Video: McCain unloads on Obama
posted at 4:39 pm on October 6, 2008 by Allahpundit
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I’m looking around for a better clip, as this omits all the important Fannie/Freddie material, but it’ll have to do for now. For a contrarian view that maybe McCain should be spending more time on Ayers and, especially, on Wright and less on the economy, read Jay Cost or just eyeball the favorables graph down near the bottom of his post. There’s gold in them thar character attacks!
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If Obama’s spokes-babe is ANY indication of the official Obama response, then-
THIS IS A MAJOR WIN FOR MCMAVERICK!
SHE WAS RATTLED!
FiveWays on October 6, 2008 at 5:20 PM
Yep, and I look forward to seeing that graph again in a few more days - maybe after the debate.
Not weird at all. What IS weird is turning your DISH SAT powered TV off at night on one channel, and waking up in the morning to find it automatically tuned into the Obama channel. Scroll here for the creepy details.
Buy Danish on October 6, 2008 at 5:20 PM
McCain has grown a pair (or has borrowed a pair from Palin). Whatever the case, they are all in now; there’s no turning back. And the strategy, as it is with energy, should be “all of the above.”
I have to go find my most recent RNC solicitation. I’ll contribute more for this kind of effort.
Did someone in McCain Headuarters rent Animal House this weekend and watch the scene in which Brother Bluto (Belushi) gives the rousing speech that included the line, “Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?”
And should we expect McCain to paint all the Straight Talk Express buses black and title them Eat Me?
Fire up.
BuckeyeSam on October 6, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Her voice was cracking she started to visibly shake while she lied through her teeth! Bwahahaha! That was beautiful!
TheBigOldDog on October 6, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Shinkuu–HADOUKEN!
Spanglemaker on October 6, 2008 at 5:22 PM
“Authored” refers to published works. The connotation of the word authored is actually more respectful to Obama and one that a long time legislator might use (see below).
Usage Note: The verb author, which had been out of use for a long period, has been rejuvenated in recent years with the sense “to assume responsibility for the content of a published text.” As such it is not quite synonymous with the verb write; one can write, but not author, a love letter or an unpublished manuscript, and the writer who ghostwrites a book for a celebrity cannot be said to have “authored” the creation. The sentence He has authored a dozen books on the subject was unacceptable to 74 percent of the Usage Panel, probably because it implies that having a book published is worthy of special lexical distinction, a notion that sits poorly with conventional literary sensibilities and seems to smack of press agentry. The sentence The Senator authored a bill limiting uses of desert lands in California was similarly rejected by 64 percent of the Panel, though here the usage is common journalistic practice and is perhaps justified by the observation that we do not expect that legislators will actually write the bills to which they attach their names.·The use of author as a verb in computer-related contexts is well established and unexceptionable.
Y-not on October 6, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Call Dish and complain, I have seen this posted on other sites…
reshas1 on October 6, 2008 at 5:23 PM
She got into her naughty librarian outfit, took a 12-inch ruler, and wrapped him on the wrists until he agreed.
BuckeyeSam on October 6, 2008 at 5:23 PM
The Freddie/Fannie attack has caught the Obama camp off-guard!
POUND THIS MAVERICK.
And listen close- state specific incidents. Name names. Cite dates. Be specific with the connections. Be prepared for the Obama spin crap. THEN- DON’T LET UP ON BARRY BURING THE DEBATES! WHEN HE GIVES A NON-ANSWER, NAIL HIM ON IT. THEN ASK HIM AGAIN!
FiveWays on October 6, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Rod on October 6, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Didn’t mean to be a dick about it, but lets face it, individual optimism could roller-coaster day to day with the avalanche of information flowing in; today Mac is up, tomorrow he’s down, blah blah blah.
Don’t throw-in the towel now with still about a month left before the election, anything can happen and usually does. It’s October, shit is SUPPOSED to hit the fan and send everything we thought we knew flying into space.
Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 5:24 PM
She got into her naughty librarian outfit, took a 12-inch ruler, and wrapped him on the wrists until he agreed.
BuckeyeSam on October 6, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Dude….don’t do that to me.
Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Obama:
Worst.liar.ever.
mylegsareswollen on October 6, 2008 at 5:26 PM
sorry for the double post - I forgot to include crr6’s question in my post above:
“Authored” refers to published works. The connotation of the word authored is actually more respectful to Obama and one that a long time legislator might use (see below).
