This is offensive and I think it’s disappointing, because John McCain always says, well, I’m not going to run that kind of politics and that engages in that kind of smear I think is unfortunate, particularly since my policy toward Hamas has been no different than his…And so for him to toss out comments like that I think is an example of him losing his bearings as he pursues this nomination. We don’t need name calling in this debate.

I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. If I still have time, I might add, Mr. Trewhitt, I might add that it was Seneca or it was Cicero, I don't know which, that said if it was not for the elders correcting the mistakes of the young, there would be no state. - Ronald Reagan

I do sometimes call out posters when I think they're out of line. But there are two exceptions I take to this point of yours. The first is that your criticism here is quite hypocritical considering that I have never once seen you call out any righty poster for anything, ever. If you don't think Jag and others have a strong tendency toward open hostility, unwarranted insults and simply abject, often embarrassingly uninformed discourse, you're quite sadly mistaken. I can present many examples where I have openly criticized Tree for poor-taste responses even when taking up my side of an argument. Although I have asked this of you and others in the past I've never seen you do the same. In fact, when I did begin to suggest that posters should do a better job of policing their own side, you were one of the people who jumped on me most harshly, calling me out as a forum cop and other insults. Simply put, you don't have a moral leg to stand on with this "constructive criticism". But I'll tell you what, I'll continue to call out people for poor-taste posts, left and right alike, as I see fit. If you begin an at least semi bipartisan approach to the same, it will be a change I will whole-heartedly welcome, as I do agree, it will help raise the quality of the forum.

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"MATT LAUER: “If it’s working Senator, do you now have a better estimate of when American forces can come home from Iraq?”

SEN. MCCAIN: “No, but that’s not too important. What’s important is the casualties in Iraq. Americans are in South Korea, Americans are in Japan, American troops are in Germany. That’s all fine. American casualties and the ability to withdraw; we will be able to withdraw. General Petraeus is going to tell us in July when he thinks we are. But the key to it is that we don’t want any more Americans in harm’s way."

"It is unbelievably out of touch and inconsistant with the needs and concerns of Americans, and particularly the families of troops who are over there. To them the most important thing in the world is when they come home.

Q On a much lighter note, you can put your Yankees hat back on if you'd like. We see the President at these sporting events. He clearly has a good time. He's bringing the T-ball field to the White House, and they'll have the game over the weekend. What about behind the scenes? Is he a sports-page-first guy in the morning, and when he says he's in bed reading the briefing books, is he really watching Sportscenter? (Laughter.)

Rep. Blackburn: Is the legislation that we are discussing here today - is that something that you are going to personally benefit from?

Gore: I believe that the transition to a green economy is good for our economy and good for all of us and I have invested in it. But every penny that I have made, I have put right into a non-profit, The Alliance for Climate Protection, to spread awareness of why we have to take on this challenge. And Congresswoman, if you believe that the reason I have been working on this issu for 30 years is because of greed, you don't know me.

Obama: The truth is, our earmark system, what's called porkbarrell spending in Washington, is fraught with abuse. It badly needs reform. Which is why I didn't request a single earmark last year. Why I've released all my previous requests for the public to see. Why I pledge to slash earmarks by more than half when I'm president.

Obama: I view that quality of empathy, of understanding and identifying what peoples' hopes and struggles as an essential ingredient for arriving at just decisions and outcomes. I will seek sopmebody who is dedicated to the rule of law. Who honors our Constitutional traditions. Who respects the integrity of the judicial process and the apropriate limits of the judicial role. I will seek somebody who shares my respect for Constitutional values on which this nation was founded.

Last year Sen. Barack Obama, submitted a laundry list of federal funding requests, known as earmarks, to the Senate Appropriations Committee: 112 earmarks totaling more than $330 million in taxpayer funds. - Clinton News Network

BLACKBURN: So you're a partner in Kleiner Perkins. OK. Now, they have invested about a billion dollars in 40 companies that are going to benefit from cap-and-trade legislation. So is the legislation that we are discussing here today, is that something that you are going to personally benefit from?

GORE: I believe that the transition to a green economy is good for our economy and good for all of us, and I have invested in it. But every penny that I have made, I have put right into a nonprofit, the Alliance for Climate Protection, to spread awareness of why we have to take on this challenge.

And Congresswoman, if you're -- if you believe that the reason I have been working on this issue for 30 years is because of greed, you don't know me.

BLACKBURN: Sir, I'm not making accusations, I'm asking questions that have been asked of me and individuals -- constituents that were seeking a point of clarity, so I am asking you for that point of -- point of clarity.

GORE: I understand exactly what you're doing, Congresswoman. Everybody here does.

BLACKBURN: And, well -- you know, are you willing to divest yourself of any profit? Does all of it go to a not-for-profit that is an educational not-for-profit --

GORE: Every penny that I have made --

BLACKBURN: Every penny --

GORE: -- has gone to it. Every penny from the movie, from the book, from any investments in renewable energy. I've been willing to put my money where my mouth is. Do you think there's something wrong with being active in business in this country?

BLACKBURN: I am simply asking for clarification --

GORE: I'm proud of it.

BLACKBURN: -- of the relationship.

GORE: I'm proud of it.

GB: You have been close to President George W Bush. He has supported you over the years. Have you had contact with our white house now and President Obama?

MS: I had a few phone calls with President Obama and I have to say that we have strong support from the United States. You know, The United States has called us a 'strategic ally' in the late months of the previous administration and the new administration has confirmed it.

And I think the way this country's approach [to] our neighbors [who] go to Washington and tell Washington, OK, let's have a tradeoff, abandon Georgia and maybe we'll give you something in exchange, maybe better access to Afghanistan, maybe some other strategic deal or something else.

But the point is - and I think this is clearly understood by this administration, by all of our friends in Washington - abandoning Georgia would mean, as Russia would want, abandoning freedom in a huge part of Eurasia, of Europe.

GB: I'm not quite so sure though that this administration is willing to pay the high price for it's ideals. They are looking to reset a relationship with Russia, we have President Obama going over to meet with Russia and broker all kinds of deals. What gives you the assurance that we won't throuw you under the bus for a new sort of relationship or a reduction in nuclear weapons.

MS: Well I think first of all that's exactly what, two days ago, Vladimir Putin said. He said he clearly addressed Americans and he told them, if you - he told you - if you want to have a real reset, forget about Georgia. But you know, I think people in Washington understand that forgetting about Georgia, first of all, is against every American principle of supporting freedom and democracy. And that's, I think, clearly understood also by the presidential administration.