[big campaign] Media Monitoring Report - Morning 05/16/08

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*Main Topics: *McCain Flip Flop on Hamas, Bush Comments to Knesset *Summary of Shift:* President Bush's controversial comments to the Israeli Knesset were a hot topic this morning. The White House denies Bush was targeting Barack Obama when he spoke of "appeasement." Bush meets with the King of Saudi Arabia today. Osama Bin Laden allegedly made a new audiotape attacking Israel. In other news, a ruling by the California high court overturned a ban on same sex marriages. Yesterday the war-funding bill was rejected in the House because Republicans objected to its funds for vet unemployment and education benefits. Congress is getting closer to charging Karl Rove with contempt for refusing to provide testimony and gas prices hit another record high. Highlights: 1) Fmr. Asst. Secy. of State James Rubin Blasts McCain on Hamas a. MSNBC plays Rubin's 2006 interview with McCain showing he would talk with Hamas b. Rubin interviewed on CNN: McCain "180° flip flop" on Hamas is "the height of hypocrisy" 2) George Bush's accusation of "appeasement" at the Israeli Knesset a. McCain agrees with Bush line, ridicules Obama for willingness to engage Iran b. Clinton comes to Obama's defense, says Bush comments are "outrageous" and "deeply offensive" c. Obama blasts Bush's "false political attacks" 3) Joe Biden interviewed on CNN: Bush comments are "hypocrisy", McCain flip flop on Hamas is "raw ugly politics" 4) Fred Thompson interviewed on Fox News a. Accuses Obama of naiveté for advocating diplomacy with Iran b. Quells concern of conservatives about McCain, says he is "very solid" on national security, Supreme Court, taxes, and trade Clips: Highlight #1 *MSNBC Plays 2006 McCain Interview Where He States He Would Talk with Hamas *(MSNBC 05/16/08 7:34am) JAMES RUBIN: Do you think American diplomats should be operating the way they have in the past in working with the Palestinian government with Hamas now in charge? JOHN MCCAIN: They're the government. Sooner or later we're going to have to deal with them one way or another. And I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy towards Hamas and their dedication of violence and the things they not only espouse but practice. But it's a new reality in the Middle East. And I think the lesson is that people want security and a decent life and a decent future and they want democracy. And Fatah was not giving them that. [Present-day Commentary] RUBIN: Well this is the biggest flip-flop I've ever seen in American politics when it comes to this crucial subject of American policy towards Israel and the Middle East. John McCain in Davos (?) in that interview was talking 'well, we're gonna have to do business with Hamas.' And that was the John McCain that was so beloved, often called the 'charming maverick' by many in the media. Now he's running for President and he attacks Democrats, in particular Barack Obama, as somehow being the preferred candidate of Hamas. This is outrageous. This is the stuff that we Democrats have taken for a long time. We're sick of it. We're tired of it. Of being attacked for these guilt by association devices suggesting that we're the friends of terrorists. […] *Rubin: McCain **"180**°** Flip Flop" on Hamas is "the Height of Hypocrisy"*(CNN 05/16/08 9:00am) JAMES RUBIN: The president of the United States is in the Israeli Knesset . This is a country that was created out of the ashes of World War II, because of the holocaust. And the enemy of everyone connected with that era, that history, was the appeasement of Hitler. The idea that we should have negotiated with Adolf Hitler. And that's what President Bush brings up before the Israeli Knesset. There's no more gruesome place for the president to suggest that other Americans, other Democrats, are somehow 'appeasers' because they want to sit down at the negotiating table with Iran. Especially when, let's face it his own Secretary of Defense has said we should negotiate with Iran, many many Republican officials have said we should negotiate with Iran. All of Bush's silent treatment on Iran and Syria has gotten us nowhere. So for the President to use this solemn occasion of a presidential address to the Israeli Knesset, to use these horrible words about appeasement and Munich and Neville Chamberlain is the really really most ugly form of American politics brought to another shore that I've seen in a long time. KIRA PHILLIPS: Then we see John McCain