Usage Note: The verb author, which had been out of use for a long period, has been rejuvenated in recent years with the sense “to assume responsibility for the content of a published text.” As such it is not quite synonymous with the verb write; one can write, but not author, a love letter or an unpublished manuscript, and the writer who ghostwrites a book for a celebrity cannot be said to have “authored” the creation. The sentence He has authored a dozen books on the subject was unacceptable to 74 percent of the Usage Panel, probably because it implies that having a book published is worthy of special lexical distinction, a notion that sits poorly with conventional literary sensibilities and seems to smack of press agentry. The sentence The Senator authored a bill limiting uses of desert lands in California was similarly rejected by 64 percent of the Panel, though here the usage is common journalistic practice and is perhaps justified by the observation that we do not expect that legislators will actually write the bills to which they attach their names.·The use of author as a verb in computer-related contexts is well established and unexceptionable.
Y-not on October 6, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Yep!
Deer in the head light moment!
ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK!
GO MAVERICK ON THIS LITTLE SHIT’S ASS!
FiveWays on October 6, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Exactly, so our October surprise is the awakening of John McCain!
carbon_footprint on October 6, 2008 at 5:27 PM
I missed it. Was it Susan Rice? She was balling after Jeremiah Wright want whacky at the National Press Club luncheon in the spring. It was hilarious. Great, a foreign policy advisor who, when the going gets tough, she starts crying.
BuckeyeSam on October 6, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Her voice was cracking she started to visibly shake while she lied through her teeth! Bwahahaha! That was beautiful!
TheBigOldDog on October 6, 2008 at 5:21 PM
I missed it, what was she trying to explain away?
Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 5:28 PM
The PUMAs could be like the French in the Revolutionary War just about now…..LET’S ROLL!
Destroy the CHICAGO MARXISTS!
ex-Democrat on October 6, 2008 at 5:29 PM
Here is the clip with Freddie and Fannie remarks.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=94c_1223325527
freedomplow on October 6, 2008 at 5:29 PM
This was planned, people. Team McCain was strategically waiting to unload these attacks today. Is is too little/too late? Perhaps with any other opponent than Barack Obama. There is so much ammo that they can hit him at 360 degrees and keep him reeling.
carbon_footprint on October 6, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Fox played a clip of McCain citing the Dems involvment in the sub-prime scam and Obama’s connections.
Then the anchor pressed the questions!
The spokes-babe was clearly caught OFF-GUARD!
FiveWays on October 6, 2008 at 5:31 PM
I thought she was about to cry.
Tazz 55 on October 6, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Tanfastic, I look forward to the Youtube.
Bishop on October 6, 2008 at 5:32 PM
He isn’t doing as well as I had hoped, but isn’t trailing by too far. Udall has a huge ad budget… tons of out of state money, DNC money and Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Taos money. Steve isn’t getting much help from the RNC, and pretty much only gets a few bucks from us po’ folks out in the sticks.
But Steve HAS forced Udall to flip-flop COMPLETELY on Energy policy and a few other things.
In an honest election, I’d say it is a tossup, but with ACORN activities, Steve is at a great disadvantage. I don’t know if you saw my post the other day, but an Obama campaign worker with a knocked at my door a couple of days ago looking for a newly registered Democrat voter at the address of the vacant lot next door.
On top of that, the (Democrat, of course) Secretary of State has printed up three times as many paper ballots as there are registered voters in the state… And when Udall’s son-in-law, who she appointed to the head of the state Elections Bureau, quit because of public pressure on his obvious conflict of interest, she replaced him with someone else who has a long personal, business and political history with Tom Udall.
The normally high NM Democrat vote fraud is going to be several orders of magnitude higher this time.
The future is dim, even if McCain kicks butt in the next 29 days.
LegendHasIt on October 6, 2008 at 5:34 PM
Finally!
Let him have it John!
I hope it’s not too late…
WisCon on October 6, 2008 at 5:34 PM
Blood in the water and a Sarahcudda in the area. HMMMM.
PappaMac on October 6, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Your um, crozier is standing rather tall, Excellency.
ManlyRash on October 6, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Of course it did. They thought they were going to have to deal with Ayers. They started running with the “Keating 5″ and then BAM!!!!!
Bait-n-Switch. The Barry camp fell for the oldest trick in the book. Additionally, they thought they had done the baiting with the NYT article.
They suck.
Editor on October 6, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Obama WILL cry!
FiveWays on October 6, 2008 at 5:36 PM
I like this line from Jay Cost:
Name names (Dem. and Rep.), kick their a$$es, and repeat. Often.
fred5678 on October 6, 2008 at 5:39 PM
I’m just guessing here but I’d say that’s the last time they ever let her get in front of a camera. She obviously can’t lie without showing it…
TheBigOldDog on October 6, 2008 at 5:40 PM
McCain needs to reply to the Keating Five attacks with:
“I apologized for any invovlement, and was later exonerated by a Democrat Congress. WHEN…..Senator Obama….can we expect YOU and your Democrat cohorts to come clean with the American people about YOUR invovlement with the WORST FINANCIAL CRISIS IN AMERICAN HISTORY?”
