McCain Adviser: Terrorist Attack Would Help McCain in Election

E_Pluribus_Venom · #1 (**permalink**) 06-23-2008, 01:22 PM

McCain Adviser: Terrorist Attack Would Help McCain in Election

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McCain adviser Charlie Black told Fortune Magazine that national security events help Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

"The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December was an 'unfortunate event,' says Black. 'But his knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who's ready to be Commander-in-Chief. And it helped us.' As would, Black concedes with startling candor after we raise the issue, another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. 'Certainly it would be a big advantage to him,' says Black."

Per ABC News' Bret Hovell, McCain distanced himself from the remarks today.

"I cannot imagine why he would say it," McCain said. "It’s not true. I’ve worked tirelessly since 9/11 to prevent another attack on the United States of America. My record is very clear. The Armed Services Committee, and pieces of legislation. Sponsoring with Joe Lieberman the 9/11 Commission so we could find out the causes and how to fix the challenges that we face to fix the security of our nation. I cannot imagine it. And, uh. So, I would … If he said that, and I do not know the context, I strenuously disagree."

Regardless of McCain distancing himself from Black's sentiment, Democratic consultants have said similar things to me.

- jpt

UPDATE: Hovell reports that outside McCain’s Fresno fundraiser, Black read a statement: “I deeply regret the comments—they were inappropriate. I recognize that John McCain has devoted his entire adult life to protecting his country.”

"Sure, people would die, but we'll gain political advantage!!!"

farmer_fred · #2 (**permalink**) 06-23-2008, 01:35 PM

Just like the PNAC said it would take a "Pearl Harbor type attack" for the neocons to justify an attack on Iraq, now we have this prophesy. We'll see if it's self-fufilling. Can you say October surprise?

onalandline · #3 (**permalink**) 06-23-2008, 01:35 PM

It certainly wouldn't help Obama.

glitch · #4 (**permalink**) 06-23-2008, 01:44 PM

Not sure what he apologized for. Guess certain things, although true, are not supposed to be spoken out loud.

onalandline · #5 (**permalink**) 09-08-2008, 04:49 AM

Newsmax:

Iranians Hoping for ‘Muslim’ Obama Victory

Iran’s leadership has expressed “great pleasure” at the prospect of a Barack Obama victory in November, according to Menashe Amir, the Iranian-born head of Radio Israel’s Persian language service.

But Iranian President Ahmadinejad has said he doubts that the American establishment “will allow” Obama to win.

“One of the Iranian religious leaders said if Obama will enter the White House, then Islam will conquer the heart of the American nation,” Amir told Isracast.com.

The Iranian leadership likes Obama “mainly because he is a Muslim,” according to Amir. His first name, Barack, comes from “al-baraq,” which is the name of the horse that Muslims believe Muhammad rode on his way to paradise.

His middle name Hussein is also a Muslim name, and he was “born in a Muslim family,” said Amir.

In fact, Obama is a Christian. His deceased father was a Muslim, and though Obama attended a Muslim school in Indonesia, he never pursued the Muslim faith of his early childhood. While some commentators have suggested that this qualifies him as an apostate — a “crime” punishable by death according to Islamic sharia law — Menashe Amir disagreed.

“If he wins the election, Muslims will be very proud of such a conquest, such a win. He didn’t convert [to Christianity] after he was 18. It happened much, much before,” so the sharia law judgment does not apply.

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