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| Obama Hits Bottom, Keeps Digging |
| 2008-09-13 |
| A pretty scathing charge from Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., this morning as he spoke to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and assailed Sen. John McCain's, R-Ariz., position on free trade. "So, when American workers hear John McCain talking about putting 'Country First,'" Obama said, "it's fair to ask --- which country?" Please God let there be video. |
| Posted by:AzCat |
| #24 I don't think they're completely a product of Palin's addition. IIRC the Democratic governor up there isn't particularly popular so there's likely a local effect going on as well. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2008-09-13 22:00 |
| #23 Are the Washington poll numbers are product of the Palin addition? |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2008-09-13 21:08 |
| #22 I am Barack Obama, and I approve of this message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VZkjIQzWcc |
| Posted by: Barack Obama 2008-09-13 20:30 |
| #21 If any of the left coast states are in serious play, The One may be Second. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-09-13 20:21 |
| #20 ROFL, 'moose. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-13 19:53 |
| #19 Obama really, really should have vetted his leftist campaign advisers, like Rarel Koveski: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/mluphoup/RarelKoveski.jpg |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-09-13 15:00 |
| #18 Unfortunately I do. ugh. Contribute to the McCain/Palin/RNC compliance fund, folks - they're gonna need as many briefcases on the ground as we can surge in states like WA. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-09-13 14:54 |
| #17 WA seems in play, but it's a state w/elections in the "Chicago Way." Remember the last governor's race? |
| Posted by: regular joe 2008-09-13 14:37 |
#16 Washington is not likely to be a battleground stateActually, the latest poll shows McCain down by just two (!) and Rossi up by six. Of course, if Obama loses WA then he's been blown out anyway, which may be your point. |
| Posted by: JSU 2008-09-13 13:37 |
| #15 Washington is not likely to be a battleground state, so the subtlety is lost and the crassness nationwide. Wait for the debate. McGovernesque. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-09-13 12:44 |
| #14 Crass indeed. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-09-13 11:33 |
| #13 I can see the point lotp, but it would have been better put if his opponent was Mitt or someone else. Saying about a former POW that gave up so much for his country is just crass. Keep up the good work tanking in the polls Bambi. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-09-13 11:31 |
| #12 There's some interesting politics behind this one IIUC. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers are involved in airplane production and have clashed a lot with Boeing in particular over the last 5 years or so. McCain is known as a critic of Boeing from the angle of military procurement, and of course there's the open issue of the USAF tanker buy. So Obama's indirectly critiquing Mac's pressure on BMAC. As an intellectual position it has some (small) merit. Might even strike an emotional chord with some workers in states like Washington. We'll see what happens when McCain starts stressing the economic steps he talked about in his acceptance speech, including retraining and investment in energy-related industries. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-09-13 11:06 |
| #11 America, which is not the Amerikkka you knew in church, Baracky |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-13 10:56 |
| #10 "it's fair to ask --- which country?" France? Belgium? Switzerland? |
| Posted by: Raj 2008-09-13 09:45 |
| #9 Good job, Genius. All McCain has to do is bring up his stay at the Hanoi Hilton. Y'know where that is, right, Obama? It's to the north of Indonesia..... |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-09-13 09:32 |
| #8 It's the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers so what country do they care about? Did the rank and file IAMAWs applaud wildly? Do they consider themselves Americans first, or International Workers? |
| Posted by: regular joe 2008-09-13 09:29 |
| #7 Obama is now behind in all the polls and is wetting his pants. THIS is Obama crisis management mode, lurching from one misstep to the next. It is despicable, incompetent and counterproductive. He is not fit to be a dogcatcher. |
| Posted by: Minister of funny walks 2008-09-13 09:28 |
| #6 "So, when American workers hear John McCain talking about putting 'Country First,'" Obama said, "it's fair to ask --- which country?" Then the ad fades to the image of the ONE upon the stage with the white bold letters BERLIN GERMANY 2008 |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-09-13 08:53 |
| #5 This is a sure winning point, Teh One. Keep repeating it. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-13 06:13 |
| #4 Approaching? It landed and left the plane. It IS mentally Ill. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-09-13 05:34 |
| #3 It's not a question of stupidity, OS. It's a question of values and character. Obama's an unreconstructed Chicago machine pol with hard lefty instincts. He and his supporters need to be taken down hard in this election before they destroy the country. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-09-13 05:32 |
| #2 And people honestly want to put this putz in charge of the USA? How stupid has the left become? Its approaching mental illness. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-13 00:29 |
| #1 Better question, Nobammy, is which country YOU put first. 'Cuz it sure ain't this one. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-13 00:08 |