Posted on 10/04/2008 8:36:34 PM PDT by Rokke
Branding his opponent as “erratic in a crisis,” Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is preempting plans by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to portray him as having sinister connections to controversial Chicagoans.
Obama officials call it political jujitsu – turning the attacks back on the attacker.
McCain officials had said early in the weekend that they plan to begin advertising after Tuesday’s debate that will tie Obama to convicted money launderer Tony Rezko and former Weathermen radical William Ayers.
But Obama isn’t waiting to respond. His campaign is going up Monday on national cable stations with a scathing ad saying: “Three quarters of a million jobs lost this year. Our financial system in turmoil. And John McCain? Erratic in a crisis. Out of touch on the economy. No wonder his campaign wants to change the subject.
“Turn the page on the financial crisis by launching dishonorable, dishonest ‘assaults’ against Barack Obama. Struggling families can't turn the page on this economy, and we can't afford another president who is this out of touch.”
Then Obama says: “I'm Barack Obama and I approved this message.”
McCain officials told Politico that the new offensive is likely to focus on Rezko and Ayers. The officials said the campaign will not bring up the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s former pastor, because McCain has forbade them from using that as a weapon. Without being specific, the officials said outside groups may focus on Wright.
When word of the planned attacks leaked Saturday, Obama officials said within hours that it was an attempt by McCain to distract voters from the economy.
“We think the McCain campaign made a huge error by telling the press that their strategy was to distract from the most important issue facing voters,” a senior Obama official said. “Every attack going forward will be easy to characterize for what it is – an attempt to distract from the Bush-McCain economic record."
McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds hinted at the tough new line Saturday on “Fox & Friends.”
“There are associations that are important to who Barack Obama is as a candidate, who he’d be as president,” Bounds said.
Obama-Biden communications director Dan Pfeiffer said about the new ads: “If John McCain thinks he can ‘turn the page’ on the economic crisis facing American families, he is even more out of touch than we imagined. Now there may be no good answers for John McCain due to his erratic response to the financial crisis, but his desire to avoid discussing the economy is something we will remind voters of everyday for the next month.”
To those that don’t know, OODA loop is Observe, Orient, Decide and Act.
Agree 100%. But his campaign did say it was fine for the 527’s to address wright. So they should non stop. Prior to this he asked them not to.
I think it was a mistake to have Palin bring up Ayers at all let alone before the debate, they opened the door to media bashing just two days after she repaired her image.
McCain should be the attack dog, Palin the voice of the people.
I think this is a new ball game, we are in the home stretch and the gloves are off.
Well entrenched, eh? This time everyone who believes in America needs to stand up. This is reality.
I sure would love to have Rudy Giuliani's phone number....
Yep, I have that on my calendar. Osama is going to feel like a steer surrounded by a bunch of cowboys with branding irons:)
maybe mccain will call on guiliani to speak against obamao
more as the election nears.
ok ok..I did not know Palin was reading the Times piece.
I find the choice of words by the Obama campaign to be somewhat ironic. It was McCain in 2004 who called the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth "dishonorable and dishonest" because they attacked his buddy, John Kerry. What goes around comes around.
“Exclusive: Media to hide Obama behind crisis on Wall Street... until something else comes along to hide him behind.”
They are tying Obama into the mortgage mess. It is going to come at him from every direction.
The term I like to use is "Hyperwar"! Our military applied this label to their strategy of toppling Hussein. It refers to the synchronized, coordinated use of all our military branches.
I forsee Team McCain employing a similar strategy against another Hussein, namely the thin-skinned Barack The Unabama.
McCain ain’t trying to turn voters away from the crisis. Voters can’t turn away from what faces them in every direction... Democrat participation in, and a cover up of, corruption that has nearly bankrupted our Country.
Obama thinks he can manage a crisis by “call me when you need me” politics, attack the messenger tactics, and “rope a dope” slick ads.
Americans are too smart for that, Obama. John McCain and Sarah Palin are going to reform even you, and warn Americans of your nefarious ties to terrorism, corruption, and financial scandal.
Giuliani would be just the man for the job.
And the time is now.
That's a winner!
What do Obama and Osama have in common? They both know somebody who blew up the Pentagon!
If a Republican was running for President who wouldn't produce his birth certificate to prove he was an American. Had proven relations ship with a known unrepentent terrorist as well as spent and cannot account for $100 million dollars tax payer dollars with this terrorist. Was supported by Hamas and took Hamas money, what would the media do (then show Katie, Brian, and Charlies heads explode! Yep they would crusify him. But its not a Republican, its a democrat name Barak Hussien Obama.....or Berry Sorantio...(can't be sure without a birth certificate) So what does the media do (then show them with their heads on chimp bodies hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil) they just ignore it. They don't care what gets elected, just as long as its a Democrat. Make their heads explode. Vote McCain/Palin!
He knew this was coming:
Republicans will “try to make you afraid of me.”
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