On Sep 7, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > > On Sep 7, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Lawrence Sica wrote: > >> >> On Sep 7, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: >> >>> >>> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/04/obama_appears_on_oreillys_show.html >>> >>> >>> "I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody >>> anticipated," Obama told O'Reilly of President Bush's decision >>> last year to increase troop levels. "It's succeeded beyond our >>> wildest dreams." >>> >>> He said he would "never take military action off the table" in the >>> case of Iran. "It is unacceptable for Iran to possess a nuclear >>> weapon; it would be a game changer," Obama said. >> >> >> He can't publicly rule out any option, nor could Bush. Privately >> there might be a different idea but it's kind of silly to expect >> him to say anything else. It would be reckless to publicly say >> "I'd never use military action." >> >> --Larry >> > > "It's succeeded beyond our wildest dreams." > > that's the quote which will be used by the opposition to show he > demonstrated poor judgement when he said the surge wasn't going to > work > > what does he mean by "succeeded" ? and "beyond wildest dreams" > > While he has explained the "success" of the surge in context ... I > think the above statement could come back to bite him.
It's an absolute brian fart. He might have well have said 'I'm a fool. Vote for McCain'. -- For blocks are better cleft with wedges, Than tools of sharp or subtle edges, And dullest nonsense has been found By some to be the most profound. -Samuel Butler, _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
