“You haven’t heard a positive thing out of that [Republican] campaign in a month. All they do is try to run me down,” Obama said while campaigning Wednesday in Union, Missouri.
The accusation came the same day that the Obama campaign released an ad comparing McCain to President Bush, and the McCain campaign released one likening Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.
“Since they don’t have any new ideas, the only strategy they’ve got in this election is to try to scare you about me,” Obama said.
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And then,
“Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck. It’s divisive, negative, shameful and wrong,” McCain campaign manger Rick Davis said in a prepared statement sent to reporters one day after Obama alluded to his own race during several stops in Missouri.”
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The McCain Campaign has nothing to say. McCain is Bush III. Americans do want the war to be over. Obama was criticized for not going to Iraq, then for what he did in Iraq, and said in Iraq. And in Germany. All the McCain camp can do is criticize. So McCain is a veteran. So what? They have no strong points to bring up. And for Obama to suggest that race is an issue. Oh, my!!!
All emphasis mine
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July 31, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Collin Kelley
That video comparing Obama to Britany Spears and Paris Hilton is the true sign of a very desperate McCain campaign.
August 1, 2008 at 10:21 pm
helenl
I think it is, Collin.
August 1, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Emerald City Elephant
On the contrary, I think they have a great many strong points to bring up. McCain has been talking about stimulating the economy, he has been talking about improving schools, making healthcare more affordable without socializing it and making the American people dependent on the government, he has been talking about reducing gas prices and reducing our dependence on foreign energy..all in a great deal of detail.
He also has the strong points of being absolutely right about the surge, when Obama was absolutely wrong suggesting we leave immediately when sectarian fighting was at its worst, condemning Iraq to civil war and the same type of slaughter we saw in the killing fields of Cambodia when Democrats forced us to leave Vietnam just as the war was being won. And the fact that he has been absolutely right about the need to increase our domestic oil supply because there currently isnt any energy source capable of replacing the gas that is the very lifeblood on our economy. A fact only emphasized by Obama today when he conceded the point.
He also has the incredibly strong point that the economy was booming under Republican congress, and has only tanked since Democrats took over the budgets and the policy. Or that the World Bank’s report on the worldwide food crisis shows that 75% of the problem of rising food prices, which are causing riots, increased hunger and suffering around the world. are due to farmers growing crops for the biofuels that liberals have championed, and the other 25% is due to rising fuel prices which Democrats, as we saw in their deplorable Stalinist behavior on the House floor today, are obstructing any solutions to.
Unfortunately the same media that shows overwhelming favoritism in the vast quantity of coverage they give Obama over McCain (let alone the content) is also the media that doesnt want to give McCain any attention unless he is talking about Obama.
But I love the white background!
August 1, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Emerald City Elephant
Oh, and the war is over. We went to war against Saddam Hussein and Iraq. Saddam Hussein has been removed from power, and Iraq is now our ally, and have asked us to stay until they can take care of their own security, which, thanks to President Bush, General Petraeus, and John McCain, and despite Democrats best efforts to undermine their own country for political gain — is precisely what is happening.
We havent been at war with Iraq for a long time. We are there protecting Iraqis from enemies of their country who are trying to destroy their chosen, free and democratic government.
August 2, 2008 at 6:26 am
American Elephant
Sorry, I should point out those comments were by me, not by Emerald. I must have been logged in under his account.
August 2, 2008 at 9:46 am
helenl
Hi American Elephant, Welcome to my blog, which you’ll find out, if you hang around, is not all political. It’s primarily about my poetry, which is not all political.
My point is that McCain has “approved” ads that are not about the issues. They make fun of Obama instead. And then McClain just says Oboma is “weak on ____.” Fill in the criticism of the day.
If the war is over, soldiers should be coming home. Time will tell. We pacifists are against all war. I’m in favor of reassigning those who will in the Peace Corp and sending the rest home literally (as in, to their houses). We need to wage some peace. Or at least some calm.
Heavens, look at the economy under Bush. Like drilling for oil in the Outer Banks will fix it all. Right.
August 3, 2008 at 6:46 am
renaissanceguy
Well, you have to admit that some of the comparison between Obama and pop stars is valid. (Personally I don’t like the ad. I think the McCain campaign is absolutely stupid for running it.) Peopleadore Obama. Ladies swoon. Men say that he’s the last best hope for America. People clap and scream just like they would at one of Ms Spears’s concerts. When you ask most of them, as journalists have done, what Obama has accomplished, they cannot tell you. They love him because he is for “change.” When you ask them which of his platform planks they agree with, they stare blankly and say simply that they “believe in Obama”.
I know that some of Obama’s supporters are smarter than that. I know that many of them can articulate clearly and cogently why they think he would make a good President. A large number however can only say that he’s “like totally awesome, dude!”
August 3, 2008 at 10:39 am
helenl
It’s the kind of thing that’s very funny on a comedy show but disgusting from another candidate.
“A large number however can only say that he’s “like totally awesome, dude!”
Okay, RG Name three.