War Monger McCain objects to his nickname

[sniffa]

The campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama sparred Saturday after Ed Schultz, a nationally syndicated radio talk show host well-known for his blunt criticisms of the Bush Administration and the Republican Party, called Mr. McCain a “warmonger” at a North Dakota fund-raiser.

Mr. Schultz, a conservative Republican turned liberal Democrat, made the remarks late Friday while revving up a group of Obama supporters at a $100-a-head fundraiser at the North Dakota Democratic Party’s convention in Grand Forks. As soon as the Republican National Committee got word of the attack, it issued a statement criticizing Mr. Schultz and calling on Mr. Obama to repudiate the comments.

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As his position as the Democratic front-runner solidifies, Mr. Obama has stepped up his attacks on Mr. McCain’s views and policies. But he frequently tempers those criticisms, as he did Friday in Indiana and North Dakota and Saturday in Montana, by calling Mr. McCain “a genuine war hero who deserves our respect” and making clear that the differences between the two men are political, not personal.

The Republican primary was “nothing more than a contest to see who was best qualified to run for George Bush’s third term,” Mr. Obama said in a speech to the North Dakota Democrats on Friday evening. “John McCain won that contest, and now he’s offering four more years of the very same policies that failed us for the last eight.”

“We can’t afford to give John McCain the chance to carry on George Bush’s can’t-do, won’t-do, won’t-even-try style of politics,” he said. “We are a better country than that.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/us/politics/06campaign.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[butterfly77]

1. Any video of Shultz saying it?

[RazBerryBeret]

2. I love Ed Schultz...

and his ability to speak truth to power.

Keep it up...

and why is the big Military Man so sensitive?

[tekisui]

3. John "War-Monger" McCain.

I like it. Hopefully, someone can make him blow a fuse on camera with this.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Actually it should be

100 Year War Monger McCain

[sniffa]

5. Update: Obama campaign: “McCain is not a warmonger”

BUTTE, Montana - Barack Obama’s campaign on Saturday distanced itself from a liberal talk show host who called Republican Sen. John McCain a “warmonger.”

Ed Schultz, a North Dakota-based talk show host, made the comment about McCain while speaking at a fund-raiser where Obama later took the stage.

“John McCain is not a warmonger and should not be described as such,” Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, although she noted Obama’s criticism of McCain’s support for the Iraq war.

“He’s a supporter of a war that Senator Obama believes should have never been authorized and never been waged,” Psaki said.

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An Obama campaign official said the event where Schultz made the “warmonger” comment was a fund-raiser for the North Dakota Democratic Party, not one organized by the campaign.

[Eric J in MN]

7. I disagree. McCain said that the Iraq War would be "easy."

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/10/mccain-war-was-easy/

His position on war with Iran is that it would be terrible but Iran getting nuclear weapons would be even worse, and so we should go to war with Iran if that's necessary to stop them from getting nuclear weapons.

[polichick]

8. imo Obama's campaign shouldn't have made that statement...

As a supporter, I wish Barack would stop distancing himself from the truth.

[polichick]

9. dupe

[GoldieAZ49]

12. Good for him!

They do need to run an honest campaign, McCain did the same thing after some radio talk show guy at one of his rallies.

[Eric J in MN]

6. The idea that Ed Schultz did something wrong is ridiculous.

It's one thing to say that radio hosts shouldn't appeal to racism or ethnic hatred.

It's another thing to say that radio hosts shouldn't do any name-calling whatsoever, even when the name is "warmonger."

[rodeodance]

11. BO camp disagrees with you:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/mccain-called-a-warmonger-at-obama-event/

April 5, 2008, 1:25 pm
McCain Called a ‘Warmonger’ at Obama Appearance

By Larry Rohter
Ed SchultzEd Schultz (Photo: Dave Samson/Associated Press)

UPDATE | 2:35 p.m. MISSOULA, Mont. — On the air, Ed Schultz, a liberal talk show host based in Fargo, N.D., is well-known for his blunt criticisms of the Bush Administration and the Republican Party. But Mr. Schultz, a fervent supporter of Senator Barack Obama, may have gone too far late Friday when he called Senator John McCain “a warmonger.”

Mr. Schultz, whose program is syndicated nationally, made the remarks while revving up a group of Obama supporters at a $100-a-head fund raiser at the North Dakota Democratic Party’s convention in Grand Forks. As soon as the Republican National Committee got word of the attack, it issued a statement lambasting Mr. Schultz and calling on Mr. Obama to repudiate the characterization of the presumptive Republican nominee for President.

