McCain Slams Rep. King’s Obama Comments
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John McCain’s presidential campaign has condemned remarks by Rep. Steve King, who claimed that terrorists will be “dancing in the streets” if Democrat Barack Obama is elected president.
“The senator rejects the type of politics that degrades our civics, and this campaign will be about the future of our country,” said Jill Hazelbaker, spokeswoman for the presumptive Republican nominee.
“McCain could not be clearer on how he views these types of comments, and obviously that view extends to Congressman King’s statement.”
King, a three-term Republican from Iowa, made the comments to a radio station on Friday as he announced his bid for another term in the House, the Washington Post reported.
“I don’t want to disparage anyone because of their race, their ethnicity, their name — whatever their religion their father might have been,” King said.
“I’ll just say this: When you think about the optics of a Barack Obama potentially getting elected president of the United States — I mean, what does this look like to the rest of the world? What does it look like to the world of Islam?”
King then said: “I will tell you that if he is elected president, then the radical Islamists, the al-Qaida, the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11 because they will declare victory in this war on terror.”
King then told Fox News on Saturday that if “we elect Obama to the presidency and . . . if they don’t dance in the streets, I will come and apologize to you and everybody in America. But I’m saying, ‘I’m right.’”
Obama responded during a campaign stop in Mississippi on Monday: “I think that Mr. King has it backwards. The fact that the continuation of a presence in Iraq as Sen. McCain has suggested is exactly what, I think, will fan the flames of anti-American sentiment and make it more difficult for us to create a long-term and sustainable peace in the world.”
Wild Thing’s comment…….
I stand with King…McCain needs to apologize to King.
Regarding my being ticked at McCain for his being a liberal, it never seems to end……….Michael Corleone: “Just when I thought that I was out they pull me back in.”
I don’t see how McCain can campaign against either Obama or Hillary, especially if every time a Republican says something anti-Democrat, he jumps in to defend the lib. I have never seen a politician do so much to alienate his base as McCain has.
It’s true. Terrorists will be dancing in the streets. Tough cookies but Obama has painted himself as a terrorist-enabler by offering them a “summit”. Terrorists don’t deserve a “summit”. All the hand-wringing will bring us an Obama presidency.
He’s showing his true colors, isn’t he?
He’s a dummycrap in Rino clothing.
I got no one to vote for.
McCain is pandering and patronizing to his potential rival. Later he can claim to have supported Obomba’s character when he himself(McCain) goes on the attack.
As I said in an earlier response, it comes down to which Liberal you want to vote for. I really think that McCain is hoping that if he loses the presidential race, Obama will pick him up as his VP!!! What a bunch of idiots!!!!!!
And McCain wonders why and cries in his beer because conservatives are not lining up behind him!!!! This is almost turning out to be an election of who can best sound like an Evangelical preacher that has been sent here to save the world!!!!
God…….take me now and put me out of this misery!!!! Or maybe I have passed on and this is the Hell I must endure!!!!!
Another one of the many reasons you won’t see any support for McCain here.
The only way McCain will win this thing is if the democrats implode. And Obama, make some huge mistake. Why not go for the real Liberal, Obama, McCain is as Lynn said.
Could the long rumored collaboration stories be true about the Fringe Veteran? I stepped out on the porch this morning, looked up at that black flag with the white lettering clearly stating the words:
POW*MIA
YOU ARE NOT FOGOTTEN
John McCain seems to have fogotten in his pandering with the comrads on the left that:
Freedom Isn’t Free!
Got my boiler plate questionnaire from Mike Duncan today, this is the choice he and the committee made for me, Lynn summed it up, I got no one to vote for.
Need money Mike Duncan? Talk to Soros, McVain’s banker.
Nice post Wild Thing.
McCain is like an onion. Layer after layer of stink and dissapointment. He is a true liberal, he uses emotion not reason and his universe is “ME”. He was tortured so he is forever against it. He can’t stand criticism, so he moves to outlaw it (McCain-Finegold). His liquor business sells a hell of a lot of beer to Mexicans so he is for open borders. And on and on.
Actually, it’s not his liquor business. The mob has always owned the liquor business in Arizona. Jon McCain just married into a family that owned a liquor business and got his son a good job in the process.
As layers are peeled off the Obama onion, Islam roots and sympathies stink. If you were to pull more layers off the McCain onion, mob, booze, and rackets would stink.
McCain is unfit to be president. Obama is unfit to be president. And Hilary is unfit to be president. A three way Hobson’s choice–no choice at all.
Lynn this is the most difficult election in my lifetime and for all of us.
I keep thinking too of the future for your kids and others children. It is all very concerning.
Tom, yes, it will be interesting to see how McCain goes on the attack like you said. Obama is so touching that almost everything a person says he complains about.
John no you have to stick around we would miss you a lot!!!!
LOL But I do know exactly what you mean, this is a living hell going through all this with no one to be happy about not even a little.
Bob that’s true, I will post facts about those running and news items.
Mark, if McCain is smart he will get a good conservative as his VP, but my confidence in him for even that has diminished. I don’t think he cares about the conservative base anymore.
Jack thanks for those links.
Yes talk to Soros, oh wow what a disappointment this whole thing is for America’s future.
LomaAlta, your right all three are unfit.
Typical ‘Officer & a gentleman’ bullshiite! Give me Gunny Lee Ermey or John Stryker USMC!! Like Al-Qaeda islamofascist throat cutters vote GOP, eh? Naval aviator McCain forgets that if you take (fly) the high road… you get SHOT DOWN!!!
Darth, yessss let’s hear from Gunny Lee Emery and John Stryker too.
Hi Darth, good one.
I dig this Fererro and apologizing gig…from Bubba Clinton like he’s Mister TRUTH… know what I mean? And Hillary not saying nada about Empire State EX-Governor Spitzer who is the EMPEROR that wore no clothes…not too hip nor cool man? Spitzer could sing THE WANDERER…love ’em and leave ’em… Like Bubba? Toooo many RPM’s in spin mode!