Obama Wasn't Referring to Clark in Monday's Speech

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

BARACK OBAMA

A lot of things in this world don't make sense, but ranking high on the list is the Obama camp now denying that the line about respecting John McCain's service in Monday's speech was a reference to Wes Clark.

“I think in at least one publication was reported that my comments yesterday about Senator McCain were in a response to General Clark. I think my staff will confirm that that was in a draft of that speech that I had written two months ago,” Obama told reporters in Zanesville, Ohio today.

Obama's (seeming) willingness to acknowledge that a surrogate had gone too far seemed to be one of the speech's finer moments. (Although I guess this answers my question of why Obama didn't mention Clark by name. Of course, now we are left wondering who Obama was referring to when he said, "For those like John McCain who have endured physical torment in service to our country – no further proof of such sacrifice is necessary. And let me also add that no one should ever devalue that service, especially for the sake of a political campaign, and that goes for supporters on both sides."

If Obama now says that he wasn't making a "not so-veiled swipe" at Clark, will Markos make his donation now?

07/02 10:02 AM Share