McCain Responds to Obama's "Vindicated" Line

(CBS)

From CBS News' John Bentley:

(PERKASIE, PA.) – Seizing on a comment his rival has made numerous times over the past 10 months, John McCain said he hasn't "been vindicated by anything" with regards to his country.

"I've been humbled and honored to have the great opportunity to serve this nation, the greatest nation in the world and defend its freedom and I'll do that until my last breath," McCain said at a rally here.

McCain was referring to Barack Obama's statement about winning the Iowa caucuses. "On the day of the Iowa caucus, my faith in the American people was vindicated and what you started here in Iowa has swept the nation," Obama said yesterday in Des Moines.

Obama's campaign accused McCain of twisting their candidate's words.

"It's pathetic that John McCain would take a statement Barack Obama has been making for a year about his faith in the American people and distort it to attack his patriotism," said Obama spokesman Bill Burton.

"Sadly, this is what we've come to expect from a desperate, dishonorable campaign that will say anything in a failed attempt to win this election."

[dburfears]

Does McCain understand common English language? His comment about "vindicated" leaves one to wonder.

Either McCain is truly illiterate, or McCain knows he is twisting Obama''s words and purposefully misrepresenting them for his own gain.

Either way, McCain is not prepared to be President.

[bonoschild]

oh no! CBSispravda is cutting and pasting on this page now...so any response to al-Qaeda endorsing McCain? Oh well- Palin proved herself YET AGAIN with her brilliant conversation with President Sarkozy

[fmoolten-2009]

During the last few days of a campaign, exchanges of this type are to be expected, but probably have little effect on the outcome. Nevertheless, this election season has witnessed some unexpected trends. Support for Obama among Democrats is not surprising, but a striking development recently has been Barack Obama''s endorsement by prominent Republicans. The most notable was Colin Powell, but others include former Republican Governors, as well as Charles Fried, who was Ronald Reagan''s Solicitor General. Despite some policy differences with Obama, they have seen him as more stable, better informed, better qualified, and less impulsive on critical issues, including the nation''s economic crisis. Possibly more important, as the election nears, some conservatives have grown terrified at the thought that Sarah Palin might become president in a complicated and dangerous world where her incompetence would put the nation at unprecedented risk. Even with the hope that a Palin presidency would never occur, that same alarm has impelled them to lose faith in the judgment of Senator McCain, based on his selection of an unqualified candidate for the second place on the ticket. It would be a mistake to confuse their preference for Obama with a permanent shift in political allegiance. At this point, their overriding concern appears to be the nation''s safety, but their support for Obama in this election may not be a good predictor of how they will vote in the future.

Fred Moolten

[bonoschild]

I should mention that I live in Arizona, and I know several people-Dem and Repub- who are shocked, disappointed and ashamed of McCain''s choice of ugliness this campaign cycle. The fact that Arizona is now a battleground is testimony that the Maverick we all knew and respected is dead and gone forever

[bonoschild]

so iamrepublican is cutting and pasting that Hannity/Savage nonsense over here, too??? Those poor, desperate, silly right-wingers...Maybe the headline tomorrow will be: OBAMA ALLEGED TO HAVE TIES TO MARTIANS

[bonoschild]

%u201CSadly, this is what we%u2019ve come to expect from a desperate, dishonorable campaign that will say anything in a failed attempt to win this election.%u201D

Yeah, that about sums it up for John the Former Maverick

[irmcvet97]

Posted by coldpillow at 05:35 PM : Nov 01, 2008


How many times are you poor fools going to post the same tired old Garbage? You blame the "media" yet for 21 months day after day, never ending, you losers come on with your "Guilt by Association" Wedge attempting to turn this election into the same thing we had in 2004. Even a small child SHOULD be able to figure out that the People of this nation are tired of it and are NOT going to fall for it a second time.

[dubya_luvr]

Posted by iamdemocrat at 06:13 PM : Nov 01, 2008

You''re lying.

State Verifies Obama''s Birth Certificate
http://www.kitv.com/politics/17860890/detail.html?rss=hon&psp=news

[notopennshut]

This old McSame character is so short of ideas that he is just listening to every Obama campaign and trying to pick a line or two to make negative attacks. It is the main reason why he is behind. No new ideas to help lead us forward, but just depending on the same old McBush policies to run us further into the ground. Is it just dementia?? How can he be considered fit to lead when all he is doing to trying to make us vicious and untrue attackes from the other side. It is obvious that we must vote for Obama is we want to move forwards and build a better country for us all.

[truthspeake2]

Obama/Biden 2008...death to the GOP!