Al Qaeda Endorsement Highlights McCain's Hypocrisy on Hamas
Back in April, John McCain and his allies taunted Barack Obama as the choice of Hamas in the wake of remarks by a spokesman for that organization. Now with the news that Al Qaeda web sites are seemingly backing McCain for President, the Republican might want to reconsider that line of attack. And to be sure, John McCain should steer clear of touting "Osama the Terrorist" at his rallies.
As the Washington Post detailed Wednesday, Al Qaeda cadres see a McCain as the best bet to perpetuate the policies of President Bush they see bankrupting the United States and the West:
"Al-Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election," said a commentary posted Monday on the extremist Web site al-Hesbah, which is closely linked to the terrorist group. It said the Arizona Republican would continue the "failing march of his predecessor," President Bush...
...It further suggested that a terrorist strike might swing the election to McCain and guarantee an expansion of U.S. military commitments in the Islamic world.
"It will push the Americans deliberately to vote for McCain so that he takes revenge for them against al-Qaeda," said the posting, attributed to Muhammad Haafid, a longtime contributor to the password-protected site. "Al-Qaeda then will succeed in exhausting America."
Of course, the claim that John McCain is supported by Al Qaeda is hyperbole that normally would deserve no place in American politics. (That said, the ironies abound for the man who said "I know how" to get Osama Bin Laden and would follow him to "the gates of hell.") But as recent history shows, slanders have become the centerpiece of the McCain campaign.
In April, as you might recall, John McCain showed no compunction in claiming Barack Obama was supported by Hamas.
In an interview with ABC radio, Hamas political adviser Ahmed Yousef said:
"Actually, we like Mr. Obama. We hope he will [win] the election and I do believe he is like John Kennedy, great man with great principle.
We like Mr. Obama and we hope he will win the election. He has a vision to change America."
Almost instantaneously, the McCain campaign sent a fundraising email titled "Hamas Weighs In On U.S. Presidential Election." Joe Lieberman, too, took up the charge. And on April 25, McCain himself blasted Obama:
"I think it is very clear who Hamas wants to be the next president of the United States...I think that the people should understand that I will be Hamas' worst nightmare.
"I never expect for the leader of Hamas...to say that he wants me as president of the United States. I think it is very clear...why they would not want me to be president of the United States, so if Senator Obama is favored by Hamas, I think people can make judgments accordingly."
Which is exactly what now has the McCain campaign so frantic. Desperate to downplay the seeming Al Qaeda endorsement, Team McCain quickly convened a conference call to insist that Al Qaeda's statements of support for McCain constitute reverse psychology intended to damage his prospects. McCain ally and former CIA Director Jim Woolsey claimed Al Qaeda's man was "not speaking from his heart."
Of course, when the topic was Hamas and Barack Obama, not so much.
Spencer Attackerman has a post up about this issue
http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/10/22...
My first gut reaction is that I hope the Obama campaign leaves this alone and I believe, based on how they have handled everything so far, that they will. Don't touch it but let the McCain campaign wonder and wet themselves in fear of if and when they might touch it
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Durn! No more "debates." The thought of John McC having to sweat it out .....
Failbot 2.0 , Now, more than ever. www.filthyrichmond.blogspot.com
I am sure you want Obama to leave this alone. God knows his link to Ayers, Rezko, Wright, and that arab dude might connet him to his muslim roots. YOu can't walk in the muck and not get some of it on you. I mean, after all, he appears to have lived under several different names, we still know nothing aobut his college days or papters. Funny how this brilliant person has not but one school mate that has much to say about him. could that be ecause of fear, like what happened to Joe the Plumber. ripped and torn from top to bottom. How come we have never seen his school paper,.
Tell me, if he ran around with Timothy McVegh, would that have mattered?
You condemn Cheney, but what about Rezko, guilty on 16 counts of all sorts of things. Obama has walked with more crooks than I can count on eone hand. Google Rezko. Do you have any idea how much money he borroweed against those "low income housing" projects. HOw many never passed inspection. How many never hade people live in them. HOw much is involved inthe forclosure of such buildings.
