Video: Obama’s attack ad on … Obama
posted at 5:45 pm on November 3, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Mary Katharine Ham has collected a number of Barack Obama’s contradictory statements, and proved once again that Team McCain could have used her as a captain. This, truly, is change you can believe in:
In an earlier age, this kind of backtracking would sink a candidacy. Think, for instance, of John Kerry and his flip-flops just four years ago. Barack Obama turned them into an art form and somehow managed to fool a whole lot of people into thinking it looked presidential.
We could have used a 30-second spot with these a few weeks ago, before and after the financial crisis hit. Unfortunately, one 30-second spot couldn’t have possibly covered the breadth of Obama’s contradictions on the stump. The big one, on Iran, did manage to make it into one of the final spots of the McCain campaign last week. Let’s hope it sinks into the minds of the undecided voters.
Update: MKH sends a new mix to replace the old.
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Pathological liar who makes Bill Clinton look steadfast and true.
profitsbeard on November 3, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Too little….too late…..
FiveWays on November 3, 2008 at 5:48 PM
It has and it will. The undecideds are breaking for McCain. The Drive-Bys will refuse to report that and ill deny it even after McCain is elected.
But the fact remains that McCain will be elected president.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Nonsense. We have not yet begun to fight. Pick up a sword and join the fray.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 5:49 PM
“…managed to fool a whole lot of people…”
Yes, think “the media” helped a bit?
What a disgrace.
aquaviva on November 3, 2008 at 5:49 PM
I’d like to take this time to announce my candidacy for the RNC. Please write your congressman (if they are GOP) and tell them to hire me. I want to help fix things in the GOP.
That said Obama is toast because changing your mind every time your asked a question is not a good way to govern.
William Amos on November 3, 2008 at 5:50 PM
Too Late.. McPalin will still be victorious.
romanianhacker on November 3, 2008 at 5:50 PM
Never too late. I convinced three people today to vote for McCain/Palin here in Colorado who otherwise would have stayed home. I am personally driving them to the polls tomorrow.
Norwegian on November 3, 2008 at 5:52 PM
Hope.
Vote.
Abby Adams on November 3, 2008 at 5:53 PM
OK….Someone answer this. If Obambi wins what is our next step?
dangitt on November 3, 2008 at 5:53 PM
BillyJeff is a saint compared to obama
ConservativePartyNow on November 3, 2008 at 5:53 PM
Congratulations: you get the Manly Rash Seal of Approval.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 5:53 PM
the stuttering of Senator Governmenet Gun Grabber is the best.
The should haave done a 30 second spot of him stuttering a bunch of different times pieced together.
triple-p on November 3, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Save it for November 5 when we can discuss a “what if” scenario. Obama will lose this electon. Count on it.
In the meantime, get out the vote for McCain. Make it happen.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Does anybody know how to get something to Sean Hannity? He would show this on his TV show tonight.
Elizabetty on November 3, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Be sure to put your American flags out tomorrow…it might be the last time your allowed to display it in public.
portlandon on November 3, 2008 at 5:55 PM
My God it’s unbelievable. I was thinking the same thing in regards to Clinton. Come on America are we really going to do this?
God Help Us…
Dritanian on November 3, 2008 at 5:55 PM
That’s the spirit! Come on folks, make a difference. It’s up to you.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Manly Rash: Wooooooohooooooo! I am finally registered on this site! Very Very cool, I pray you are right in your prognostications, and your erudite and scholarly analyis is welcomed….regardless of outcome!
CreationistConservativeWarrior on November 3, 2008 at 5:56 PM
This would have been more helpful weeks ago and better on national TV. The McCain supporters will watch it and cheer, but the masses will never see it.
clnurnberg on November 3, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Old news to long time HA readers, this things needs to go viral in a hurry to educate the blissfully uninformed.
Hog Wild on November 3, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Be sure to put your American flags out tomorrow…
it might be the last time your allowed to display it in publicit’ll be a great way to show your support for John McCain.Fixed it for you.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 5:57 PM
LOL – Hope (…nobody heard what I said before) and Change (…what I said before, to pander to others now)
Kevin in Washington State on November 3, 2008 at 5:57 PM
It may be change I can believe, but there’s no “in” there.
How many times have I said MKH does beautiful work? I honestly don’t think I’ve said it enough.
steveegg on November 3, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Obama gives meaning to the words “Just say no to crack.”
HornetSting on November 3, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Ditto
Didn’t the Giants win the Super Bowl?
