but wasn't his absolutist position against the war, against the surge, and against funding either one a sign of his superior judgment? isn't
this how he vanquished hillary? how can logical inferences based on your (quite frankly) hysterical pronouncements against the war in the
VERY recent past suddenly be so unpalatable?
he's trying to take the issue off the table by recharacterizing it as a personal attack. and that, of course, instantly means that that attacker
is a covert racist of some sort. I doubt that john mccain is dumb enough to fall for this one.
Obama tells McCain to lay off character
Democratic candidate hits back at Republican rival over Iraq war
ORLANDO - Democrat Barack Obama challenged his Republican opponent John McCain on Tuesday to stop questioning his "character and patriotism."
Addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, Obama reaffirmed his early opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq and said the so-called "surge" strategy of sending 30,000 additional troops to Iraq last year had not produced the political reconciliation necessary to achieve lasting peace in the country. McCain supported the Iraq invasion and was an early champion of the surge.
"These are the judgments I've made and the policies that we have to debate, because we do have differences in this election," Obama said. "One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism. I have never suggested that Sen. McCain picks his positions on national security based on politics or personal ambition. I have not suggested it because I believe that he genuinely wants to serve America's national interest. Now, it's time for him to acknowledge that I want to do the same.
"Let me be clear: I will let no one question my love of this country," Obama said to applause.
McCain stood before the same audience a day earlier and said Obama "tried to legislate failure" in the Iraq war and had put his ambition to be president above the interests of the United States. He said the Illinois senator did this by pushing for a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq and by voting in the Senate against a major appropriations bill to help fund the troop increase.
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