How is Obama cold buy a million dollar plus home after being a "community Organizer" for a few years and an attorney for what 4? years. How the hell do you do that. The normal erson does not get to that level of housing doing honest work. HOw do you get to manage millions of dollars with no real experience? Who was scratching whose back?
But, you cool aide drinkers seem to believe anything the MSM and George Soros offer up.
Do you ever really investigate.
This bail out is blamed on the Republicans but over 200 Democrats voted for the thing.Pelosi has a special little box ready for the thing to honor their giant Screw Job on the Citizens of the country. NOw they use it as thier big campain topic. Like they are so f-------- innocent. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd knew what was going on. Dodd took less money than Obama from Freddie and Fannie
and Obama was only a Senator for two years. Most of that spent on the campain trail receibving more money that any other erson ever. Some under false names and probably from foreign sources.
Give me a Break. Stupidity rules.
Al-Qaeda sure isn't a dummy, because you know that if McCain were to
stealwin the election, he'd involved us in so many wars with them world wide that our country would implode on itself. You think Iraq looks bad with civil unrest? Imagine 300 million people fighting against each other in cities, rural areas, high rises, farms, etc. You wouldn't have to go to youtube to watch "Red Vs Blue".. You'd be involved in it here.Al-Qaeda is only endorsing McCain cause he's white!
Ya...it was totally about race
With McCain as President that would give them justification to attack. After all , he is an infidel.
how the sitting presidunce did Al Qaida's work for them. Never ceases to amaze me how ruined America is because of bu$h and his syncophants.
A McCain presidency , like Bush's, is exactly what these guys want: someone to comtinue the mutual war in the Middle East until the "end times" when we all get our 72 virgins or whatever; brilliant: http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/som...
BWAH-HA-HA-HA!!! {{snort}}
This is rich. Best laugh I've had today.
(Go Phils!)
I am sorry to call out your typo, but shouldn't that read, Go Rays!
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Phil is rooting for the Rays too.
I have to say you're comment is EXACTLY what my reaction was at hearing this tidbit. hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe
And now I'm gonna get myself a celebratory margarita. Suck on it, McCain!!!!!
Its very simple. They're the boogeyman, they have a symbiotic relationship. They make money off one another, they take power from the fear generated by one another.
Its like the silver bullet cure for cancer...it will never see the light of day. Instead, it will be a pill you must take every day.
Same thing with Republicans and terrorism...it doesn't serve their purposes to end the 'endless war'....
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?
Getting a user off drugs makes for unemployment.
Guess this blows the Colin Powell endorsement out of the water.
Now when someone mentions that Obama got the Powell endorsement, McCain can brag that he has the endorsement of four or five past secretaries of state and al Qaeda. That'll show 'em.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Hilarious!
I'd love to see John McCain and Sarah Palin trying to figure out what to say...
At least we know McCain pleases some people.
Doesn't this crap remind you of Wallace Shawn's routine from The Princess Bride?
You know:
"Did they endorse McCain because they WANT McCain, or because they know we'll do the opposite of what they want and vote for Obama? Or, if they were being REALLY clever, they'd know we know they want us to do the opposite, and vote for McCain anyway..."
In-con-theivable!
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.....
this was so obviously a republican plant....it is so ridiculous it has to be, thinking that people are SO dumb that that would think that al queda would say ooooo, we support mccain, so people will be like, wait a minute....your just saying that so we vote for obama....so they really support obama. This is like 3rd grade tactics!
The ULTIMATE Proof Al Qaeda Loves McCain-Palin
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=4238
Did Old John express his opinion when the bushista's installed Hamas as the governing body ? It was his friends that are responsible for forcing them into power. Strange how it angered Israel that the cartel was now telling them what to do?
some good news having to do with ACCOUNTABILITY
http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/22/accountabil...
