FROM THE NY DAILY NEWS

HEAD: Surge meets purge

The McCain campaign is poking fun at Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for a report
in today's New York Daily News that he had cleansed BarackObama.com of past
criticism of the surge strategy in Iraq.

"BARACK OBAMA "REFINING" IRAQ POSITION ON OWN WEBSITE," blares the McCain
release, which helpfully links to the former versions of the site.

The Daily News report by James Gordon Meek says: "Barack Obama's campaign
scrubbed his presidential Web site over the weekend to remove criticism of
the U.S. troop 'surge' in Iraq, the Daily News has learned. The presumed
Democratic nominee replaced his Iraq issue Web page, which had described the
surge as a 'problem' that had barely reduced violence. 'The surge is not
working,' Obama's old plan stated, citing a lack of Iraqi political
cooperation but crediting Sunni sheiks - not U.S. military muscle - for
quelling violence in Anbar Province. .

"Obama's campaign posted a new Iraq plan Sunday night, which cites an
"improved security situation" paid for with the blood of U.S. troops since
the surge began in February 2007. It praises G.I.s' 'hard work, improved
counterinsurgency tactics and enormous sacrifice.' Campaign aide Wendy
Morigi said Obama is 'not softening his criticism of the surge. We regularly
update the Web site to reflect changes in current events.' "
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Tappity-tappity glide, tappity-tappity slide, tappity tap tap...the sounds
of Barack, The Magic Negro tap-dancing as furious as he can so no one
notices that while he gots the rthymn, he just ain't the gots the
fundamentals to be President of nuthin' more than his housing project's
garbage detail. Surge meets purge is enough to make one regurge!!

Dionysus