Obama camp blasts McCain's judgment

Posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:38 PM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: Security

From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones
Obama surrogates Susan Rice and Richard Clarke held a conference call this afternoon to talk about recent remarks by McCain about Obama's judgment and patriotism.

Rice, Obama's senior foreign policy adviser, said it was McCain was practicing Karl Rove-style "do anything, say anything", "gutter" politics to hide what she called his bad policy judgment. She pointed to Sunday's New York Times article about McCain's early support for invading Iraq after 9/11.

Rice repeated Obama's argument that McCain had shown bad judgment in his approach to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan -- and said he had made "flip comments" about Iran, referring to his "bomb, bomb Iran" comments last year.

Clarke compared McCain to "extreme neo-conservative" policy types because of his early support for the Iraq war and suggested he was "reckless" and "trigger happy."

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FINALLY!!! thank you obama surrogates for step up so that barack doesn't have to defend himself alone.. Because you know McCain's people are quick to defend him like they are all puppets on the same string.. only bad thing is they are like a bunch of teenagers trying to get their story straight for something they have done wrong..

Todd, NC (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:48 PM)

Gina Thomas, Albany NY (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:49 PM)

This was no-mistake remember McWar said a few weeks ago he wants to send more cigarettes to Iran to kill them all. McWar really said that people.

Mean-while back at McWar’s Iranian death camp, McWar pushes his final solution for all Persians and Iranians.

The Mc Pol Pot Regime has a new plan for Iran
McWar now wants to commit genocide on all Iranians and Persians. His new plan includes nicotine gas chambers and giant potash plants for there burned up bodies.

This man does not care about human life at all. Just his family fortune and his wealthy lobbyist friends

Capt. Smash, Salt Lake City, Utah (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:49 PM)

Senator Obama. Please explain your claim to having "good judgement" by telling us why you sat in the pew in Reverend Wright's chruch for 20 years.

J. Jackson, Shy-town (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:50 PM)

WHAT TOOK SEN OBAMA PEOPLE THAT LONG. THEY SOULD GO HARD AFTER MCCAIN RECORD SITTING BY AND BEING NICE DOES NOT CUT IT.

SH, CA (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:52 PM)

It's about time they start fighting back. Let's not forget his bad judgment in the Keating five fiasco.

Jim, Mesa, AZ (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:52 PM)

Everyone who has worked with McCain knows he has a temper problem.

Of late McCain says he has his problem well in hand, but he doesn't say how he overcame his lifelong problem.

My question: How did he overcome his problem? Is he being medicated? Xanax? Valuum? Wellbutrin? Is McCain drugged up? It would help explain his many blatant "senior moments" wouldn't it?

nisl (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:53 PM)

Gina Thomas, Albany NY

I remember you from the short bus! Do you still were that helmet that had lady bugs on it?

Capt. Smash, Salt Lake City, Utah (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:53 PM)

MSNBC where is the story about McCain wanting to reinstate the draft and about how Cindy McCain will not share any of her father's wealth with his other two daughters - her sisters!? Where is the stories about how McCain cheated and then tried to sue his first wife!?

Where is the balanced coverage MSNBC? You sure are looking alot like Fox News!

Vote smart and vote for Obama (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:53 PM)

It is of interest to us here why nobody is reporting what is happening right now.

We can see reporters... even have talked to reporters (off the record) and no one breaks the code.

Nobody breaks the story.

Not even our good friends at the Enquirer...

Well, the wait is over.

Mark Thieme (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:53 PM)

When a McCain supporter said that she thought we would have to institute a draft to pursue bin Laden, McCain said that he didn't disagree. Story (and video) over at Huffington Post.

fortuna, Houston, TX (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:53 PM)

What a bunch of name dropping hacks Rice and Clarke are. Just throw a few names out there like, Bush, Rove, and Cheney. Add in that McCain is just like those people, rinse and repeat.

Rice and Clarke must be trying to appeal to the simple minded liberals. I guess they're doing a good job in that regard.

Terri Hankes, Northampton, MA (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:53 PM)

Anything to divert attention from your poor candidate, right Obama supporters. Don't look how much our candidate (Obama) stinks, we'll manufactor something so that you'll focus on the other guy.

Obama is just so transparent. He just looking sillier by the day.

Gina Thomas, Albany NY (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:49 PM)
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Hey Gina -- I don't 'manufactor' anything. Who looks silly again?

http://thepajamapundit.com/

the Pajama Pundit (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:54 PM)

J. Jackson, Shy-town
I tell you why because we go to church to pray not to judge other. And if you by any mean Christian will understand what i am saying
:-)

souzan, va (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:55 PM)

J. Jackson, Shy-town (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:50 PM)

You can't be serious! Are you telling me that you only associate with people who agree with you 100% of the time. If that is true that is a sad way to go through life. We need all view points to be heard so solutions, good solutions, can be developed.

Jim, Mesa, AZ (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:55 PM)

It is not McCain talking it is the 133 neocon-hot headed-high priced lobbyist who tell him what his position should be.

RENEA (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:55 PM)

This is the same theme that got Obama behind in the polls. His advisors are trying, and failing, to defend the indefenseable.

Pol Porter (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:56 PM)

This isn't fighting back. It's a feable attempt to try and plug the leaks.

Georgie Boy (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:58 PM)

Senator Obama. Please explain your claim to having "good judgement" by telling us why you sat in the pew in Reverend Wright's chruch for 20 years.
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J. Jackson, let us know if Reverend blew up any churches or prevented white kids from getting a good education or prevented any white adults from voting. Or abused young boys at his church.

Pat, Boston, MA (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:59 PM)

I hope none of you McCain supporters have sons that are 14 years or older.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/20/mccain-support-draft/

Obama will definitely need to hit McCain on this...

ya know (Sent Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:00 PM)

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