In a speech to Israel’s Knesset, Mr. Bush said: “Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along.

“We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: ‘Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.’ We have an obligation to call this what it is - the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.”

No names.

Knowing that he is the most currently prominent American who believes we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, Barack Obama was ready to respond:

“It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence to launch a false political attack,” Obama said in the statement his aides distributed. “George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists, and the president’s extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel.”

If you never said that you would engage with terrorists, why did you think the statement was about you, Barry?

Obama’s debate answer was memorable enough, but this meeting-with-terrorists policy had been near and dear to the man for a while. From a February, 2007 interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes:

STEVE KROFT: Would you talk to Iran or Syria?

OBAMA: Yes. I think that the notion that this administration has — that not talking to our enemies is effective punishment — is wrong

Obama would negotiate with the terrorists enemies of the United States and Israel, so though he did not name anyone, even Barry knows of whom the President was speaking.

“Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we’re talking about the Iraq War, that [American flag pin] became a substitute for I think true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security, I decided I won’t wear that pin on my chest.

He said that wearing the American flag pin on your lapel made you a fake patriot.

Now, Barry is wearing the pin, but not to fundraisers in San Francisco.

Democrat Travis Childers, the favorite going into the voting last night, defeated Republican Greg Davis by eight points in a special Congressional election in Mississippi. This was expected, but the New York Times is overly excited anyway:

Democrats scored a remarkable upset victory on Tuesday in a special Congressional election in this conservative Southern district, sending a clear signal of national problems ahead for Republicans in the fall.

No, Davis was not the best of candidates and the GOP didn’t want to spend the money required to win this race, only to have to spend it again in the Fall. Childers won because he was able to fight Republican attempts to link him to the party’s Presidential candidate, Barack Obama. Childers denied the existence of Obama, and won. This bodes very poorly for the Democratic national ticket this fall.

Hagee has apologized.

I don’t know if this incident is “over,” but I doubt it. Look, Hagee was never McCain’s pastor as Jeremiah Wright was Obama’s spiritual mentor, the man who brought him to Christianity by teaching him that the black identity includes racial hatred. Hagee, some guy who had endorsed McCain, had marginalized himself somewhat as an anti-Catholic bigot, but once he meets with Catholics and takes bias courses, the press might let him back into whatever section of the lunacy graph they have reserved for Christians who do not hate.

He’s currently a member of the ACLU who digs the war on drugs. You figure him out.

Preface:

On FNS, Obama campaign boss David Axelrod told host Chris Wallace that he was “encouraged” by the McCain campaign’s proposal to hold joint town hall meetings this summer. Next up, Clinton mouthpiece Howard Wolfson argued that the race for the Dem nomination would not be over until someone garnered the support of 2209 delegates, the number required to nominate if both the Florida and the Michigan delegations are counted.

On TW, Harry Reid told host George Stephanopoulos that Americans have outgrown the 2nd Amendment as an issue in Presidential campaigns and that John McCain was a “flawed” candidate because of his temper. Asked for evidence of this temper, Reid said that “everybody knows” about it. Carly Fiorina, McCain advisor, was up next, and she made a point about “incentivizing” private companies to develop green technologies to combat the global warming threat. (She didn’t use the term “global warming threat”; rather, I get a kick out of it.)

On MTP, Obama supporter Chris Dodd said that he was not upset that Hillary was still in the race; rather, he didn’t want her trashing Barry. Hillary’s campaign manager, Terence McAuliffe, threatened that if the Democrats nominate Obama, they’ll lose both the Presidential election and the House of Representatives.

On FTN, host Bob Schieffer talked to John Edwards who said that he might eventually endorse. He added with a twinkle in his eye that John McCain seemed to be open about his proposal to create a cabinet-level Poverty Czar. (I hope not.) Next up, Terence McAuliffe answered questions about Hillary being the candidate of white people.

On LE, host Wolf Blitzer first talked to Obama, who opined that the American people want change and that he wanted to appoint Supreme Court justices who saw the court as a “refuge for justice.” With two shrubberies so you get the two-level effect with a little path running down the middle. He next spoke to Roy Blunt and Chris Van Hollen, with Van Hollen spouting memorized notes he clearly did not understand.

The complete, show-by-show review is over at RedState.com.

FOX News Sunday (FNS): Host Chris Wallace talks to top Obama strategist David Axelrod and Hillary’s mouthpiece, Howard Wolfson, about what will be left of the Dem Party.

This Week (ABC): Host George Stephanopoulos has Nevada Senator Harry Reid on the show to hawk his new book and he sits down with Carly Fiorina to discuss the McCain campaign.

Meet the Press (NBC): Host Tim Russert talks to two former DNC bosses: Chris Dodd for Obama and Terence McAuliffe for Hillary, about what will be left of the Dem Party.

Face the Nation (CBS): Host Bob Schieffer talks to John Edwards and to McAuliffe.

Late Edition (CNN): Host Wolf Blitzer interviews Obama and then hosts House GOP whip Roy Blunt and DCC chair Chris Van Hollen to discuss the outlook for Congressional elections. Then he speaks to his usual cast of thousands.

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The consensus seems to be that the Dem race is over, and the hosts want to know if Hillary’s ongoing battle will let the aging, weary John McCain abscond with the General Election this November; they’ll talk to Democrats who will reassure them that everything will be alright.

Harry Reid is doing his book tour; he’ll probably do Russert next week.

Kudos to Blitzer for paying some attention to what is happening with Congressional races; he has an opening now that the luster has been stolen from his Obama vs. Clinton star.

The only reason for the FTN producers to cast John Edwards this week would be if he promised to endorse Barry, but I am nonplussed about that possibility. At this point, who cares?

I’ll cover these things and have my notes over at RedState.com tomorrow afternoon.

Greg writes: “[I]gnore his politics for one minute and watch this video.” I do ignore his politics, but I also ignore him. I didn’t watch the vid, but I trust Greg enough to take his word on it.

Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey (formerly David Trimble), joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and former Northern Ireland First Minister was pretty withering, saying her claims were a “wee bit silly”.

But what about the current first lady? Barbara Bush is all over the Burma storm situation:

Mrs. Bush presided in the White House briefing room one day before the president spoke on the devastation in South Asia. She blistered military leaders in Myanmar as being “very inept” for repressing citizens and decimating an economy, and urged them to accept humanitarian aid to help a shaken nation recover.

This is Mrs. Bush since her husband’s second term began: ever comfortable with her platform, increasingly prominent on international affairs.

Hillary is a waste of a pants suit.

“It’s full speed on to the White House,” Clinton said at a victory rally in Indianapolis, with her husband former President Bill Clinton standing behind her. “We’ve got a long road ahead, but we’re going to keep fighting.”

Scorched Earth.