John McCain's character shows through by not forcing Charlie Black to resign

We are told that one characteristic to look for in determining the viability of a presidential campaign is how the candidate reacts when one of the people says something inappropriate.

When Samantha Power made her "monster" remark, she expressed remorse within the sentence she was speaking. Power offered to resign, and the Obama campaign wanted her to resign as well.
"She is a monster, too -- that is off the record -- she is stooping to anything," Ms Power said, hastily trying to withdraw her remark.
Yet when Charlie Black speaks of how another major terrorist attack will help McCain, Black gets to keep his job.
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December was an "unfortunate event," says Black. "But his knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who's ready to be Commander-in-Chief. And it helped us." As would, Black concedes with startling candor after we raise the issue, another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. "Certainly it would be a big advantage to him," says Black.
Now Richard Clarke was on Countdown with Keith Olbermann calling for the resignation of Black from the McCain campaign. "Charlie Black ought to be gone tomorrow morning."

It says a lot about the McCain campaign that he hasn't called upon Black to resign, and it says quite a bit about Black in that he didn't voluntarily offer to resign.

The "monster" comment obviously wasn't very nice, but doesn't even come close to the horrible things Black has said about the Bhutto assassination and any potential terrorism threats. Technorati Tags:

False Flag Alert: Thank you Mr. Charlie Black

False Flag Alert: Thank you, Mr. Charlie Black ____________________________ Thank you, Mr. Charlie Black. I ain't no scientific rocket, but it seems to me that many nations in the world, and the Muslim nations in particular, would welcome Barack Obama as the next president. Anybody but Bush III. Our current president has the lowest approval ratings of any president in history. That's both inside and outside of the uSA. With John McCain marching in lockstep with most of the GW Bush ill-conceived and mismanaged policies--and promising to continue them, Obama would naturally garner more support in the Middle East and with Muslims in general -- including the extremists. He represents at least the possibility of change. Besides, if the 'islamo-fascists' are capable, as often claimed, of simultaneously hijacking four airliners in the uSA and successfully crashing three of them into major buildings, you can say many things about them ---but dumb should not be one of them. They're smart enough to know that, as you recently suggested, McCain could benefit from a terror event in the uSA. And they know that McCain as president means a continuation of the status quo. So, as long as Barack Obama is a legitimate candidate with a good chance to win, they'll bid their time. Stage an event that would deliver an advantage to McCain? That would be foolish. It would be much wiser to wait and see what a new man as president would do. Therefore, if there is an event, the red flags should fly and the fingers should be pointing at neo-con-istic characters like yourself, Mr. Black. So, thank you, Mr. Black, for giving us a good starting point for an actual investigation of a terrorist event in the uSA. ------ Like the PNAC document that hoped for "another Pearl Harbor," Mr. Charlie Black was thinking out loud. Since Mr. Black has not been fired, and has not resigned, we can be sure that approval for his statement came from higher than John McCain. Mr. Black's job was to plant the seed for a reaction to a future event -- with McCain as the remedy. Charlie Black represents oldthink, by the old manipulators -- men like Bush Sr. Without the free flow of information on the internet, they would probably get away it. But people aren't as dependent upon mainstream media anymore --however, vigilance still remains the price of freedom. We already have our fingers pointing directly at you, Mr. Black. _______________