Democrat Barack Obama, who often argues that John McCain is the same as President Bush, said Sunday that the Republican presidential candidate would be better for the country than Bush has been.
"You have a real choice in this election. Either Democrat would be better than John McCain," Obama said to cheers from a rowdy crowd in central Pennsylvania. Then he said: "And all three of us would be better than George Bush."
"But what you have to ask yourself is who has the chance to actually really change things in a fundamental way so that 10 years from now or 20 years from now you can look back and you can say, boy, we really moved in a new direction and we put the country on a better path," Obama added as he wrapped up an event at Reading High School
Obama was trying to argue that he is the better choice over Democratic rival Hilary Clinton in Tuesday's primary in Pennsylvania. But the Illinois Senator ended up mixing in praise for McCain at the same time — and giving Clinton an opening to criticize. Does this comment by Senator Obama make him look soft and kind of endorsing McCain? Are all the candidates actually better than President Bush?
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We'll, I have to say, Clinton always finds some obscure nook in which to criticize Obama so that's not surprising.
It can be viewed that he was praising McCain, or even just that he was belittling Bush's job.
As far as her manipulating what he said about either of them being a better candidate than McCain or Bush... The truth is that all three of them are qualified for the job. It's not as if the country would just cease to exist if McCain were to take presidency. All three of them also have some similar points, since in the long run they're all aiming for the same constituents (american citizens EVERYWHERE!). If she uses this she'll seem ridiculous. He simply said either of them would be better than Bush.
Hilary would be putting herself in a dangerous position if she commented on his statement about McCain, especially since Bush has (in a weird sort of way) endorsed her over Obama.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297766,00.html
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