Tucker just reported that Bob Kerrey said Obama attended a secular Madrasa on CNN

[MadBadger]

Im looking for a link to this, but Tucker just reported that 25 minutes ago in explaining himself Kerrey said Obama attended a secular Madrasa when he was younger. Hasnt this been debunked time and time again..by CNN of all people?

[K Gardner]

Different comment.. this entire show is about Hillary and Bill's attacks

on Obama, either personally or via surrogates.

[fascisthunter]

1. Bob Kerrey

another dem in name only

[AspenRose]

2. Tucker is on his way out, idiot that he is

Maybe he wants to go out with a bang....

[TeamJordan23]

4. So is he lying or did Kerrey really say this? nm

[jezebel]

6. Kerrey said it. He said something like " the madrassa he went to for a short time" nt

nt

[jezebel]

10. He was being interviewed by John King. It was about 45 minutes ago. nt

[doc03]

16. I heard it myself, Kerrey did say it. Typical Karl

Rove type smear. Don't blame Tucker he was merely repeating Kerrey's statement and faining outrage about it. It made news just as the Clintons hoped and the MSM is happy to repeat it.

[K Gardner]

8. I'm looking for confirmation.. it would seem in line with the

other crap talking points coming down from the campaign. Will post when I find something.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. .

[rinsd]

5. Tucker Carlson is now a fountain of truthful information?

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/12/16/kerrey_for_clinton.html

[MadBadger]

9. Apparently its true though.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3853533

[rinsd]

13. Apparently its true Carlson said it. Not Kerrey.

[MadBadger]

15. Fine, dont listen to other DUers who said they saw him say this in an interview with John King.

[K Gardner]

21. Good lord.. watch the TV.. they're running with this story

on Hardball and Tucker.. it will be on again. Sheesh.

[ClarkUSA]

7. Kerrey is a Clinton mouthpiece and he's LYING, the fucking swift boating asshole shill

There is no such thing as a secular madassa and Obama attended a school that was full of kids from every religion.

FUCK. THE. CLINTONS.

[BeyondGeography]

12. I was wrong about this guy last night

and it won't happen again.

[rinsd]

17. BG, I have yet to find a single source outside of DUers posting Tucker's comments

So you benefit of the doubt may not have been in vain.

[MadBadger]

18. Or how bout DUers that heard him say it on CNN?

WHy do you continually ignore me pointing this out to u?

[rinsd]

20. Because your intial backup was a DUer who loves to post rw garbage if it attacks Hillary.

[K Gardner]

22. He said it once (link provided), why wouldn't he have said it again?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2007/10/bob_kerrey_discusses_leadershi.cfm

This blind loyalty, even in the face of incontrovertible evidence, is just mind-boggling.

[rinsd]

24. Scuse me for not taking Tucker Carlson at his word.

And seeking proof before condemning anything.

[jezebel]

25. I have never attacked Hillary, and I heard him say it. Don't believe me if you want, but he said it.

nt

[BeyondGeography]

19. I do hope it's BS

[rinsd]

23. Apparently he said something similar in late Oct.

Pirate Smile tracked something down

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3853533&mesg_id=3853631

[BeyondGeography]

Late October and now are two different things

For one thing, he is now a Clinton surrogate. Endorsers usually stick to emphasizing their candidate of choice. He has an awful lot to say about Obama. Much of it good, I might add, but it's an old trick to use the good stuff as a pretext for dropping in nasty code words (like madrassa, again, if true) that the candidate herself would never dare say.

[rinsd]

28. I'm not sure yet.

Some are saying he repeated this in an interview but at the same time it could be Tucker rehashing these older comments.

[ClarkUSA]

32. No worries, BG.

They are rats on a sinking ship and they want to take down Obama far enough so Edwards will win Iowa. They know they won't win because
they are a far third as second choice. If Obama wins Iowa, Bill and Hillary know he'll be unstoppable so watch for more of this crap from
Clinton surrogates while Hillary softens her image (hoping to drive down her nosebleed negatives) with hokey videos of childhood friends
saying what a swell girl she was and still is. Did you know that, like Romney, Hillary supposedly "teared" up today while kicking off "The
Hillary I Know" campaign featuring her elementary school friends from Chicago, etc. and a website with tear-jerker video testimonials
from said friends? Doesn't that make her look "soft" and "likeable" now? :eyes:

[polichick]

11. Is Kerrey desperate for a job?? nt

[maddezmom]

14. didn't see the interview on CNN, but Kerrey said the same in Oct

~snip~

love that his name is Barack Hussein Obama; that he was educated for a while in a secular madrassa. He can speak like no other candidate to a billion Muslims on this earth and say we’re not your enemy unless you make us so.
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[Tom Rinaldo]

26. Attending a religous Madrasa has been debunked. It seems that Madrasa literally means "school".

So by saying Obama attended a secular Madrasa Kerry steered at least technically clear of the prior debunking. It's interesting, I actually agree with Kerry about the positive effect Obama's eclectic background can bring the United States if he becomes our President, including with Muslims specifically, and they are a pretty important part of the world community right about now. But I am not blind to the fact that nuances can easily be missed and messages twisted in the inflamed current domestic context what with a "war on terror" etc. constantly in the news. In a literal thoughtful context this was actually flattering to Obama - the argument is one that would incline ME more to vote for Obama. But I doubt I'm a typical voter. I might need to research Bob Kerry a lot more before I would have enough of a handle on how he operates, what he talks about in public, and why he does so, to reach a final conclusion about this.

On the surface I agree Kerry's comments, even if one believed they were well intentioned, are probably not what Obama needs to have discussed right now (though in fairness I should note that Obama himself brought up his experiences in Indonesia as a child as relevent in a positive way toward his qualifications to become President). I understand the suspicions of the Obama camp about this, I'll at least say that.

[proudmoddemo]

27. The smear campaign continues

Same stuff, different talking ahead. A shameful and vile campaign.

[Kucinich4America]

29. Bob Kerrey.... last seen as part of the 9-11 Whitewash commission

Yeah... he's got some credibility left. :eyes:

[WCGreen]

30. So Obama attended a secular Madrasa on CNN....

I knew they were running God and Warrior stuff but I didn't know they started to operate a Madrasa...

[KoKo]

31. I said this on another post about Bob Kerry's Vomit against Obama...so here's a repeat.:

I saw Kerry Vomiting that Propaganda Spew on CNN. I'm not an Obama supporter but it was so OTT

it made me sick. CNN's John King filling in for Blitzer did make a point of saying: "You are a supporter of Senator Clinton" but it didn't counteract the vomitous "Talking Poings" Bob Kerry spewed out against Obama. It was Clinton talking points. It makes me wonder if the Clinton/Bob Kerry folks were the ones going after Gore in 2000 about his "earth tones" and "flip flopping" and the rest of the crap that was skewed about Gore. We here all blame Rove...but does anyone think that Karl Rove put a wire in Bob Kerry's ear and told him to spew those insinuations about Obama? No, Bob Kerry didn't need Karl Rove he had the Clinton's OP's Rove Machine (probably Carville) doing the work for him...

Anyway...I'm a Kucinich/Gore supporter but have no tolerance for insinuations like what Kerry did. Kerry's always been a Lieberman DINO... Sorry to see him show his turncoat face now ...involving himself in this election. Our DINO's are our Worst Enemy. More snakelike and lethal than the Repugs.