Posted on 10/06/2008 2:09:38 PM PDT by Red Steel
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama counterattacked on Sunday against a new Republican tactic by saying rival John McCain was more interested in a smear campaign than fixing the U.S. economy.
The Obama campaign unveiled an ad hitting McCain as one of the "Keating Five" senators who met federal regulators on behalf of a California savings and loan institution that collapsed in 1989. The ad faults McCain as unwilling to regulate the financial industry.
With McCain losing ground in opinion polls, a campaign strategist was quoted as saying the Republican presidential candidate needed to "turn the page" on the economic issue and make the election about Obama's experience and character.
That effort started on Saturday when Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin accused Obama of "palling around with terrorists" in reference to his acquaintance with Bill Ayers, a former member of the Vietnam War-era militant Weather Underground.
"Senator McCain and his operatives are gambling that he can distract you with smears rather than talk to you about substance," Obama responded at a rally in Asheville, North Carolina, a swing state where he was preparing for his second debate with McCain on Tuesday.
"They'd rather try to tear our campaign down than lift this country up," the Democratic presidential candidate said.
"It's what you do when you're out of touch, out of ideas and running out of time," Obama told a crowd of 20,000 attending the rally one month from the November 4 election.
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It’s not a smear if it’s true.
we need an updated crybaby dnc seal with obama as the baby
waaaaaa... waaaaaa....
Whine whine whine
Darn Tootin! I can’t wait to hear what Obama says about THIS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QcpdUtxNQ
How about Obama openly campaigning for his communist cousin Odinga who signed a pact with Muslims to enact Sharia Law if elected and started riots when he lost. Obama campaigned for an openly Anti-American candidate in a foreign country in 2006.
The smear is gonna be in Obama’s drawers on November 4th.
True. I guess all the filthy stuff they were putting out about Sarah Palin and her family was all fair. Hypocritical Jerks.
Hey, that’s my line!
As far as Democrats are concerned, it's a lie if it's true. And a criminal act.
Ear Leader is a disingenuous putz.
No one has accused him of participating in Weatherman activities. That is the issue he is addressing. He knew (or the reasonable person should have known) Ayers’ despicable past. And Obama still voluntarily associated and worked for common goals (conspired?) with a dedicated enemy of America and its values.
An honorable man would recant in a letter of resignation to the DNC and beg forgiveness from the electorate.
The truth hurts B. Hussein
'Zackly, dude. First thing that came to mind, too.
That’s right...if you are a really nasty guy and someone just calls you what you are...are they engaging in a negative campaign? NO...they simply are calling you what you are...”Palling around with Timothy McVeigh wannabees....getting counseled from the biggest American hater racist preacher man....etc”....truth hurts ...
John McCain is simply interrupting the Obasms ....and Omama doesn’t like it....boo hoo..
Yeah, Zerobama’s gonna fix the economy by raising taxes sky high. That’ll really “fix” it! Democrats never have any economic “plan” besides tax increases.
Can't wait to see how The Chosen One handles the debate tomorrow night.
Been there already, months earlier: “They will say....”
It ain’t working no more, Obama. You talk tough, but you are fake, a fraud, and a phony. You are a coward, who refuses to be held accountable for your past actions and hides them, accusing anyone who wants to discuss your history of being a racist or a smear artist.
You lie about your opposition to 2A, about your support for sex education in early grades, and about your support for universal home ownership as a right - which is why you just recently again said subprime mortages are a good idea. You know nothing of economics, zero. You think you can simply legislate energy prices and mortgage foreclosure rates. You are a pompous, presposterous snake oil salesman of dubious character. You are anti-American and anti-capitalist, and unfit for office.
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