Obama joins McCain in attack ads
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Both major presidential candidates are out with new attack ads today.
Democrat Barack Obama has two new ads. One talks about Obama’s definition of change. It’s a response to McCain’s recent statements portraying himself as a reformer.
The second Obama ad directly attacks McCain as out of touch.ÂÂ “Things have changed in the last 26 years,’’ states the script. “But McCain hasn’t. He admits he still doesn’t know how to use a computer, can’t send an email. Still doesn’t understand the economy.’’
Republican John McCain has one called “disrespectful’’ that attacks Obama and running mate Joe Biden for their treatment of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
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Yeah. The problem with that ad is that the reason Sen. McCAin can’t send emails by himself is that he can’t use a keyboard, due to injuries suffered during his stay in the Hanoi Hilton.
NOw, I’m sure that the disabled veterans in America really appreciate being mocked for their injuries. NOt everyone has the option of using their arms to do important stuff, like chopping out rails of cocaine, B. Hussein. But some of us appreciate their sacrigfice just the same. That you don’t simply speaks to your character, or rather your lack of it.
Whoa. Edwards hits hard. That Obama ad is another poorly conceived one that will backfire. But that is what happens when a campaign is acting like the Keystone Kops.
The Obummer campaign is falling apart, and you can’t even try to put lipstick on that pig.
A bit of research reveals that the Boston Globe and Forbes each reported years ago that McCain can’t use a keyboard because of injuries he received from beatings as a prisoner of war. So, this could be another disaster for Obama.
Once the hurricane coverage subsides, this may become a very big issue.
And a few days ago, Biden asked a state senator in a wheelchair to stand up. It’s said that fellow is a disabled war vet.
Can you see Biden in WW II saying to FDR, “Stand up, Franklin, so everyone can see you.”
Say it ain’t so, Joe! Say it ain’t so!
No comments about the McCain ad? Too bad, because FactCheck.org had a lot to say about it here…
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/belittling_palin.html
While you’re there, look around for analysis of the Obama 1982 ad. There is none, possibly because all of the claims made in that ad were true. You guys are forgetting that the parts about McCain not knowing how to use a computer, send an email, or knowing much about the economy, came directly from McCain himself.
McCain’s injuries, from what I understand, prevent him from raising his arms above his head. I’m not aware of any disability to his fingers or hands, although I’m sure that using a computer for long periods would not be too comfortable for him.
Personally, I’m more surprised when I see someone from McCain’s generation using a computer, since their use really didn’t become that common until the 80s.
My 87 year old Mother-in-law and 77-year-old-aunt can both use a computer, though. She also needs a wheelchair to get around (bad knees,) although she can stand and walk for a short time, as could FDR.
the democrats are missing the point here…they are trying
to portray McCain as out of touch..eg too old…too much
like bush…but the reason they are in a state of
complete panick is that this was their race to loose
the generic democrat beats the republican badly..
but the MCain campaign is now in the lead..even real
clear politics has him ahead in the electoral college
by 10…so while the democrats attack palin..the candidate
for president as opposed to VP is moving ahead
as for the sex ed in kindergarten ad..its close enough
conservatives do not want their kids being taught
anything sexual in kindergarten..I don’t happen to
agree but it is a legitimate point
To The Consultant Jiminy,
I think you might enjoy this article by Michael Barone. It talks about John McCain getting inside Barack Obama’s OODA loop.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/printpage/?url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/mccain_flies_his_campaign_past.html
To The Consultant Jiminy,
I think you might enjoy this article by Michael Barone. It talks about John McCain getting inside Barack Obama’s OODA loop.
I tried to paste in a link almost an hour ago but it is still waiting for moderation, so here it is “cut and pasted”:
September 13, 2008
McCain Flies His Campaign Past Obama
By Michael Barone
John McCain was trained as a fighter pilot. In his selection of Sarah Palin, and in his convention and campaigning since, he has shown that he learned an important lesson from his fighter pilot days: He has gotten inside Barack Obama’s OODA loop.
That term was the invention of the great fighter pilot and military strategist John Boyd. It’s an acronym for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.
“The key to victory is operating at a faster tempo than the enemy,” Boyd’s biographer Robert Coram writes. “The key thing to understand about Boyd’s version is not the mechanical cycle itself, but rather the need to execute the cycle in such a fashion as to get inside the mind and decision cycle of the adversary.”
