Posted on 09/09/2008 9:39:49 AM PDT by pissant
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has taken a more aggressive line of attack this week.
He has repeatedly hit his rivals for being dishonest about their portrayal of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R) record of reform.
“They’re not telling the truth,” Obama said during an interview on MSNBC’s “Countdown” Monday night.
“I think we’ve all gotten accustomed to being able to spin things in politics. But when you’ve got somebody who was for a project being presented as being against it, then that, you know, stretches the bounds of spin into new areas,” the Illinois Democrat added. “There is just a sense that they’re making these assertions that ignore the facts of their campaigns and their past history. And I think people should be troubled by that.”
Obama’s comments during the interview mirror those made during campaign stops Monday, as well as the message of a new television ad accusing Republican nominee John McCain and Palin of “lying” about their records and being “anything but” the mavericks they portray themselves to be.
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Did he say this while he was still in New Pennsylvania or was it one of the other 56 states?
Obama’s judgement is once again put into question. Something like his judgement about the people he hangs with.
It’s hard to take a PROVEN LIAR seriously when they call someone else a liar.
The delusions...wow.
BTW, did anybody really understand what the hell he was rambling about?
I guess he was talking about the accusation that Palin was for the bridge, then against it???
If that’s the basis for his “not telling the truth”, he’s weaker than weak (duh, I know, but just another example).
Incidentally, when funding for that bridge came up for a vote in Congress, guess who voted for it? Obama and Joe Biden! (McCain voted against it)
This ‘bridge’ issue is going to take them down a road they don’t want to travel.
Remember the lesson Bush never learned 5 years ago: if a Republican acts on the best available information, it’s lying. If a Democrat changes position based on which way the political winds is blowing, that’s nuance.
Besides a gross distortion of truth her by Obama, this comes one day after Obama did a 180 on the Bush's tax cut. After months of campaigning blaming this tax cut for our current recession, now Obama flips and tells us he will delay any tax increases until our economy recovers. Huh? If Bush's tax cuts were the problem, why not get rid of them now?
Re: Illinois Democrat added. “There is just a sense that they’re making these assertions that ignore the facts of their campaigns and their past history. And I think people should be troubled by that.”
I believe in psychology, the term for this is “projection”
“You can’t just make stuff up,” Obama added...
“...[s]o if John McCain agrees with Bush 90 percent of the time, maybe with [Palin] it’s 97 percent.”
I'm more troubled when I look at YOUR record, ZerO!
Does he REALLY want to go down this road??
NOW it's correct!!
/sarc
This should be discussed during the debates.
Speak for yourself Hussein Obama. Stop projecting yourself on to others.
Speak for yourself Hussein Obama. Stop projecting yourself on to others.
No, Obama. It is you that has to ignore the facts to make your flimsy assertions!
I saw a clip of O in full meltdown mode. He’s come undone.
“[s]o if John McCain agrees with Bush 90 percent of the time, maybe with [Palin] it’s 97 percent.”
Actually 97% is the amount Obama really voted with his party.
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