CBS:
Calling Barack Obama naïve and inexperienced, John McCain sharpened the Republican criticism that President Bush alluded to earlier today. "Why does Barack Obama want to sit down with a state sponsor of terrorism?" McCain asked today, referring to Obama's willingness to negotiate with Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. "What does he want to talk about with Ahmadinejad, who said that Israel is a stinking corpse, who said that he wants to wipe Israel off the map, who is sending the most explosive devices into Iraq, killing Americans."
Earlier today John Kerry denied that Obama ever said he'd meet with Ahmadinejad. Likewise over the weekend, Obama advisor Susan Rice denied that Obama said he would meet with Ahmadinejad. And then we have the YouTube video of Obama saying he would meet with Ahmadinejad without precondition during his first year in office (he also said he'd meet with Assad, Castro, Kim Jong-Il, and Hugo Chavez--quite a summit!), as well as this statement on his website:
Obama is the only major candidate who supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions.
So how about some serious, enterprising reporter asks Obama just what he and Ahmadinejad would talk about, other than the constant sore that infects every aspect of American foreign policy--i.e., the conflict between the stinking corpse of Israel and the long suffering Palestinian people. I'm sure Obama and A'jad could agree that "Nobody's suffering more than the Palestinian people."
