McCain Slaps Obama: He's Acting Like He's Already President
leona...@primus.ca
McCain Slaps Obama:
He's Acting Like He's Already President
Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:44 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Republican John McCain said on Thursday he would like to
give a speech in Germany as U.S. president not as a White House candidate,
taking a swipe at rival Barak Obama while the Democrat gave a major address
in Berlin.
"I'd love to give a speech in Germany ... a political speech or a speech
that maybe the German people would be interested in, but I'd much prefer to
do it as president of the United States rather than as a candidate ... for
the office of presidency," McCain told reporters in Ohio.
Standing in front of a store in a neighbourhood known as German Village,
McCain -- for whom foreign policy is considered a strength -- said he would
focus on issues at home while his opponent travelled abroad.
"We're going to be campaigning across the heartland of America and talking
about the issues that are challenging America today," he said.
Obama drew a crowd estimated by one local official at 200,000 in Berlin's
Tiergarten Park, <at a rock concert> where he urged Europe to stand by the
United States in bringing stability to Afghanistan and confronting other
threats from climate change to nuclear proliferation.
Republicans have scoffed at Obama's high profile speech, which German media
has compared to President John Kennedy's famous 1963 "Ich bin ein Berliner"
address.
"Ich bin ein Hypocrite," the Republican party chided in a statement,
criticizing Obama for what it called a lack of leadership on Afghanistan in
a congressional committee he chairs. "Ich bin" means "I am" in German.
McCain, who had a bratwurst for lunch, said he already knew many of the
European leaders with whom Obama was scheduled to hold talks on a trip
designed to bolster the Illinois senator's foreign policy credentials.
"I have very good relations with Europe, many of the European leaders,"
McCain said, noting he had met several times with German Chancellor Angela
Merkel and had visited with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British
Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
"I know them well. It's not my first meeting with them or with the leaders
in Israel and the Palestinians," he said.
"I'm very happy that a lot of these new leaders in Europe, particularly in
France and Germany, are much more pro-American than their predecessors
were," he said, adding they had "common cause" in trying to prevent Iran
from acquiring nuclear weapons.
The Arizona senator also confirmed he would meet with the Dalai Lama in
Aspen, Colorado, on Friday and he called the exiled Tibetan leader a
"transcendent" international role model.
"I have admired him and respected him for the efforts he's made for on
behalf of freedom of the people of Tibet but also all over the world,"
McCain said.
John Agosta
He should go fish, and relax. Forever.
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Titix
McCain was speaking in a cafe to an audience of 6 people. He should
retire, go fishing and save his money.