McCain Mistakenly Links Obama To Carter Hamas Meeting

April 16th, 2008, 6:30 PM EDT

John McCain would have you believe that Jimmy Carter’s meeting with Hamas is proof of what a bad choice Obama would be for president. But Obama is critical of Carter’s mission.  Here’s Obama’s position:

“We must not negotiate with a terrorist group intent on Israel’s destruction. We should only sit down with Hamas if they renounce terrorism, recognize Israel’s right to exist, and abide by past agreements.”

While I believe Carter is heroic for working toward peace with such controversial players, this may be a better mission for a former president than either a candidate or a sitting chief executive, and we have little to lose by Carter taking to these hardliners.  But attemts to wrap Carter’s visit around Obama are disingenuous. 

Posted in Liberaland by Alan

Responses to this post...

  1. On the other hand, didn’t Obama say that he would sit down with the current President of Iran without such preconditions? It’s not as if there is no point of similarity between Obama’s positions and Carter’s trip, even if Obama apparently does have the good sense to disapprove of official negotiations with Hamas.

    Posted by Tom Hanna
    April 16th, 2008 at 7:29 pm

  2. How did Clinton achieve 8 years of peacetime while in the white house? Talking to everyone around the world. Peace talks. What does Bush do on his 8 years while in the white house?
    ‘YOUR MY ENEMY AND IF YOUR NOT ON MY SIDE, YOU ARE MY ENEMY TOO!’
    What type of message is sending?
    “Lets build nuclear weapons! Why? Bush already said he is our enemy so, whats the use of peace talks?’
    So, here comes Iran, and here comes North Korea building weapons and now that we are in Iraq, we can’t do CRAP against Iran or North Korea!
    Why? Because of Bush’s policies!
    Now, you ask this to a red-neck back in deep texas, what will they tell ya?
    “hell, lets bomb them right now! all of them!’
    And i ask them if they got anyone in the military or if they are willing to enlist to go bomb iran and north korea themselves, what do they tell me?
    ‘uh no, Walmart needs me more than this country and, lets bomb everyone, but i am going to go watch Hannity & Colmes! that is why i vote republican’!
    INCREDIBLE!

    Posted by Louie The Liberal
    April 16th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

  3. Louie, you sound bitter. Is that why you’re clinging to antipathy toward Texans?

    Posted by Tom Hanna
    April 16th, 2008 at 8:57 pm

  4. I guess with McCain it’ll soon be time to start playing the Geritol card.

    Posted by RC from Smithtown
    April 16th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

  5. To Tom Hanna,

    You must be those red-necks texans i was talking about, eh?

    I must have hit a nerve.

    LOL

    Posted by Louie The Liberal
    April 17th, 2008 at 12:06 am

  6. vote democrat by the way….

    Posted by Louie The Liberal
    April 17th, 2008 at 12:07 am

  7. Vote NONE of the above,chances are we will have a better chance to get out of this recession

    Posted by Batman
    April 17th, 2008 at 9:33 am

  8. From what I can see, disingenuous is too soft a term.

    Posted by W "The" F "Jackass" G
    April 17th, 2008 at 11:55 am

  9. First of all, John McCain is an idiot. Second of all, with over 4000 dead in Iraq, the tanking economy, gas and food prices skyrocketing, who gives a shit about Carter’s meeting with Hamas???
    Jeez! We’re still waiting for the cleanup of Hurrican Katrina.

    Posted by Annie
    April 17th, 2008 at 1:43 pm