Obama Says Republicans Are Trying to Scare Americans
From CBS News' Allison O'Keefe
(ROLLA, MO) – During two town hall meetings in Missouri today, Barack Obama accused John McCain of scaring the American public.
"They know that you’re not real happy with them. And so the only way they figure they’re going to win this election is if they make you scared of me," Obama told a crowd of about 1,000. Obama has referenced this theme before but today it was with significantly more energy.
"So what they’re saying is ‘well, we know we’re not very good but you can’t risk electing Obama. You know, he’s new, he’s… doesn’t look like the other presidents on the currency."
From the beginning of the campaign, Obama refers to his "funny name" when speaking about hope and opportunity for everyone.
The McCain campaign was quick to weigh in calling Obama's comments a "typically superflous" response to criticism.
"Like most celebrities, he reacts to fair criticism with a mix of fussiness and hysteria," McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said in a written statement
There was a lot of buzz today about McCain's new ad titled "Celebrity," which mocked the hype surrounding Obama's candidacy. And in response, the Obama campaign released a new ad of their own titled, "Low Blow."
The 30-second ad criticizes McCain for "practicing the politics of the past" and goes on to highlight Obama's ideas for the future.
(ROLLA, MO) – During two town hall meetings in Missouri today, Barack Obama accused John McCain of scaring the American public.
"They know that you’re not real happy with them. And so the only way they figure they’re going to win this election is if they make you scared of me," Obama told a crowd of about 1,000. Obama has referenced this theme before but today it was with significantly more energy.
"So what they’re saying is ‘well, we know we’re not very good but you can’t risk electing Obama. You know, he’s new, he’s… doesn’t look like the other presidents on the currency."
From the beginning of the campaign, Obama refers to his "funny name" when speaking about hope and opportunity for everyone.
The McCain campaign was quick to weigh in calling Obama's comments a "typically superflous" response to criticism.
"Like most celebrities, he reacts to fair criticism with a mix of fussiness and hysteria," McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said in a written statement
There was a lot of buzz today about McCain's new ad titled "Celebrity," which mocked the hype surrounding Obama's candidacy. And in response, the Obama campaign released a new ad of their own titled, "Low Blow."
The 30-second ad criticizes McCain for "practicing the politics of the past" and goes on to highlight Obama's ideas for the future.
Mc Cain or Mc BUSH is what I like to call him is another Bush. You might as well keep Bushm in office.
OBAMA''S DISTURBING VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR BERNANKE
http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/07/obama-gives-bernanke-vote-of-confidence.html
This does not bode well.
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Oh gee, what could we possibly be scared of. A fellow that is a media creation with no practical experience of any kind, very little political experience, no military experience and no financial or private sector experience. What''s there to be frightened of. He''s got a nice smile.
Nice.....
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Gosh, what else is new with the Republicans. They have used fear very effectively to pillage the constition.
Talk about injecting race into the campaign.
Not WRIGHT for America (www.notwrightforamerica.com) deserves a hat tip on this one--they have a good post on this and it looks like they were among the first to notice it.
Isn''t it about time America faced the reality that the ''tried and true'' has far better odds (to make any positive changes in the future) than the ''uncertain and new?''
"If you are young and not liberal you have no heart, and if you are old, and not conservative, you have no brains. "
If Obama wants to play hard ball, he will lose terribly because McCain will whip him good.
All of us younger voters are not impressed by the words of another professor type or another charismatic leader, they usually let people down with their over enthusiastic ways.
Posted by ScAriel133
Today''s 2 minutes of hate?
Obama has already Scared us, Seeing he knows nothing about running a country. Nothing about the people or government.
He is evil and scary on his own.
That make obama the scariest man in Politics, his new energy plans. and the crowd cheered.
Obama needs to be laughed out of politics on that alone.
Shows he know nothing.
Obama is his own worst enemy, I am amazed he does not scare himself.
I am a Democrat who wants a President Who has a Brain and can do the job.
Not a Blumbering Idiot Rattling things off.
Rice has not accomplished one major thing in her years with Bush, she is a token and so Obama is trying not to be a token president by inspiring people into a dazed and dreamy state, like being hypnotized when you wake up after the elections and see that the backdoor taxes cut into the middle-class tax break you will realize you were hypnotized into voting for just another politician.
Vote third party as a protest, they both are the same and that is why they are so close in the polls, neither one can gather enough to move into double digit leads in the national polls.
He was taught Marxism by his father, socialism by his mother and liberalism at Harvard. Rev. Wright finished off his education by tutoring him for 20 years on how to hate white folks.
His election would be the end of the country as we know it.
His election would be the end of the country as we know it.
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Posted by Peterp111 at 11:45 AM : Jul 31, 2008
When people start passing along "fear" as their rebuttal to civil discourse, they are beat. The same thing goes for lying, distorting, name-calling and yelling/cussing. The basic problem McCain supporters have is they can''t argue on the issues. Given this fact, they must resort to fear and hatred and prey on the emotions of the undecided voters that will decide this election. On the issues alone, Obama will win in a landside.Obama "08"!
Posted by Peterp111
When the bus is headed over the cliff would be a good time to consider change.
The last 8 years of the Conservative Agenda has been nothing but detrimental to the Average Working American. If you Peterp111 are hopeful that the majority of Americans will agree to ride off the cliff with you, then you are the one offering visions of delusion, fantasy, and pie falling out of the sky.
First of all most people will vote party line and even indi''s will vote party line that leaves the swing voter. The middle of the road voters.
Now of course we really don''t have a party but we do control the country. If you think not think about 1994 and then 2006, we changed who controled congress. Most of the polls really don''t include us so now I wonder how the election will go.
It was John McCain who put Obama''s face on a dollar bill in one of the attack ads John McCain made called: SEAL
You can find the attack ad John McCain made ONE MONTH AGO, where it was John McCain who put Obama''s face on a dollar bill. The campaign ad by John McCain is on YOUTUBE, it is called: SEAL
(Just go to YOUTUBE, and type in the two words: SEAL McCAIN)
It was John McCain who put Obama''s face on a dollar bill in one of the attack ads John McCain made called: SEAL
You can find the attack ad John McCain made ONE MONTH AGO, where it was John McCain who put Obama''s face on a dollar bill. The campaign ad by John McCain is on YOUTUBE, it is called: SEAL
(Just go to YOUTUBE, and type in the two words: SEAL McCAIN)
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by american1000
August 2, 2008 11:13 AM PDT
- It seems that ONE MONTH AGO, it was John McCain who played the race card against Obama!
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See all 29 CommentsIt was John McCain who put Obama''s face on a dollar bill in one of the attack ads John McCain made called: SEAL
You can find the attack ad John McCain made ONE MONTH AGO, where it was John McCain who put Obama''s face on a dollar bill. The campaign ad by John McCain is on YOUTUBE, it is called: SEAL
(Just go to YOUTUBE, and type in the two words: SEAL McCAIN)