Here is something that the media should focus on. In the debates tonight, Barack Obama said that even Henry Kissinger agreed with Obama that on a presidential level a diplomatic meeting with as rogue a leader as Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a good idea. McCain immediately said that this was not true, but the issue wasn't further addressed in the debate.
Well, now Henry Kissinger himself is attempting to set the record straight. Kissinger says that Obama was wrong, McCain was right. Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard has a short post to this effect on his TheBlog entry.
Kissinger Unhappy About Obama
Henry Kissinger believes Barack Obama misstated his views on diplomacy with US adversaries and is not happy about being mischaracterized. He says: "Senator McCain is right. I would not recommend the next President of the United States engage in talks with Iran at the Presidential level. My views on this issue are entirely compatible with the views of my friend Senator John McCain. We do not agree on everything, but we do agree that any negotiations with Iran must be geared to reality."
Well, that about answers to that Obama lie.
This reply by Kissinger should find greater exposure to show that Obama really is out of his depth on foreign policy issues. Let's hope the Old Media corrects the record.
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"This reply by Kissinger
September 26, 2008 - 23:28 ET by ckc1227"This reply by Kissinger should find greater exposure"
It should, but I wouldn't count on it.
I hope so too...
September 26, 2008 - 23:33 ET by TakeaRightbut I doubt it. This is the type of misstep that the MSM typically uses to humiliate a Republican for weeks.
Look for this one to just fade away though. It's too embarrassing for their candidate.
There's a tape...
September 26, 2008 - 23:36 ET by ImAllRightI don't recall which channel as I've been viewing them all, but there was a tape that backs up Obama's claim. Kissinger may be doing damage control now, but there is nothing to push here as he will only paint McCain into a corner if he continues to try and correct this point any further than what he's doing now.
Not smart to pursue.
"Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man." - Ronald Reagan
Um, no
September 26, 2008 - 23:38 ET by Warner Todd HustonThere is no "damage control" going on. Obama was talking PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL talks. Kissinger was NOT. Neither McCain, nor Kissinger ever said that lower level talks were out of the question. The question was what should the president himself do and meeting with criminal leaders like Achmedinawhackjob is not a good idea. Obama took Kissinger out of context. Period.
There is an adage in
September 27, 2008 - 00:01 ET by Dan The Man 2There is an adage in blogland, link or slink. It is funny Kissinger refutes what Obama says thereby proving Obama is lying or at best an idiot. I remember and old movie where a man went on a quiz show and he was asked about Einstein's theory of relativity. He gave the answer and the show said it was wrong. Einstein called in and said the man was right. Kissinger just called into the game show and said McCain is right.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Harry Kiss
September 26, 2008 - 23:45 ET by general companyI knew it, someone on the Chat mentioned it to. Obama said a lot of things that are simply not true (. But right now they are saying know one got hurt,,,,,we'll see,
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Todd, hey thank for this
September 26, 2008 - 23:47 ET by bigtimerTodd, hey thank for this great rapid response here at NBs to Kissinger's retaliation/reply...
I was furious about it all tonight, so was McC...
...this is a good note to retire on.
Waiting for the msm to report this retort by Kissinger...is like waiting for pigs to fly..
we shall see...I can wish that hope springs eternal and when I wake up to put my coffee on, I see one of those pigs with lipstick flying right past me....lol.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Let's not forget that the
September 27, 2008 - 06:58 ET by kgLet's not forget that the left were saying Kissenger carried the mark of the devil (666) when he was Secretary of State.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
Anderson Cooper did mention
September 27, 2008 - 01:23 ET by Alpedhuez55Anderson Cooper did mention the correction on CNN. I guess they sent his statement out to all the media.
"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill
That's what happens when you cue off the same talking points
September 27, 2008 - 07:26 ET by GalvanicUnless I'm mistaken, Couric also misstated Kissinger's position in her interview with Gov. Palin.
Nope
September 27, 2008 - 07:28 ET by Warner Todd HustonYou are not mistaken. She did just that, misstated Kissinger. See, the left have all commiserated with each other and they've decided THAT is what Kissinger really meant.
