Obama: Presumptuous or Taken Out of Context?
From CBS News' Steve Chaggaris:
A quote in today's Washington Post has Barack Obama's opponents salivating at the prospect of using it against him while Democrats are insisting it's taken completely out of context.
While speaking to a closed door meeting with House Democrats yesterday, the Post quoted him as saying, "This is the moment . . . that the world is waiting for... I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions."
The Republican National Committee sent around the quote first thing this morning as part of its "Audacity Watch," where they've been hitting Obama for acting presidential before he's even elected.
A House Democratic staffer, however, tells CBS News that this quote is taken way out of context.
"The Post left out the important first half of the sentence," the staffer said, adding that the quote was more like, "It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign, that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. It’s about America. I have just become a symbol...”
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., who was in the room, pointed out to Fox News that the line was taken completely out of context.
"It was not about him," Clyburn said.
A quote in today's Washington Post has Barack Obama's opponents salivating at the prospect of using it against him while Democrats are insisting it's taken completely out of context.
While speaking to a closed door meeting with House Democrats yesterday, the Post quoted him as saying, "This is the moment . . . that the world is waiting for... I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions."
The Republican National Committee sent around the quote first thing this morning as part of its "Audacity Watch," where they've been hitting Obama for acting presidential before he's even elected.
A House Democratic staffer, however, tells CBS News that this quote is taken way out of context.
"The Post left out the important first half of the sentence," the staffer said, adding that the quote was more like, "It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign, that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. It’s about America. I have just become a symbol...”
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., who was in the room, pointed out to Fox News that the line was taken completely out of context.
"It was not about him," Clyburn said.
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See all 69 CommentsVote third party as a protest, they both are the same and that is why they are so close in the polls, neither one can gather enough to move into double digit leads in the national polls.
Vote third party as a protest, they both are the same and that is why they are so close in the polls, neither one can gather enough to move into double digit leads in the national polls.
JOHN McCAIN CALLED HIS "OWN" WIFE A CU*NT IN FRONT THREE REPORTERS, AND JOHN McCAIN''S CALLED HIS OWN WIFE A CU*NT IN FRONT OF HIS OWN CAMPAIGN STAFF MEMBERS!!!
osted by rosesnpearls at 03:45 PM : Jul 30, 2008
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** But it is okay to kick them to the curb once they are born.
Posted by truthmatterz at 05:16 PM : Jul 30, 2008
Silly Republicans, God isn''t a CPA.
He HATES being American!
osted by rosesnpearls at 03:45 PM : Jul 30, 2008
************************************ But it is okay to kick them to the curb once they are born.
Posted by standlee5
************************************* We know she has been traveling the world we are paying for it along with her makeover and expensive wardrobe. But the question is what has she accomplished?
Posted by Ariel133 at 12:56 PM : Jul 30, 2008
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Obama has achieved nothing in his life unlike you who sits around infront of a keyboard posting vile smears and garbage while earning 10 cents a post from the McCain campaign.
That''s okay pschopaths brains don''t connect with what they do. Sound familiar?
All A**es covered!
Next check with the Mccain campaign to see what the them of his next attack ad will be so you can coordinate your theme of the week ''reporting''
American voters are too apathetic to show up as 200,000 for any candidate. People may want ''change'' but be careful what you wish for when it comes to the likes of Obama. He does not even have Senate experience since he cannot seem to attend enough to vote and does not have the guts to truly and openly vote his non-existant convictions. Europe and the Middle East would love for us to elect a spineless, inept ''pretty-boy, wanna-be-star'' as president so they can run over us. I vote for moral issues and God will take care of my finances. If you support killing babies for convenience you do not get my vote. Period.
If there are two empty suits running for office, y''think old Johnny stands a chance? Obama presents a modicum of intelligence, compared to zilch for McCan''t.
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