LA Times: Obama advisor says Obama "doesn't go on television and have crying fits"

[bidenista]

The new, hopeful politics shows its class:

...The jousting continued Friday when a top military advisor to Clinton's rival, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, ridiculed Clinton's implication that she would offer voters the better credentials.

The advisor, retired Gen. Merrill A. "Tony" McPeak, said in a telephone interview that Obama has "real gravitas, not artificially created, focus-grouped, poll-directed, rehearsed gravitas."

He also said Obama "doesn't go on television and have crying fits; he isn't discovering his voice at the age of 60" -- references to Clinton's much-publicized show of emotion during the New Hampshire primary campaign and her speech after winning the contest in which she declared that she had "found my voice."...

More: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-iraqpol2feb02,0,1272905.story

[Jim Sagle]

1. Obama is a stinking hypocrite.

[NJObamaWoman]

2. Eh... truth hurts lol

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

27. If that's what passes as the truth with you

I didn't see her have a crying fit.

I also didn't see Obama snub Clinton at the SOTU address.

I also don't see a 15-year-old TV campaign in a stock photo on a mailer.

I don't see any truth in a lot of the bullshit that gets slung around this forum.

[MethuenProgressive]

3. Will this high level campaign official be fired by Obama for racism?

Oh, did I say racism? I meant sexism.

[tekisui]

4. That kind of stuff is uncalled for.

Shame on you,McPeak. And Obama for letting that enter in. That kind of stuff is what cooled me to the Clinton Campaign.

[sunonmars]

5. jesus they make dumbass statements, nice way to piss off the womens vote.

[LibraLiz1973]

6. WOW. Once again- this is another reason I don't "get" Obama.

How is that ok?

[MadBadger]

8. The OP is Spinning, this is the very next line...

McPeak later retracted his remarks, and the Obama camp disassociated itself from them.

[Tom Rinaldo]

33. That is more than fair to note

But it is also fair to note that discussion about over the line remarks made by Clinton surragates who were forced out of her campaign as a result continued on DU for MONTHS after the fact. A thread calling attention to the fact that obnoxious comments are made by both sides is not inappropriate.

[MadBadger]

35. I agree, however I think that very next line should have been included

Otherwise the OP is making it seem like Obama has said nothing and will continue to say nothing about it.

[Tom Rinaldo]

36. Consensus! n/t

[MadBadger]

7. You forget this part? Nice SPIN JOB.

"McPeak later retracted his remarks, and the Obama camp disassociated itself from them."

[bidenista]

11. yes, once the message was out there...

The Obama campaign has a habit of letting surrogates attack Clinton, then retracting/disassociating in unconvincing language.

Maybe they should adopt "Oops I Did It Again" as their anthem.

[Windy]

26. You really need to get a life and stop spamming the board.

Is this a new moniker for Proud2bAmerican?

Getting very old.

[Adelante]

28. They're learning from the Clinton campaign nt

[Maribelle]

16. lol Really, since when do retractions matter to Obama?

Only when it suites him?

Please do show my dumb brain where the Obama campaign has accepted retrations by those against Obama?

[Maribelle]

9. No he doesn't. But there is hope for him in the future.

Obama does not have his voice yet, in the sense that he is hearing the needs of the people.

In fact, the opposite is true. Obama tries to force his puff pieces down the people's throat. It works on some. Others clearly see the smoke and mirrors Obama uses.

Perhaps when Obama is 60 he will find his voice.

[Vinca]

10. Where was the outrage from the Clinton supporters when her

campaign was depicting Obama as a drug-using opportunist? That's a few jogs beyond tears in my book.

[tyne]

12. As an Obama

supporter...that was total bullshiite.

I'm sure Obama feels the same way.

[MadBadger]

13. The person who said those remarks retracted and the Obama camp disassociated themselves from them.

[UALRBSofL]

17. The message is out there

And yes I'm sure the guy probably stepped down from his position but it has a sound of sexism to it, just my opinion.

[bidenista]

14. uh, he himself describes his drug use in his autobiography

As for "opportunist"... well, it's not just the Clinton campaign that thinks that.

[Rageneau]

22. The outrage came from EVERYWHERE in the Clinton camp, and the adviser was fired!

Within 24 hours, the Hillary supporter who made that unauthorized remark was fired.

Does Obama have as much integrity as Hillary?

Will he do the same and fire McPeak?

[rucky]

15. I think both of them need to fire all of their "advisors".

[EffieBlack]

21. Or at least STRONGLY remind their advisers that they are ADVISERS not SPOKESPEOPLE

and keep them as far away from mikes and notepads as possible.

[goldcanyonaz]

18. More sexist shit from the Jesus Camp.

[MadBadger]

20. I see to remember Hillary invoking Jesus in the last debate.

[bidenista]

23. sexist AND ageist. nt

[surfermaw]

19. Obama sure can mumble and fumble around for words

Platitudes is what he speaks in, so don't call the pot black if the Kettle is black in other ways.

[bluhoodie]

24. Someone's been watching too much Ellen!

I guess the General was easily distracted, sitting at home with the TV now that he's retired.   :wtf:
  :crazy:                     :freak:

[bidenista]

25. lol

:crazy: is right.

[Tom Rinaldo]

29. OK, this one is by an Obama surragate - someone who is part of his campaign

McKead is not just someone who has endorsed Obama. But he is not playing a "race card" so I wonder if anyone minds? The "discovering your voice at age 60" barb is negative and harsh, but this is politics. The "crying fit on TV" is a lie plus it plays right into anti-female stereotypes. It's thinly veiled sexism.

Veiled enough for ya?

[journalist3072]

30. Wow, just wow.....

[Windy]

31. General McPeak has been an outspoken advocate against the war.

I'll cut him some slack for that reason.

He's from the military. I was a female in the Military. The service has a long way to go in giving women their due. He stuck his foot in his mouth, but I'm sorry, that off the cuff remark is much different than the organized efforts of the clinton campaign with sending out that Muslim email, Bob Kerry referencing Barack Hussein Obama in a national press conference and Bill Shaheens efforts, not to mention the dirty politics of bill clinton.

this little comment, while not appropriate, pales in comparison!

[Evergreen Emerald]

32. What I do not understand is the total double standard.

If a Clinton surrogate had said anything like this--he would have been fired and the media would have replayed it as "outrageous" hourly. And DU, why DU would have been in a frenzy.

Yet sexism and lies and distortions are unanswered by Obama. His behavior in this campaign is too reminiscent of what Bush did to Gore and Kerry.

[BootinUp]

34. This smells like the politics of personal destruction, lol