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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (385595)5/21/2008 7:12:37 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (2) of 1576356
 

"I have to say I completely disagree that people have been walking back from anything," Obama said. "They may be correcting the characterizations or distortions of John McCain or others of what I said. What I said was I would meet with our adversaries, including Iran, including Venezuela, including Cuba, including North Korea, without preconditions, but that does not mean without preparation."


I don't know how the question could have been clearer. The word "preconditions" was included in the question for a particular reason and had a particular meaning.

His response was totally naive and incompetent by any knowledgeable person's standard. And it was made so by the inclusion of the "preconditions" term in the question.

So, now he wants to back away from it. I don't blame him; it makes him look like the absolute neophyte he is, and he can be slammed for it daily between now and November and it is a legitimate criticism.

Wouldn't he have been better off just saying, "Oh, I really didn't hear the question clearly -- I didn't get the term "precondition" and that obviously changes the meaning of he question"? I think he would. Instead, he is trying to morph the entire exchange into something it wasn't.
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