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Chasby misquotes Obama

Posted by toady on Monday, May 19, 2008 4:59:50 AM
A week or so ago, Chasby sends me this:
 
"We don't deal with the serious issues that are in front of us, we try to figure out what's going to poll well and what can we do to get through the next election."
 
—Barack Obama being unwittingly candid about his campaign
 
He added the following comment:
 
What a stunning admission.  Barack is basically your garden-variety Democratic poll-driven politician.  Leadership is trivial.  What is important is how you are perceived in yesterday's polls.
 
 I looked up this quote, because it seemed odd to me.  Barack did say these words on Meet the Press, but they are a terribly cropped and out of context version of his statement.
 

Now, Senator Clinton says that she's going to use the windfall profits tax to fill it.  First of all, she's already said that she's going to use the windfall profits tax for something else, as I have, and, and that is to invest in clean energy and, and other important measures.  So that money, she's already spending twice.More importantly, nobody thinks that George Bush is actually going to spend--or is actually going to sign a law for windfall profits taxes, so that's not going to happen this summer. 

So what this is, is a strategy to get through the next election.  And Senator Clinton's own staff told The Washington Post, "We don't think this is really going to go anywhere.  We don't think it's going to work, but we think it's a good issue to use in a campaign." And that's what Washington does.  We, we, we don't deal with the serious issues that are in front of us, we try to figure out what's going to poll well and what can we do to get through the next election.

 

 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24445166/page/3/
 
I asked Chasby if he was aware how badly out of context Obama's words were taken.  He didn't respond.  I think he might have been embarassed.
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