Obama Warns Republicans About Critical Ads

Associated Press ^ | 5-16-08

[kingattax]

CHICAGO -- Perhaps no one took greater comfort in the Republican Party's third straight loss of a long-held House seat this week than Barack Obama, who says the results point to clear limits in the effectiveness of attack ads he expects this fall.

The Democratic presidential candidate played a prominent role in all three special elections to fill vacant GOP seats, and he landed on the winning side each time.

In recent contests in Louisiana and Mississippi, Republicans or their allies ran TV ads linking the Democratic House nominees to Obama, warning that a vote for them was a tacit endorsement of Obama's agenda, which the ads described as very liberal. In Mississippi, ads against Democrat Travis Childers also tied him to Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

The efforts failed, putting Democrats in House seats the GOP had considered safe, and sending waves of panic through Republican circles nationwide.

In the third race, in Obama's home state of Illinois, Democrat Bill Foster ran ads showing the senator endorsing him, and he claimed the seat long held by former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, a Republican.

Obama said the outcomes bode well for his expected race against Republican John McCain this fall, although he acknowledged the power of rumors that are spread mainly through the Internet about his faith and patriotism. He told reporters this week that he can overcome the falsehoods if he has enough time to campaign in battleground states and let voters get to know him better.

[Miss Didi]

Despite whatever potential bombs Clinton Inc. has in the arsenal ready to drop...I think Wonder Boy Barry will self-destruct way before November. The guy’s an absolute idiot.

[moose2004]

http://mcgonnigle.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/boris_natasha_fearless.jpg

http://www.jrj-socrates.com/Cartoon%20Pics/Jay%20Ward/Fearless_Leader_300.gif

[Rome2000]

If the crypto-muslim isn't elected POTUS this time, he or somebody just as evil and insane will be soon.

After the damage inflicted by the 8 year reign of the socialist crook Clinton, America dodged a bullet with algore in 2000, but there are just too many imbeciles that have been given the franchise via constitutional amendment and Motor Voter to hold back the tide for long.

As if the fact that Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House wasn't evidence enough that is all over but the shouting for this Republic.

With the franchise expanded to every idiot in the nation and now illegal aliens voting to boot, this Republic is doomed anyway.

It was a nice try, but the Founders warned against expanding the franchise to the landless, women, and those under 21, and we just didn't listen.

Constitutional amendments 15,19,24,26 and Motor Voter have finally tilted the balance forever towards socialism.

The Republic is in decline, the Founders warnings not heeded.

Its all downhill from here.

[RJL]

Obama Warns Republicans About Critical Ads

Not to worry, McCain saves his attacks for fellow Republicans.

[Miss Didi]

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>It was a nice try, but the Founders warned against expanding the franchise to ... women...

Right, keep'em all barefoot and pregnant. LOL

[kittymyrib]

Rush’s comments would make a great TV ad. No one will be able say anything about Obama unless it’s laudatory, if the media has its way. They’ve already chosen both candidates for this election, so they may just pull this off, too.

[Always Right]

CHICAGO -- Perhaps no one took greater comfort in the Republican Party's third straight loss of a long-held House seat this week than Barack Obama, who says the results point to clear limits in the effectiveness of attack ads he expects this fall.

What is the big deal about these loses??? There were hotly contested Democratic Presidential race, so of course there were more Democrats voting this election cycle, and thus Republicans lost. So what. Those seats will all come back in a few months.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

Barack Obama is truly having the same effect that “Chauncey Gardiner” had in both the book and movie “Being There”.

[kingattax]

Barack Obama is truly having the same effect that “Chauncey Gardiner” had in both the book and movie “Being There”.

will he watch some TV with shirley maclaine ?

[johnthebaptistmoore]

Gross! I remember that scene. LOL! I would be surprised if Obama doesn’t already have her support and her vote.

[Vision]

What a loon this guy is.

[Wade827]

although he acknowledged the power of rumors that are spread mainly through the Internet about his faith and patriotism.

So if it's on CNN or MSNBC, it's "news", but if it's on the internet and ignored by the Obama-friendly MSM, it's just a "rumor".

Okay...

[Miss Didi]

Even Juan Williams told the Panel that if you dare speak against him, you'll be called a racist.

[#1CTYankee]

"He told reporters this week that he can overcome the falsehoods if since he has enough time to campaign in battleground states and let voters get to know him better. money to convince people otherwise."

Along with the help of the MSN of course.

[freekitty]

The heck we can’t. LOL

He is a creepy, crumby, scumbag that is passed off for the real thing. He hasn’t got an ounce of sense in one of his little pinkies.

Don’t let another Carter, Clinton be voted into office through the same junk science they used.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Conservatives can SwiftBoat this radical closet Muslim; all we have to do is organize and raise the funds. McLame certainly won’t take on this threat to our way of life or his radical wife.

[ichabod1]

Course he said it in a positive way. If this @ss^ can make Juan Williams barf, that’s saying something.

[cyberella]

A short video every American should view.
http://www.frugalsites.net/911/attack/

[Miss Didi]

Found the transcript:

HUME: They don't like it. The Clinton camp thinks that the media is in the tank for Barack Obama, with one exception.

Question -- this is a week in which we have seen a "Newsweek" cover story that portrayed Obama much as he did in that sound byte you just heard as about to go up against a relentless Republican attack machine which has been responsible for a series of presidential victories going back decades, dispensers of fear and even hate, in which "The New York Times" doing some fact checking and finding that Obama did say things he plainly did say.

So back with the panel here on this issue. We're seeing this now. We saw the reaction from the Clinton camp about this. What is this going to be like in the fall, Juan?

WILLIAMS: Well, I think if you stick with the Obama framework, it is that you can't call him any names, you can't challenge him on policy positions, you can't bring up Jeremiah Wright or Tony Rezko, you can't bring up Michelle Obama, and you shouldn't really mention much about the fact that when it comes to battling terrorism, the American people see him as weaker than John McCain, because all of those things would indicate that you're a racist pig.

KRISTOL: And the flipside of that is, of course, the Republican Party has been, as Brit said, scaring voters since 1968. That's what it's been about -- 40 years of American politics. These lower and middle class folks frightened and disturbed by hippies and student radicals and blacks. That's what this is all about.

There were no substantive reasons why you might prefer Nixon or Reagan or President Bush. There were no issues of taxes or defense policy or foreign policy why anyone might have voted Republican over the last 40 years.

It's just wrong. It says Richard Nixon built a silent majority out of lower and middle class folks. I'm sure he did better among wealthier voters. Hubert Humphrey did better among lower and middle class folks.

So it's not even empirically true, but it shows such contempt for the American public.