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McCain: Obama's 1983 college essay on US-Soviet tensions proves he's to blame for Putin and Ukraine
McCain: Obama's 1983 college essay on US-Soviet tensions proves he's to blame for Putin and Ukraine
by Jed Lewison
Sarah Palin's political mentor speaks out:
So McCain finds some 1983 essay that Obama wrote for a student newspaper while he was a senior at Columbia and decides that essay means Obama is responsible for Putin's actions in Ukraine? And if that's not ridiculous enough, McCain's whole spiel was centered less on what Obama (who was 21 at the time) actually said than it was on what a right-wing pundit's interpretation of the essay:
A "nuclear free world"? The horrors! I know Sarah Palin might be disappointed by such a thing, what with her front-row seats to nuclear apocalypse and all, but c'mon John. Isn't it time for you to take a vacation?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/05/1282318/-McCain-Obama-s-1983-college-essay-on-US-Soviet-tensions-proves-he-s-to-blame-for-Putin-and-Ukraine
by Jed Lewison
Sarah Palin's political mentor speaks out:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday drew from a new source in arguing that President Barack Obama has been too 'soft' on Russia: An article Obama wrote back when he was in college.
In a blistering speech on the Senate floor, McCain blamed Obama in part for Russian President Vladimir Putin's aggression amid the Ukraine crisis, days after Russian forces moved in on the Crimean peninsula.
So McCain finds some 1983 essay that Obama wrote for a student newspaper while he was a senior at Columbia and decides that essay means Obama is responsible for Putin's actions in Ukraine? And if that's not ridiculous enough, McCain's whole spiel was centered less on what Obama (who was 21 at the time) actually said than it was on what a right-wing pundit's interpretation of the essay:
In his article, Obama blamed "U.S.-Soviet tensions largely on America's war mentality and the twisted logic of the Cold War," McCain said, quoting from Goldberg. "President Reagan's defense buildup, according to Obama, contributed to the 'silent spread of militarism' and reflected our 'distorted national priorities' rather than what should be our goal: a 'nuclear free world.'"
A "nuclear free world"? The horrors! I know Sarah Palin might be disappointed by such a thing, what with her front-row seats to nuclear apocalypse and all, but c'mon John. Isn't it time for you to take a vacation?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/05/1282318/-McCain-Obama-s-1983-college-essay-on-US-Soviet-tensions-proves-he-s-to-blame-for-Putin-and-Ukraine
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