memeorandum: BUSH'S ‘NAZI’ SWIPE AT OBAMA (Domenico Montanaro/MSNBC)

2:00 PM ET, May 15, 2008

Top Items:

Bush suggests Obama wants ‘appeasement’ of terrorists — JERUSALEM (CNN) - In a particularly sharp blast from halfway around the world, President Bush suggested Thursday that Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats are in favor of “appeasement” of terrorists in the same way U.S. leaders appeased Nazis in the run-up to World War II.

Will Bunch / Philly.com:

President Bush committed political treason today — I've seen a lot of sad things in American politics in my lifetime — the resignation of a president who became a national disgrace after he oversaw a campaign of break-ins and cover-ups, another who circumvented the Constitution to trade arms for hostages …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Crooks and Liars, Alternate Brain and Emptywheel

Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:

Obama Takes Issue With Bush Foreign Policy Speech — ABC News' Ed O'Keefe Reports: The Obama campaign is taking issue with a comment President Bush made while speaking to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel's statehood. — “Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals …

Discussion: JustOneMinute, The Jawa Report, The Corner, Confederate Yankee and Unfogged

Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:

Biden: Bush's comments were ‘bulls**t’ — Sen. Joe Biden, piling on to Democratic complaints about President Bush's speech in Israel today: — “This is bulls**t, this is malarkey. This is outrageous, for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country, to sit in the Knesset …

Think Progress:

Lieberman On Bush Comparing Democrats To Nazi-Appeasers: ‘The President Got It Exactly Right’ — Delivering an address before the Israeli Knesset today, President Bush said that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Democrats favor a policy of appeasement toward terrorists.

Discussion: The Caucus, Blue Girl, Red State, Cliff Schecter and The Campaign Spot

Wall Street Journal:

Prepared Text of Bush's Knesset Speech — As Prepared for Delivery: Remarks by the President to Members of the Knesset — Shalom. Laura and I are thrilled to be back in Israel. We have been deeply moved by the celebrations of the past two days. And this afternoon …

Discussion: TalkLeft, Redstate, Israel Matzav, Pajamas Media and American Street

Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:

Obama says Bush falsely accuses him of appeasement — WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama accused President Bush on Thursday of launching a “false political attack” with a comment about appeasing terrorists and radicals. — The Illinois senator interpreted the remark …

Daniel W. Reilly / The Crypt's Blogs:

Pelosi: Bush comments ‘beneath the dignity of the office’ — Democratic House leaders are calling out President Bush for a speech in Israel in which he seemed to suggest that Sen. Barack Obama wants the United States to “negotiate with terrorists.” — In his speech, Bush said …

Discussion: TownHall Blog, Ben Smith's Blogs and The Swamp

Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
BUSH'S ‘NAZI’ SWIPE AT OBAMA

Discussion: Think Progress and TownHall Blog

Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Speech Criticized as Attack on Obama

Discussion: NewsBusters.org, Fox News and AMERICAblog

White House:
President Bush Addresses Members of the Knesset

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Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Bush's Remarks in Israel Rile Obama

Discussion: Washington Wire, The Trail, Commentary, Swampland and New York Times

Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:

The GOP Must Stand for Something — Tuesday's election results highlighted challenges for both Democrats and Republicans. — Republicans received a hard shot in Mississippi. Greg Davis (for whom I campaigned and who was a well-qualified candidate) narrowly lost a special congressional election …

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Gail Collins / New York Times:
A Victory Plan for Hillary

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Clinton's 11th-hour push

Discussion: New York Times, The Caucus and Washington Post

Elisabeth Bumiller / The Caucus:

McCain: Most Troops Will Be Home by 2013 — Updated | 10:59 a.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Senator John McCain declared on Thursday that most American troops will be home from Iraq by 2013 and that Iraq will be a functioning democracy with only “spasmodic” episodes of violence …

Discussion: Think Progress, Washington Monthly, American Spectator, Donklephant, PoliPundit.com and Drudge Retort

John McCain 2008:
Remarks By John McCain in Columbus, Ohio

Discussion: Blogs of War and The Campaign Spot

Michael Scherer / Swampland:
McCain Lays Out “Hope” Timetable For Iraq

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Matthew Yglesias and The Carpetbagger Report

Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Breaking News: McCain sees Iraq combat over, U.S. troops home before 2013

Discussion: The American Conservative, Daily Kos, THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL™ and Confederate Yankee

The Politico:

Six ways the GOP can save itself — Things are so ugly for the members of the GOP right now, it's worth pondering their political mortality: Put bluntly, can this party be saved? — We talked to some of the smartest minds in Republican politics, and their prognosis is pretty grim.

Discussion: Weekly Standard Blog and Hot Air

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Agitated? Irritable? Hostile? Aggressive? Impulsive? Restless?

Discussion: Blog entry, Hot Air, The Carpetbagger Report and Bluestem Prairie

New York Times:
Republican Election Losses Stir Fall Fears

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Politico, Washington Monthly, Matthew Yglesias, Eschaton, TPM Election Central, DownWithTyranny!, No More Mister Nice Blog, TBogg, Washington Post, The Page, Progress Illinois, Electoral-vote.com, PoliGazette, Cotton Mouth and BAGnewsNotes

Bob Beckel / Real Clear Politics:

If Clinton Wants VP, Obama Can't Stop Her — Does Hillary Clinton want to be the Democrats vice presidential candidate? Probably. Could she get on the ticket by dropping out before the last states vote on June 3rd? Definitely not. Does Barack Obama want her on the ticket? Absolutely not.

Discussion: TalkLeft, Wonkette, Real Clear Politics and CNN

Strange Bedfellows:

McDermott endorses Obama — Rep. Jim McDermott on Thursday became the fourth U.S. House member from Washington to endorse Barack Obama for president. — The Seattle Congressman told the P-I's Joel Connelly that Obama is his pick because “I am confident as president he will end the war in Iraq and bring our sons and daughters home.”

Discussion: TPM Election Central and 2008 Democratic …

CNN:

Biden calls Bush comments ‘bulls**t’ — (CNN) — The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joe Biden, D-Delaware, called President Bush's comments accusing Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats of wanting to appease terrorists “bulls**t” and said if the president disagrees …

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs

Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:

A Column's 45 Years — On May 15, 1963, Rowland Evans and I published our first column. That makes today the 45th anniversary (the first 30 years under the Evans & Novak byline) of the nation's current longest-running syndicated political column. — Until his death Feb. 27 …

Washington Post / The Trail:

NARAL Affiliates Question Obama Endorsement — NARAL Pro-Choice America affiliates in key swing and primary states are openly distancing themselves from the decision by NARAL Pro-Choice America to endorse Illinois Sen. Barack Obama over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to be the Democratic nominee for president.

Discussion: TalkLeft, TPM Election Central and Salon