Reply #101: I did - perhaps you can point out where Obama said

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"I promise to serve out my 6 year term" - because it isn't in there. The fact that the OP would put a statement never made in quotes and attribute it to Obama speaks volumes about the honesty of the author - but very little about Obama. That takes balls - to make up a false statement and attribute it to somebody in order to accuse that person of being untruthful. Do you find those kind of tactics to be honest? I don't.

The full transcript reads as follows:

MR. RUSSERT: There’s been enormous speculation about your political future, Senator. The man you succeeded in the Senate, Peter Fitzgerald, a Republican, said this recently. “I think there’s a very good chance that Senator Obama is on the Democratic ticket in 2008 as the vice presidential nominee.” Do you agree?

SEN. OBAMA: No. You know, I can’t speculate on those kinds of things. What I have said is that, you know, I’m not focused on running for higher office, I’m focused on doing the job that the people of Illinois just sent me to do.

MR. RUSSERT: But there seems to be an evolution in your thinking. This is what you told the Chicago Tribune last month: “Have you ruled out running for another office before your term is up?” Obama answer: “It’s not something I anticipate doing.” But when we talked back in November of ‘04 after your election I said, “There’s been enormous speculation about your political future. Will you serve your six-year term as United States senator from Illinois?” Obama: “Absolutely.”

SEN. OBAMA: I will serve out my full six-year term. You know, Tim, if you get asked enough, sooner or later you get weary and you start looking for new ways of saying things. But my thinking has not changed. (it would appear it did since January 2006 - oh my goodness, how could Obama be so EVIL!)

MR. RUSSERT: So you will not run for president or vice president in 2008?

SEN. OBAMA: I will not.

MR. RUSSERT: Senator, thank you very much for your candor and for joining us and sharing your views.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10909406 /

We find a little bit of nuance that the Washington Times left out (in order to help McCain) and that the OP went even farther with. While Obama did indicate in fairly clear terms that he didn't plan on running for higher office at that time he certainly didn't "promise" anything - and we need to add comments like "It’s not something I anticipate doing", "my thinking has not changed" and "I can’t speculate on those kinds of things" to put his comments in full context. But it sounds so much more like a lie when we leave those parts out and insert the never spoken words "I promise" doesn't it. I would certainly define this thread as being dishonest, at best.

So my question to jlake remains - why make up a quote and why provide a link to a right wing attack piece that edited out all the nuances that Obama actually spoke in the interview as opposed to the actually interview? While the OP has the balls to try such a dirty attack, I doubt the OP has the balls to defend their own dishonesty. Perhaps you would like to defend the OP's dishonesty?