It's Stand-Up Comedy Time for Obama as He Ratchets Up Criticism
(CBS)
(NORTH FARMINGTON, MICH.) - Barack Obama took it up a notch – or two - at a town hall meeting tonight where he used comedy to mock and ridicule the McCain-Palin ticket.
“I mean think about it, you guys remember this, it was just like a month ago they were all saying ‘experience, experience, experience’,” Obama said as the crowd snickered, “Then they chose Palin and started talking about ‘change, change, change’ - What happened?”
Not since the Democratic primary has Obama been this animated and wound up during a campaign event. His style of campaigning became a bit drab over the summer when he stayed mostly on message. But after Palin’s convention speech received rave reviews, Obama has shown that he is not ready to relinquish the spotlight so easily. His performance tonight looked like a page from his days of campaigning against Hillary Clinton.
“I mean, mother, governor, moose shooter?! I mean I think that’s cool, that’s cool stuff,” Obama said about Palin’s biography.
When discussing McCain’s energy plan, Obama poked fun at his line on drilling. “What were the Republicans hollerin’, ‘drill baby drill’? What kind of slogan is that?! They were getting all excited about drilling!”
He even found a way to make an answer to a question on civil liberties comical. While speaking about the importance of habeas corpus, Obama said, “We don’t always catch the right person. We may think this is Mohammed the terrorist, it might be Mohammed the cab driver. You may think it’s Barack the bomb thrower, but it might be Barack the guy running for president.”
It remains to be seen if his jokes will translate into votes - but at least for tonight, he got a lot of laughs.
These are Obama''''s own words. Of course, he was talking about himself.
Against the surge and now says it was Joe''''s idea?
Against offshore drilling, now says he''''s for it?
For gun control, now says he ain''''t messin'''' with guns?
Sounds like Billy from the song Razzle Dazzle ''''em from the musical Chicago!
No, the American voters aren''''t stupid and BHO will find that out in November when they send him back to Chicago! Maybe he can try to clean up Chicago. Somebody, somewhere needs to do it.
My question remains if you wish to answer: How does the naval officer son of a four star admiral pose more of a threat to the US than a crypto-Marxist Muslim Black Liberation Theology follower?
Taxes: Lower or Higher?
Defense: Stronger or Weaker?
Energy: More or Less?
Change: Maverick senator or Southside fixer?
Partisanship: Lieberman''s friend or Biden''s friend?
You should choose based on past actions and policies.
He should be on a national TV show EVERY NIGHT!!!
The Republicans are banking on Obama losing votes as they portray him and Michelle as "angry black people"...dark and dangerous. That is the gut level subtext of the McCain/Rovian campaign.
The way Obama needs to/can defuse the race issue (and, sadly it is an issue) is to appear over and over and over on national TV as an entertaining decent funny smart guy.
Once the American people get to know him...any lingering prejudice will be cured.
The hardcore racists have been with the Republican party since Richard Nixon...they ain''t goin anywhere.
The big lie con job from McCain/Rove must not be allowed to succeed.
Obama must fight for the life and soul of America.
I used to have some respect for John McCain; tragically he has made a Faustian bargain to get this job...and for what? To satisfy his own egoic powerlust, it''s that transparent.
Shame on you John McCain.
May the Good Lord give Barack Obama the grace and strength to stand up to, and defeat the darkness that would envelope our nation and our planet......
Wake up it''s not racism it''s his ideas that make him unpopular.
I guess he does not have to worry about things like that...
"Vote policies not personalities."
Taxes: Lower (for whom) or Higher(for whom)?
Defense: Stronger (Diplomatic and Proactive) or Weaker ("Maverick and Reactive)?
Energy: More (conservation) or Less?
Change: Maverick (senile) senator or Rational thinker?
Partisanship: Lieberman''''s friend or Everyone''s Servant?
You should choose based on past actions and policies.
I completely agree.
Its easyu to calculate
He should be on a national TV show EVERY NIGHT!!!
The Republicans are banking on Obama losing votes as they portray him and Michelle as "angry black people"...dark and dangerous. That is the gut level subtext of the McCain/Rovian campaign.
