Heads Up, Team McCain
I agree with Andy McCarthy that Salter’s response to Obama’s “offense” is excellent — mostly. Salter says:
It is important to focus on what Senator Obama is attempting to do here: He is trying desperately to delegitimize the discussion of issues that raise legitimate questions about his judgment and preparedness to be President of the United States.
Yes, but that’s not the most important thing he’s trying to do — wait, strike trying, he’s done it. Again. Let’s look at the events.
Ahmed Yousef, political adviser for Hamas, said that Hamas supports Obama.
McCain pointed out that Hamas supports Obama — which is exactly what Yousef said.
Obama responds:
“This is offensive, and I think it’s disappointing,†Obama told Blitzer, when asked his thoughts about McCain’s comments that the terrorist organization Hamas wants Obama to be president. “Because John McCain always says ‘I am not going to run that kind of politics,’ and to engage in that kind of smear is unfortunate, particularly because my policy toward Hamas has been no different than his.
Stop right there, because he just did it. Do you see what he’s done? He’s changed the topic, from “Hamas supports Obama” to “My policy toward Hamas,” which is completely irrelevant to the issue. And Blitzer, of course, lets him get away with it, because he’s got his face planted so far up Obama’s rectum he probably didn’t even notice.
If this were only one example, it wouldn’t be worth much attention. But it’s not. This is what Obama does: Rather than answer a question, he skillfully changes the topic, and answers that. In the two Democrat debates I watched, he did exactly the same thing on every single question he was asked. He didn’t answer even one question. He essentially substituted another question, and answered that.
And they let him get away with it. Hillary let him get away with it. Edwards let him get away with it. The moderators let him get away with it. All of them let him get away with it.
This is important because Obama will be debating McCain, both in the press and on stage. The Democrats (as well as the moderators) let him get away with it every time he did it. McCain cannot. McCain needs to hold Obama’s feet to the fire, and not let him change the subject. I suspect that if he does, Obama’s answers won’t be nearly so polished and impressive. There must be a reason he always does that, after all.
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