We fight till the end – always!!!!!
Rightwaywin on November 3, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Obama says that he will change from the failed policies of the past–those he previously proposed.
Steve Z on November 3, 2008 at 5:59 PM
I’m doing my part in making sure my girlfriend and my neighbors make it to the polls tomorrow to cast their votes for McCain/Palin!
Don’t give up and don’t let the MSM fool you into thinking Obama has won, he hasn’t and the best way to give the in-the-tank MSM the middle finger is to stick that middle finger in their eye by getting out the vote!
WE. CAN. WIN!
Liberty or Death on November 3, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Fly my flag every day and with all due respect Mr. Rash but they will will have to take it when they attempt to get the hardware.
VOTE
thomasaur on November 3, 2008 at 6:01 PM
None of it matters.
There is more than enough in the hopper.
McCain by 5. Americans are not stupid.
Starlink on November 3, 2008 at 6:02 PM
I fear that all of these late breaking revelations are too little too late to change the election. People betting real money on this election give McCain about a 15% chance.
HOWEVER….it will be different once he is elected. The honeymoon will be brief the first time he fumbles a crisis or he supports a policy that upsets the base. Or he placates the base and upsets all those “moderate” rookie Senators and Congressmen who told the good folks back home that they weren’t going to Washington to vote for the The New Deal, Part Deux. There are only about a million issues where this could happen.
Barack is NOT used to getting out in front of an issue, driving consensus and then taking accountability for the results. You know, leadership. He is much more comfortable equivocating eloquently while the debate is raging and then criticizing the result after the fact.
The financial bailout was classic. He did nothing until after it was clear the Senate was going to pass the revised bill. A year from now, I am sure he will offer up a critique of everything Paulson did wrong.
Question — what issue is he going to fumble first? Which MSM outlet will jump ship first?
My guess is that the fundamental tax overhaul debate will be the first test. There is no way to keep the left and the moderates happy.
And I bet that the Washington Post is the first MSM to leave the reservation. Am looking for a disappointed EJ Dionne.
johnboy on November 3, 2008 at 6:02 PM
It boggles the mind.
What a two-faced liar.
What I’m gonna love is, if Obama wins, watching his supporters defend the very same things they’ve been screaming at Bush about.
VolMagic on November 3, 2008 at 6:03 PM
“Con-Man” according to Eagleburger. That’s an accurate assessment, in my opinion. Thug, cheat, swindler, pathological liar, and sociopath are other words that also seem to fit the bill.
Let’s call it plain: the man wants to take America down by bankrupting entire industries, throwing us out of jobs, cruelling us all with skyrocketing energy prices, confiscating our hard-earned, and crushing us under the heel of a massively intrusive government who will be checking everything from our tire inflation to our thermostat settings to our dinner menus to what we say to each other in private conversation. Idi Amin and Robert Mugabe would be proud of his ambitious agenda.
mr.blacksheep on November 3, 2008 at 6:04 PM
A small amount of percentage of Americans actually vote.
If we increase our turnout by 1%, we win.
O’Bama thinks he has it in the bag.
The press, to save their papers and media must suppress turnout.
Not.
VOTE and stick it in their ear.
Starlink on November 3, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Hitler was right, tell a big lie often enough and people will believe it.
The big lie…Obama is competent…
What a shame, McCain should be ahead by 20 points, or Obama forced to withdraw weeks ago.
But the MSM was bound and determined to flex their muscle…
right2bright on November 3, 2008 at 6:05 PM
I still can’t believe McCain/Palin did not put together a 30 minute documentary on Obama concluding with their positive views going forward on the war, government reform, taxes and a comprehensive energy platform to name but a few.
Independents would have watched it by the millions just to see Palin addressing the nation.
I said six months ago the only way to defeat Obama was with his own words. Here it is the day before the election. WTF !!!
patrick neid on November 3, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Somebody needs to get the photos up of the crowd at an Obama rally that were saying something like give me your money and give me all the free stuff. I forget who was saying these signs were up at some Obama rally today. Anybody know where those were?
freeus on November 3, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Th, th th Th, th th That’s all Folks!
Biffstir on November 3, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Get mad.
Get even.
Tell THEM to get over it.
VOTE!
Starlink on November 3, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Just sent it to Sean Hannity. Let’s hope he can use it.
jbtripp on November 3, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Darn even you, ManylyRash, are nervous today. You have been such a rock!!!! Me too. Very nervous. And rightly so… tomorrow could be the end of history… Okay, maybe not that bad but, wow the Carter years were bad…
Time to focus on family and church and forget politics?
petunia on November 3, 2008 at 6:08 PM
If Obama wins, I’m quitting my job.
