More “respectful dialog” from McCain

Attacking your opponent for being willingly complicit in genocide, while he’s at Yad Vashem:

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John McCain 2008 - Obama on Genocide

Obama today at Yad Vashem:

“Let our children come here and know this history so they can add their voices to proclaim ‘never again.’ And may we remember those who perished, not only as victims but also as individuals who hoped and loved and dreamed like us and who have become symbols of the human spirit.”

Obama on July 20, 2007:

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday the United States cannot use its military to solve humanitarian problems and that preventing a potential genocide in Iraq isn’t a good enough reason to keep U.S. forces there.

“Well, look, if that’s the criteria by which we are making decisions on the deployment of U.S. forces, then by that argument you would have 300,000 troops in the Congo right now — where millions have been slaughtered as a consequence of ethnic strife — which we haven’t done,” Obama said in an interview with The Associated Press.

It doesn’t get any classier than that. Really dignified. I like the “TRUTH” and “HONOR” part.

Abusing the memory of six million Jews who died in the Holocaust to try to score a cheap political point.

Comments

  1. David C. wrote:

    Now you are digging thru the blog on McCain’s campaign site looking for stuff to bash him with? That’s not even from McCain himself but from Michael Goldfarb, the online editor of The Weekly Standard. The guy is a right-wing pundit. He’s not allowed to make attacks on Obama either?

    I actually agree that this attack is stupid, unnecessary, and an inappropriate exploitation of the Holocaust. But it’s not “dialog” from McCain. It’s a blog post clearly labeled as being authored by Goldfarb. And it doesn’t even say anything, it just presents two excerpts of Obama and lets the reader draw his own conclusions.

  2. Stephen wrote:

    It is from “The McCain Report. - A Blog You Can Believe In” It is wholly official, not like some random blogger or commenter on a community site.

    Goldfarb seems to be the only author.

    I am trying to decide if it is more untruthful or more dishonorable.

  3. David C. wrote:

    Goldfarb seems to be the only author.

    I am trying to decide if it is more untruthful or more dishonorable.

    Again, it’s still Goldfarb, even though its on McCain’s site. And he seems fairly prolific, I doubt McCain vets every piece before he puts it up. How is giving two quotes untruthful? It’s just a cheap shot by Goldfarb. Not only that, but giving this quote from Obama:

    “Well, look, if that’s the criteria by which we are making decisions on the deployment of U.S. forces, then by that argument you would have 300,000 troops in the Congo right now — where millions have been slaughtered as a consequence of ethnic strife — which we haven’t done,” Obama said in an interview with The Associated Press.

    actually makes Obama look reasonable. He’s rightly pointing out that we can’t and don’t intervene everywhere people are being slaughtered. Preventing genocide is not by itself a good enough reason to maintain a large military presence in Iraq.

  4. Stephen wrote:

    You’re right.

    It is more dishonorable than it is untruthful.

  5. Alon Levy wrote:

    Well, McCain’s always had weird campaign bloggers. Edwards got a blogmaster who says things like “Hot, white, sticky Holy Spirit”; McCain got bloggers who embrace creationism and now exploit the Holocaust. Maybe McCain too should accept some resignations on his campaign blog…

  6. David C. wrote:

    Maybe McCain too should accept some resignations on his campaign blog

    Yes, I’m not sure having an editor from a political magazine posting on McCain’s campaign site is such a great idea. Aside from the particular post in question, it could create some unwelcome linkages depending on what gets published in the magazine.

  7. Summon Boat wrote:

    Holo - whut?

  8. a former european wrote:

    I, for one, miss the Masaryk photographs.

  9. canuckistani wrote:

    Perhaps McCain will say that the Surge made the foundation of Czechoslovakia possible, and we’ll get a new picture of Masaryk.

  10. Michael wrote:

    Hi Stephen. Check your email.