By: looseheadprop Wednesday October 22, 2008 12:40 pm
Thirteen months ago, five Chicago aldermen sent a letter to U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald urging him to "investigate, indict and prosecute" former Chicago Police Lt. Jon Burge for torturing criminal suspects.
That's right, you read it correctly, torturing suspects while they were in custody. Twenty years of torturing suspects. The statute of limitations had run out on the physical assaults on the victims and the city of Chicago had not tried to rescind his pension. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald had retired Chicago police commander Jon Burge arrested this Tuesday morning.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Burge was arrested so he can be Rove's cellmate.
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.....
I would say and endorsement from Osama Bin Laden would trump the scary black preacher.
McDishonest
I wonder how he is going to live with himself when the campaign is over.
McDishonest
I wonder how he is going to live with himself when the campaign is over.
The most bin Laden could accomplish was bringing down the twin towers. The Republicans have brought down America. Is anyone surprised Al-Queda would be on their side?
Next time those bastards say "Democrat Party" counter with "Repubiqueda Party".
LOL
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.....
And when someone points out that the Dems helped make it happen, counter with "you only say that because you're a big stooopid-head." (Or "foil-hat conspiracy psycho" ... or, hell, skip the preliminaries and just go with "anti-Semite." That works for everything.)
We recieved a McCain ad in the mail today. The cover is almost black with a faint eerie picture of Obama's face. In big white letters it says, "Barack Obama has failed to deliver to our veterans". Then inside it's all about that vote that Obama nixed because the bill failed to have a timeline in it. But that too is almost all black in the background with another eerie picture of Obama just faintly showing. At the bottom, again in big white letters it says,"Barack Obama: Not who you think he is."
I beg to differ with the ad, Barack Obama is exactly who I think he is and it's all good.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/543...
McCain evolved from reluctant warrior to interventionist
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By Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain fixed his sights on Saddam Hussein long before President Bush sent the U.S. military to oust the Iraqi dictator in March 2003.
Four years earlier, the Arizona senator told a Kansas State University audience that Saddam was amassing illicit weapons, and that the U.S. should arm opposition groups to overthrow him, along with North Korea's leaders and other "odious regimes."
Saddam, however, no longer had any chemical, biological or nuclear arms programs. Covert U.S. efforts to oust him had all failed because the Iraqi opposition was riddled with feuds and Iraqi spies, and because the exiles whom McCain favored — led by Ahmad Chalabi, a purveyor of bogus intelligence on Iraq who also had ties to Iran — had virtually no followers in Iraq.
"Republican presidential hopeful John McCain fixed his sights on Saddam Hussein long before President Bush sent the U.S. military to oust the Iraqi dictator in March 2003."
Unfortunately, so did Biden.
Every time I hear these guys talk about "reaching across the aisle," I grow a little more fearful of bending over in the shower to pick up the soap.
This post is a test basically.... As regards the topic??? IF Al Qaeda and other redicals in the mid-east truly want McCain to win for the reasons expressed??? So 'America becomes exhausted'...whatever the hell that's suppose to mean.. As opposed to seeing someone attain the presidency and working to among other things A. Get America out of the business of trying to scam on mid-east natural resources... and B. Recalibrating American foreign policy to be less aggressive and more positive.... If they'd rather see more years and decades of bleeding and dying by multiple nationalities just so they can crow about the demise of the U.S....???? Instead of desiring something at least approaching sanity in America's interactions with the world??? Fuck it, they are no better in their professed beliefs in Allah and whatever then the republicans and neocons in their adherence to money and power for its own sake...
Phyrric victory much AL??? I'm thinking of an old hip hop tune... Insane in the membrane... INSANE IN THE BRAIN!!! Yea... apparently the whole damned world now.... Good luck with that shit! Guess I need to buy a shovel and start digging that bomb shelter now. I'm really beginning to hate this world and what the Bush administration in all its hubris and internal corruption has created.... And for all the Muslims out there who may read this and laugh... The jokes on you too... Maybe you nice folks on the other side of this ideological cesspool ought take a closer look at the organizations who presume to represent you... What they seem to be advocating is no better than what the worst of the wests nutjobs would like to see happen.....JD
They call me Jack Damage, but its just an alias.....
