Bush Attacking Obama Is Bush Attacking All Democrats

What's it mean to be the presumptive nominee? People have your back. Barack Obama is defended by those who feel attacked [see Obama Gets Triple-Teamed on 'Appeasement'].

Joe Biden:
"This is bullshit, this is malarkey. This is outrageous, for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country, to sit in the Knesset . . . and make this kind of ridiculous statement."

"He is the guy who has weakened us," he said. "He has increased the number of terrorists in the world. It is his policies that have produced this vulnerability that the U.S. has. It’s his [own] intelligence community [that] has pointed this out, not me."

Nancy Pelosi:
"We have a protocol, sort of a custom, informally around here that we don't criticize the president when he is on foreign soil. One would think that that would apply to the president that he would not criticize Americans when he is on foreign soil."

"I think what the president said in that regard is beneath the dignity of the office of the president and unworthy of our representation at that observance in Israel."

"I would hope that any serious person would disassociate himself from the president's remarks who aspires to leadership in our country."

John Kerry:
"What an irony to have the current president in Israel blasting Democrats from the Knesset when his policies have actually seen al Qaeda get strengthened, they've seen al Qaeda be reconstructed, they've seen Hezbollah get stronger, they've seen Hamas get stronger, Israel more threatened, Iran is stronger and Iraq is in chaos."

"This is a disgraceful statement by the president ... He ought to apologize to the American people for going to Israel and using the Knesset and the celebration of the 60th anniversary of a state and a people that we all support and that we're all proud of and using it for politics."

Update [2008-5-15 15:59:8 by DemFromCT]:

Harry Reid:
"Not surprisingly, the engineer of the worst foreign policy in our nation's history has fired yet another reckless and reprehensible round.  More than seven years into his Presidency and in the sixth year of the directionless Iraq war, President Bush has yet to learn that his brand of divisive partisan rhetoric is precisely what has made America and our allies less secure.  And for the President to make this statement before the government of our closest ally as it celebrates a remarkable milestone demeans this historic moment with partisan politics.

"President Bush's own actions demonstrate that he believes negotiations – at the right moment, under the right conditions and with the right leaders – can both show strength and produce results.  He has relied on negotiations with North Korea and Libya, two state sponsors of terror.  And by conducting discussions with Russia, China, Libya, North Korea and Iran in recent years, President Bush has demonstrated his belief that negotiations can be a tool to advance America and Israel's national security interests.  I call on the President to explain the inconsistency between his Administration's actions and his words today."

Howard Dean:
"On the same day John McCain is talking about putting partisanship aside, the President launched a cheap political attack while on a state visit honoring the 60th anniversary of Israel, one of America's greatest allies. Bush's outrageous comments are an embarrassment to our country, not based in fact and bring us no closer to our goal of ending terrorist attacks against Israel and bringing peace to the region. If John McCain is really serious about being a different kind of Republican, he'll denounce these remarks in the strongest terms possible."

Update [2008-5-15 16:40:50 by DemFromCT]:

Hillary Clinton:
President Bush’s comparison of any Democrat to Nazi appeasers is both offensive and outrageous on the face of it, especially in light of his failures in foreign policy. This is the kind of statement that has no place in any presidential address and certainly to use an important moment like the 60th anniversary celebration of Israel to make a political point seems terribly misplaced. Unfortunately, this is what we’ve come to expect from President Bush.

Obama doesn't have to (and shouldn't) do all the pushback. That's what surrogates are for... and Bush just did his Great Uniter bit to help unite everyone in the Democratic party behind Obama.