FiveWays on October 6, 2008 at 5:41 PM
There are some internet roumors that Obama did not write his memoirs. There seems to be two distinct writing styles the books…. so, he is listed as author, but may very well have had someone else write at least part of them..
My guess is the McCain camp knows something about this from opposition research…
But heck, I’m still waiting on the Berg vs. Obama lawsuit meself… and for someone to get the record of which passport he used to go to Pakistan in 81 (was illegal to use a US passport then…).
Romeo13 on October 6, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Nyah - tears and voice-cracking are normal reactions for someone whose messiah has been spat upon.
Obama and the ‘nauts are going to have to reach very far to turn the narrative of the last month of the campaign into anything other than McCain-Palin on-the-attack. He’s set up trying to defend a lead at a time when Americans will want leaders who are aggressive truth-tellers unperturbed by counterfire.
CK MacLeod on October 6, 2008 at 5:46 PM
You know damn well I have never supported obama… Or even said anything nice about him.
Not liking one guy does not mean you love the other.
That is one thing I despise about McCainiacs: intellectual dishonesty about anyone who is less than enthused by the lesser of two evils.
LegendHasIt on October 6, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Who was?
Jaibones on October 6, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Obama Spokes-hag on Fox.
FiveWays on October 6, 2008 at 5:51 PM
What will be interesting is whether Obama can weather this attack during the debate.
I don’t think he has been under this kind of fire, and it may be McCain’s idea to begin to “break” him, get him rattled, throw him off his standard lines.
Obama may not know how to act under this pressure, which is another reason to wait until these final weeks to fully attack.
If Obama buckles under the attack during the debate, shows nervousness, unease, it will play into he does not have the experience. If he attack back, I would think with his lack of experience he would either over attack, or fumble in the attack. You don’t learn these things overnight.
Tomorrow night will be interesting…not so much as how well McCain can do, but how poorly Obama will do.
right2bright on October 6, 2008 at 5:51 PM
He better come out like Tom Brady looking down field 50+ yards for Randy Moss and throwing deep every single chance he gets. If he comes out looking to just run the ball he’s dead.
TheBigOldDog on October 6, 2008 at 5:54 PM
McCain is sometimes misguided.
Obama is evil.
Disturb the Universe on October 6, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Bambi can DEFINITELY BE RATTLED!
PUNCH OFTEN, PUNCH REPEATEDLY. PUT HIS CORRUPT LYING ASS ON THE ROPES EARLY AND OFTEN. DON’T GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO GET ON HIS FEET.
FiveWays on October 6, 2008 at 5:54 PM
True. And much more accurate.
FiveWays on October 6, 2008 at 5:55 PM
And the format is townhall, which is McCain’s forte. But not Obama’s.
Disturb the Universe on October 6, 2008 at 5:56 PM
I know most of us seem to want to McCain to go nuclear during the debate, but he has to time it just right in a Townhall-type setting, and the opportunity just may not come up. You’ve got to let the people run the show, and they mostly require pap, not raw meat. You really don’t want to get booed for being a meanie before an audience of 80 million.
On the other hand, it’s not impossible to imagine just the right approach solving the election problem as the assembled independents rise up out of the chairs and tear Obama limb from limb. Now THAT would be great TV. Can’t give the odds of that as being better than 1 out of 3!
The last debate may be the one where the combat shotgun is emptied, and the BFG is deployed.
CK MacLeod on October 6, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Finally… McCain adopts the Obama is “Too Dishonest to Lead” theme. Forcing Obama’s real life story out in the open will win it for McCain.
T J Green on October 6, 2008 at 5:57 PM
I agree that Obama can get rattled. Palin was definitely in his head, “We aren’t going to talk about her at all! But since you brought her up…” and he is terrible off the cuff. Member the defeated Obama coming out after the BOR interview. This can win if Mac keeps the pressure on.
Kos isn’t smart enuf to counter fact, and thus KO and MSM got nothin’.
Spirit of 1776 on October 6, 2008 at 5:57 PM
OK, if we are going to go with a boxing analogy he better come out like Manny Pacquiao throwing nothing but power shots looking for each blow to deliver the knock out punch.