HA! Kinda sounds like a hoax. Or maybe just a dream come true. I've said all along that Bush has been very good for al Qaeda. Best recruiter they ever had.
Republicans represent the race divide in this country. Nothing more, nothing less. They are afraid of losing their voice and instead of trying to remedy that by figuring out why, they whip their voter base into a frenzy and incite hateful dialog that isn't true and is promotes bigotry. What is going to happen once this election is over, when the new President is chosen? This won't go away and will intensify if Obama becomes President.
In this day and age of technology and globalisation it is just sad and pathetic.
And because McCain-Palin have nothing to say except negatives, we have:
1.) M-P criticizing Obama for having associated (minimally) with Bill Ayers and having the support of Hamas, BUT Al-Qaeda supports M-P!
2.) M-P criticizes Obama for elitism (he likes arugula), BUT the RNC has spent $150,000 to outfit and make up Palin; McCain is shown to have eight homes and 13 vehicles; and Cindy's outfit is estimated at $300,000-plus. Some Joe Six-Pack and hockey moms there!
3.) M-P criticize Obama for his remark about redistributing wealth BUT McCain is shown on The Daily Show making almost the same remark about wealth redistribution in 2000 at Michigan State.
We could all go on and on, but the points are: McCain-Palin have nothing important to say, and they are hypocrites on top of that!
A McCain steal would definitly be a great victory for al-Queda. Just as it would for all terrorist groups. It's no coincidence that domestic terrorist groups also support McCain.
go it's not as toxic as Hagee's. I'm reasonably certain McCain didn't court this one anyway.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
McCain covertly courted aQ simply by supporting GWOT (as did most of Congress). Now we have to assume they'll return the favor: put McCain in office by launching terrorist attacks.
It may work; it may not. Hard to say. But I'm afraid we'll find out "soon enough."
Hate to toot my own horn, but I literally sent the following email to Hannity, Colmes, and O'Reilly BEFORE I heard this Al Qaeda endorsement. I also sent a follow-up email asking Hannity what would happen in the confusion and aftermath in the event something, heaven forbid, were to happen to McCain while in office and that totally unqualified, totally untested Palin became President.
This is what I sent:
Hannity,
I know you’ve been harping on Joe Biden’s gaffe about some international incident testing Barack Obama if he wins. That’s fine, but as mentioned, there is a transition of power, and something likely will happen regardless of who wins. And, further, I think many presidents in recent history have been tested….Bush, obviously with 9-11; Clinton with Kosovo and the first world trade center bombing; Reagan with Lebanon; Kennedy, Russia/Cuba; first Bush, Kuwait; etc., etc.
Having said that, I have another thought. This may sound crazy, but hear me out.
Even though these terrorists hate all of us, I honestly believe that these terrorists would prefer a Republican president. I really do, and here’s why.
1. These terrorists are crazy and insane. They are full of hate and rage. This rage is what encourages them to suicide bomb themselves and others. What better way to fuel that rage than to have a Republican president who, like George W. Bush, makes statements like “bring ‘em on” or “you’re either with us or against us?” Seriously; Bush had to have encouraged these terrorists with that “bring ‘em on” statement. McCain is very militaristic and has “joked” by making statements such as “bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, Iran” and “that’s one way of killing them (Iranians),” referring to the fact that our top export to that country is cigarettes. Ahmadinijad condemned McCain’s statement. That was very foolish of McCain to have made that “killing them” statement, even if it was a “joke”…..first, the Iranian people are not our enemies; their leaders are. You do NOT joke about killing people, even if they are your enemies, and especially in this case, if McCain was referring to the Iranian people.
