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Obama, McCain Put Gloves Back On For Smith Dinner
WCBS-TV New York ^
| 10/16/08
| Marcia Kramer
Posted on 10/16/2008 4:57:20 PM PDT by chet_in_ny
Candidates Bash Each Other Some More On Thursday, But Then Arrive In Manhattan For Classy Political Event
After a fiery and final debate, presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain will be together again Thursday night in Manhattan.
The two archrivals will be sitting at the same dinner table, just 19 days away from the election.
It's the event no politician wants to miss.
The candidates will be at the Waldorf Astoria for the annual Al Smith Dinner, but Thursday morning they were out on the campaign trail playing tit for tat in an escalating series of attacks. With less than three weeks left to go it seems that's what it's all about.
At Wednesday night's debate at Hofstra University McCain gave Obama the perfect opening for his latest attack ad.
"Senator Obama, I am not President Bush," McCain said. "If you wanted to run against President Bush you should have run four years ago."
While Obama was met by huge crowds in Londonderry, N.H., his aides had a brand new ad up Thursday morning.
"Senator Obama, I am not President Bush," the ad says.
"True … but you did vote with Bush 90 percent of the time."
In true tit-for-tat true fashion, Team McCain swung right back with its own ad.
"Your savings, your jobs, your financial security are under siege. Washington is making it worse, bankrupting us with their spending, telling us paying higher taxes is 'patriotic' and saying we 'need to spread the wealth around,'" the ad states.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mccain; obama
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To: chet_in_ny
"Your savings, your jobs, your financial security are under siege. Washington is making it worse, bankrupting us with their spending, telling us paying higher taxes is 'patriotic' and saying we 'need to spread the wealth around,'" the ad states.Let's make the campaign a referendum on communism.
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posted on
10/16/2008 5:01:33 PM PDT
by
HIDEK6
To: chet_in_ny
Cardinal O'Connor would have never invited Barry to the Al Smith dinner! I'm shocked.
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posted on
10/16/2008 5:20:59 PM PDT
by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
To: Miss Didi
Does anyone know if this is on TV? It doesn’t show on the channel guide for CSPAN.
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posted on
10/16/2008 5:23:38 PM PDT
by
WestCoastGal
(READ MY LIPSTICK!!! I'm praying for Sarah Palin - Keep the vultures away from her.)
To: WestCoastGal
I don’t think it’s ever televised.
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posted on
10/16/2008 5:29:06 PM PDT
by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
To: Miss Didi
I did read they are streaming live
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posted on
10/16/2008 5:30:40 PM PDT
by
WestCoastGal
(READ MY LIPSTICK!!! I'm praying for Sarah Palin - Keep the vultures away from her.)
To: WestCoastGal
Check on the Archdiocese of NY website.
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posted on
10/16/2008 5:32:31 PM PDT
by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
To: HIDEK6
Let's make the campaign a referendum on communism. The new communism - "Obamunism."
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posted on
10/16/2008 5:42:47 PM PDT
by
voxitar
(Maverick/Barracuda 2008!)
To: Miss Didi
CSPAN has a note up that they will have it on at 9:05
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:03:42 PM PDT
by
WestCoastGal
(READ MY LIPSTICK!!! I'm praying for Sarah Palin - Keep the vultures away from her.)
To: HIDEK6
This dinner is hilarious!
To: chet_in_ny; writer33; AT7Saluki; Liz; Jim Robinson; John Robinson
McCain is currently SMASHING Hussein Obomber at this event. Apparently, I'm getting a live feed on Fox News. John even cracks HEAVILY on Hillary (who is there) and ACORN.
WOW!
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:23:53 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(October is Liberal Awareness Month.)
To: Libloather
So much for “putting gloves back on.”
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:32:12 PM PDT
by
RockinRight
(Obama who?)
To: RockinRight
obama is not funny. he is trying to be but not.
To: TurtleStink
You are right.Obama is not funny at all.
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:36:51 PM PDT
by
tapatio
To: tapatio
Right now, he is “Obombing” big time.
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:42:00 PM PDT
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: noiseman
McCain was hilarious. Thatll be all over the MSM, I hope. Obamas speech was good for a couple laughs, but Johnny brought the place down.
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:48:12 PM PDT
by
bubbrubb
To: noiseman
McCain was hilarious. Thatll be all over the MSM, I hope. Obamas speech was good for a couple laughs, but Johnny brought the place down.
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:48:12 PM PDT
by
bubbrubb
To: bubbrubb
Does anyone have the video of this??? :)
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:51:46 PM PDT
by
cmurphy
To: Libloather
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posted on
10/16/2008 6:54:52 PM PDT
by
writer33
(Rush Limbaugh Is "The Passion" of Conservatism And Pretty Good At That Radio Thingy)
To: bubbrubb
Senator McCain was a total riot!!! The man can do comedy. The crowd was totally ins stitches.
I liked it when he said he knows there are people there that are pulling for him and then told Senator Clinton he was glad she came.
Obama had to laugh! It was great.
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posted on
10/16/2008 7:01:12 PM PDT
by
CarolAnn
(If we aren't supposed to shoot animals, then why did God make them out of meat?)
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