Biden: Americans Want a Sleepover With People They Like

ABC News ^ | September 14, 2008 | ABC News staff

[mrsmel]

If an incompetent statement will erase all McCain’s gains, then the almost daily Obama and/or Biden gaffes will have them at negative. There are plenty of ‘rat gaffes to play on 24-hour loops, if they want to do it that way.

[SevenofNine]

OH LORDY LOL!

Now that funny very true

[mrsmel]

Thank you, I knew there had to be a context in which this statement made perfect sense.

[SevenofNine]

Enterprise that getting graphic

If you keep putting Helen Thomas photos you going get so ban from FR it not even going be funnyy

[hunter112]

I want to know how many times he has been treated for foot-in-mouth disease.

They still can't get the heel marks off his tongue...

[Enterprise]

"Yes. A sleepover. I like that. Just like we had at the Whitehouse years ago."

With Helen, that would have been just before the British burned the White House down. Even THEY had standards for who slept there.

[counterpunch]

0bama has made plenty of gaffes, but so far that I know he’s never come out and accused himself of being out of touch with the American people, as McCain did.

[Kitten1]

Now this is a ticket the Sinkmeister would work for. He’d be the one to show up in a onesy with the flap in the front. Ewwww, that’s one loony party.

[mrsmel]

Biden’s voting record says it for him, and that can be played in ads too. What McCain said if his entire statement is looked at, was something entirely different.

[Question Liberal Authority]

Along with that and saying the economy is fundamentally strong today of all days, I think McCain has probably given back all his gains

Feel free to put McCain's quote into context. If you want to go further, feel free to compare what McCain said today with the statement Reagan made in October 1987 following the stock market meltdown. McCain's full quote:

“Today we are seeing tremendous upheaval on Wall Street. The American economy is in crisis. Unemployment is on the rise and our financial markets are in turmoil. People are concerned about our economic future. But let me say something: this economic crisis is not the fault of the American people. Our workers are the most innovative, the hardest working, the best skilled, most productive, most competitive in the world. My opponents may disagree, but those fundamentals of America are strong. No one can match an American worker. Our workers sell more goods to more markets than any other on earth. Our workers have always been the strength of our economy, and they remain the strength of our economy today. But their efforts are not being matched at the top. From Washington to Wall Street, the top of our economy is broken. We have seen self interest, greed, irresponsibility and corruption undermine the hard work of the American people. It’s time to set things right. When I am President, we’re going to put an end to the abuses in Washington and on Wall Street that have resulted in the crisis we are seeing unfold today. “Enough is enough. We are going to reform the way Wall Street does business and put an end to the greed that has driven our markets into chaos. We will stop multimillion dollar payouts to CEO’s who have broken the public trust. We will put an end to running Wall Street like a casino. We will make businesses work for the benefit of their shareholders and employees. And we will make sure that your savings, IRA, 401k and pension accounts are protected.”

[counterpunch]

Stringing those words together was just plain stupid for McCain to do. I think we can agree on that.
So was saying the economy is fundamentally strong on today of all days.
So was allowing that woman to photograph him.

I think today’s outlook on the campaign is significantly darker than the past several.

[counterpunch]

Yes, we know what McCain said in full, but he needs to stop handing 0bama ammunition, particularly such heavy gauge ammunition. He’s saying stuff that can be easily taken out of context, and stuff that still sounds pretty bad even in context.

McCain has said that 0bama chooses his words very carefully. He could try doing the same for a change.

[IndianPrincessOK]

I think today’s outlook on the campaign is significantly darker than the past several.

I really don’t think so! Obama/Biden warned they were stepping up the attacks so this onslaught was expected. It seemed there was a lot more coverage of Obamas attacks...and it didn’t help Rove’s comments...BUT we are still up and Palin and Alaska’s First Dude are on the trail, McCain and Cindy out there....who do McCain and Biden have...nothing but ugliness and vile spewing...no one pays attention to that too much...They have nothing but negatives...and voters are tired of it. It is refreshing to see Palin and company back...oh and McCain and Cindy. We also are ONLY down 5 pts in NY. So, this should make everyones day!!!Obama has a LOT of states to spend and defend. We’re doing fine....

http://www.siena.edu/uploadedFiles/Home/Parents_and_Community/Community_Page/Siena_Research_Institute/NYS_Poll/0908%20September%20SNY%20Poll%20Release%20—%20Final.pdf

[counterpunch]

By the way, the quote you’re sharing is McCain’s second attempt at it today. It’s good he revisited it on the same day. But what McCain needs to do now is take that entire statement and put it into an ad and get it out into wide circulation tomorrow.

By 0bama jumping on McCain’s ‘fundamentals’ and then putting out this statement in an ad, McCain can turn 0bama’s attack around to make 0bama look like he’s talking down the American worker and entrepreneur.

That would put 0bama back on defensive.

[Alouette]

You should be ZOTTED for life. Now I have to gouge my eyes out with a rusty spoon.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[counterpunch]

It’s not the 0bama bin Biden attacks I’m concerned about.
It’s the stupid things McCain himself has said over the past few days.

McCain was on the offense for several days (though stepping on landmines along the way that are only detonating now). Today McCain is definitely on defense, taking flak from all sides.

McCain doesn’t need to hit back harder like 0bama is doing now, but instead hit back smarter.

[mrsmel]

Well, I can't help you there, if you think that some obviously biassed pics and a quote taken out of context-one day's events-negates all the positives, the gains, the poll numbers, the higher crowd numbers at rallies, the higher favorables in almost every aspect, etc-if it only takes that for you to believe that the McCain/Palin ticket just committed suicide, then it almost seems as you're looking for a reason to believe that, and if that's so, it looks like you want it to be so. Do you have this same reaction when the Obama/Biden ticket makes its many, many gaffes on any given day? I'll stack our mis-steps against theirs anytime, and I don't believe it's rational to believe that one day's events are going to break a campaign, especially one doing so well overall with the American people (not the media, but the people can see through that, and considering the media's standing with most Americans, that's a plus). We are going to win this thing, and that's not just wishful thinking-there is a groundswell of new enthusiasm and support for McCain/Palin, and day-to-day tics won't affect that. I don't mean that we should get complacent-never!-but your pessimism based on so very little is very misplaced.

[counterpunch]

Don’t give me that crap.
I’m just saying the events of today will put a halt on McCain’s upward momentum, and begins a reversal. If you aren’t moving forward then you are falling behind.

How much McCain gives back depends on how smart his campaign responds to these developments, if the campaign is able to stay on the offensive, opening up a totally new and unexpected line of attack rather than going on auto-pilot, and finally, that McCain stops putting his own foot in his mouth.

[mickey finn]

Poor Joe is so very ronery from flying around alone on his large jet with no press to blab to.