Posted on 09/26/2008 9:59:08 PM PDT by steve0
Two strikes, Obama has 1 left before he is out. What a gaffe. If you can't remember the dead soldiers name just don't wear the bracelet, pandering politician. Where is your lapel pin now. Story about Kissinger denials will have legs for at least a day. Still a few in the drive-by media that will ask Obama and Kissinger about the real story regarding preconditions.
Keep the CHANGE.
I don’t have the seal yet.
I’ll bet there was an audible gasp in the Obama war room when he stumbled on the lost hero’s name on his bracelet.
Seriously, it would be a thousand times better if he remembered the soldier’s name and not worn a bracelet, because that would at least mean the man was actually in his thoughts.
Wearing the bracelet but not knowing the man’s name means he never actually thought about the man at all. Never once contemplated the meaning of the man’s sacrifice, but is only using the tragedy of the soldier’s passing to further his own political ambitions.
Is it true that Obama addressed McCain as “Tom,” at some point?
“Never once contemplated the meaning of the man’s sacrifice, but is only using the tragedy of the soldier’s passing to further his own political ambitions.”
Sure sums Barack up.
He’s been “out” since at least the first Larry Sinclair video...
It's late.
Yes.
He call John McCain, Jim. He was thinking of the host Jim Lehear. Love how BO talked and talked and talked especially real fast at the end to get all his memorized points dumped into the mic before his time was up.
I’m so nervous about the polls after this. While I think McCain performed brilliantly (”One would think if Sen. Obama really cared he would have gotten on a plane and gone to Afghanistan....Walk the walk...what Sen. Obama doesn’t understand, etc. etc.); I fear the average Joe missed McCain’s wit and the media will lead him/her by the nose to the Obama camp. Ugh. Kissinger needs to get out and publically scream that Obama misrepresented his comments. (i.e. parsed his words.)
And let me just say for the record, I hope Wall Street and Main Street meet somewhere down on that Bridge to Nowhere. Ugh how I hate catch phrases.
Seemed really craven. As in, ‘yeah, I checked that box, John.’ McCain definitely came across as authentic when talking about the troops, being around the troops, and caring about what they want, not what some left wing moonbats who’ve always loathed the military think the troops want.
McCain’s claim was that the troops wanted victory (and if Obama had his way they would have left in defeat, just like a certain other war that McCain himself knows well about). Nice dig by McCain at how he felt coming home from an earlier war that the Left fought hard to make the country lose. As always, McCain is an understated guy (though clear and direct). But I thought on that exchange he was really powerful.
The “John is absolutely right” statements have already been made into a McCain ad. They’ll have legs.
McCain was deadly. Obama never knew what hit him.
That’s what I thought. He called McCain “Jim”. Guess it’s hard to remember the name of the only other guy in the Presidential race. Must be confusing.
After traveling to 57 states, that is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMo0WlSvrIY
I gota a bracelet toooooo!!!!....
I got my shoes at Tom McCain...
It’s almost as if Obama’s handlers, knowing McCain was going to wear a bracelet, quickly gave one to Obama, figuring he’d at least look at it once before the debate, he probably figured just wearing it would be enough without having to refer to the name of the soldier.
That should be on youtube right away. Where's the video?
Tom must be the Pilot of his Lehrer Jet
and nobama is also using “Christian” to bolster his votes.
He is not a Christian, folks. You know them by their fruits! He’s a bad apple!
Sincerity is very important. If you can fake that, the rest is easy.
I thought that McCain absolutely killed 0bama. Did anyone see those fakes that were planted to say 0bama did better?
I thought John showed measured strength tonight, but I sure wanted him to pause a few beats and look at Hussein Baracka and say, "You simply do not know what you are talking about". About 5 of those long pauses would have been more powerful. Other than that, the debate was kindof a snoozer.
He’s not a Christian, (nor is he a Muslim, btw). I don’t think Obama has any serious religious convictions of any kind.
And Jim ... it was juvenile.
Communists don't...
Any presidential nominee that has to use Joe Biden as a means to add depth and experience is a chump from the getgo.
The biggest laugh for me all night was when Barry said "I have a bracelet too" and then couldn't manage to get the dead soldier's name out. What a buffoon.
Youtube says “This video is no longer available.”
Anybody know what’s up?
Not verbatim but McCain’s reaction to Ubie’s sit down with rogue nations’ leaders policy: “So if Iran decides to use nuclear weapons we just sit down with them and tell them not to—OH, PULEEZE!!” ;-)
McCain did a great job of reigning in his infamous temper on that one!
more reasons why he is NOT ready to lead.
It worked for me!
Still works for me. Try here http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=dr71eccdb6
Wow! That is shameful. I listened to the debate on the radio and missed him reading it.
That was a really really really painful moment for Barrack Hussein whatshisname.
And Jim ... it was juvenile.
And RICH! Had Obama done the right and respectful thing and referred to McCain as "Senator McCain" instead of insisting on using McCain's first-name throughout the debate, it would never have happened. Serves Obama right.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!
Don’t sell the “Average Joe” short. The Average Joe in America is anything but average. McCain will get a 1-3% bump in the polls from this debate.