For a fighter pilot, that means honing in above and behind the adversary so you can shoot him out of the sky. For a political candidate, it means acting in such a way that the opponent’s responses again and again reinforce the points you are trying to make and undermine his own position.
The Palin selection—and her performance at the convention and on the stump—seems to be having that effect. Obama chief strategist David Axelrod admitted of the Palin pick: “I can honestly say we weren’t prepared for that. I mean, her name wasn’t on anybody’s list.” But it was known that McCain’s VP adviser had traveled to Alaska, and anyone clicking on youtube.com could see Palin’s impressive performance in political debates. The McCain campaign shrewdly kept the information that she was on the short list and that she was the choice to a half-dozen people, who didn’t tell even their spouses. The Obama team failed to Observe.
Then they failed to Orient. Palin, as her convention and subsequent appearances have shown, powerfully reinforces two McCain themes: She is a maverick who has taken on the leaders of her own party (as Obama never has in Chicago), and she has a record on energy of favoring drilling and exploiting American resources. Instead of undermining these themes, they dismissed the choice as an attempt to appeal to female Hillary Clinton supporters or to religious conservatives.
Then team Obama and its many backers in the media failed to Decide correctly, so when they Acted they got it wrong. Their attacks on Palin tended to ricochet and hit Obama. Is she inexperienced? Well, what has Obama ever run (besides his now floundering campaign)? Being a small-town mayor, as Palin said, is like being a community organizer, “except that you have actual responsibilities.”
Is she neglecting her family? Well, how often has Obama tucked his daughters in lately? For more than a week we’ve seen the No. 1 person on the Democratic ticket argue that he’s better prepared than the No. 2 person on the Republican ticket. That’s not a winning argument even if you win it. As veteran California Democrat Willie Brown says, “The Republicans are now on offense, and Democrats are on defense.”
Perhaps the Obama campaign strategists expected their many friends in the mainstream media to do their work for them. Certainly they tried. But their efforts have misfired, and the grenades they lobbed at Palin have ricocheted back and blown up in their faces. Voters are on to their game.
Pollster Scott Rasmussen finds that 68 percent believe “most reporters try to help the candidate they want to win” and that 51 percent—more than support McCain—believe the press is “trying to hurt” Sarah Palin. The press and the Democratic ticket are paying the price for decades of biased mainstream media coverage.
I am not the only one to notice that John McCain and Sarah Palin have gotten inside the Obama campaign’s (and mainstream media’s) OODA loop. Blogger Charlie Martin sprang into pixels on http://www.americanthinker.com before I could spring into print with this column. But as I write, Barack Obama is in his second daily news cycle of explaining why his “lipstick on a pig” comments are not a sexist attack on the hockey mom who compared herself to a pit bull with lipstick.
Robert Coram describes what can happen when one player gets inside another’s OODA loop. “If someone truly understands how to create menace and uncertainty and mistrust, then how to exploit and magnify the presence of these disconcerting elements, the loop can be vicious, a terribly destructive force, virtually unstoppable in causing panic and confusion and—Boyd’s phrase is best—‘unraveling the competition.’ ... The most amazing aspect of the OODA loop is that the losing side rarely understands what happened.”
John Boyd would have been a terrific political consultant.
Copyright 2008, Creators Syndicate Inc.
With economic forecasts I’ve seen by conservative friends, it may be best for our Republican Party to finish second this November, in order to revive itself four years hence.
While I admired Ms. Gov. Palin’s speech at the GOP Convention, I still have some worries about the former Mayor of Mooseport (Cindy’s choice).
She’s a little insular—choosing incompetent people who are loyal to her, rather than competent people who could become loyal to her after their hires. She’s a bit like RoseMarie Panio. That’s a lot of personal insecurity—hiring your old dildo HS classmates over more qualified people. It’s sort of like certain elected officials in the Westchester Republican Party at times—favoring blind, thoughtless, nazi-istic loyalty over intelligence or competency. (Democrats: SAME WAY.)
Now: that “mad” look in Gov. Palin’s eyes may be rationalized by her Fletcher Knebel-like choice as VP.
I like Gov. Palin—but long live John McCain.
All you low-lifes trashing Phil Reisman, take note. Okay, Biden is a slime—but be careful what you wish for, in Confucian saying.
Mr. Hays,
“hiring your old dildo HS classmates”
“Dildo” ?????
Does this mean what it says in the dictionary
or does Westchester have a seperate definition?
I’m not up to the new slang.
Uh oh. Better hide all the old Steely Dan albums until this blows over.