TheBigOldDog on October 6, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Catch the full clip on C-Span. It opens with 2minutes of the usual stumper, closes with what Mac will do for you but in between is 20 minutes of uninterrupted, gleeful Obama-bashing.
i b squidly on October 6, 2008 at 5:59 PM
That may very well be, but I think McCain and Palin using the term “authored” has more to do with a stylistic point (McCain is probably used to the term authored from his work in the Senate) than from an attempt to zing Obama.
Y-not on October 6, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Nope… better analogy…
McCain needs to quit the Judo…
And start the Krav Maga…
Romeo13 on October 6, 2008 at 5:59 PM
McCain can fairly point out that Obama received more FM/FM money than anyone but Dodd, and he received the most on an annual basis, AND Obama did nothing to reign in FM/FM in 2006 when McCain called for reform.
Totally true, totally fair, and totally devastating.
gmoonster on October 6, 2008 at 5:59 PM
whether thru malice or ignorance he still does damage. and he shows no willingness to listen to either the electorate or his advisors. hell, he sometimes goes off message just hours after a meeting. he wil not continue this line of attack. before the week is out he will contradict himself and those who are pressing this attack.
chasdal on October 6, 2008 at 6:00 PM
+1
Spirit of 1776 on October 6, 2008 at 6:01 PM
TheBigOldDog on October 6, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Forget the boxing analogies. I want to see nothing less than a mixed martial arts blood bath. I want to see McCain put Obama in a rear naked choke. I want to see Obama pass out or tap out.
Disturb the Universe on October 6, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Great, but it should have been done before McCain suspended his campaign or the weekend after.
Now the left will spin it as desperate sour grapes.
But McCain has a new chance in the debates.
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In the debate Obama needs to be punched with this attack several times and made to respond, such as:
McCain: “I did the following to stop FM & FM from turning into the disaster it did…… - What did you do Sen. Obama? Why didn’t you help me when I tried to rein them in?”
How can Obama answer something like that without looking weak?
albill on October 6, 2008 at 6:03 PM
“And my friends, where was Senator Obama in 2006 when I tried to reign in FM/FM? I’ll tell you: He was taking their money. In fact he took more money faster than any other member of Congress.”
TheBigOldDog on October 6, 2008 at 6:03 PM
May very well be… but there is a tactic I used to use in the military to get my point across…
Be VERY specific (accurate but not normal usage) in your wording, until someone (in this case the Press) asks you why you keep using that wording, then explain.
Like when talking about a low level Officer, using the term DEMANDS respect… or using COMMANDS instead of Leads… aeventualy, if you keep using the more correct term, someone asks… then you can attack without seeming to be initiating the attack…
Romeo13 on October 6, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Oh, then you’ve got to go back in this thread and read my Kimbo Slice analogy! You’ll like it!
TheBigOldDog on October 6, 2008 at 6:04 PM
What a crock. He HAS given us his answer… time and time again. For those that haven’t paid proper attention, permit me to list them:
CC
CapedConservative on October 6, 2008 at 6:05 PM
You know how Obama and his surrogates keep saying that he warned about the subprime crisis 2 years ago, yadda yadda yadda?
This is a blog post that looks into, and ultimately disputes, that claim.
Buy Danish on October 6, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Gee, I hope McCain doesn’t pull a Brady this year.
For myself, I’d be happy to see the election season follow yesterday’s ‘Skins/Eagles game… McCain’s defense stiffens up, allowing him to come from behind on the strength of a solid ground game and a great trick play.
Y-not on October 6, 2008 at 6:08 PM
Holy moly, I forgot that! J-Mac will rip Bambi to shreds. O man, this is gonna be good.
ManlyRash on October 6, 2008 at 6:09 PM
I congratulate the winner (do I get partial credit for inspiring you?). No, I guess Graig Ferguson gets credit.
fred5678 on October 6, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Oh yeah. Must not be mean. That might upset Michelle and it wouln’t be good for her children.
Disturb the Universe on October 6, 2008 at 6:11 PM
ManlyRash on October 6, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Glad to see your optimism returning.
Disturb the Universe on October 6, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Crap is getting messy with it today. Team O and DNC filed for a motion for a PROTECTIVE ORDER staying discovery pending decision on a motion. Allah can help the non-legal folks with this, sufficed to say it’s a maneuver to keep things in a case sealed and make the actual discovery pending whether or not they actually are dismissed, etc.
SkinnerVic on October 6, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Depends if the crowd is CNN plants or not. Need tough questions.
Spirit of 1776 on October 6, 2008 at 6:18 PM
That third debate? Barry got it switched to ‘domestic issues’ a while back with little objection from Team McCain. It’s almost as if they had something in mind….
hump1201 on October 6, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Simple response: “Senator Obama you’re a SENATOR. Talking about things is for pundits who are not responsible for action. Don’t give us JUST WORDS, tell us what you did. What legislation did you submit? What bills did you co-sponsor? In what ways did you use your office to attempt to forestall the crisis? What exactly did you DO?”
