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October 22, 2008 Categories: Campaign Trail [Michael Calderone]
The terrorist endorsement
Forget whiny editorial board writers! Who are the terrorists endorsing in the presidential race?
The Washington Post reported on commentary found on a website closely linked to Al-Qaeda that said the group "will have to support McCain in the coming election" because he'd continue the "failing march of his predecessor."
Islamist militants have generally had less to say about Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. Leaders of the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah expressed a favorable view of Obama during the primary campaign but later rejected the Democrat after he delivered speeches expressing support for Israel.
In an e-mail response, senior McCain foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann noted that al-Qaeda leaders have repeatedly said that America "did not have the stomach to fight them over the long haul," which the Arizona senator has pledged to do. "Whatever musings and bravado on radical websites the Washington Post chooses to quote, the fact remains that only John McCain has the experience, judgment and fortitude to lead a country at war," he said. The Obama campaign declined to comment on the Web postings.
So do campaigns actually take these reports documenting the random rants on Jihadist websites seriously? Well, the McCain camp sure does.
ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, at 11:30 a.m. EDT, McCain-Palin 2008 will hold a press conference call with former CIA Director Jim Woolsey and McCain-Palin Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Randy Scheunemann to discuss recent news stories about which candidate terrorists would like to see in the White House in 2009.