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Obama starts hitting back, too softly for some (Empty-suits can't hit back)
MSNBC ^ | 8/6/2008 | Jonathan Weisman and Perry Bacon Jr.

Posted on 08/07/2008 7:06:37 AM PDT by tobyhill

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To: doc30
Obama is a living contradiction. How can he be an empty suit, yet be so full of sh!t?

Definitely the post of the day. :-)

41 posted on 08/07/2008 8:22:39 AM PDT by NurdlyPeon (New tag line in progress.)
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To: IrishMike
Naa, it's those scrawny arms of his. No muscle to punch with.
42 posted on 08/07/2008 8:26:44 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: nikos1121
This guy is not just an empty suit. His manager Axelrod knows this, and therefore has run a campaign based on the guy’s persona. His personality, his image etc. IT will NOT be run on issues, therefore, he will NOT let his candidate debate McCain one on one...

Just speculating... Perhaps McCain is waiting until after BHO is officially nominated to run on issues and hard facts. Now he is attacking Obama's persona and causing the diehard Dims to rally to BHO's defense. If McCain's campaign is too good too early he will be running against Hillary.

43 posted on 08/07/2008 8:29:31 AM PDT by Poincare
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To: weegee
Yes, that's when he isn't reading prepared text or making some canned quotes.
44 posted on 08/07/2008 8:31:58 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama: vain, mercurial, inexperienced, aloof, condescending, doctrinaire, and Reverend Wright's son.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

That also explains why ‘he ain’t got game’ !


45 posted on 08/07/2008 8:32:23 AM PDT by IrishMike (Obama stands for change. He wants to change the subject.)
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To: weegee; mainerforglobalwarming

Excellent point, weegee.

Your idea is good in principle, mainer, and I wish we lived in a world where such a thing could happen. The problem is that the left would use guerilla tactics to game the audience selection process. If the audience wasn’t screened, you’d get an audience full of trained professional DNC operatives, essentially actors, who would turn the thing (with the MSM broadcasting the debate, which would cooperate with the DNC in every possible respect) into a total show, an absolute farce. Obama would come out smelling like a rose, and McCain would be made to look like an absolute fool.

Any attempt to screen out the shills, provocateurs, and professional trouble-makers would result in protests and lawsuits. The whole process would end up stalled in litigation, and the networks would refuse to cover it because they “question the audience screening process.”

I wish it were otherwise.


46 posted on 08/07/2008 8:40:16 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Without the second, the rest are just politicians' BS.)
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To: tobyhill

Nothing like a limp-wristed left jab!


47 posted on 08/07/2008 8:55:20 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("All gave some, and some gave all!")
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To: Poincare

I think you’re right. I’m also thinking that all the stuff out there regarding the guy’s birth certificate...his law degree, his associations etc. McCain is waiting until after the nomination to hit on this, esp if Hillary is gearing up, which it sounds like she might be...


48 posted on 08/07/2008 9:00:38 AM PDT by nikos1121 (The first black president of the US should be at least a "Jackie Robinson.")
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To: weegee
I agree with your analysis.
49 posted on 08/08/2008 9:01:45 AM PDT by mainerforglobalwarming
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To: Steely Tom

But you know McCain would never come to free republic and answer our questions so maybe conservatives are in a no win situation period this time around.


50 posted on 08/08/2008 9:03:24 AM PDT by mainerforglobalwarming
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