..... not only would their careers be over... they'd be laughed out of the public arena forever
Posted Thursday October 9, 2008 9:10:35 AM EDT / Flag this comment
Posted by nerzog
I could be wrong, but it appears that most people aren't really interested in these fairy tales when their retirement savings are circling the drain.
Posted Thursday October 9, 2008 11:06:11 AM EDT / Flag this comment