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To: Road Walker who wrote (395717)	7/2/2008 2:40:42 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 1573930

who was the guy in the wizard of oz without the brain? INODE?

To: Road Walker who wrote (395717)	7/2/2008 5:00:06 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573930

tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com "Though he does label Wes Clark's comments "inartful," Obama offers no apologies for them at his presser today. Instead he makes the novel argument that as a candidate for the most powerful post in the world, he's got other, more important things to think about... The McCain campaign rushed out a statement moments ago attacking Obama for the above appearance, saying: "Apparently Barack Obama now thinks that smear attacks on John McCain's military service are fair game. The McCain campaign does indeed want an apology from Obama, as opposed to a rejection of Clark's comments. An apology would constitute a kind of admission that Obama had somehow participated in an exercise designed to demean someone's military service. This would make the subtext -- that Obama doesn't sufficiently respect military service in general -- that much easier for the GOP to keep alive. That subtext is what this is really about, of course" Now this is the Obama I know and admire! ;-)

To: Road Walker who wrote (395717)	7/2/2008 5:08:39 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573930

Love it! Its taken 8 long years but its incredible watching the Dems finally get their collective acts together. Trying to respond to the inane issues and questions raised by the GOPers only causes to frustration and leads to the dilution of the Dem message. The adults are taking over and they need to show the GOPers how its done. Webb: McCain Should 'Calm Down' on Using Military Service briefingroom.thehill.com Webb, a Barack Obama supporter, was on MSNBC's "Countdown" to talk about his G.I. Bill to increase education benefits for returning veterans which is now law. Webb criticized both McCain and President Bush for not supporting the bill. Then, unprompted, Webb weighed in on the debate over retired Gen. Wesley Clark's remark that "riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down" isn't "a qualification to be president." "I think what we really need to work on over the next four, five months, and it goes back to the speech that Sen. Obama gave [Monday] and this little fight that I've been watching and that is, we need to make sure that we take politics out of service," Webb said. "People don't serve their country for political issues." He continued: "And John McCain's my long-time friend, if that is one area that I would ask him to calm down on, it`s that, don't be standing up and uttering your political views and implying that all the people in the military support them because they don't, any more than when the Democrats have political issues during the Vietnam War. Let's get the politics out of the military, take care of our military people, or have our political arguments in other areas." UPDATE: Webb's office e-mailed the Briefing Room a response to critics who have argued that Webb is criticizing McCain's military service. "Senator Webb has never, and would never, demean the service of anyone who has stepped forward to serve our country. To the contrary, he was calling on those on all sides of the debate to refrain from implying that their political views are representative of the military writ large," wrote Webb's press secretary, Kimberly Hunter.