Political Browser: McCain Campaign Scorns Remarks About Obama
John McCain repudiated Rep. Steve King's remarks that terrorists will be "dancing in the streets" if Barack Obama is elected.
(By Gerald Herbert -- Associated Press)
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LAWMAKER REBUKED
McCain Campaign Scorns Remarks About Obama
A spokeswoman for Sen. John McCain on Monday condemned comments by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who said Friday that terrorists will be "dancing in the streets" if Democrat Barack Obama is elected president.
"The senator rejects the type of politics that degrades our civics, and this campaign will be about the future of our country," spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker said. "McCain could not be clearer on how he views these types of comments, and obviously that view extends to Congressman King's statement."
King, a three-term Republican, made the remarks to a radio station as he announced his bid for another term in the House of Representatives. "I don't want to disparage anyone because of their race, their ethnicity, their name -- whatever their religion their father might have been," King told listeners of KICD. "I'll just say this: When you think about the optics of a Barack Obama potentially getting elected president of the United States -- I mean, what does this look like to the rest of the world? What does it look like to the world of Islam?"
King then said: "I will tell you that if he is elected president, then the radical Islamists, the al-Qaeda, the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11th because they will declare victory in this war on terror."
During a campaign stop in Columbus, Miss., Obama said King's comments were more about self-promotion than substance. "I have to say that Mr. King and individuals like him thrive on offensive or controversial statements as a way to get in the papers, so I don't take it too seriously," he told reporters at the Little Dooey restaurant.
-- Michael D. Shear
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