I won’t need it – The One will take care of me & mines.
-o0- on November 3, 2008 at 6:08 PM
Everyone should be making phone calls right now!!!
savant on November 3, 2008 at 6:09 PM
http://www.johnmccain.com/PhoneBank/?guid=0A517F03-C3ED-4A24-A14A-3BD9D5F32F2F
savant on November 3, 2008 at 6:09 PM
The inside scoop on Obama’s campaign (from a relative that works on his internet, very high up), Obama’s camp is in a panic mode. They are shocked over what has happened the last week…their internals (although he never saw them) must show something very bad.
He states they are in a full court panic mode, full court press and they are banking on Republicans not voting.
right2bright on November 3, 2008 at 6:09 PM
“Let me be clear… eeehhh… uuuhhh…. everyone should be making phone calls right now!!!!”
http://www.johnmccain.com/PhoneBank/?guid=0A517F03-C3ED-4A24-A14A-3BD9D5F32F2F
savant on November 3, 2008 at 6:10 PM
Just like I said. Time for the final push, folks. Get out that vote. Vote tomorrow. Make it happen.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 6:10 PM
M.K.H. is hot:
http://www.rightwingnews.com/graphics/bwf14.jpg
toliver on November 3, 2008 at 6:10 PM
I just sent it to a few liberal loved ones. Probably won’t change any minds, but now they will at least feel a pang of conscience when they pull the lever.
mikeyboss on November 3, 2008 at 6:10 PM
I have come to believe that most voters don’t care about his double positions as long as he tells them what they want to hear at the time.
Ultimately, a vote for Obama is not a vote for cohesive, or even consistent policy, as this video shows that his policy is all over the map. No, a vote for Obama is a vote against “status quo”, whatever that is deemed to be. For some that means George Bush. For others, it means GOP. For others still, it means Christianity, free enterprise, and the Protestant work ethic. Unfortunately, so many people are together revolting against this “status quo” idea, they will vote for whomever the other guy happens to be. Nothing else of substance really matters.
Edwards was right. America is now two countries, irreconcilable with each other along ideological lines that can never be unified. While many obama voters are voting against the status quo of George Bush, more are voting against the status quo of America as we know it. They want to change America as it has always existed. That is what the change motto is about.
Unfortunately, those disillusioned independents who are voting against Bush and co, are going to end up handing the country over to those other voters who will turn America into something no one will recognize 50 years from now.
keep the change on November 3, 2008 at 6:11 PM
Yeah I can finally post!
McCain/Palin are going to win and we are going to have another moment like the glorious moment in 1994 when Dan Rather choked out “The Republicans have just taken control of the House”
gophergirl on November 3, 2008 at 6:11 PM
Everything has been out there, the MSM just won’t report it. That is why we are important.
7:00 shift I start my phone calls, time to grab a bite and promote McCain/Palin. It has been a blast calling, I get a lot of positive feed back, it is not what I had gotten in past elections. They love Palin, I don’t believe the negatives, I mean they love her.
right2bright on November 3, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Fixed it, Petunia. I’m not the least bit nervous. I know McCain will win. Just get out there and vote. And make sure friends and family vote for McCain.
Friends don’t let friends vote for Obama.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Should we be singing this as we swing our claymores.
Oldnuke on November 3, 2008 at 6:13 PM
WE WILL WIN. Manly Rash said so and Manly Rash is always right.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Good job, Mary Katherine! I hope it gets seen by enough people to make a difference. I’ve felt sick all day thinking about the possibility of a (shudder) Pres. Obama
anniekc on November 3, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Confucious says: “Man who measures drapes prematurely has wrong spiritual advisor and plenty of material for diapers”.
Rovin on November 3, 2008 at 6:15 PM
Aye, laddie. Taek nae prisoners. Tell them Manly Rash is comin’ for them
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 6:16 PM
One last word, I would love for HotAir to shut down for 2 hours while we all make phone calls.
If we followed the link:
Sign up, or call the republican party headquarters and have them email you a list of phone numbers.
We can do this…we can do this…WE WE WE can do this.
right2bright on November 3, 2008 at 6:16 PM
Hillary is a priest compared to this fool.
tarpon on November 3, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Manly Rash is right. Manly Rash says bugger to surrender. Manly Rash takes no prisoners.
