Posted on 10/05/2008 3:38:43 PM PDT by fightinJAG
Branding his opponent as "erratic in a crisis," Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is preempting plans by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to portray him as having sinister connections to controversial Chicagoans.
Obama officials call it political jujitsu - turning the attacks back on the attacker.
McCain officials had said early in the weekend that they plan to begin advertising after Tuesday’s debate that will tie Obama to convicted money launderer Tony Rezko and former Weathermen radical William Ayers.
But Obama isn't waiting to respond. His campaign is going up Monday on national cable stations with a scathing ad saying: “Three quarters of a million jobs lost this year. Our financial system in turmoil. And John McCain? Erratic in a crisis. Out of touch on the economy. No wonder his campaign wants to change the subject.
"Turn the page on the financial crisis by launching dishonorable, dishonest 'assaults' against Barack Obama. Struggling families can't turn the page on this economy, and we can't afford another president who is this out of touch."
Then Obama says: "I'm Barack Obama and I approved this message."
McCain officials told Politico that the new offensive is likely to focus on Rezko and Ayers. The officials said the campaign will not bring up the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s former pastor, because McCain has forbade them from using that as a weapon. Without being specific, the officials said outside groups may focus on Wright.
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Chesa’s idea of terrorists is somewhat different than our own, lol.
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His hair and clothing sure back up his bragging about being a homosexual
Can't wait to see what happens next.
I believe that’s the very photo of him that the New York Times used on their front page article. They had just him cropped out.
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I know the “ironic” way I would like for them to leave their protected life of luxury
I’m sure, but don’t tell me. heh
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Ewe gnu Aye gnu ewe gnu!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QcpdUtxNQ
And we will go nuclear with THIS. Let’s see Obama talk his way out of this.
Or maybe they are seeing that they need to do something to get their base re-energized and re-contributing?
The statement did in fact sound encouraging to supporters.
Thomas Emmet Hayden (born December 11, 1939) is an American social and political activist and politician, most famous for his involvement in the anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1960s. He is the former husband of actress Jane Fonda and the father of actor Troy Garity.
That's one thing this is election is all about.
Dohrn's proud pose makes me sick.
And "child advocate"? Maybe when she's not bombing their fathers because they are policemen or praising the murderers of pregnant women.
You know, it does seem like Obambi is stupid on this point (his track record of associations over his adult lifetime).
However, there has been something else about it that has been bothering me for a long time. I finally realized that the problem for Obambi was that he was not really an American.
By that I mean simply this: he never internalized the concept of America that is mainstream, NOR did he internalize the concept of America that Ayers’ had/has. Obambi had no clue how offensive Ayers’ concept of America was to actual Americans, and no clue how offensive Ayers’ concept of America was to Ayers.
In short, Obambi seemed to blithely accept Ayers’ point of view as though IT WAS NOT RADICAL. IOW, not radical to mainstream America, but also not truly radical to Ayers. As if everyone could see America “needed” violent revolution, just, ho hum, let’s bomb the Pentagon-—everyone pretty much will understand, right?
It’s a very strange phenomenon. I don’t think Obambi ever had a sufficiently American point-of-view from which to evaluate how the Weather Underground was perceived by either the mainstream or the radicals. That’s not only weird, it’s scary.
thanks for this post friend!
Fair point, I didnt consider that because I figured that would happen when they aired the ads so why announce it?
Quite possibly though the real answer is the simplest: that they got indications that Obama was teeing up the Keating five thing as a means of smearing McCain as in bed with the financial community for decades and how it was really all his fault and so they on the offensive first.
LOL
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