And maybe his wife.
Posted on 03/26/2008 9:42:44 PM PDT by Red Steel
Barack Obama returned to the trail today after vacationing in the Virgin Islands with his family..., he went after both his Democratic and Republican rivals slamming Hillary Clinton for taking donations from lobbyists and John McCain on his economic policy.
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“She said awhile back that she didn’t think that lobbyists aren’t a problem–she said you know they represent real people. Well, they don’t represent you,” Obama said, “When she takes more money from lobbyists and special interests than any candidate including John McCain....
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Obama then attacked McCain on his economic plan saying “he offered not one policy, not one idea” in his speech yesterday on the current housing crisis. Obama claimed that McCain wants to “just sit back” while people are “losing their homes” and compared the presumptive Republican ... to ...Bush:
“Now we’ve been down this road before. It’s the road George Bush has taken for the last eight years. It’s the idea that the government has no rule at all in solving the challenges facing working families. That all we can do is hand out tax breaks to the wealthiest people and let the chips fall where they may. George Bush called this the ownership society but what he really meant is you’re on your own society. If you lose your jobs your on your own. If you’re a child in poverty pull yourself up by your bootstraps you’re on your own. If you were lured in by deceptive mortgage practices you’re on your own,” Obama said. “John McCain apparently wants to continue this, while the rest of America is struggling with rising ..., failing schools your on your own.
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The McCain campaign quickly responded to Obama’s criticisms, “Senator Obama’s blatant mischaracterizations aren’t the new politics he’s promised America, they’re the old attack and smear....
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Obama’s new strategy after a weekend in the Virgin Islands, wish away the Rev. Wright.
And maybe his wife.
Gotta admit, that's a pretty clever line...
“George Bush called this the ownership society but what he really meant is you’re on your own society”
And for those of us who want government to leave us alone, it sounds pretty good.
I need the wisdom of Cartman before I can respond.
The great uniter. Politics of hope.
Ownership does mean you can be on your own. I’m certainly on my own.
It worked for me and worked well.
I can recommend it.
Go suck an egg and howl at the moon, Mr. Obama
“Sanford, you old heathen!”
This is starting to look like Hussein vs. the Clintons and McCain. Maybe we will get a McCain-Clintons ticket out of it. It might get us the lowest voter %age turnout ever.
This is starting to look like Hussein vs. the Clintons and McCain. Maybe we will get a McCain-Clintons ticket out of it. It might get us the lowest voter %age turnout ever.
You may think it is a clever line, but it is a very old line that ODumbo just stole. I think it was about five years ago that I first heard that line.
Now be quiet and listen children. Lobbyists are evil. Unless they are NOW, Brady Campaign, Violence Policy Center, People for Separation of Church and State, LABOR UNIONS, NEA,Gay Groups,NAACP, AARP shhuuu don’t tell anyone......Please. OBAMA
Well I like a your on your own society. Sounds good to me.
.......pull yourself up by your bootstraps you’re on your own......
Worked for me too. Since I was 17 and just a JOB !!!
Oh I know , lets go back to the welfare state (the bit tit that has the ghettos where they are today ) . I thought the Obama wana go forward .... HMMMMMMMMM !! He better call his ‘Pastor” to write some better “Slams” ...
Obama is deeply rooted in socialism.
What I need from the government is protection from the
bros. in his hood! The Reverend did a real good job
in the black communistity!
The violence in Obama’s neighborhood is likely worse than in Baghdad.
ROFL... I was just going to post — I wonder who said it first! Obama (or his speechwriter) sure has a knack for plagiarism doesn’t he. One wonders if he has ANY original ideas!
ROFL... Just looked on Google — It’s almost a DIRECT QUOTE from 2 of Hillary’s speeches!
The first time she used the phrase was on Aug. 15 in Iowa...
Here’s the one on Sept. 17, 2007 which is SOOOO close! LOL (I just saw a montage the other day of Obama using the Robber Baron line as well...)
“Clinton hammered at President Bush, saying he has run the country in a way reminiscent of the robber barons of the industrial age.
“They call it the ownership society,” she said. “I call it the you’re on your own society.””
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