Posted on 09/20/2008 4:55:08 AM PDT by markomalley
In recent weeks, John McCain has been portraying himself as force for change, particularly in response to the recent economic crisis. This makes Barack Obama happy. Change is his turf. He's been talking about it for two years. This also makes Barack Obama incredulous. Change is his turf. He's been talking about it for two years.
Obama has responded to McCain's new pitch with a torrent of sarcasm. In doing so, he sounds a lot like his opponent. So while McCain tries to adopt Obama's message (even using the same phrases), Obama is trying out some McCain attitude—and this presidential campaign is beginning to sound very familiar.
Reacting to McCain's claim that he's going to take on the "old boys' network," Obama notes that several former lobbyists now work on the McCain campaign. "The old boys' network?" he asks, then pauses a beat like a true comedian. "In the McCain campaign, that's called a staff meeting." (This is a twofer because it allows Obama to say the word old a lot). Obama also jokes that McCain is so angry at corporations, "he wants to give them $200 billion more in tax breaks. … If they're not careful, he's going to give them a tax cut for shipping jobs overseas." And he's just getting warmed up. "Senator McCain bragged about how as chairman of the commerce committee in the Senate, he had oversight of every part of the economy," Obama told a Las Vegas crowd last week. "Well, all I can say to Senator McCain is, 'Nice job.' "
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Obama’s sadistic.
Lenny Bruce was unwatchable when he got too full of himself. He would stand on stage and read transcripts of his trial.
I only saw Lenny Bruce a couple of times on tape (he died when I was little). I thought he was hilarious, and seemed to be one of the first to use the observational humor that is common among comedians today.
I fear though that debates could help 0bama even if he does poorly. We know how much image counts. If he looks and sounds good against “old man” McCain I’m afraid he could gain points even if he is out debated. We shall see but I have to wonder if Bill Maher had a point when he said he doesn’t trust Americans to do the right thing....
May I suggest getting rid of the defeatist, "whoa is us", "the enemy is 10 feet tall", "we're may die" attitude? It is very, very unbecoming...
Is Bill Maher sending him those lines?
No fear. Just do it.
Lose the fear and watch the two encounters that McCain and obammy have had.
LLS
OK not so much fearful as realistic. But besides the Saddleback church event what is the other one you are talking about? I am just hoping McCain hits hard on Zero’s many vulnerabilities. He has to be like Reagan in 1980 and Bush in 1988. If that happens he will do well.
Ego and arrogance will stand in the way of Obama’s message, unless a person already hates McCain. People seem to enjoy hating someone or blaming someone for their own misery.
LLS
McCain can do well against Obama who must make do without his teleprompter. The Big 0 may just come off poorly as he usually stutters and stammers when not reading a prepared speech. McCain will have to be assertive and declarative without any hesitation and avoid any run-on elaboration like Obama is prone to. If he can do that he will steamroll right over Obama, I think.
“The nice part about this is Obama using sarcasm (and hypocrisy) starts to show a really ugly side of his personality. “
Yes it shows that his ‘unity’ facade was a farce. Also, it completely upends the old ‘hope and change’ theme.
Cynicism is the old-fashioned way to get the challengers elected.
The key for socialists is to make a target of conservative power centers and make people distrust them, but *then* give their power to the socialists. The thing is, when you boil out cynicism of politicians, politics and Government, you get the populist conservatism of pat buchanan or ron paul, not ‘grow-the-govt’ liberalism that puts *more* power in the hands of corrupt and venal politicians and special interests.
This sort of makes sense that Obama will talk contrary to his real philosophy of govt, because Obama will have to fool some non-marxists to vote his marxist butt into the white house, and he wont do it by expressing his true radical socialist elitist views directly. Attacking John McCain personally (and unfairly) is Obama’s only way to win. That’s why he is doing it.
” But besides the Saddleback church event what is the other one you are talking about? “
The only thing to really fear is the total and absolute bias of the in-the-tank Obamedia fooling the people.
If the people had the truth about the two men in front of them, McCain would win by double- digits.
So lets stop fearing and start doing:
Put together a TEN REASONS OBAMA IS WRONG FOR AMERICA email and send it to everyone you know.
Send letters to the editor to get the Obama points out there:
1. HIS BAD JUDGMENT -
Johnson (Fannie Mae CEO) as VP vetter
2. HIS RADICAL ROOTS - Frank Davis Marshall, ACORN, Rev Jeremiah Wright
3. HIS CORRUPT DEALS - Rezko,
4. HIS BROKEN PROMISES - FISA, campaign funding
5. HE’S WRONG ON IRAQ & GWOT
WRong on the surge, which has succeeded
Wrong on talking to dictators without preconditions
6. EXTREMIST ON SOCIAL ISSUES
- opposed protecting born-alive victims of botched abortions
- voted for sex ed for kindergarteners
- supports gay marriage by opposing Cali prop 8 to end it
7. ZERO ACCOMPLISHMENTS
8. ZERO EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
9. WANTS TO RAISE TAXES
- proposed tax increases on capital gains, payroll taxes and income taxes, and support high rates of taxation for corporations and small businesses
10. $800 BILLION IN NEW SPENDING PROPOSALS
- where is the money come from? You the taxpayer
Ditto! I noticed Obama has lost weight and ragged!
McCain looks like a new born babe.
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