Obama: McCain "wasn't willing to say it to my face"

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Sen. Barack Obama says the personal attacks levied against him by the campaign of his presidential rival, Sen. John McCain, particularly references to his association with 1960s anti-war radical Bill Ayers, are an attempt to "score cheap political points."

"Why don't we just clear it up right now," Obama told ABC News' Charlie Gibson in an exclusive interview for World News. "I'll repeat again what I've said many times. This is a guy who engaged in some despicable acts 40 years ago when I was eight years old. By the time I met him, 10 or 15 years ago, he was a college professor of education at the University of Illinois . . . And the notion that somehow he has been involved in my campaign, that he is an adviser of mine, that . . . I've 'palled around with a terrorist', all these statements are made simply to try to score cheap political points."

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Obama also said he was surprised some of those attacks weren't brought up by his opponent at the debate Tuesday night at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.

"I am surprised that, you know, we've been seeing some pretty over-the-top attacks coming out of the McCain campaign over the last several days, that he wasn't willing to say it to my face. But I guess we've got one last debate. So presumably, if he ends up feeling that he needs to, he will raise it during the debate."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/st...5237&page=1

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Why would McCain want to make the presidential debate interesting? I thought they were both out to cure my insomnia last night.

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"Why don't we just clear it up right now," Obama told ABC News' Charlie Gibson in an exclusive interview for World News. "I'll repeat again what I've said many times. This is a guy who engaged in some despicable acts 40 years ago when I was eight years old. By the time I met him, 10 or 15 years ago, he was a college professor of education at the University of Illinois . . . And the notion that somehow he has been involved in my campaign, that he is an adviser of mine, that . . . I've 'palled around with a terrorist', all these statements are made simply to try to score cheap political points."

Someone needs to play this part over and over for kaydee until it finally sinks in. F###ing hypocritical bullshit and typical 'guilt by association' tactic by Right Wingers. They're so desperate to hang on the White House, they'll steep to the lowest of lows. Pathetic.

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I also found it interesting they didn't want to bring up the issue.

If your lipstick on a pig b!tch wants to make it an issue then come out with it. Then maybe the smart people can have a laugh regarding the character assassination attempts both Palin and McCain are trying, rather than actually talk more in depth about their policies.

It's hard to believe the dimwits we have trying to be President.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

McSame doesn't have ideas or workable solutions to present so he slings mud. It's all he's got. It's all he's got to deflect public attention from his failed platform, his poor judgement in choosing a running mate and, of course, his close ties to the failed incumbent of 1600 Penn Ave.

Edited October 9, 2008 by Mr. Big Dog