The way Obama needs to/can defuse the race issue (and, sadly it is an issue) is to appear over and over and over on national TV as an entertaining decent funny smart guy.
Once the American people get to know him...any lingering prejudice will be cured.
The hardcore racists have been with the Republican party since Richard Nixon...they ain''''t goin anywhere.
The big lie con job from McCain/Rove must not be allowed to succeed.
Obama must fight for the life and soul of America.
I used to have some respect for John McCain; tragically he has made a Faustian bargain to get this job...and for what? To satisfy his own egoic powerlust, it''''s that transparent.
Shame on you John McCain.
May the Good Lord give Barack Obama the grace and strength to stand up to, and defeat the darkness that would envelope our nation and our planet......
Or he can stand up in front of everybody and expose himself to be nothing more than he is --- a clown
Talk and diplomacy have their place but they''re pretty much useless if there''s no "or else."
Democrats are losing the game with energy. "Conservation" seems to be the watchword with them. It does pretty good on the focus groups and polls. Everyone wants to conserve energy.
But what people say and what they do are frequently two different things. People were also for higher gas prices to spur conservation. Right up until they actually had to reach for their wallets.
But while they are for the concept, they are definitely not for it in practice. Gas hit $4 and people squealed. Now Democrats are saying they are working for lower gas prices.
How exactly that is supposed to work is a mystery to me and many others.
People support "sacrifice", as an idea. But when they''re the ones doing the sacrificing they''re not so supportive. Especially when they see the people who are selling the "sacrifice" ticket are not riding the train.
As for "Business as usual?" How can you view Joe Biden as anything but a marker for the same old, same old?
-- It shows how weak your message is, when the other party can use it too.
%u201CI mean, mother, governor, moose shooter?! I mean I think that%u2019s cool, that%u2019s cool stuff,%u201D
-- IQ Test: In politics, which of these three things is not like the other.
"What were the Republicans hollerin%u2019, %u2018drill baby drill%u2019? What kind of slogan is that?! They were getting all excited about drilling!%u201D
-- Oil is wealth and power. It is something to get excited about. Conservation is about putting on two sweaters in the cold. To each his own.
"You may think it%u2019s Barack the bomb thrower, but it might be Barack the guy running for President.%u201D
-- It''s Ayers the bomb thrower. The reason he is not in jail is the American respect for the rule of law, and this is still strong.
Just watch, a year from now no drilling will have started on the new leases that Congress gives and well be back where are now.
Posted by sbourg55 at 07:50 AM : Sep 09, 2008
What do you call "Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" ?
Posted by AGarland5 at 02:15 AM : Sep 09, 2008
McSame is definitively the "bomber in chief". Ask the USS Forrestal crew.
Posted by JaemoLee at 12:37 AM : Sep 09, 2008
And Palin does ? Try again ...
Posted by o_hussein_b at 11:42 PM : Sep 08, 2008"
I notice that you need to refer to his admiral dad ... I wonder why ? Cna''t you explain which great things McCain achieved in the Navy, I mean besides trashing 5 aircrafts and bombing the USS Forrestal ?
McCain-palintalk, slogans, ads, plans, and programs based on facts and are they free of fear, fiction, frivolous labels, unfair attacks, negativity,lies and impulsivity? [Danger to country and countries needs and challenges.
Is Mccain-Palin ticket dividing us and instigating a permanet cultural clash within our country. The US, USA, and McCain-palin will should repent now before it is too late.
Their attempts to do this to our Greatgrand Nation will fail and once the Media will start doing due deligent duty and cut thru the cloud so called M. Mccain has created.
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by dbor77
September 9, 2008 4:11 PM PDT
- I like to see Obama having a sense of humor and to mock these republicans. If Obama wants to get some of these women back he needs to talk about how Palin cut funding to the disabled in Alaska..how she cut funding to homeless teenage moms in Alaska..how she let her daughter make her own choice regarding the pregnancy but wants to take away a choice for the rest of this country. He needs to go after the issues females find to be of importance.
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