Comments on: Obama: Guess who wins the mudslinging match?

By: Chickyraptor

Chickyraptor — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:01:35 +0000

Ha ha, Tank Commander Mike complaining about negative campaigning in 1988, the same year he put out the plagiarism video that sunk Joe ‘Lord Kinnock’ Biden’s campaign. That’s pretty rich.

By: tgharris

tgharris — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:10:18 +0000

tgharris on September 15, 2008 at 10:00 PM Uh, no. Obama and Biden both quoted part of what McCain said to use his comment wholly out of context. Whereas you are completely fabricating something that Obama “said”. LOL… that’s pretty much exactly how I summarized it in my previous comment. DaveS on September 15, 2008 at 10:51 PM

Did you even follow the link to the ABC interview? Does not Obama use the word "promulgating"? Do you know what it means to "promulgate"? Its either a gaffe, or Obama is calling himself a mudslinger. Take your pick.

By: Jewels

Jewels — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:50:20 +0000

LOL!

Does anyone have a video of that bolded quote? That’s hilarious.

You know what I’m looking forward to most if Obama wins this election? All those cute little “Obama-isms” desk calendars that are sure to fill up all the book stores.

I mean, they will make those for him… right? Even though he’s a Democrat? RIGHT?

By: eaglewingz08

eaglewingz08 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:21:47 +0000

Dave perhaps you’ve been in hibernation or in some alternative consciousness universe the past week since the ageist anti handicap Obamanation ad came out. But a simple search of google by the Obamanation campaign on why McCain doesn’t/can’t use computers would have pointed directly to the Boston Globe article of 2000, wherein it was reported that due to the fact that McCain’s arms and hands were broken in captivity in the Hanoi Hilton (you know your liberal friend’s, Jane Fonda’s, hope and change nest) McCain’s injuries prevent him from using a keyboard. Later articles show that McCain relies upon his wife and staff for computer usage, because they have normal functioning digits whereas he does not. But the ad also ignores the fact that Sen. McCain is head of the Senate Committee on Telecommunications which has passed legislation by McCain concerning computer and information technologies during the period 1995-2004, which shows that although McCain has a physical obstruction to using these devices, he has an acute mental knowledge of how they operate and of sound policies to further assist telecommunications in all its forms, including computers/internet. So the Obamanation has now thrown seniors and disabled persons under the bus, on a patently false assertion. If this is how the Obamanation gets tough, he needs better advice.

By: The Gaffe-O-Matic 2008 Strikes Again! « Beltway Snark

The Gaffe-O-Matic 2008 Strikes Again! « Beltway Snark — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:52:55 +0000

[...] Gaffe-O-Matic 2008 Strikes Again! Jump to Comments This is what you call a classic gaffe, in the sense that a gaffe is when you say something you know to be true but it isn’t politic [...]

By: Dave Rywall

Dave Rywall — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:50:30 +0000

This is a joke, right?

You believe McCain has run a clean, fact-based campaign to this point? Really? You don’t think he has run negative ads? Really?

And exactly how is saying your opponent lacks computer skills mudslinging? The ad in question said nothing about McCain’s age, so why are you claiming it’s about that? You’re just making mud up and claiming Obama is throwing it.

Who gave Obama this stupid world’s biggest celebrity title? You did. You’ve repeated it so may times to yourselves you actually believe his supporters did.

By: sven10077

sven10077 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:29:44 +0000

This isn’t a gaffe… in the context of a political campaign, I think it goes without saying that a “contest” involving “questions about, you know, who has been promulgating negative ads” would be won by the person who hasn’t been running the negative ads.

I think it sounds silly even jokingly acting like this is a gaffe.

DaveS on September 15, 2008 at 6:33 PM

Dave S, I am a birkenstock wearing Obamanation member and my heart is with you, but after careful reflection it has come to my attention that Senator O’bama’s tax policy is allowing tax breaks for the rich. I make 140,000 a year and Senator Obama’s plan allows me to keep an unfair portion of my ill-gotten financial gains. I have always made a point of voting for the politician running who sticks it to the man the best.

Since through raw luck I have become “the man” I am going to have to vote for Senator McCain this year despite my heart being with you.

Jim

By: Soccer Dad

Soccer Dad — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:13:19 +0000

Sleazy…

The media has been accepting the Obama campaign’s charge that there’s something sleazy about the McCain campaigns ads. In a presidential race turning increasingly negative, Obama also drew on editorial comments from U.S. newspapers and magazines to a…

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:39:30 +0000

Dems just keep running the same campaigns over and over. How sad. I mean sad in a good way.

