Hello Everyone:

Here is the MSNBC Tucker Carlson video link from Monday, February 18 titled "Republicans vs. Obama" where "Republican strategist Roger Stone discusses the GOP strategy against Sen. Barack Obama" IF he is the nominee which I highly recommend watching:

Republicans vs. Obama

Feb. 18: Republican strategist Roger Stone discusses the GOP strategy against Sen. Barack Obama, D - Ill.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23226626#23226626 (04:50)

Right below is the MSNBC transcript of this entire interview.

Here are some of the main points that Roger Stone mentioned from the transcript below that are not getting a whole lot of media coverage right now which I think Democratic primary voters definitely need to be aware of BEFORE they vote on Tuesday, March 4:

1) Roger Stone sees the lack of substance in Barack Obama right now:

ROGER STONE, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: "There‘s no real record of achievement there. There‘s no real solid proposals there. There‘s very inspiring rhetoric..."

I agree with Stone on this and I will qualify his comment about Obama "There‘s no real record of achievement there" to the level of being President as opposed to being a member of Congress or the Senate.

What Obama has done as a community organizer and the other good things that he has done at the local level are fine when it comes to representing people locally such as being a member of Congress or the Senate BUT he has "no real record of achievement" that I can see which specifically qualifies him to be the next President who will inherit each and every problem that Bush leaves behind on 1/20/09. That is NOT the case when it comes to being one single member of The U.S. Congress or Senate which is what Obama has been only since 2005!

2) Roger Stone mentions how that the other side will definitely attempt to negatively define Barack Obama as a candidate which is exactly what they did to John Kerry back in 2004:

STONE: "Either Barack Obama will fill in the blanks on himself or the Republicans, in the course of a campaign, will fill out the empty space. I‘m convinced that once people learn that he is from the McGovern wing of the Democratic party, that despite his very lofty aspirations about hope and a better America, which is almost Reagan-esque, that there is no, as Walter Mondale said, no beef..."

Barack Obama has NOT shown that he understands this concept yet in my opinion:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14337

Obama showed in the Jan. 5 debate that he does NOT understand enemy attacks!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on January 7, 2008 - 4:32am.

3) Roger Stone mentions how that the Republican campaign against Obama has not really started yet and that "There will be plenty of time to properly portray the issue positions of Barack Obama before this November election:"

STONE: This is just the beginning. First of all, only Democrats have essentially voted in the Democratic primary. Let‘s wait until this contest goes to the entire electorate, including conservative leaning independents and Republicans.

Secondarily, when people do learn more about him, I don‘t think they will like it. For example, Barack Obama unequivocally supports driver‘s licenses for illegal immigrants, the Spitzer proposal in New York. Now, 15 of 19 9/11 hijackers had 38 driver‘s licenses among them. They used them to rent cars, rent trucks, rent hotel rooms and board airplanes to attack this country. You saw what it did for Elliot Spitzer, whose numbers are in the toilet and have not recovered.

Barack Obama unequivocally supported the governor and supported the concept. Even Hillary Clinton had the good sense to back away from it. I don‘t think that will sell to those suburban Catholic Democrats who may be swooning about Barack Obama right now...

I think it‘s not a question of energy. I think it‘s a question of mechanics. I do think you‘ll see Republicans surrogates and Republican leaders start to go out and question Barack Obama on the policy side. But, Tucker, don‘t lose any sleep. There will be plenty of time to properly portray the issue positions of Barack Obama before this November election.

You‘re still very early in the process..."

Barack Obama NOT having endured the Republican attack machine very much yet as Roger Stone mentioned is exactly why "Hillary's high negatives are an illusion compared to Obama or any other Democrat" as I have been saying for a long time right now:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/13992

Hillary's high negatives are an illusion compared to Obama or any other Democrat

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on November 28, 2007 - 4:49pm.

Barack Obama being untested and unproven against these kind of attacks is a big reason why I do NOT think that he is electable against John McCain. Sen. Robert Menendez (a Clinton supporter) also understands this concept:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14599

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Robert Menendez got it right about Obama's lack of electability

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on February 4, 2008 - 6:36am.

Hillary Clinton on the other hand has already stood up to everything that the other side can throw at her so she is ready for the attacks that will come and they are already reflected in her poll numbers while that is clearly not the case with Barack Obama:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14703

Mark Penn explains "Why Hillary, Not Sen. Obama, Is the Democrat to Beat McCain"

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on February 13, 2008 - 4:37am.

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14338

A good question asked by PAforClark: "Tell me why I should vote FOR Clinton?"

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on January 7, 2008 - 6:10am.

Please forward this information on so that more Democratic primary voters will understand what Roger Stone is saying about what will eventually happen to Obama IF he is the nominee which has not really happened yet and that many Democratic primary voters are probably not aware of right now!

