Don't Buy Obama's Outrage

Obama: "I don't think it's an appropriate topic for debate"

No, Obama’s not talking about the family of McCain's VP Sarah Palin.  He's talking about the divorce of Jack Ryan, his GOP opponent during the 2004 Illinois U.S. Senate race.

Here's Obama's similarly reassuring comments about attacks on Palin's 17yr old daughter:

Brit Hume, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly all praised Obama for "saying the right thing".  O'Reilly even said Obama "came to her (Sarah Palin's) defense".  Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Obama's supporters at the Daily Kos, CNN, MSNBC, MoveOn.org, etc… were smearing Sarah Palin in the most despicable ways.

Maybe our guys should do their homework before praising "The One".

From what I've read, this is a classic Obama tactic:

Encourage the media, behind the scenes, to attack his opponent, or their children, while publicly stating Obama is against attacks.

Obama did this in his first, and only, U.S. Senate campaign.  According to an April 3, 2004, Chicago Sun-Times article, Obama's supporters at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee emailed reporters behind the scenes to dig up dirt on Ryan's divorce while publicly stating Ryan's divorce was "off limits".

"I feel for him actually," Obama said on WLS-AM. "What he's gone through over the last three days I think is something you wouldn't wish on anybody. Unfortunately, I think our politics has gotten so personalized and cut-throat that it's very difficult for people to want to get in the business."

An amazing statement given that Obama's supporters were working behind the scenes to do the thing Obama "wouldn't wish on anybody". 

Surprisingly, a judge did release the records, there was a scandal and Jack Ryan quit the race shortly thereafter.  Obama ran, essentially unopposed, and won 70% to 27% over the GOP’s late replacement, Alan Keyes.   Jack Ryan later begged that his divorce be the last - that we should leave private the divorce records for John Kerry and others who run for office.

Obama did not win his only U.S. Senate campaign as an agent for "Change", or a uniter, or by taking bold stands on issues, but by having his supporters make public the personal and private lives of his opponent.

Sound familiar?

This is Chicago-style politics that Democrats have brought to the 2008 Presidential race.

Too bad for U.S. :-(