By: Patterico’s Pontifications » Quote of the Day

Patterico’s Pontifications » Quote of the Day — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:27:56 +0000

[...] “If we’re going to ask questions about, you know, who has been promulgating negative ads that are completely unrelated to the issues at hand, I think I win that contest pretty handily.” [...]

By: Paul-Cincy

Paul-Cincy — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:10:55 +0000

an_abstraction on September 15, 2008 at 8:59 PM

Ed – you should put up a video of Hitler in your next update. A Obama-Hitler connection is more appropriate, IMO.

You asked for it, you got it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4mKWceq0vY

By: Obama desperately decides to try honesty!

Obama desperately decides to try honesty! — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:59:02 +0000

[...] « Fellow Georgians, | Home | September 16, 2008 Obama desperately decides to try honesty! “If we’re going to ask questions about, you know, who has been promulgating negative ads that are completely unrelated to the issues at hand, I think I win that contest pretty handily,” Obama said. [...]

By: Audio of Obama saying he wins in negative campaign ads « Elect Jeff

Audio of Obama saying he wins in negative campaign ads « Elect Jeff — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:11:12 +0000

[...] Hot Air points out: But seriously, can Obama be serious about playing the victim here? He started smearing McCain three months ago by claiming McCain and the Republicans would attack because of his race. Team Obama has had its surrogates talking about his age and his cancer, which aren’t exactly the “issues at hand”, as Obama puts it. And unless the fate of the world hinges on an e-mail, then his ad is equally pointless and has nothing to do with “being out of touch”. It’s a snarky shot at McCain’s age, and everyone knows it. Pretending otherwise is not just risible, but outright dishonest. [...]

By: Speakup

Speakup — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:47:38 +0000

In 1988 potty training Moms all over America told their children: now dear Dukakis.

Obama seems to think media bias will get him elected and he needs the realize this isn’t 1992 and he isn’t headed for a Clintonation and a crown.

risible

Cool word Dude. Liberals are always laughable.

By: CynicalOptimist

CynicalOptimist — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:36:21 +0000

I remember a bumpersticker from the Dukakis days which read:
“Do you want your kids to grow up and say DUDUKAKA ?

By: coyoterex

coyoterex — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:58:44 +0000

Darn…that Dukakis ad sounds almost like the Dem ads today. Deja Vu!

By: DaveS

DaveS — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:51:26 +0000

tgharris on September 15, 2008 at 10:00 PM

Uh, no. Obama and Biden both quoted part of what McCain said to use his comment wholly out of context.

Whereas you are completely fabricating something that Obama “said”. LOL… that’s pretty much exactly how I summarized it in my previous comment.

By: SuperCool

SuperCool — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:29:31 +0000

The things you learn about Obama when he’s without his precious teleprompter…

By: tee866

tee866 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:09:33 +0000

Elizabetty on September 15, 2008 at 7:14 PM

I can safely say O will not win WV this year way to many gun totein bible lovin beer drinkin bitter people here will not vote for him,heck the head of the Dem. party in the county I live in are writing in Hilary because they won’t vote for the O. lol

By: Cuffy Meigs

Cuffy Meigs — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:08:51 +0000

Video of Obama's gaffe here: Obama Defeats McCain.

By: Hening

Hening — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:04:35 +0000

Ed – you should put up a video of Hitler in your next update. A Obama-Hitler connection is more appropriate, IMO.

an_abstraction on September 15, 2008 at 8:59 PM

That would be like awesome, Dude, but using Obama or Mohammad’s image as a joke is strictly forbidden. It’s both racist and a sacralidge.

By: tgharris

tgharris — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:00:47 +0000

tgharris on September 15, 2008 at 9:07 PM

You mean like this?
No… they were at least using words spoken by McCain. You guys in this thread are pretending that Obama said something that he simply did not say.

DaveS on September 15, 2008 at 9:29 PM

Uh, no. Obama and Biden both quoted part of what McCain said to use his comment wholly out of context.

By: allrsn

allrsn — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:59:36 +0000

What? NO WAY! A member of the liberal left actually told the truth? WOW, a moment in history!

By: Hening

Hening — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:59:36 +0000

The racists were not ready for a Greek president. There were those that said he would be assassinated. The fact that he belonged to a Greek Liberation Theology church was never really an issue since he never listened to any of the sermons ranting on about the Turks or how English stole all the really good Greek words. Hope, Change and Feta was a pretty snappy slogan.

By: canopfor

canopfor — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:36:36 +0000

Oh this is getting good,me thinks me has an idea,
how about setting up a political ambush for der
Hopeless/Changeless,and get Obama into a perpetual
whinning mode!

Then we can hear Hopey say,”ENOUGH,ENOUGH,ALREADY”!

So,get on the ad,get it on tv,and ‘Lets Roll”!haha.