Obama slams McCain for making stuff up about his little stroll through a Baghdad market

[ck4829]

Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged Republican White House rival John McCain for using a heavily guarded trip to a Baghdad market as evidence that Iraq's security is improving.

McCain and other members of a congressional delegation toured the Bab al-Sharqi market last week, traveling in armored military vehicles and wearing body armor during their hourlong excursion.

"The idea that the situation in Iraq is improving because it takes a security detail of 100 soldiers, three Black Hawk helicopters and a couple of Apache gunships to walk through a market in the middle of Baghdad is simply not credible and not reflective of the facts on the ground," Obama said in a taped interview that will air as part of a Democratic presidential forum sponsored by MoveOn.org.

Obama did not mention McCain by name, and the Republican candidate's campaign declined to respond. The Republican senator said Monday that he talked to many Iraqis in the market who told him that, while they still worried about a sniper, they felt as though things were getting better.

http://cbs4denver.com/nationalpolitics/politicsnational_story_101000209.html

[bryant69]

1. Obama did really good at that MoveOn.Org thing

In my opinion - I live blogged it (although I'm skeptical of live blogging, particularly where I'm concerned), and he and Richardson came off the best in my opinion although for different reasons.

Bryant
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[Kerrytravelers]

2. What is Obama thinking? I know I worry about snipers when I go to the grocery store.

:sarcasm:

[Turbineguy]

3. Making stuff up??

Maybe McCain was talking in the context of having his observations reported upon by Faux Noise. At least this way HE had control over just who would be making stuff up.

[dazzlerazzle]

4. McCain's Bagdhad bungle

We have had six years of lies and I don't think the American voters want another president with no credibility.