McCain Camp Holds Presser to Talk About Which Candidate Terrorists Want

Wed, October 22, 2008 - 9:40 AM

From the McCain campaign:

ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, at 11:30 a.m. EDT, McCain-Palin 2008 will hold a press conference call with former CIA Director Jim Woolsey and McCain-Palin Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Randy Scheunemann to discuss recent news stories about which candidate terrorists would like to see in the White House in 2009.


I'm guessing Bob Barr? Kidding. While this might seem like another attempt by the campaign to tie Obama to terrorists (see: Ayers, Bill), the AP reported today that Al-Qaida supporters are calling for a pre-election terrorist attack on the U.S. to help McCain win.

From the AP:

The message, posted Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah Web site, said if al-Qaida wants to exhaust the United States militarily and economically, "impetuous" Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain is the better choice because he is more likely to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"This requires presence of an impetuous American leader such as McCain, who pledged to continue the war till the last American soldier," the message said. "Then, al-Qaida will have to support McCain in the coming elections so that he continues the failing march of his predecessor, Bush."

--Sean Mussenden