Mitch Dworkin

http://www.securingamerica.com/

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/10756
StopIranWar.com: "War is not the answer"
Submitted by Wes Clark on February 21, 2007 - 11:40am.

http://www.securingamerica.com/ccn/node/7191
Listen to Gen. Wes Clark fight for Dems on Sean Hannity's radio program: An excellent example for all of us to follow and what we all need to be doing to help fight back against extreme right wing Neocon smear propaganda!

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23236180/

'Tucker' for Feb. 18
Read the transcript to the Monday show

Guests: Lanny Davis, Peter Fenn, Peter Beinart, Roger Stone

TUCKER CARLSON, HOST: Senator John McCain is riding the Straight Talk Express right to the Republican nomination. But what happens when Barack Obama starts cutting over from the fast lane in a general election campaign? For years, the Republican party assumed it would be running against Hillary Clinton. Can they shift gears now in time to mount the same kind of campaign against a candidate like Obama? What would that campaign look like?

Joining us now, the legendary Republican strategist Roger Stone from Florida. Roger, welcome.

ROGER STONE, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: Tucker, glad to be with you.

CARLSON: How do you hit Barack Obama?

STONE: Well, it‘s difficult. There‘s no real record of achievement there. There‘s no real solid proposals there. There‘s very inspiring rhetoric. Either Barack Obama will fill in the blanks on himself or the Republicans, in the course of a campaign, will fill out the empty space. I‘m convinced that once people learn that he is from the McGovern wing of the Democratic party, that despite his very lofty aspirations about hope and a better America, which is almost Reagan-esque, that there is no, as Walter Mondale said, no beef.

If we find the beef, it‘s going to be pretty liberal beef.

CARLSON: Yum. Do people care? It seems to me what we have now is a lot of evidence that people aren‘t even really interested in detail. They like how Obama sounds. They like what he represents and that‘s kind of enough for them.

STONE: This is just the beginning. First of all, only Democrats have essentially voted in the Democratic primary. Let‘s wait until this contest goes to the entire electorate, including conservative leaning independents and Republicans.

Secondarily, when people do learn more about him, I don‘t think they will like it. For example, Barack Obama unequivocally supports driver‘s licenses for illegal immigrants, the Spitzer proposal in New York. Now, 15 of 19 9/11 hijackers had 38 driver‘s licenses among them. They used them to rent cars, rent trucks, rent hotel rooms and board airplanes to attack this country. You saw what it did for Elliot Spitzer, whose numbers are in the toilet and have not recovered.

Barack Obama unequivocally supported the governor and supported the concept. Even Hillary Clinton had the good sense to back away from it. I don‘t think that will sell to those suburban Catholic Democrats who may be swooning about Barack Obama right now.

CARLSON: I actually—I agree with you. I wonder, though. I think you probably take it as a matter of faith that it would be easier to beat Hillary in the general than it would be to beat Obama. Is that right?

STONE: There‘s no question. She‘s a pol. She‘s a hack. She believes in virtually nothing. It would be a race to the center by both candidates. Bill Clinton is smart enough to know you don‘t win a presidential election on the far left or on the far right. There will be an attempt to push McCain to the far right. He will resist that. There will be attempt by the Republicans to properly place Hillary Clinton on the far left. She‘ll resist that. It‘s a race to the middle.

CARLSON: Why haven‘t you seen really any commentary on either one of the Democratic candidates from Republicans. You have seen no independent expenditures of note. You haven‘t even seen Republican talking heads coming out there and attacking either one in a systematic way. Is it that there no energy on the Republican side or is this part of the strategy?

STONE: I think it‘s not a question of energy. I think it‘s a question of mechanics. I do think you‘ll see Republicans surrogates and Republican leaders start to go out and question Barack Obama on the policy side. But, Tucker, don‘t lose any sleep. There will be plenty of time to properly portray the issue positions of Barack Obama before this November election.

You‘re still very early in the process. You may remember that Jimmy Carter was a phenomena that came out of nowhere. He talked about an America as good as its people. He talked about restoring confidence in the post-Watergate period. He had very little specific to say about the issues, other than the fact that he pledged to balance the federal budget, sounding like a conservative Democrat.

Ford pounded away on his lack of specifics, his lack of being pinned down. On election day you had a photo finish. Now Ford lost by a handful of votes. This election I think will be very similar, in that once you strip away the rhetoric and you strip away his effectiveness on TV, people do want to know where the candidates stand. When they see the tax increases that he‘s proposed and the way that it will slow this economy even further. And when they see the naivete of his foreign policy views—

I‘ll sit down with terrorists.

By the way, I‘m not sure how you avoid assassination in those instances. When they see how naive he is, I think the American people will make a correct judgment.

CARLSON: Roger Stone, I really appreciate it, Roger. Thank you.

STONE: Glad to be here...