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Obama "Old Man" Ad Attacks McCain's War Disabilities
NRO - The Corner ^ | 12 September 2008 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 09/12/2008 4:01:22 PM PDT by PhatHead

The Obama campaign is mocking John McCain for not using a computer. From the AP story about the computer illiterate ad:

"Our economy wouldn't survive without the Internet, and cyber-security continues to represent one our most serious national security threats," [Obama spokesman Dan] Pfeiffer said. "It's extraordinary that someone who wants to be our president and our commander in chief doesn't know how to send an e-mail."
Well, I guess it depends on what you mean by "extraordinary." The reason he doesn't send email is that he can't use a keyboard because of the relentless beatings he received from the Viet Cong. From the Boston Globe (March 4, 2000):
McCain gets emotional at the mention of military families needing food stamps or veterans lacking health care. The outrage comes from inside: McCain's severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard, or tying his shoes. Friends marvel at McCain's encyclopedic knowledge of sports. He's an avid fan - Ted Williams is his hero - but he can't raise his arm above his shoulder to throw a baseball.
In a similar vein I guess it's an outrage that the blind governor of New York David Patterson doesn't know how to drive a car. After all, transportation issues are pretty important. How dare he serve as governor while being ignorant of what it's like to navigate New York's highways.


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To: for-q-clinton

Dems gave up on feminism & workplace harassment when Clinton was President.
Dems gave up on lookism, ageism, etc. when they openly made fun of Linda Tripp’s looks, during monica-gate.

Dems now push people with special needs or handicaps along with the entire ADA regulatory agenda ‘under the bus’ with McCain’s run.

They’re total hypocrites & IDIOTS/LOSERS. 2 year olds, who’ll do ANYTHING for power, and that $3 trillion fed budget.

Doesn’t the public see this?


301 posted on 09/13/2008 4:11:43 PM PDT by 4Liberty (discount window + moral hazard = bank corporate welfare + inflation tax)
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To: Monkey Face

Wooh! I think that the problem of solving the problems for America is that we need lots of papers and even a special PFA Commission. Hopefully Russell, the guy running against Murtha, will solve one of those.

Yeah it is pretty close to dinnertime for me also.

I have only one last question, and you can PM about me if you like later(hell you can PM me, Email me, IM me in general. I need more people that I can talk to instantly about politics) but how does one bold or italicize quotes. I was very worried that my rambling would look very messy especially because I only put in quotes to differentiate. I know that a few people on here have used that to quote. I just feel very nervous when I have a lot to say but it all looks the same as I have a habit of rambling, a 55 page paper that was supposed to be 9-10 is one of my high-lights.

I just saw a few methods of quoting on this thread and I wondered how to implement as there is no easy way on this reply box to do so. But overall thanks again for the discussion and the civil debate at the beginning.


302 posted on 09/13/2008 4:11:57 PM PDT by Merta (Who is the only parental unit that California Democrats wish preserved? The Aunt(Aunt War=ANWR))
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To: Monkey Face
We need people like Rush and his ilk to get this stuff out to the world, and back here, at home, we need to build a fire under people and show them what Patriotism really means.

From Rush this week: (you really need to tune in) ;)


Obama's "Muslim Faith" Slip Bolstered by Moammar Khadafy


Millions Insulted by Liberals' Use of Jesus Christ/Pontius Pilate Line
303 posted on 09/13/2008 4:17:27 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: maggief
Post #41

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are!!

304 posted on 09/13/2008 4:31:39 PM PDT by The Citizen Soldier (For the first time in my life I am voting for Vice President!)
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To: Merta

OK. To quote someone with Italics: < i > (no spaces)
To end the Italics: </ i >
To start a new paragraph: < p >
To bold a word or sentence: < b >
To “unbold”: </ b >

You want to make sure you have paragraphs (once you start HTML in a post, it will automatically default to that, so you have to continue to make the computer understand you want paragraphs by doing the < p >)but your paragraphs can be as long as you want them.

If you use the spell check, you will see, when you preview, that it uses HTML. It won’t matter once you post, if it’s not an HTML post.

There are lots of other codes, too, but start slow, and when you’re comfortable with the little stuff, you can start using more complicated posts. And don’t be shy. We’ve all had a first time!


305 posted on 09/13/2008 4:40:43 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Has anyone seen my tagline? I seem to have lost it.)
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To: Miss Didi

Rush is wrong on a couple of points:

Obama is only 6.5% black.
Obama didn’t register for the draft in 1979 becasuse there was no draft at that time. It wasn’t reinstated until 1980.

But Rush is good, and people listen. We just have to make sure that more and more people hear Obama’s lies.

;o]


306 posted on 09/13/2008 4:48:59 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Has anyone seen my tagline? I seem to have lost it.)
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To: PhatHead

Obama and his comrades wish to build a classless society. They have a good start since collectively they have no class whatsoever.