Prepare for victory, but be ready to fight for it. Make it happen.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 6:18 PM
Too little . .. too . . . etc? We will see tomorrow; the news from the McCain camp seems very optimistic–whatever, DO NOT let it be said that we lost (we won’t but . . .) cuz’ we were too discouraged to fight to the end–VOTE, get others to VOTE! Make a statement and (very likely) drag McCain/Palin over the finish line! Carl Edwards won the last NASCAR race on fumes! Stay optimistic to the end!
rebuzz on November 3, 2008 at 6:20 PM
Why revolution, of course.
mustng66 on November 3, 2008 at 6:21 PM
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more…”
vote vote vote
Bernadette on November 3, 2008 at 6:23 PM
Now’s really not a time to talk about what we could have done. We just need to go out and vote in mass tomorrow. We cannot afford to lose and, if we do, not by a significant margin. If all those polls prove to be wrong, I will LMAO!
Achilles on November 3, 2008 at 6:23 PM
Speaking of things that could sink a candidacy, here’s the latest from Steve Diamond.
It’s all too late now, but, if elected, Barry could begin his presidency as a very lame duck.
Buy Danish on November 3, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Will Chris Mathews run this on his show?
I wonder what will be going up and down his legs after he sees this
macncheez on November 3, 2008 at 6:27 PM
I appreciate what you do as well, but get over yourself.
George: George is getting angry!
-o0- on November 3, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Prepare yourself for a loooooooong bout of laughter.
THE POLLS ARE A JOKE AND THEY ARE WRONG. THE ONLY PLACE OBAMA’S GOING IS BACK TO CHICAGO FOR A FIRE SALE ON GREEK PILLARS.
Rovin on November 3, 2008 at 6:30 PM
1. Not gonna happen.
2. I will support him in every way and with the same enthusiasm as the liberal left supported Bush.
3. Not gonna happen, anyway.
tru2tx on November 3, 2008 at 6:32 PM
I am absolutely clearly NOT voting for Obama.
McCain/Palin!!!!!!
Ladywolfnl on November 3, 2008 at 6:32 PM
DUDE!! I love french horns, OMG! Awesome
custer on November 3, 2008 at 6:33 PM
This guy is such a fraud it is unreal. But he has gotten away with it.
David Freddoso’s book “The Case Against Barack Obama” documents his real record, and his double talk, quite well. No personal attacks or conjecture, just cold hard facts.
Daemonocracy on November 3, 2008 at 6:34 PM
welcome aboard
custer on November 3, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Yup
bluejacket on November 3, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Moe, Larry and Curly would have been better Captains of team McCain…
TheBigOldDog on November 3, 2008 at 6:39 PM
In fairness, they did well on the celebrity ads….
TheBigOldDog on November 3, 2008 at 6:40 PM
ManlyRash is positive. Rush is positive. Hannity is positive. Beck is freakin’ out (as usual…but I still like him). This election is for my Daddy. He was a Master Sergeant in World War II. He landed on Normandy Beach on D-Day. I did not know he was there until he passed away the Monday after Christmas 1997. He was a Great Christian Man, A Great American, and My Hero. I will not vote for a man who does not honor this “Shining City on a Hill”. Get your relatives and friends off their couches tomorrow to vote for John McCain! May God Bless America!
kingsjester on November 3, 2008 at 6:40 PM
Seeing time as a series of discrete intervals is a Euro-centric way of thinking and hence racist. Obama may say whatever he wants and then contradict it later because he isn’t bound by the same future-time orientated mindset as white supremacists.
Sharke on November 3, 2008 at 6:41 PM
it’s b/c he’s black.
ocbrat on November 3, 2008 at 6:43 PM
that video was racist because it kept showing a black man
custer on November 3, 2008 at 6:43 PM
HELLO FRIENDS!