responding yesterday, the new John McCain but there's an old John McCain that we discovered and that comes from an interview you did when you were working with Sky News in 2006, I believe, correct? RUBIN: That's right. PHILLIPS: Let's take a listen to this exchange. [Cut to clip of Rubin interviewing John McCain in 2006] JAMES RUBIN: Do you think American diplomats should be operating the way they have in the past in working with the Palestinian government if Hamas is now in charge? JOHN MCCAIN: They're the government and sooner or later we're gonna have to deal with them in one way or another. I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy towards Hamas is because of their dedication to violence and the things they not only espouse but practice. So, but it's a new reality in the Middle East. [end clip] PHILLIPS: Ok, explain to me now. Where does John McCain stand? RUBIN: This is the ultimate flip flop in American politics. When he was in Davos, amongst the European crowd and I interviewed him there two years ago, he was talking as if it was appropriate and natural and reasonable to negotiate with Hamas, the new government of the Palestinian territories. And then two years later, he's taking a very very different position saying, 'anybody who wants to talk to them is somehow an equivalent to terrorists.' Smearing people for suggesting that one ought to talk to Hamas, when it was he himself who was prepared to talk to Hamas two years ago. And the great irony of all of this is that neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama even want to talk to the Hamas government. They've both said they we shouldn't negotiate with them or deal with them properly until they renounce terrorism and Israel. So John McCain doing this 180 degree flip flop and then attacking Barack Obama is just the height of hypocrisy. Highlight #2 *McCain Agrees with Bush Line, Ridicules Obama for Willingness to Engage Iran* (CNN 05/16/08 8:20am) JOHN ROBERTS: John McCain tough jumped right in on top of the attack, ridiculing Obama for being willing to talk with Iran's president. JOHN MCCAIN: What does he want to talk about with Ahmadijhad? Who said that Israel is a stinking corpse, who said that he wants to wipe Israel off the map, who's sending the most explosive devices into Iraq, killing Americans? ROBERTS: McCain is also quick to point out that an official of Hamas, the militant Palestinian Organization, says that he hopes that Barack Obama becomes the next president. *Clinton Comes to Obama's Defense, Says Bush Comments are "Outrageous" and "Deeply Offensive"* (CNN 05/16/08 8:20am) JOHN ROBERTS: Even Senator Hillary Clinton took a break from all of the in-fighting to back her fellow Democrat. HILLARY CLINTON: I think what President Bush did today was to make an outrageous and deeply offensive comparison. I just reject it out of hand and I think that any fair minded American will reject it out of hand. *Obama Blasts Bush's "False Political Attacks"* (CNN 05/16/08 8:20am) JOHN ROBERTS: On Obama released this statement to CNN saying, "It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence...to launch a false political attack." Highlight #3 *Biden: Bush Comment is "Hypocrisy", McCain Flip Flop on Hamas is "Raw Ugly Politics*" (CNN 05/16/08 7:20am) JOHN ROBERTS: He has mostly resisted the temptation to weigh in on the election campaign but yesterday President Bush jumped in with both feet. In a speech to Israel's Knesset he appeared to take a dramatic swipe at Barack Obama who said he would meet with the leaders of nations like Iran, Syria, and Venezuela in his first year in office without precondition. President Bush likened that policy to the allies attempts to appease Hitler prior to World War II [...] Senator, BS, strong words. Why did it touch such a nerve with you? JOE BIDEN: Well because I find it so damaging for the United States. It's so rare for a president of the United States, as you know John, to be abroad and use such a forum as a political forum. It makes us look foolish around the world. And it makes the rest of the world look at President Bush and realize what hypocrisy there is. Here he's negotiating with North Korea, he negotiated with Lybia, Kadafi, a terrorist. He in fact has engaged in a policy where Secretary Gates, his own Secretary of State, says we have to sit down with Iran, as well as his Secretary of State says we have to sit down with Iran [...] ROBERTS: You think it was malarkey, Senator John McCain, Senator John McCain did not though. He