Barack Obama --
September 27, 2008 - 07:51 ET by Jack BauerBarack Obama -- from...
without breaking sweat.
kissinger
September 27, 2008 - 08:32 ET by charlietexasunfortunately, this will not appear on Messiah television. They are so in the tank for him. He now has the luxury of making stuff up completely out of whole cloth and no one in the media gives a poop.
They are totally invested in his victory. Powerful stuff to overcome. People are going to have to buck up and simply ignore this crap. The electorate is pretty smart and are turned off to them...we'll see.
What I saw and heard...
September 27, 2008 - 11:18 ET by MexNobama..was at first Obama trying to say that he would sit down with anyone if he thought the security of the United States would be helped by such a meeting.
...then McCain said "You said that you would meet with Akmadenejad without pre-conditions"
Then Obama tried to say that of course he didn't mean that he would sit down with world leaders without preconditions, but rather open up lower level meetings, and that Kissinger agreed with him on the subject as opposed to McCain.
That was the lie. McCain (and Bush for that matter) is willing to negotiate, but Obama was at once trying to exploit Kissinger's well known diplomatic approach to our enemies to create the illusion that McCain is not listening to Kissinger's advice, and at the same time distance himself from what he said previously.
McCain stuck to his guns as he should have.
The other blunder from Obama insofar as foreign policy is that he never explained why his first reaction to the invasion of Georgia was "both sides are at fault here" which happened to be the super left wing talking point on the issue.
Obama also said "I think we both agree that Russia and China are something other than democracies". Well if that's the case then why wasn't his primary reaction to the invasion one of outrage rather than moral equivilency?
Because he's a Marxist, that's why.
BTW: Don't know how to spell Akmadenejad, and don't care!
BTW: Don't know how to
September 28, 2008 - 07:24 ET by Dan The Man 2BTW: Don't know how to spell Akmadenejad, and don't care!
Imadinnerjacket is the proper spelling and pretty easy to remember.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
There were lots of
September 27, 2008 - 11:28 ET by SnappyThere were lots of instances like this where Sen. McCain would drop a bomb telling people to look it up, its in the record and all Obama would have to do was give a smirk, raise his finger a few times indicating that its "his turn now" and just say "thats not true" .....Oh, ok if you say its not true its not true then... What? Kissinger actually issued a statement to that effect on one of your statements of "Fact"? Well, he is old too, a nice man but old too lets just move on folks... nothing to see or hear here.
I sincerly hope the average American is awake and paying attention to this election and is fired up enough to find out some facts for themselves instead of being spoonfed the liberal drivel being spouted from the broadcast and print media in this country. Everyone seems to have forgotten that the Obama campaign has the official endorsment of Hamas.
I wouldn'tcount on it
September 27, 2008 - 16:58 ET by j. frank wilsonbecause Sen. Obama was not talking about initiating talks at the Presidential level. He made this point several times. Sen. McCain refused to admit he was mis-characterizing Sen. Obama's position.
You want to talk about lies? There's one for you.
Sen. Obama was forced to repeat himself:
OBAMA: Look, I mean, Senator McCain keeps on using this example that suddenly the president would just meet with somebody without doing any preparation, without having low-level talks. Nobody's been talking about that, and Senator McCain knows it. This is a mischaracterization of my position.
When we talk about preconditions -- and Henry Kissinger did say we should have contacts without preconditions -- the idea is that we do not expect to solve every problem before we initiate talks.
Obama's original position
September 28, 2008 - 07:30 ET by Dan The Man 2Obama's original position was to personally sit down with terrorists without preconditions. It was on his own website. Only after he started getting flack did he change it. Do you prefer cherry or strawberry koolaid, Frankie.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Oh, come on Dan. That is
September 28, 2008 - 07:51 ET by HermanoOh, come on Dan. That is not what he meant. After all, just because he could not speak as eloquently as Sen. Clinton on the matter does not mean that he meant that he would meet with foreign leaders like Chavez without preconditions. You can see clearly in the link below that it is obvious from the transcripts that he was just talking. What he said was not what he meant.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?pid=217102
OK. I think I am over that now. I have had my sarcastic rant for the day.
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