Posted on 10/29/2008 6:44:12 PM PDT by Maelstorm
The cascade of criticism from the mainstream media, directed at Barack Obama, continues unabated. Reporters are outraged that Obama first committed to taking public funding for the general election, and then changed his mind. And they are further upset that he is outspending John McCain by ratios of four to one, or more.
“Outrageous!” thunders The Washington Post editorial page. “A scandal waiting to happen.”
The latest wretched excess from the Obama campaign, of course, is the Illinois Democrats’ decision to buy a “roadblock” of prime time TV for a speech tonight. “Gross overkill,” fumed The New York Times in an editorial this morning. “It was wrong when Richard Nixon trampled the spirit of campaign laws during the 1972 presidential election and it’s just as wrong, now, as Barack Obama wields his huge checkbook in 2008.”
Indeed, sniping from reporters, commentators, and other thought-leaders has been so profound that many observers smell a backlash against the Obama juggernaut. When Republicans say, “Don’t let Obama buy the election! Don’t let the fat cats have their way!” the chattering class cheered, resolving to share their anti-Obama feelings with the voters.
Then I woke up.
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Let me guess, it was a compilation of his campaign speeches.
I didnt watch it...
McCain and Palin MUST NOT STOP the “Obama Tapes” this is a winner....
A preening pity party.
Campbell Brown at CNN actually did come out pretty hard against Obama on the campaign financing today.
CNN has to do one piece a month critical of Obama and run it one time just so they can appear to be fair.
Did he update us on how Toot is doing?
I’m hearing the word CREEPY associated with Obama after the 30 minute commercial.
I’m hearing the word CREEPY associated with Obama after the 30 minute commercial.
What was in it?
My boy cook a Jimmy Dean frozen 'tater pack w/ham, scramble the eggs and mix in (as the directions say), as I was warming up a couple of good size hunks of steak from yesterday.
We could be someone's commercial!
burp.....excuse me........
Something tells us we’ll never hear another word about his grandmother.
Where are you hearing “creepy”? Where are you hearing feedback? In your home, on TV?
I agree, add in 70% of people polled thought the media was in the tank for Obama, this tape makes an excellent club, but it would make an even better ad..
I think our local Fox station dissed him. He was scheduled in a 6:00 pm timeslot and ‘The Simpsons’ took his place. Good choice.
It wasn’t on here....whether it’s on delay or whatever....I wanted to see a snippet to see some Greek Columns or some such sh*t.
I wathced it. I need a shower and a pitcher of cheap scotch. Bleh.
any bets on wether or not he gets a poll bounce from this? I didn’t watch it. Figured the half hour was better spent playing my guitar.
I wonder what the ratings will be for this inf0mercial??
MSNBC : Ølberman has Tank Matthews on right after the Pity Party Infomercial,
Matthews is trying to convice us Øbama is a Great Father,
Tank, convince us a Great Father would take his young children to see Reverand Wright year after year, than you may sway a vote, but probably not from Øprah.
good ol’ toot.
LOL!!!
I couldn't stomach him blather on, infomercial-style. I didn't watch. When I first heard about it, I thought it was a joke, especially considering SNL's spoof of an Obama half hour of TV paid time.
Why not just spread that wealth around a little, give back money to the givers? (okay, I couldn't really say that without laughing...)
Obama has jumped the shark. I was having dinner at a tex-mex joint here in Texas and they had their TVs on different channels. Shortly after Barack came on one of the channels, they quickly switched all 3 to a NBA game. Granted, this is Houston, but still. People are tired of this election. And Barack is the poster child for the endless election. Not to mention that it’s clear that he is going to raise taxes and increase handouts.
As for the Dear Leader vibe...absolutely. Does America want to deal with this preening egomaniac for the next 4 years? I’m thinking not. The Obama campaign’s strategy has been flawed from the beginning. He’s failed to connect with Middle America.
Yes, Middle America is comfortable with the idea of a black president. That’s not the concern. What they are not comfortable with is someone who they know so little about who is so clearly left wing. What is he hiding? Sadly, it took Joe the Plumber’s question and Barack’s unscripted answer to expose him.