307 posted on 09/13/2008 5:15:43 PM PDT by jmcenanly
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To: PhatHead

Poor Obama - everytime he opens his mouth he sticks both feet in it.

You would almost think the people running his campaign are totally ignorant of America and Americans.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?


308 posted on 09/13/2008 5:48:29 PM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: ZULU

I think Mark Steyn summed it up quite well:

“Whenever Senator Obama attempts anything non-political (such as bowling), he comes over like a visiting dignitary to a foreign country getting shanghaied into some impenetrable local folk ritual.”


309 posted on 09/13/2008 5:59:55 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: piytar
Don't understand your comment - I didn't think I was making a negative remark - there's nothing wrong about a man in his position having secretaries and assistants doing his clerical work.

I was trying to say that whether or not he uses a keyboard is non-issue. I don't think the McCain campaign should involve themselves in refuting it. Do you really want to get into a tit for tat where the liberals bring out a disabled person that can use the computer? I didn't mean anything by this.

310 posted on 09/13/2008 6:29:46 PM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: ARCADIA

The way to refute the Obama campaign is to inform them in an ad that as Commander-in-chief McCain will have at his disposal any “top secret cleared” military secretary (yeoman in the Navy) that he wants to take care of the emails. If Obama was really experienced in government he would know that ALL MILITARY OFFICERS ARE SUPPORTED BY SECURITY CLEARED PERSONNEL.


311 posted on 09/13/2008 6:41:53 PM PDT by Kackikat ( Without National Security all other issues are mute points; chaos ensues.))
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To: PhatHead

obumpa


312 posted on 09/13/2008 6:42:02 PM PDT by Dajjal (Visit Ann Coulter's getdrunkandvote4mccain.com)
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To: Lijahsbubbe
Troll!

313 posted on 09/13/2008 8:02:11 PM PDT by jddqr (White queen checkmates black king: http://palincheckmate.com)
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To: Lijahsbubbe

“...why does an e-mail have to take HOURS?

Does McCain, drive? Does he feed himself? If so, he can use e-mail. Don’t insult people with disabilities.”


Who knows how he manages various tasks of everyday living, why not email Senator McCain and ask him ?


314 posted on 09/13/2008 8:15:55 PM PDT by biscuit jane
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To: McGruff

I’ll place the probability that conversation to place @ 85%


315 posted on 09/13/2008 8:16:10 PM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (When BH0 was 8 he attended mosque in jakarta ...Bill Ayers was simultaneously bombing the Pentagon)
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To: infowarrior

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316 posted on 09/13/2008 8:16:13 PM PDT by omega4179 ("John McCain has not... talked about... My muslim faith")
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To: PhatHead
What a way to treat a man who spent 5 1/2 years being tortured by the VC.
317 posted on 09/13/2008 8:17:16 PM PDT by cybervyk (How I see it, he can't ACT much more reasonably than choosing Palin. He's got my vote.)
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To: Monkey Face
Thanks. You also solved, probably, another problem that I had which also showed my young age. Whenever I started threads I would try to put paragraphing into them but they looked like there was no paragraphing, making my points worse and I got out of starting my own threads because the computer didn't seem to notice(same thing with my failed blog attempt). I am guessing that my problem was that I didn't put the

into it making it look rather squishy. It got me some criticisms early on, including my infamous intro thread. So thanks, now I can edit my posts and threads(only 6) better. Sheesh, maybe I need to go to posting school. Thanks again. And see you on another thread at some point in time.

318 posted on 09/13/2008 8:43:12 PM PDT by Merta (Who is the only parental unit that California Democrats wish preserved? The Aunt(Aunt War=ANWR))
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To: patriotspride

That would be very important to spread widely if true. Was there any link or citation where you saw this?

Most of the liberals I’ve run into are insisting that he wasn’t talking about Sarah, and that he used the line “just like McCain” (who was referring to a piece of legislation proposed by Hillary, not Hillary herself. Legislation the likes of which is sometimes known affectionately as pork barrel spending projects).

I don’t believe that any thinking adult honestly believes Obama when he says he was referring to a policy instead of Sarah. The very next joke he told was believed by many to have been aimed at McCain - likening him to a stinky fish. In all honesty, I happen to think he was still attacking Sarah at that point - due to her Barracuda/Sarah-cuda nickname. It would make perfect sense, and is right up Obama’s alley when it comes to his pattern of thinking as further evidenced by his recent campaign ad, “1982”.

Regardless, the average American is starting to see what Obama is really made of, and they are not liking it.


319 posted on 09/13/2008 8:45:12 PM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ Pro-Palin & NObama Gear : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: omega4179; infowarrior; Izzy_Box
ROFL

EPIC FAIL...

T3HFalzProfet
320 posted on 09/13/2008 8:51:19 PM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ Pro-Palin & NObama Gear : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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