Thursday
Jun192008
McCain campaign: Barack Obama, a typical liberal
Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 10:58AM
Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) while speaking on a conference call with reporters lambasted Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for being “a typical young liberal who did what was necessary to excel.” Thompson who was joined by McCain senior foreign policy advisor Randy Scheunemann joined in with Thompson in critiquing the senator from Illinois on his foreign policy.
The contention between the McCain and Obama campaigns came after the Supreme Courts 5-4 ruling that would give prisoners at Guantanamo Bay the right to challenge their detention in the American courts. While both McCain and Obama have pledged to close down Guantanamo Bay they differ on whether or not to conduct military tribunals. Sen. Obama supports allowing the detainees to use the court system while Sen. McCain would like to see the tribunals resurrected.
Thompson chastised Sen. Obama for supporting a measure that theoretically would allow Guantanamo detainees the right to the American courts. “Instead of approaching this from a military standpoint he wants it from a civil standpoint,” said Thompson. Thompson added that this was the same mentality and procedure under President Clinton and that it didn’t work.
Obama was also accused of being a flip flopper on the issue of the death penalty for Islamic extremists. Thompson said that Obama has vacillated on the issue and that he is just another “typical politician.”
The contention between the McCain and Obama campaigns came after the Supreme Courts 5-4 ruling that would give prisoners at Guantanamo Bay the right to challenge their detention in the American courts. While both McCain and Obama have pledged to close down Guantanamo Bay they differ on whether or not to conduct military tribunals. Sen. Obama supports allowing the detainees to use the court system while Sen. McCain would like to see the tribunals resurrected.
Thompson chastised Sen. Obama for supporting a measure that theoretically would allow Guantanamo detainees the right to the American courts. “Instead of approaching this from a military standpoint he wants it from a civil standpoint,” said Thompson. Thompson added that this was the same mentality and procedure under President Clinton and that it didn’t work.
Obama was also accused of being a flip flopper on the issue of the death penalty for Islamic extremists. Thompson said that Obama has vacillated on the issue and that he is just another “typical politician.”