Posted by Jed Lewison on Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 12:41 AM Pacific

Obama pushes back on smear-mongering Republican congressman

Strong statement from Senator Obama on one of McCain's smear-mongering minions, Iowa Republican congressman Steve King who stoked the false Muslim smear on Saturday:

I think that Mr. King has it backwards. The fact that the continuation of a presence in Iraq as Senator McCain has suggested is exactly what, I think, will fan the flames of anti-American sentiment and make it more difficult for us to create a long-term and sustainable peace in the world. But I have to say that Mr. King and individuals like him thrive on offensive or controversial statements as a way to get in the papers, so I don’t take it too seriously. I would hope Senator McCain would want to distance himself from that kind of inflammatory and offensive remarks.

Via Ben Smith at politico.com.

Obama pushes back on smear-mongering Republican congressman

Strong statement from Senator Obama on one of McCain's smear-mongering minions, Iowa Republican congressman Steve King who stoked the false Muslim smear on Saturday:

I think that Mr. King has it backwards. The fact that the continuation of a presence in Iraq as Senator McCain has suggested is exactly what, I think, will fan the flames of anti-American sentiment and make it more difficult for us to create a long-term and sustainable peace in the world. But I have to say that Mr. King and individuals like him thrive on offensive or controversial statements as a way to get in the papers, so I don’t take it too seriously. I would hope Senator McCain would want to distance himself from that kind of inflammatory and offensive remarks.

Via Ben Smith at politico.com.

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