Palin: Obama Puts Ambition Over Country - CNN Ticker

[WillyT]

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CINCINNATI, Ohio (CNN) – After a week of hammering Barack Obama over his ties to former radical William Ayers, Sarah Palin opened up a new line of attack Friday by questioning Obama’s patriotism, citing a newspaper report that the Illinois senator negotiated with Iraqi officials this summer to stall a White House agreement on a timeline for troop withdrawals from the country.

“We’ve learned that Barack Obama tried to influence negotiations with Iraqi leaders in a way that would set back America's cause there, while advancing his campaign here,” Palin said at a morning fundraiser in the upscale Cincinnati suburb of Indian Hill.

“We learned this morning that Iraqi officials are saying Senator Obama tried to make a secret deal with the Iraqi government and he apparently wanted this action delayed, some more strategy delayed, that would reduce troop numbers until the next president takes office.”

Palin was referring to a Washington Times report Friday that said Obama privately pushed Iraqi officials in June to delay negotiating a long-term “status of forces agreement” until the new president enters the White House, a move that would appear to step on the Bush administration, which was in the midst of negotiating its own agreement.

According to the article, the Obama campaign insisted the Democratic nominee was negotiating in his capacity as a senator, and that he believes Congress should have input on negotiations over troop reductions.

Palin accused Obama of presumptuously meddling in the affairs of a sitting president, at the expense of U.S. troops.

"Obama apparently tried to undermine our government's official efforts to reduce troops in Iraq,” she said. “If this is a true, again, it is a stunning example of putting ambition above country. To put political ambitions in front of doing what's right for our troops is breathtaking and it is unacceptable."

“I pray to God that people have enough time to let this register with them and start again, connecting the dots and understand the contrast between the tickets,” Palin said.

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Link: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/10/palin-obama-puts-ambition-over-country/

Jesus Lady... you've got some fucking nerve. You really want to play traitor games???

We need to push the AIP story harder.

:mad:

[TwilightGardener]

1. This was already debunked as a lie--fucking bitch.

[NewJeffCT]

2. project much Sarah?

sheesh. they're just too over the top to be believable.

[npincus]

3. Drudge takes a dump, and it becomes a Palin talking point.

[pdxmom]

8. I would guess that it was the other way around. Team McPalin sent

that to Drudge with the cooperation of the Moonie Times. This is an old story that has already been debunked.

[Alter Ego]

4. Fuck you, Sarah, and your secessionist party ties.

I hope the people of Alaska wise up and exile you to live with the caribou.

[nyhuskyfan]

5. It's time.

Every surrogate out there needs to hit hard on AIP with harsh language. Obama can stay above the fray and keep his focus positive (while hitting McCain), but Palin needs to be attacked.

[ecstatic]

6. Ms. "Must not blink" who knew she was grossly unqualified

to serve as an assistant to the VP's cook, much less as the next in line for POTUS.

[dkf]

7. Who cares about IRAQ??!!!

Does this idiot realize we are facing a financial meltdown? Do we care about anything other than not throwing our $ at Iraq?

GET A CLUE!

[City Lights]

9. Sarah the sewer rat spews again.

Gawd, I despise that woman more with each passing day. :grr:

[ipfilter]

10. What a stunning lack of self awareness.

[high density]

11. New line of attack?

Every piece of this is recycled from earlier in the campaign.

[ejpoeta]

12. do you ever get the feeling, while watching palin and mccain make these attacks

against obama, that they are projecting their own tactics onto him? i mean, every time i hear mccain accuse obama of this or that, or palin.... i think to myself (or yell at the tv) you're the one doing that. geesh!

[rebel with a cause]

14. guilty people always do that, well almost always.

A cheating spouse will accuse their partner of cheating even if that partner never has cheated, given them reason to believe they are cheating, or has any opportunity to cheat. Projection much, deniability much, stupidity much.
:evilgrin:

[Overseas]

13. Failin Palin, who accepted a position for which she and we all know she is not qualified,

is telling us Obama is too ambitious?

Is that because Sarah considers herself exempt because she's just doing God's will?

How does she know God has not chosen Obama to lead our nation out of the greedy eight years of Republican cruelty into a new compassionate era ? Did God tell her that, too ?

[anonymous171]

15. lol uppity

[and-justice-for-all]

16. AIP ...nt

[GobamaX]

17. First thoughts were....

That was Weak.

[Virginia Dare]

18. What a loser.....n/t

[Captiosus]

19. As always, Palin is confused.

She clearly meant to say "McCain", not "Obama".

"I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president."
- Senator John McCain, "Worth the Fighting For", 2002.

[Matariki]

20. Wow. Their strategy appears to be to accuse Obama of everything they're guilty of

Like Cindy McCain calling Obama's campaign 'the dirtiest in history'.

What an odd, psychotic strategy.