Lugar: Obama ad 'accurate'

Posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 1:29 PM by Domenico Montanaro
Filed Under: Republicans

From NBC's Ken Strickland
Republican Sen. Dick Lugar (IN) today said an Obama campaign ad which features him is "accurate." The ad makes the point the Obama previously "reached out" to Lugar to "help lock down loose nuclear weapons."

Lugar is widely considered one of the most knowledgeable in the area of nuclear weapons proliferation and the coauthored of the 1991 Nunn-Lugar Act on cooperative threat reduction.

"He did" reach out, Lugar said. He explained that in 2005, Obama asked if he could join Lugar on a trip to Russia and other countries to visit sites under the Nunn-Lugar program.

"After that, we had legislation that we cosponsored together which passed" dealing with dangerous missiles. "So I am pleased we had that opportunity to work together," Lugar said. "I'm pleased we had the association Sen. Obama describes."

But Lugar made clear up front that while the ad was accurate, and he's comfortable with the association, "There is no chance I will consider running with Barack Obama."

The ad will run in more than a dozen states, including Lugar's home state of Indiana.

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DV are you a repucker or a demorat because personel attacks are your mode of operation what spin do you work for SPIN SPIN SPIN What isnt true about what I said and then think about Obamma ubiting people and I say its lies DIVIDER is more like it GEORGE BUSH JR. all over again

kenn (Sent Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:45 PM)

So donna, if I read this right, you think Obama is not getting a far shake from the press? HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

And what in the world are you talking about "ruling race"? Wow, that sure is a step into the deep end of the pool when it appears you can't swim.

Ty Reed, Ft. Collins CO (Sent Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:17 PM)

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Ty,

Can we have an honest discourse, or are you afraid of that?

My reference, as you well know, was with regard to the 20% of White voters polled in WV, and Kentucky, that said race mattered when it came to their vote.

Ruling Class = White Christian Males

If you need to bring forth a contentious argument do it, but don't waste our time with lame comebacks.

donna (Sent Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:46 PM)

Cant wait for all the democrat CHICKEN HAWKS who support more troops in afganistan all sign up and go fight for OBAMMA ,CALL TO ARMS has been issued by a guy who never served a day maybe Macain was against the way rumsfeild fought the war not how he would have fought it,if we had listened to gen. Kenshecky at the beginning we would have 500000 troops but why make that arument now lets see what has obamma done to stop the war NOTHING

kenn (Sent Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:49 PM)

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