“Enough is enough,” said Robert M. Duncan, the chairman of the Republican National Committee. “Senator Obama has an obligation to speak out and publicly reject and denounce — not applaud — the shameful and contemptible remarks made by his surrogates.”

Mr. Obama was not present at the fund raising event when Mr. Schultz, a former conservative Republican turned liberal Democrat who has described himself as a “gun-totin’, red meat-eatin’ lefty,” made his remarks. He was elsewhere in the building and arrived several minutes later, after North Dakota’s three-man Congressional delegation, all Democrats, took the stage , with Senator Kent Conrad speaking on his behalf and introducing Mr. Obama to a crowd of several hundred people.

Mr. Obama did not refer to the incident during a speech Saturday morning to 8,000 people who had gathered at the University of Montana basketball arena. But a spokesman, Jen Psaki, issued a statement that distanced him from Mr. Schultz.

“John McCain is not a warmonger and should not be described as such,” she said. “He’s a supporter of a war that Senator Obama believes should have never been authorized and never been waged.”



........This is, of course, not the first time that an overenthusiastic radio host has created a controversy in remarks that were meant to support his candidate. At a rally in Cincinnati in February, the conservative talk show host Bill Cunningham repeatedly used Mr. Obama’s Muslim middle name, Hussein, made disparaging references to him, and urged the national press, which he said was soft on Mr. Obama, to “peel back the bark” on the Democratic candidate.....




McCain Called a ‘Warmonger’ at Obama Appearance



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"We give them two forms - one to change their registration now for the primary and one so they can switch back later," BO volunteer
http://www.smh.com.au/news/us-election/tenbedroom-house-now-home-for-obamas-volunteer-army/2008/03/20/1205602581838.html

[rodeodance]

10. And the BO camp agrees--. So, now BO endorses McCain:

"We give them two forms - one to change their registration now for the primary and one so they can switch back later," BO volunteer
http://www.smh.com.au/news/us-election/tenbedroom-house-now-home-for-obamas-volunteer-army/2008/03/20/1205602581838.html





http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/mccain-called-a-warmonger-at-obama-event/

April 5, 2008, 1:25 pm
McCain Called a ‘Warmonger’ at Obama Appearance

By Larry Rohter
Ed SchultzEd Schultz (Photo: Dave Samson/Associated Press)

UPDATE | 2:35 p.m. MISSOULA, Mont. — On the air, Ed Schultz, a liberal talk show host based in Fargo, N.D., is well-known for his blunt criticisms of the Bush Administration and the Republican Party. But Mr. Schultz, a fervent supporter of Senator Barack Obama, may have gone too far late Friday when he called Senator John McCain “a warmonger.”

Mr. Schultz, whose program is syndicated nationally, made the remarks while revving up a group of Obama supporters at a $100-a-head fund raiser at the North Dakota Democratic Party’s convention in Grand Forks. As soon as the Republican National Committee got word of the attack, it issued a statement lambasting Mr. Schultz and calling on Mr. Obama to repudiate the characterization of the presumptive Republican nominee for President.

“Enough is enough,” said Robert M. Duncan, the chairman of the Republican National Committee. “Senator Obama has an obligation to speak out and publicly reject and denounce — not applaud — the shameful and contemptible remarks made by his surrogates.”

Mr. Obama was not present at the fund raising event when Mr. Schultz, a former conservative Republican turned liberal Democrat who has described himself as a “gun-totin’, red meat-eatin’ lefty,” made his remarks. He was elsewhere in the building and arrived several minutes later, after North Dakota’s three-man Congressional delegation, all Democrats, took the stage , with Senator Kent Conrad speaking on his behalf and introducing Mr. Obama to a crowd of several hundred people.

Mr. Obama did not refer to the incident during a speech Saturday morning to 8,000 people who had gathered at the University of Montana basketball arena. But a spokesman, Jen Psaki, issued a statement that distanced him from Mr. Schultz.

“John McCain is not a warmonger and should not be described as such,” she said. “He’s a supporter of a war that Senator Obama believes should have never been authorized and never been waged.”

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"We give them two forms - one to change their registration now for the primary and one so they can switch back later," BO volunteer
http://www.smh.com.au/news/us-election/tenbedroom-house-now-home-for-obamas-volunteer-army/2008/03/20/1205602581838.html

[Upton]

13. Defintion of warmonger

a person who advocates, endorses, or tries to precipitate war.

one who advocates or attempts to stir up war.

[polichick]

14. Is that McCain? His "Bomb, Bomb, Iran" song is pretty telling imo.