Full video shows McCain said U.S. should 'step back' before engaging Hamas

usatoday.com     May 17, 2008            

Like this story? Share it with Yahoo! Buzz News that sparked controversy yesterday -- that John McCain had said two years ago that the U.S. should "deal" with Hamas and is now blasting Barack Obama for suggesting that the U.S. should talk with leaders from nations such as Iran -- is still making... [read full story]                    

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Video shows Jamie Rubin lied

hotair.com     May 17, 2008          

posted at 7:40 pm on May 16, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Earlier today, I wrote about Jamie Rubin’s intellectually dishonest op-ed in today’s Washington Post, which focused on a snippet from his January 2006 interview with John McCain. In it, Rubin claimed that McCain...                    

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Bush Launches a McCain-Obama Brawl

time.com     May 17, 2008          

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain Left; Jae C. Hong / AP: Richard Clement / Reuters In case anyone missed it, the general election started in earnest this week. In that one speech, in which the President seemed to equate Obama and Democrats with Nazi appeasers for allegedly...                    

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Obama rips Bush, McCain over 'attacks'

cnn.com     May 17, 2008          

The gloves were off Friday. Barack Obama slammed President Bush for launching "the kind of appalling attack that's divided our country." He also took a shot at John McCain for embracing the president's attacks on Democrats. McCain, speaking to the NRA, accused Obama of wanting to meet...                    

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Obama in war of words over 'appeasement' (AAP)

yahoo.com     May 17, 2008          

Democrat Barack Obama accused President George W Bush on Friday of "fear-mongering" for suggesting Democrats wanted to appease terrorists and vowed to meet leaders of hostile nations like Iran if elected. In a long-distance foreign policy debate that ricocheted through the US presidential...                    

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McCain in Hamas 'hypocrisy' claim

aljazeera.net     May 17, 2008          

US Democrats have accused the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, of hypocrisy after interview footage emerged of him expressing a willingness to negotiate with the Palestinian group Hamas. In an interview with Sky News in 2006, McCain said of Hamas that as "sooner or later...                    

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Analysis: Obama reacts quickly to Bush on diplomacy

iht.com     May 17, 2008          

In President George W. Bush's hint that Barack Obama wants to appease terrorists, Democrats heard troubling echoes of 2004, when Republicans portrayed John Kerry as irresolute and weak on national security. Determined to end the similarities there, Obama and his allies counterattacked Friday with...                    

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James P. Rubin: Talking with Our Enemies: McCain Should Admit The Truth and Stop Attacking the...

huffingtonpost.com     May 17, 2008          

The old John McCain would just admit he changed his position and move on. But the new John McCain campaign is incapable of that. Instead, they are reverting to an attack on the messenger. The question and answer I released yesterday was a full question and a full answer. Nothing is taken out of...                    

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After Endorsing Bush’s Comments, McCain Camp Claims ‘We Never Used The Term Appeasement’

thinkprogress.org     May 17, 2008          

While speaking to the Israeli Knesset yesterday, President Bush compared those who advocate speaking directly to our enemies to Nazi appeasers, a comment interpreted as a hit at Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). Speaking on MSNBC this afternoon, Nancy Pfotenhauer, a policy adviser to Sen. John McCain...                    

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Analysis: Learning from `Swiftboat,' Obama reacts fast, fiercely to Bush, McCain

tmcnet.com     May 16, 2008          

WASHINGTON_In President George W. Bush's insinuation that Barack Obama wants to appease terrorists, Democrats heard troubling echoes of 2004, when Republicans portrayed candidate John Kerry as irresolute and weak on national security. Determined to end the similarities there, Obama and his allies...                    

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Obama: Appeasement, or Engagement?

time.com     May 17, 2008          

As I see it from the Middle East, American voters certainly have a choice now: President Bush's apparent "appeasement" attack on Barack Obama crystallizes the different foreign policy approaches that would be taken by President Obama or President McCain.                    

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