GOPGirl, my pal—
“Dildo” means what OED or Websters’ states.
Those scary eyes, and her vindictiveness since she was elected governor, sort of scare me about Gov. Palin.
A lifelong Republican who voted for Ford and for every Republican presidential candidate since, I remain,
conservatively yours,
Tim
“A lifelong Republican who voted for Ford and for every Republican presidential candidate since, I remain, conservatively yours,Tim”
I also have voted for every Republican presidential candidate. Although, I did vote for Lieberman in 88-I thought Lowell Weicker’s time had come.
Now, knowing how well read you are, I think you could choose a different but apropos verbiage instead of “dildo”.
Conservatively yours,
GOP Girl
GOPGirl:
My apologies—I did not mean to offend with the previous usage.
Let me amend to say, “Her useless, incompetent, worthless friends—those who had been her lame, nose-picking, high school classmates”—in lieu of “dildos.”
;>
Tim
Really: I’d feel better with Gov. Romney as President.
So, I’ll be sitting out the next four years.
Thank you Mr. Hays
;o) GOPGirl
hey tim…actually I would also feel better if McCain
chose Romney…but it looks like sarah is appealing
to the base in the key states…taking a look at the
polling McCain has now overtaken Obama in the popular
and electoral college votes….regards
Boy Tim, you are not versed in politics. Every politican has
worthless friends, that does not make them bad leaders!!!
Even some of your political friends have incompetent, nose picking high school classmates. Just look at one of your favorites Sen. Nick Spano. That did not make him a bad leader. How about Bruno, and the list goes on. Gov. Palin does not detract from the McCain Campaign, she is the shot in the arm that John McCain needed. Like Romney has a clean record of not surrounding himself with friends.Just watch this lady go. And sitting out the next four years, is that like taking my football and going home!!!!( it is a male thing)
Mark my words as a person that was voting before any of you.
Corrected Spelling, Sorry not enough coffee!!!
Tim, you are not versed in politics. Every politician has
worthless friends, that does not make them bad leaders!!!
Even some of your political friends have incompetent, nose picking high school classmates. Just look at one of your favorites Sen. Nick Spano. That did not make him a bad leader. How about Bruno, and the list goes on. Gov. Palin does not detract from the McCain Campaign, she is the shot in the arm that John McCain needed. Like Romney has a clean record of not surrounding himself with friends.Just watch this lady go. And sitting out the next four years, is that like taking my football and going home!!!!( it is a male thing)
Mark my words as a person that was voting before any of you.
Sagolady: good point. We’ve had plenty of incompetent folks in public office. The thing to remember: don’t endorse them.
Nick Spano worked hard for his constituents—and yes, he hired more cronies than any elected official I have ever seen. Some of them were actually competent.
I am torn between my admiration for Gov. Palin and my hope for a secure nation. Got to watch that vindictive, insular behavior of hers. I do like the moose-skinning talent. And the beautiful family. But there is an element of a controlling personality that should be cause for concern.
Tim,And Nick wasn’t controlling!!! And most of the elected officials have a vindictive streak.I don’t look at Gov. Palin as vindictive, she seems to address issues. And Gov. Palin also has competent people working for her. It is very hard to live in a fish bowl, but I, as many other women feel Gov. Palin will support and help John McCain shape this country in a way that we can all live without higher taxes and without supporting other people with our income taxes. A secure nation is something all candidates should work at and I believe like you said if you p—s off Gov. Palin she will work even harder, she is a very fast learner and anyway she is VP candidate and a darn good one, not President. Maybe you guys should worry about Congress instead of continuing to attack the Republican party because they didn’t pick a man or the person of your choice!!!! Let’s support the best team for our country. McCain/Palin
I like you, SagoLady.
“Reason” is the best choice for our nation at any time.
My mother, a self-made woman, and a child of immigrants who raised two children on her own, was forty years ahead of her time. I miss her, and only wish she were alive to see this year’s election. (Mom was a lifelong Republican, as I am.)
Now: I’ve resolved my “mother” issues, but I just wish mom, who taught journalism and wrote for newspapers in my hometown of LA, were around to observe this race.
Best,
Tim
SagoLady: BTW (as they say in modern usage)—I think you will appreciate that I AM versed in politics, having been an observer since 1960. Forget that I’m a PoliSci grad of UCLA, when I was one of 12 Republicans on campus in the 1970s.
Faithfully (as my hero, who died this year, signed off),
Tim