Crooks & Liars: "Weak Daschle lets Graham call Obama camp liars: Obama’s surrogates must WAKE UP!"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Daschle-riffic video clip is available at the URL below.

Weak Daschle lets Graham call Obama camp liars: Obama’s surrogates must WAKE UP!

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/04/weak-daschle-lets-graham-call-obama-camp-liars-obamas-surrogates-must-wake-up/



I think this is a major problem. Tom Daschle does some good things, but during FNS he fell down on the job. You cannot let Lindsey Graham or any McCain surrogate call Obama’s campaign liars, especially when it’s not true. The Republicans are trying to exploit the race issue and will stoop as low as they can go over it. Graham was foaming at the mouth in denouncing Obama for using the “race card.”

Graham: …To say that Barack Obama did not intentionally inject the idea that he was going to be a victim of his name and his race is a lie.

…he said Bush and McCain are going to make you afraid of me. he doesn’t, he’s got a funny name. You know he doesn’t look like those other presidents on those dollar bills. To say that that’s not trying to interject the idea that you’re a victim of John McCain, trying to make fun of your name and your racial background is lie. Now that needs to be admitted to. We’re not going to run a campaign like he did in the primary, every time somebody brings up a challenge to who you are or what you believe—you’re a racist. That’s not going to happen in this campaign.

Daschle: First I will say that John McCain is not a racist since nobodies every accused him of being that, but you’ve just seen the evidence. You’ve just seen exactly what Barack was talking about.

Lindsey is the liar. He knows it, but they figure they can get away with repeating lies all day long and nobody will object to it in the media. They will just ask for an opposing opinion. We’ve seen what’s been going on. Poor John McCain is not a racist. He just loves MLK day, that’s why he tried to block it and then lie about it.

Tom has got to hit him with a sledge hammer if he’s going to call Obama a liar. This trying to look above it stuff will not work in the general. The culture of Rove knows only one thing. Character assassination and they are playing it big time against Obama. When Graham calls you a liar you don’t say McCain is not a racist. You point out that McCain’s camp ran an ad that had Obama’s face on Mount Rushmore and dollar bills.

[Peregrine Took]

1. I'm so frustrated. Dukakis, Kerry, spineless surrogates - its happening

all over again.

When queried about this situation the pro Obama spokespeople respond either that "the people won't fall for those "falsehoods" (weasel term for a lie) or "McCain is taking the low road" which will eventually collapse for him.

A week of taking the high road has led to a virtual tie in the national polls.

[butterfly77]

2. I expected this..

so that is why I didn't watch it,Daschle is too mild mannered and Graham is a dirty,sleazy,greasy LIAR who will say or do anything while Daschle is trying to be polite. Daschle of all people should know what to expect when he agreed to appear on the show.

I have been saying this for a while a lot of representatives for Obama usually try to be nice when they should go in for the kill like Susan Rice she never lets them gain any ground and she knows her facts...

[Supersedeas]

3. there is a reason that Daschle is not longer leader and no longer in the Senate

[depakid]

4. Having Daschle out there is like having a Chihuahua for a guard dog

then again, at least Chihuahua's bark....

[zulchzulu]

5. I thought Daschle did fine... it's goddamn Fixed Snooze that is the problem

Wallace was giving Graham puff points to go after Obama. Daschle was doing what he could without looking like a wackjob.

Put it this way. The only people who believed Graham was his boyfriend and the halfwits who think Fixed Snooze is actually journalism.

[TheDonkey]

6. Dascle needs to go on permenant retirement. The man is a waste.