It required no interpretation of nuanced ideas and positions to see clearly in this debate who was a novice that clearly is well out of his element. You could discern easily from this debate that one man had studied foreign policy and that the other had lived it. Obama is the Dems version of an outsourced candidate. When you call his help line when you need him, you can tell he is reading from a troubleshooting crib sheet. When life strays away from the troubleshooting guide, he is exposed for the Post Turtle he is.
I think working in an office full of libtards have jaded my view. I certainly hope you are right. I thought McCain looked witty, intelligent, patient with an unruly child, and very presidential (and I had contemplated sitting out the Presidential election until recently!).
Groucho said something similar...some people actually live by it.
Real World Analysis: The MSM will call it a tie and spin that as a victory for The One. Even us Freepers and other political junkies will parse McCain’s performance and lament that he didn’t score a “knock out.”
Howevr, Middle America (i.e., the battleground states) will see a prepared politician who reached into his gut and spoke his mind by the end vs. a prepared politician who couldn’t even remember the name on the bracelet he was wearing. In other words, a genuine person trying to “play the game” vs. a huckster.
Ignore the polls in the next few days. McCain started slow but by the end wrapped this up.
Next debate, expect Obama to try false anger and indignation vs. McCain. Not sure if the proper response is overarching true anger or calm and cool. Am sure that the proper response is genuineness ala Palin. If McCain had the guts, he wouldn’t even prepare - just be himself. That was and will be the winning strategy. (Obama cannot be himself because America will reject a marxist anti-American empty suit.)
YouTube is owned by Google, a Cali co. Therefore,most things anti-Obama get deleted there. Go to liveleak instead...
Oh, myyyyy..... that is soooo bad. He didn’t even know the name, he had to read it off the bracelet!!!
Weird, I wasn’t actually looking at the TV screen at that moment during the live debate (was looking at my pc screen at that moment!), so although I noticed that he stumbled over the name I didn’t know until now how he had to refer to the bracelet for the name!!!
I mean, c’mon Obambi, if you’re going to pretend to care about the troops (we know you don’t, really) at least take the trouble to remember the one name you claim to care so much about with the bracelet on your wrist. Oh, that family must be ill tonight.....
Dammit Jim I’m just a doctor...
Dr. Leonard McCoy “What am I, a doctor or a moon-shuttle conductor?” (TOS: “The Corbomite Maneuver”)
“My dear girl, I’m a doctor. When I peek, it is in the line of duty.” (TOS: “Shore Leave”)
“I don’t know, Jim. This is a big ship. I’m just a country doctor.” (TOS: “The Alternative Factor”)
“Me, I’m a doctor. If I were an officer of the line...” (TOS: “A Taste of Armageddon”)
“What do you mean what sort of work? I’m a doctor.” (TOS: “This Side of Paradise”)
“I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer.” (TOS: “The Devil in the Dark”)
...to which Kirk replies, “You’re a healer, there’s a patient. That’s an order.”
“I’m a surgeon, not a psychiatrist.” (TOS: “The City on the Edge of Forever”)
This is an interesting statement since, in the episode “Court Martial”, Doctor McCoy is called as an expert witness in space psychiatry.
“I’m not a scientist or a physicist, Mr. Spock...” (TOS: “Metamorphosis”)
“Look, I’m a doctor, not an escalator.” (TOS: “Friday’s Child”)
“I’m a doctor, not a mechanic.” (TOS: “The Doomsday Machine”)
“I’m a doctor, not an engineer.” (TOS: “Mirror, Mirror”)
...to which Montgomery Scott immediately replied, “Now, you’re an engineer.”
“I’m not a magician, Spock, just an old country doctor.” (TOS: “The Deadly Years”)
“I will not peddle flesh! I’m a physician.” (TOS: “Return to Tomorrow”)
“I’m a doctor, not a coal miner.” (TOS: “The Empath”)
“I’m not a mechanic, Spock...” (TOS: “The Empa
“The Kissinger thing will be out there, but that won’t get much play outside of the next 24 hours.”
But it should get played up because it’s emblematic of Obama’s proclivity towards self-serving truth-twisting or his naivete.
That is, he either deliberately lied about what Kissinger shared with him privately OR he was too naive (or pigheaded) to understand what Kissinger was telling him. He still didn’t seem to get the HUGE difference between the U.S. president having a discussion and conducting such a dialogue with lower-level people.
It might be dicey, but I wish McCain would find a way to use the Kennedy example without infuriating the many Americans who still idolize him. I think he can do so if he started by giving Kennedy huge credit for successfully negotiating a way out of the Cuban missile crisis. But in reality, those involved later said that at the height of that crisis, the chances of thermonuclear war climbed to between 33% and 50%. As one example, the Soviets actually gave operational control of nuclear weapons to Soviet commanders in Cuba with instructions to launch if the U.S. tried to invade. Within days, this authority was withdrawn, but the Soviet commanders never got the message. Thus, this crisis literally was the most dangerous time in the history of the world (in terms of the fraction of global population at risk in an all-out nuclear exchange).
And the crisis began because Kennedy had foolishly decided to do exactly what Obama proposed: he met Khrushchev in 1961 and subsequently acknowledged “He beat the hell out of me.” Khrushchev concluded that even though the US had massive nuclear superiority in 1962, he could afford to gamble on putting missiles in Cuba since Kennedy would be too weak to respond.
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