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Flopping Aces: VIDEOS: Obama Campaign Completely Confused Over Russian Invasion of Georgia
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Rice: McCain may have made Georgia crisis worse
Ben Smith's Blog —
On Hardball last night, Obama advisor Susan Rice voiced the strongest version I've heard of the criticism of McCain's rapid condemnation of Russia Thursday.
"John McCain shot from the hip, [with a] very aggressive, very belligerent statement," she said. "He may or may not have complicated the situation."
McCain's first statement was dramatically different from the White House's, Obama's, and the Western Europeans, all of whom were urging calm, and all of whom shifted to condemning Russia only after it emerged that that was futile. I haven't seen it suggested, however, that the Russian push past the disputed regions was in ...
Team Obama blames Georgia on McCain?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
Team Obama blames Georgia on McCain? posted at 10:04 am on August 13, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Susan Rice wanders far out of reality in her appearance on Hardball last night. Desperate to salvage Barack Obama’s feckless response to the Russian invasion of Georgia, his senior foreign-policy adviser said that John McCain’s strong response may have “complicated” the situation in the Caucasus. With Russian tanks and airplanes slamming into apartment houses in Gori, that would have taken some kind of wordsmithing: John McCain shot from the hip, [with a] very aggressive, very belligerent statement …He may or may not have ...
VIDEOS: Obama Campaign Completely Confused Over Russian Invasion of Georgia
Flopping Aces —
This is not a joke. Within hours of a cease-fire having been declared in Georgia, Democrats raced to get on TV and claim that Senator Obama was the one person responsible for peace because he had asked for it (apparently similar calls from President Bush, Senator McCain, France, Germany, the EU and the UN were all sideshows-what mattered was what The One said).
THEN-when it came out that the Russians never really stopped their invasion, but merely paused to consolidate positions and logistics-Obama’s foreign policy advisor used her MSNBC propaganda outlet to claim that Senator McCain was responsible for fighting in Georgia.
Meanwhile, the DNC’s ...
Obama Adviser: McCain May Have Made Georgia Situation Worse
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Barack Obama adviser Susan Rice said on Hardball last night that John McCain's belligerent response to the Russian actions in Georgia "may or may not have complicated the situation."
WATCH:
At the Belgravia Dispatch, Gregory Djerejian explains why McCain's position would compound the mistakes President Bush has made in the region.
Ben Smith explains that McCain has long history of aggressive anti-Russian rhetoric:
While virtually every other world leader called for calm in Georgia last Thursday morning, John McCain did something he's done many times over his ...
Obama Campaign: McCain Made Georgia Worse
Say Anything —
Susan Rice, senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama, was Hardball last night telling America that McCain’s “shoot from the hip” response to the situation in Georgia may have complicated issues there.
John McCain shot from the hip, [with a] very aggressive, very belligerent statement …He may or may not have complicated the situation.
It’s not shooting for the hip if McCain, unlike Obama, knows what he’s talking about.
I guess McCain should have taken the nuanced initial position Obama did and call on ...
Can we get a coherent Georgian narrative here from the Democrats?
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Thanks a bunch.
I'm still tracking down the transcript for this excerpt from
the Corner:
Obama backer and former UN Ambassador Richard Holbrooke,
appearing on CNN: "John [Roberts], with all due respect, I would
dispute what you just said. Senator McCain and Senator Obama have
roughly the same positions. it's the Bush administration that was
behind the curve. "
...but I have to admit, it certainly sounds like
Holbrooke isn't talking to, say, Susan Rice (via
Hot Air):
Given that it's starting to look like
we've just paused ...
Susan Rice on Georgia and McCain
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
This is making the rounds: Here's what Rice said: SUSAN RICE: Here’s the thing David, we cannot shoot from the hip. We cannot act on the basis of ideology or preconceived notions. When this crisis...
