I’ve always assumed that Democrats boycotted the debates that Fox News sponsored because they wanted to stay of the right side of their Nutroots friends. I’m now willing to entertain the notion that there might be another reason. When the Obama campaign sent Dr. Susan Rice out to defend Sen. Obama, they really stepped in it. I offer as proof this video of her appearance on America’s Election HQ:

Just prior to this interview, Bill Hemmer pointed out that Obama’s campaign website said this about Iran:

Obama is the only major candidate who supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions. Now is the time to pressure Iran directly to change their troubling behavior. Obama would offer the Iranian regime a choice. If Iran abandons its nuclear program and support for terrorism, we will offer incentives like membership in the World Trade Organization, economic investments, and a move toward normal diplomatic relations. If Iran continues its troubling behavior, we will step up our economic pressure and political isolation. Seeking this kind of comprehensive settlement with Iran is our best way to make progress.

As everyone can clearly hear, Dr. Rice said that Sen. Obama would “meet with the appropriate leader at the appropriate time.”

Which is it, Dr. Rice? Would a President Obama “meet with the appropriate leader at the appropriate time”? Or would an Obama administration support “tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions”? Or would you like to triangulate a position somewhere between Sen. Obama’s original statement and the whopper you told this afternoon?

Whatever you think about the type of campaign Sen. Obama has run, it’s undeniable that he shouldn’t have taken President Bush’s statement so personally. Now he’s opened a new line of attacks Sen. McCain.

Technorati Tags: Obama, Susan Rice, Terrorism, Foreign Policy, John McCain, President Bush, Election 2008

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

1. Susan Rice — that name sounds familiar. Isn’t she the well-informed State Department chick that torpedoed the Sudanese handover of Osama bin Laden to us during the Clinton Administration? If she is the person I think she is, she’s at best a powder puff to be ignored by the Iranians and their criminal Hezbollah and Hamas puppets. That being the case, why do so-called “university-educated” Americans listen to this incompetent creep?

   Comment by Mescalero — May 15, 2008 @ 7:56 pm