immediately jumped on the president's comments. Let's hear what he said about it yesterday. JOHN MCCAIN: It is a serious error on the part of Senator Obama. It shows naivete and inexperience and lack of judgment. ROBERTS: [...]What do you think of what he said yesterday? BIDEN: I think there's an emerging pattern here. That they're gonna try to have rhetoric, highly charged rhetoric masqueraded as policy. This President's policy has made us much weaker in the Middle East. Israel is much more at risk then it was before he became president. Iran is closer to the bomb. John himself, as the Washington Post reports today, has said two years ago at Davos that we're probably gonna have to sit down with Hamas, that's John McCain. This is raw ugly politics. It makes it look like to the rest of the world that we may have a Republican president again [...] who doesn't understand the world, who they don't want to cooperate with. It just undermines the United States' credibility. And it seems to be an emerging ugly pattern here. John said a week and half ago, I'm paraphrasing here, 'the fact that Hamas likes Obama and the fact that Danny Ortega likes him you judge for yourself.' What kind of character assassination is that? [...] ROBERTS: Senator Biden let me just go into a little more detail about what you mentioned regarding Senator McCain and what's in the Washington Post today. Jamie Rubin [...] interviewed Senator McCain and he talked to John McCain about the new Hamas government and Senator McCain said, "They're the government sooner or later we are going to deal with them, one way or another." So there seems to be a suggestion there from Senator McCain that they were legitimately elected, at some point the United States is gonna have to, if not sit down at the table with these folks, at least have some sort of engagement with them. BIDEN: Look John, how do you get to the point where you change the behavior of Iran, which is not good behavior, bad behavior, unless you actually sit across the table from them and lay out clearly what the alternatives are. John Kennedy, when he was president, once said, "We should negotiate out of fear but we should never fear to negotiate." Highlight #4 *Thompson Accuses Obama of Naiveté for Advocating Diplomacy with Iran *(FNC 05/16/08 8:10am) STEVE DOOCY: And in fact, Senator, when you look at John McCain he's, you know where he stands on stuff like this. When you look at Barack Obama, he's made it very clear in the past, he said he would deal with, he would negotiate with the people who run Iran. THOMPSON: My understanding is the outrage is based upon the fact, in effect, we have never advocated negotiating with terrorists, we have just advocated negotiating with terrorist sponsors. The major state sponsor of terrorism, Iran [...] But it points out something that's very fundamental and that is the leader of the free world has to not be a babe in the woods in these areas, he has to have some experience, has to know what he's doing, has to be not naive in dealing with people who are responsible with the death of lots of Americans. *Thompson Quells Concern of Conservatives About McCain, Says He is "Very Solid" on National Security, Supreme Court, Taxes, and Trade* (FNC 05/15/08 8:10am) STEVE DOOCY: Let's talk a little bit about the conservative wing of the Republican Party [...] John McCain, some have said, is just not conservative enough. He is, however, your candidate. How is he gonna, how are the two gonna get together by November? FRED THOMPSON: John is very solid on the things that are the most important to the future of this country. And I consider that to be National Security. I've traveled a lot of places with him. He knows the way the world operates. He knows most of the world leaders and he's tough, and a long way from being naive [...] He is solid on the appointment of federal judges, which I think is the second most important thing that a president does and will do. Not only possibly a couple of Supreme Court nominations, but other of the 700 members of the judiciary. And I might add taxes and trade [...] -- Gregory E. Rosalsky Progressive Media USA 202-609-7691 (office) 707-484-3796 (cell) [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. To post to this group, send to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] E-mail [email protected] with questions or concerns This is a list of individuals. It is not affiliated with any group or organization. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---