Tonight, all across the fruited plains, Americans are preparing to cast a vote for AMERICAS PAST, IT’S PRESENT and IT’S FUTURE… Men and Women, of every race, every social background, every economic status… They will do thier duty, to honor all those who have given us the ability to participate in this “MOST BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENT”, this land that GOD has blessed with bounty from Sea to shining Sea… My friends, tonight we pray, we gerd our loins for the battle of our time, our Getteysburg, our Iwo Jima, our Battle of the Buldge… It is OUR TURN! It is OUR TIME! We MUST NOT FAIL to protect and defend the Constitution, the Bill of Rights! To protect our families, our friends, our neighbors… The enemy is at the gate, our time is NOW! Stand with me and FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOMS as so many have done before us… Let’s drag McCain to victory for our COURTS, OUR MILITARY, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR FLAG and OUR RELIGIONS! Sleep well America, for tomorrow we battle for our very lives as Americans, it’s THAT INPORTANT! God bless our efforts, and with his will we WILL PREVAIL against the biggest challenge, the biggest THREAT of our time… Rest well America, for we are comming out by the MILLIONS tommorrow to DEFEND you once again…
Mark Garnett on November 3, 2008 at 6:44 PM
Sharke on November 3, 2008 at 6:41 PM
All due respect…. huh?
tru2tx on November 3, 2008 at 6:45 PM
William Amos,
I’d be happy to recommend you to the RNC. I have been told by numerous friends, clients and family to work for them as well. At least a dozen times during this campaign I became incensed at the ineptitude of the McCain campaign and RNC. You don’t bring a butter knife to a gun fight.
Whatever the outcome tomorrow, The Republican Party needs to stop nominating RINOs and promote rock-ribbed conservatives. At all levels, federal, state and local. Even with all the issues stacked in the demoncRATS favor, Obama should be beaten like a rented mule. His own words could/should destroy him. The guy is not POTUS material.
I’ve actively e-mailed and called (for months) all who I know to support McCain. I don’t always agree with him but the alternative is a disaster looking for a place to happen.
Many thanks to HA during this campaign for the great info and links.
mountainmanbob on November 3, 2008 at 6:45 PM
I suggest you get over YOURSELF and simply do not respond. No one cares what you think about MR.
csdeven on November 3, 2008 at 6:45 PM
If McCain is tied in 4 of 6 battleground states… he wins the election.
Even Obama’s manager, Pfluffypuff, said if Obama is not up by 5 pts on election day… it’s gonna be a problem.
Guess what. He’s not up +5 in any battleground state and only up +7 in the Fox News polls… We all know the polls are crazy skewed towards the libtards.
In short… suck it up… tighten your belt… fill up your car with gas… call all your friends and spend the day getting folks to the polls.
The next person to post a defeatist comment will get flamed until you all come around to our view of winning this election.
Fozzy Bear on November 3, 2008 at 6:48 PM
Those clips are just the tip of the iceburg, I believe there will be much more to come.
One big one not mentioned in the piece was the whole Obama getting caught in the lie on infanticide, calling others liars, then admitting that they lied, then him denying it further when McCain brought it up during the final debate.
Why did McCain fight harder in the republican primaries then he has during the last three months?
scan-your-lane on November 3, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Thank you! Everybody should be doing the same. I’ll be first in line at my polling place tomorrow, and I’ve offered rides to any of my McCain-voting neighbors and friends who need one. We must vote and help other anti-Obama voters to do so as well. The future of our country depends upon it. FIGHT!!!
AZCoyote on November 3, 2008 at 6:55 PM
Heaven help us if he wins.
Very good work MKH. Thank you.
mindhacker on November 3, 2008 at 6:56 PM
I got the boss of a large consulting company to change his mind and “do the right thing”. His entire staff is voting for Obama…I cant wait for the schadenfreude!
javamartini on November 3, 2008 at 6:57 PM
Mark Garnett on November 3, 2008 at 6:44 PM
+1000
pambi on November 3, 2008 at 6:58 PM
I can’t get over myself. I’m just that farking good. *gives a big Sarah Palin wink* :-)
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 7:03 PM
You don’t know. The timing could be just perfect. No time for Obama to weasle his way out of the contradictions.
misslizzi on November 3, 2008 at 7:07 PM
;)
So you’re a Farker too, huh? One of a dying breed, if so. I got banned from Fark for espousing my conservative leanings.
-o0- on November 3, 2008 at 7:11 PM
*exposing
*espousing
*whatevs
-o0- on November 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Aww don’t get all butthurt. ManlyRash can speak for himself.
Literally. heh
-o0- on November 3, 2008 at 7:13 PM
I am reading yet another biography of one of the founding fathers. We need to fully appreciate the sacrifices that have been made to create this great country. We are not being required to fight in winter at Valley Forge with no shoes and few clothes. We are required to vote.
Vote. Get out and stand in line and wait and wait and wait and vote. Drive someone to the polls. Do as Manly Rash says. This is up to us.
Semper Paratus
DrStock on November 3, 2008 at 7:19 PM
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