Obama "Can't Imagine" Using McCain Tactics
Barack Obama holds a rally in Indianapolis Thursday morning. Indiana hasn't voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson. After the rally, the Illinois senator flies to Hawaii to see his ailing grandmother. Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith caught up with Obama Wednesday in Richmond, Va., and asked him about leaving the campaign trail at such a crucial time, with less than two weeks until Election Day. They also discussed comments by Obama's running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, that an Obama administration would be tested early by enemies abroad, the rancorous tone of the campaign, the responses of Obama and his opponent, Sen. John McCain, to major tests they've both faced in recent weeks, and Obama's chances of winning.
Harry Smith: Lincoln said, 'All I ever hoped to be, I'd owe to her,' in speaking about his mother. Your grandmother was very much like a mother to you. How important is this trip?
Barack Obama: It's very important to me. That - my mother was a single mom, so she raised me with the help of my grandparents. And so, my grandmother, my grandfather, and my mom, they're really the people who took care of me, all throughout my childhood. My grandmother's the last one left. She has really been the rock of the family, the foundation of the family. Whatever strength, discipline - that - that I have - it comes from her."
Harry Smith: You've said in the past that you regretted - your own mother's illness - and her death came so quickly. You didn't have time to get back to see her.
Barack Obama: Yeah, got there too late. ... We knew - she wasn't doing well. But you know, the diagnosis was such that we thought we had a little more time, and we didn't. And so I want to make sure that I don't - I don't make - the same mistake twice.
Harry Smith: Some people say there's risk involved in this, with so little time left.
Barack Obama: Yeah, well - the - yeah, I think most people understand - that if you're not - caring for your family - then - you're probably not - the kind of person who's gonna be caring for other people.
Harry Smith: I want to talk about some campaign issues, not the least of which is - your running mate, Joe Biden. ... (He) talked about, 'Well - Barack Obama's gonna be tested, within the first six months.' John McCain jumped on that and said, 'I don't need to be tested. I'm ready.' Are you more ready to be president of the United States than John McCain is?
Barack Obama: I tell - all I can say is this: We've had, over the last couple of months, I think, an interesting series of tests. And - I think that I have been steadier. I think my advisers and my team and my organization, what we've built, has - has performed - with the kind of calm resolve and deliberation that the White House needs right now. Any president is gonna be tested - by the enormity of the challenges that we face.
Harry Smith: The rancorous tone of this campaign - I was with John McCain on Monday, and I said, 'Our poll data shows that it's actually hurting you.' He says, 'I wouldn't be doing it if he weren't doing it.'
Barack Obama (laughing): Well, look. I - I mean - politics is tough. ... But I will say this: I don't think there's any equivalence between what we've been doing and what John McCain's been doing. ... Witness some of the comments that have been made just over the last several months, his last several weeks, 'Socialistic.' You know, 'Pals around with terrorists.' I mean, just - the kinds of stuff that - that I can't imagine saying about an opponent of mine.
Harry Smith: Whoever gets elected president somehow has to put their arm around the whole country and say, 'We're in this together.'
Barack Obama: Yeah.
Harry Smith: Can you do that?
Barack Obama: I can. And I think that's the tone that we've set from the beginning of this campaign. I mean, look. Is - is - is Sean Hannity suddenly gonna get on the airwaves and say, 'You know, I was wrong about this Obama guy. He's - he's my man.' No, that's not gonna happen. I mean, there's gonna be a certain - wing of the Republican party - that is - dug in and resistant to the notion that we need to change direction.
Harry Smith: And you close your eyes for a moment, and you think about Election Night. Do you win?
Barack Obama: Well, I - I wouldn't have gotten into this race if I didn't think I was gonna win. ... If it's tied going into Election Day, I - I like our chances, because I think we've got enormous enthusiasm on the ground.
Smith interviewed Sen. McCain earlier this week.
Copyright 2009 CBS. All rights reserved. Harry Smith: Lincoln said, 'All I ever hoped to be, I'd owe to her,' in speaking about his mother. Your grandmother was very much like a mother to you. How important is this trip?
Barack Obama: It's very important to me. That - my mother was a single mom, so she raised me with the help of my grandparents. And so, my grandmother, my grandfather, and my mom, they're really the people who took care of me, all throughout my childhood. My grandmother's the last one left. She has really been the rock of the family, the foundation of the family. Whatever strength, discipline - that - that I have - it comes from her."
Harry Smith: You've said in the past that you regretted - your own mother's illness - and her death came so quickly. You didn't have time to get back to see her.
Barack Obama: Yeah, got there too late. ... We knew - she wasn't doing well. But you know, the diagnosis was such that we thought we had a little more time, and we didn't. And so I want to make sure that I don't - I don't make - the same mistake twice.
Harry Smith: Some people say there's risk involved in this, with so little time left.
Barack Obama: Yeah, well - the - yeah, I think most people understand - that if you're not - caring for your family - then - you're probably not - the kind of person who's gonna be caring for other people.
Harry Smith: I want to talk about some campaign issues, not the least of which is - your running mate, Joe Biden. ... (He) talked about, 'Well - Barack Obama's gonna be tested, within the first six months.' John McCain jumped on that and said, 'I don't need to be tested. I'm ready.' Are you more ready to be president of the United States than John McCain is?