PackerBronco on October 6, 2008 at 6:19 PM
+1
Romeo13 on October 6, 2008 at 6:31 PM
heh
funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 6:32 PM
That’s so important. Who indeed is Obama? What’s that thing inside him that drives him, his character, his values, his dreams, what is tender and precious within him. His election is so much of a trainwreck to me. I supported McCain in 2000 because he’s a fiscal hawk. McCain-Palin is a great “reform” ticket.
And when Palin says “[Obama] isn’t a man who sees America like we see America”, don’t equate that with “doesn’t look like the presidents on the dollar bill” and “did I mention he’s black”. Apples and oranges.
Paul-Cincy on October 6, 2008 at 6:41 PM
Yeah, I’m with you. This is the opening drive in the game, not the hail mary.
funky chicken on October 6, 2008 at 6:57 PM
Definitely, that is what has to be asked, and I believe McCain will press him on that.
I was just pointing to what Obama claims is proof that he was on top of things, but as that blog post shows, it all adds up to a big, fat nothing.
Buy Danish on October 6, 2008 at 7:00 PM
BO said that the US should cut and run from Iraq even if it means Iraqi genocide.
When BO chaired the board administering the Annenberg grant, $100 million was wasted on projects that were found to produce zero benefit to the schools that were supported
I don’t understand why these issues aren’t brought up.
obladioblada on October 6, 2008 at 7:00 PM
For many democrats, that’s what they wanted. Because this would help them politically. And to make sure that Bush’s legacy in Iraq would be defeat. No thinking person would want this to happen. And of course democrats have supported going in to Darfur, to prevent a genocide. And to put troops into harm’s way and get killed. Wanting Iraqis to die from our pullout to “leave the Iraqi people to their destiny” while wanting peacekeeping in other areas is completely hyprocritical.
As I said. The people who wanted us out of Iraq were counting on more pain and suffering to occur.
wise_man on October 6, 2008 at 7:11 PM
GOP.com has an excellent summary of the Obama/Ayers relationship.
http://www.gop.com/News/NewsRead.aspx?Guid=768aa784-72f3-4b43-acb6-c5fe81d901cd
rplat on October 6, 2008 at 7:35 PM
obama liar
Two years after McCain, “cassandra” obama delivers a dire warning. Liar, scumbag, creep. What more exactly do I need to know about “the one”?
jdkchem on October 6, 2008 at 7:44 PM
If McCain will take off the gloves he wins the mud fight. If he’s channelling Dole 96 we’re screwed. McCain should do WHATEVER the MSM says he shouldn’t ’cause then in defending Obama they have to bring the negative subjects up.
Mojave Mark on October 6, 2008 at 8:38 PM
I’ll be in my bunk…
twoarmman on October 6, 2008 at 8:51 PM
THAT’S what McCain should have been doing from the start. Remember, McCain’s base respects strength, decisiveness, character and candor. BHO’s base are beta males, defeatists, whiners, socialist, communists and terrorists. There, I said it… Our leaders need to roar like lions.
Claypigeon on October 6, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Yes, and it’s a pity that thousands have already voted here in Ohio.
Tzetzes on October 6, 2008 at 9:19 PM
“from a Chicago politician”. He should beat this like a drum.
LtE126 on October 6, 2008 at 10:00 PM
For what it’s worth, they should use everything. Fannie/Freidde, Ayers, Wright everything. Leave nothing out. If it’s too cimplcaited divide the work between the team and let them handle it separately. I think that’s what they are doing. Palin is handling Ayers while Mccain is handling Fannie. That’s a good one. Leave nothing.
promachus on October 7, 2008 at 12:11 AM
Another point McCain should mention is that Obama is trying to ride this county’s economic crisis right into the white house. Obama has done NOTHING in his entire US senate career to prevent this crisis from happening. As a matter of fact, he has opposed all attempts to rein in FM & FM. But you know who has been trying to rein them in since 2003? That’s right, John McCain. Who is Barack Obama? Who does he associate with? What legislation has he supported?
csdeven on October 7, 2008 at 12:29 AM
Obama can’t dispute this one!
chiefeditor on October 7, 2008 at 9:24 AM
I just saw this today and thought it pretty well summed things up.
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Barack Obama has put out an ad that simple minded John McCain cannot use a computer.
Well guess what; Barack cannot land a jet plane on an aircraft carrier at night.
rplat on October 7, 2008 at 3:07 PM
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