Over at Talking Points Memo there is an article detailing the McCain campaign's newest tactic: portray Barack Obama as a terrorist.
Can you believe it? John McCain is insinuating that a sitting United States Senator is a Muslim extremist and terrorist sympathizer. How Should Obama respond to this charge? Easy....
McCain spokesman Brian Rogers called the supposed endorsement by Hamas, something that McCain hit Obama for earlier today, "a legitimate issue for the American people to think about," on the basis of Obama's call for negotiations with Iran.
Rogers added: "It is not only responsible to raise these critical issues in this election, but it would be the height of irresponsibility not to have this discussion with the American people."
Ah yes, it's definitely something to "think about"...
So what we have here is somebody 5000 miles away that has never even met Barack Obama saying that they'd like to see him win....and somehow that is Obama's fault? This isn't even guilt by association, it's not even guilt by "6 degrees of Barack Obama", it's disgusting that's what it is. While trying to take some pseudo moral highroad by telling the North Carolina republicans to take down an attack ad (thus keeping it in the news and thus solidifying that it is replayed over and over every time he brings it up) he's out campaigning on something some dude in Hamas said.
So, John McCain is saying that a Hamas "endorsement" is a very troubling sign for a president. Well, what about an endorsment from Al Qaeda?
You see, that's what George Bush and the republicans got in past elections.
In June, U.S. intelligence also learned from an intercepted al-Qaeda communiqué that bin Laden's terrorist band wants to keep U.S. soldiers bogged down in Iraq as the best way to maintain and expand al-Qaeda's influence.
"Prolonging the war is in our interest," wrote "Atiyah," one of bin Laden's top lieutenants.
Atiyah's letter and other internal al-Qaeda communications reveal that one of the group's biggest worries has been that a prompt U.S. military withdrawal might expose how fragile al-Qaeda's position is in Iraq and cause many young jihadists to lay down their guns and go home.
But a Republican victory in the Nov. 7 congressional elections almost certainly would end that concern. A GOP-controlled Congress would continue to give Bush a blank check, meaning the Iraq War would be prolonged and, quite possibly, expanded into other Middle East countries.
Bush would be tempted to double up on his Iraq wager by attacking Iran and Syria, two countries that U.S. officials have accused of aiding Iraqi insurgents. A number of U.S. military experts also believe that Bush would order the bombing of Iran if it doesn't agree to curtail its nuclear research.
An expanded war would thrill Bush's neoconservative advisers and other prominent Republicans, such as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who have lusted publicly over the idea of fighting "World War III" against radical Muslims around the globe.
But the continued war in Iraq and its regional expansion would serve bin Laden's interests, too, by proving to many of the world's one billion Muslims that the Saudi exile was right in his predictions of an aggressive Western assault on Islam.
Oh, it gets even better. Iran endorsed the Republicans and Bush in 2004
The head of Iran's security council said Tuesday that the re-election of U.S. President George Bush was in Tehran's best interests, despite the administration's axis of evil label, accusations that Iran harbors al-Qaida terrorists and threats of sanctions over the country's nuclear ambitions.
Historically, Democrats have harmed Iran more than Republicans, said Hasan Rowhani, head of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran's top security decision-making body.
"We haven't seen anything good from Democrats," Rowhani told state-run television in remarks that, for the first time in recent decades, saw Iran openly supporting one U.S. presidential candidate over another.
Though Iran generally does not publicly wade into U.S. presidential politics, it has a history of preferring Republicans over Democrats, who tend to press human rights issues.
"We do not desire to see Democrats take over," Rowhani said when asked if Iran was supporting Democratic Sen John Kerry against Bush.
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So, John McCain is making a statement that Hamas made as a campaign issue? Well perhaps the Obama campaign should point out all of the various terrorist factions who have endorsed THE PRESIDENT HE'S NOW EMBRACING ALONG WITH HIS OWN FREAKING PARTY!
This could become a big issue. The Obama campaign would be wise to point out John McCain's stupidity before the media starts running with it.