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2rth2pwr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 06:57 PM
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Edwards agrees- Axelrod's comments ridiculous
"It's ridiculous," Edwards said. "It's a ridiculous stretch. I think in times of international crisis -- which this clearly is -- what America needs to be doing and serious presidential candidates need to be doing is providing an atmosphere of strength and calm. We need to be a calming influence and not stoking the fire and certainly not be talking about the politics of this." http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=4062023&page=2

"I haven't misplaced faith in Musharraf," Edwards said. "Musharraf has lots of problems, as we all know. And we have to keep the pressure on him. But I also think that a serious presidential candidate in a moment of crisis like this needs to show calm … and not be thinking about the politics of this."


Why does Obama protect this kook?
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 06:58 PM
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1. because Mark Penn's already employed?
:shrug:
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annie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 06:59 PM
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2. right on edwards for calling Axelrod's statement a ridiculous stretch.
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Dems Will Win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 04:22 PM
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24. I think you forgot that Edwards said "We know Saddam has WMDs
and is going to give them to al-Queda" when he co-sponsored a war for oil without bothering to read the NIE that stated Iraq had not had WMDs since 1995.

Try to remember important things like that from now on, OK?

3900 US dead, several hundred thousand dead Iraqis because Edwards voted YES to give authority to invade Iraq!

Now Johnny-Come-Lately says, he made a "MISTAKE".

Well, if you're going to make a mistake make it a big one, but it is not a good indicator of PResidential judgement.
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BlueStater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 07:01 PM
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3. Obama should have admitted that Axelrod misspoke
Instead, he's acting like an arrogant crybaby over something that isn't that big of a deal in the first place.
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 07:02 PM
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6. Why should Obama lie? Axelrod did NOT misspeak
He answered the reporters question honestly and accurately.
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flpoljunkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 10:00 AM
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19. Yes. It's the "Iraq War," stupid, that that destabilized the Middle East. Those who voted for it
Edited on Sat Dec-29-07 10:00 AM by flpoljunkie
must share in the responsibility for the results.
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 07:01 PM
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4. Looks like Edwards is the one getting desperate
He knows a loss here ends it for him.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 07:02 PM
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5. Well, Edwards co-sponsored the IWR....
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DemKR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 07:03 PM
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7. K&R!
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 07:03 PM
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8. Axelrod's comments were out of line and I don't give a s**t how Obama's supporters spin it!!!
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 07:23 PM
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11. Same here.
I don't care what the blind Obama crowd says.
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 03:40 PM
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23. .
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 07:07 PM
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9. Of course Edwards agrees, what else?
Giving Bush the authority to take military action on Iraq interrupted the fight on Al Qaeda, leaving them to grow and strengthen along the border of Pakistan, and the subsequent security situation in that country enabled conditions for Bhutto's death - there is a line to be drawn. IWR voters and their supporters don't like it mentioned, but it's an unavoidable conclusion that our disastrous foreign policy of the past years resulted in that tragedy.
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 07:10 PM
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10. What Axelrod REALLY said (as opposed to all the BS political spin and blatant lies):
Today after Barack Obama's closing argument speech in Iowa, Obama adviser David Axelrod parried questions from reporters who pressed him
on whether the killing could help Hillary.

Here's one key exchange:

REPORTER: But looking ahead, does the assassination put on the front burner foreign policy credentials in the closing days?

AXELROD: Well, it puts on the table foreign policy judgment, and that's a discussion we welcome. Barack Obama had the judgment to oppose the
war in Iraq, and he warned at the time it would divert us from Afghanistan and al Qaeda, and now we see the effect of that. Al Qaeda's resurgent,
they're a powerful force now in Pakistan, they may have been involved -- we've been here, so I don't know whether the news has been updated,
but there's a suspicion they may have been involved in this.

I think his judgment was good. Senator Clinton made a different judgment, so let's have that discussion.

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/12/obama_adviser_bhutto_assassination_reminds_us_that_hillary_made_wrong_call_on_iraq_war.php
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ccpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 07:38 PM
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12. you keep posting the exact quote
and it doesn't change the fact that Axelrod unnecessarily -- and quite stupidly -- created a distracting controversy where there didn't need to be one.

Although the question doesn't name Hillary directly, Axelrod -- and, in effect, Obama as Axelrod IS his Chief Campaign Strategist -- made the boneheaded decision to drag her into it to (hopefully) score some cheap political point. Unbelievably stupid, shockingly short-sighted and a beautifully wrapped gift with a big red bow for the Clinton campaign.

In an effort to make hay of a shocking tragedy, Axelrod and Obama desperately overreached ... ergo, a major distraction and time spent by him and his campaign playing defense in the crucial days before the Iowa Caucus, a "now or never" time according to his wife, Michelle.

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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 09:51 AM
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16. Candidates keep repeating the same BS spin so I thought I'd put the facts out there..
Edited on Sat Dec-29-07 09:57 AM by ClarkUSA
Thanks for your totally unbiased opinions, though. :eyes:
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ccpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 10:30 AM
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21. we're both biased
and we're both supporting the Candidate we believe will be best. You think reasonable disagreement is a bad thing?
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mtnsnake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 07:40 PM
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13. Wow, that's even worse than I thought!
:shrug:
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 09:53 AM
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17. How so? Explain it to me. It mirrors what many here have said prior to this campaign year.
:shrug:
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robcon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 07:46 PM
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14. That is one ugly quote.
Axelrod should withdraw it.
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DemKR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 08:14 PM
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15. Been almost 2 days now, and the media hasn't covered it.
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 09:56 AM
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18. Tell us what is "ugly" about it in more than a hit-and-run subject line.
Just curious.
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MethuenProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 10:25 AM
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20. Edwards is a PAID HILLBOT PLANT!!!1!!
Oh wait, that's reserved for DU posters who share his opinion on Axlerod.
Nevermind...
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DemKR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 10:31 AM
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22. lol
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quigleyunder Donating Member (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 07:11 PM
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25. The republicans are talking the poltics of it alot.
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