Barack Obama: I tell - all I can say is this: We've had, over the last couple of months, I think, an interesting series of tests. And - I think that I have been steadier. I think my advisers and my team and my organization, what we've built, has - has performed - with the kind of calm resolve and deliberation that the White House needs right now. Any president is gonna be tested - by the enormity of the challenges that we face.
Harry Smith: The rancorous tone of this campaign - I was with John McCain on Monday, and I said, 'Our poll data shows that it's actually hurting you.' He says, 'I wouldn't be doing it if he weren't doing it.'
Barack Obama (laughing): Well, look. I - I mean - politics is tough. ... But I will say this: I don't think there's any equivalence between what we've been doing and what John McCain's been doing. ... Witness some of the comments that have been made just over the last several months, his last several weeks, 'Socialistic.' You know, 'Pals around with terrorists.' I mean, just - the kinds of stuff that - that I can't imagine saying about an opponent of mine.
Harry Smith: Whoever gets elected president somehow has to put their arm around the whole country and say, 'We're in this together.'
Barack Obama: Yeah.
Harry Smith: Can you do that?
Barack Obama: I can. And I think that's the tone that we've set from the beginning of this campaign. I mean, look. Is - is - is Sean Hannity suddenly gonna get on the airwaves and say, 'You know, I was wrong about this Obama guy. He's - he's my man.' No, that's not gonna happen. I mean, there's gonna be a certain - wing of the Republican party - that is - dug in and resistant to the notion that we need to change direction.
Harry Smith: And you close your eyes for a moment, and you think about Election Night. Do you win?
Barack Obama: Well, I - I wouldn't have gotten into this race if I didn't think I was gonna win. ... If it's tied going into Election Day, I - I like our chances, because I think we've got enormous enthusiasm on the ground.
Smith interviewed Sen. McCain earlier this week.
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Then why are the Obama tax proposals so consistent with the methods of economic motivitation incorporated into the income tax regulations since the inception of the income tax with the 16th amendment to the constitution. This is the American Way for government to control and sometimes redirect the free markets of this country. Utilized by most presidents and both parties since the inception of the federal income tax.
The effect of the %u201CCommunist Manifesto of Neocolonialism%u201D can be seen in Obama%u2019s campaign, in the concept of using the %u201Clumpenproletariat%u201D as a base for his national debut. %u201CLumpenproletariat%u201D is of German etymology and refers to the raggedy proletariat, In any case, the Black Panthers did not fully agree with Karl Marx''s analysis of the so-called lumpenproletariat. Marx thought that this class lacked the political consciousness required to lead a revolution. Huey Newton, on the other hand, was inspired by his reading of post-colonial theorist Frantz Fanon and his belief that the lumpen was of utmost importance. Newton said about these "brothers off the block" that, "If you didn''t relate to these cats, the power structure would organize these cats against you." By pinning the economic crisis on McCain and the Republican Party, Obama pins the hard luck of every American on them also.
You can lead me and my horse to the trough, but you can''t make us drink the kool aid!
Gordon Liddy
I also can''''t find a church he attended for 20 years that says "God Daaamn America!."
But he could find out about some good friends of Palin saying things that would make Wright blush.
Nor can I find any documentation on money McCain gave to ACORN.
Try YPM
I also can''''t find anyone from HAMAS or Iran supporting McCain.
Posted by StopSocialis at 12:57 AM : Oct 24, 2008
Al Qaeda just endorsed him ...
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78945
I can''t wait to hear the BS explaination from the great one on this!
He is losing so much support by doing things like hiring the robo call guy, of whom he said in 2000: there is a special place in hell for him
We have more to learn about Ayers? Really? Don''t your calls and sick mailings pretty much cover it?
It is laughable that people opine about the media. Yes, if only Rush & Hannity could be piped in on the Telescreen.. ah that two minutes hate really gets me going. Wake up people. McCain sold out. Well, when you finish 894 out of 899 in your class, maybe you aren''t that sure of yourself. Crash a few planes, leave your wife. It takes a toll.
If you want to see McCain''s quote on spreading the wealth around, you can find it on a campaign 2000, MSNBC Hardball clip. Yes, he did.
If you want to see Lieberman saying the next president will be tested -look for his quote around June of this year. Yes, he did.
If you believe Sarah is anything but a hack. See her membership in the Alaska Independence Party. Yes, she did.
Was that McCain I saw at the Acorn meetings?
Did Sarah really get those demons removed at the Wasilla church?
What? She charged the state for family travel 67 times?
And did you know that her teen daughter is pregnant? Oh, you forgot that?
You can easily see that people in glass houses should not throw stones. This is why Obama is about the issues. Yes, we can.
Obama %u201808
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There liberals could care less if he was Josef Stalin or Adolph Hitler resurrected. Because hatred is what drives their vote for Obama, which is why they can''t rebuke Jeremiah Wright, because they think the SAME WAY as he does about America.
As far as Obama''s birth certificate goes, liberals also fail to realize that it was a LIBERAL DEMOCRAT lawyer who brought the federal suit against Obama and the DNC regarding his falsified birth certificate.
Obama had 30 days to respond to the court regarding the issue, beginning on Sept 15th. October 15th passed, and Obama and his campaign failed to respond to the birth certificate flaw. Hence an admission of guilt.
Obama was born in Kenya. Even his own "other" grandmother has stated as such. One of the reasons he''s in Hawaii right now no doubt is probably so he can pull concoct more lies about his birth certificate.
The wolf in sheep''s clothing is being exposed.