2. These terrorists know this is a divided country. It is being divided by Republicans like Palin who refer to small towns as being the “real America”; it is being divided by the likes of Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) who call Obama “anti-American”; it is being divided by the likes of Nancy Pfotenhauer, who refers to the “real Virginia” that will vote for John McCain; it is being divided by the likes of Randy Kuhl (R-NY) who claims that the Democratic majority wants the American people “to suffer” and “to hurt;” it is being divided by the likes of Robin Hayes who claims that “liberals hate real Americans”; and it is being divided by the likes of John McCain’s own brother, Joe, who in early October called northern Virginia “communistic.” These are all Republicans. The more divided this country is, the more vulnerable we are to terrorist attacks because we’re arguing about this crap instead of focusing on real issues.
3. We are a country of 300 million people; there are over 6 billion people in this world. We can’t do this any more by ourselves. By a 4 to 1 margin, people outside the United States prefer Obama to win. Yes, we do have to stick up for our own interests; no, the rest of the world doesn’t vote for our President; but wouldn’t that be so extremely helpful to have much of the world on our side again, supporting our efforts in fighting terrorism? I’m sure the terrorists know this and therefore would prefer McCain to win.
How about that line of thought!
AQ has had a steadfast policy of trying to hurt the United States and has been amazingly successful given their limited resources, especially as compared to our own. What I can't understand is how so many voters in this country seem bent on inflicting more GOP damage—and there's no aspect of America they left unhurt—on this country?
Now there are no doubt are a few of these people who really would like to see America further damaged (e.g., punished for some perceived wrong like treating gays as fellow humans, etc.—like those unchristian Christian demagogues) and there are probably a few more who figure they'll personally benefit no matter what (e.g., better to profit in hell than share in heaven—like McCain's "plumber"). But together those numbers couldn't even provide the margin to elect Palin governor of Alaska. The remainder is made up of GOPer zealots (e.g., those who still think the Shrub is doing a great job) and a huge bunch of clueless types (e.g., the type that voted for the Shrub twice and were surprised at how badly his policies turned out). We'll probably win this time, but given the number of soft-headed "independent" voters there's no doubt that in the foreseeable future we'll end up with another set of GOP scoundrels mismanaging and looting the country.
When a failed unrepentant Republican party's bestest buddy in the whole wide world is Al Qaeda.
Wherever its economic warfare, physical terrorism or some civil war/genocide, lift a rock and theres a Republican's BFF lurking under there.
Osama bin Laden is one clever dude!! Or how to bring down the American Empire, from any cave. I wonder what they sit around and talk about in "the cave". To be a fly on the wall...
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
birds of a feather etc
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=138_1224533701
November 5th, Palin joins Katherine Harris looking up at the undercarriage of the Republican Bus.
Let's hope that happens....as well as to Michelle Bachmann.
This is not the first time we heard this. The bankruptcy thing was supposedly said back in 2004 too. And of course, AQ cannot win USA militarily so they need to make sure “the great satan” (or whatever they call USA) uses massive amounts of resources and thus bleed sort of to death in this way. Nothing suprising about this nor about blowbacks. With operation cyclone Zbig + Carter made sure that the Soviets had their own ‘Nam in Afghanistan in the late 70’s and also during the 80’s (Reagan continued with the program). It contributed to the downfall of the Soviet Union. So of course AQ would want to use the same tactic. AQ need US presence in the middle-east so that a “holy war” is an easier sell.
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A new study from the RAND Corporation examined how 648 terror groups around the world ended between 1968 and 2006. It found that by far the most common way for them to disappear was to be absorbed by the political process. The second most common way was to be defeated by police work. In contrast, in only 7 percent of cases did military force destroy the terrorist group.
“There is no battlefield solution to terrorism,” the report declares. “Military force usually has the opposite effect from what is intended.”
http://crooksandliars.com/2008/08/11/make-dip...
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Bush: Bin Laden helped me
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-...
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