The Obama campaign dismissed Middle America. It thought it could count on a combination of small constituencies to carry it to victory (cities, unions, blacks, professors, students, and affluent cultural liberals). Obama is losing members of Kerry’s voting bloc in ‘04, namely among rural and suburban Democrats, older voters, and women.
What America has seen of Obama is an egomaniac who’s sometimes a jerk, especially to women, and someone who is very reluctant to share much information on his life, outside of his two autobiographies (anyone who writes two autobiographies before age 45 has issues, even if they were paid well).
America has had Obama shoved down their throats by the media daily for almost two years. America wanted to know what the catch is. Well, it’s “spread our wealth.” ROFL. America is going to reject that. To top it off, the race card has been played. People don’t like that kind of politics here in 2008.
This is a fundamental belief election. Do you believe America is a country in which you can pursue your dreams and reap the rewards, or is it a place which has been more mean than compassionate, more good than bad in the world, and more just than not and we should be forced to share our hard earned pie with others who haven’t worked for theirs?
This is what made Reagan an electoral juggernaut. He clarified the difference between the conservative economic program, which embodied time honored American values of hard work, thrift, and self-reliance and the Democrat program of ‘spreading the wealth’, a program which leads to dependency and “malaise.”
McCain and Palin, thanks to Joe the Plumber’s gift, have been able to make the Reagan argument. And there is no winning rejoinder from the Democrat. Americans still believe this country’s best days are ahead. We still believe that this country is not part of the world’s problems, but rather part of the solution. We still believe in that shining city on a hill. By the way, Barack, that city isn’t Washington DC.
edit: This is a fundamental belief election. Do you believe America is a country in which you can pursue your dreams and reap the rewards, or is it a place which has been more mean than compassionate, more bad than good in the world, and more unjust than just and we should be forced to share our hard earned pie with others who haven’t worked for theirs?
CNN and Anderson (loves Obama)360
are not giving the Infomercial positive reviews.
I honestly have no idea how you can even watch that channel any more
I tried for the first time in months and the channel stayed on for less than a minute.
to think the obama sheep actually think it tells the truth and is a news channel
MSNBC and MNC should have their license yanked
Since it was on at 5p here, I doubt many people in the Pacific Time zone saw it. I was at the grocery store and got home at 5:32p. Perfect timing.
CNN and Anderson?
Who else beside Anderson on CNN canned Obama’s infomercial?
I was in the bathroom taking a dump when the infomercial came on. I figure what came out of me wasn’t that different than what came out of him.
ABC.
But CNN is going live with Clinton and Obama any minute now at the rally in Kissemee.
CNN played a snip of Bill calling Obama camp a fairytale back when Hillary was still running.
We are (met Bill twice this past year up close and personal) watching to see how Bill interacts with Obama.
My guess it will be a bit chilly on that stage.
“CNN and Anderson (loves Obama)360
are not giving the Infomercial positive reviews.”
It was the typical liberal playbook.
Take a family that looks like they’re not doing too bad and turn their lives into a sob story.
Doesn’t hurt that they’re white folks.
Play sappy sad music in the background - while I listened to hubby estimate the value of the nice vehicle they’re driving around.
Cut to another lady and describe how she gets up “before dawn” every day (more sappy music).
And hubby says to me “who the hell doesn’t get up before dawn everyday this time of the year?”
I personally thought it was another Berlin moment - but we’ll see.
‘Cut to another lady and describe how she gets up “before dawn” every day (more sappy music).
And hubby says to me “who the hell doesn’t get up before dawn everyday this time of the year?”’
LOL - now THAT was funny!
oh he’s a heckuva package that one!
Cute and funny.
‘A preening pity party.’
Then they’ve come full circle, because that’s the message that started the cult of personality.
LOL, my husband left the room when I put it on, obama ticks him off royally.
I couldn’t last more than about four minutes. I figured I would hear or see all the highlights for days....which is punishment enough.
—well the typical plantation dem sleeps till noon and lives off of you.
The music was killer.
I suppose Obamabots got hypnotized into feeling really sad for these people - but I was busy changing diapers, and my husband did fall into a bit of a trance and then started snoring.
It was very presumptuous.
At the end, he was live from a rally in Fl. and basically he was acting like it had been won already.
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