Posted on 08/07/2009 2:51:16 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
Amy Chozick reports on the presidential race from Philadelphia. Mobster wisdom tells us never to bring a knife to a gun fight. But what does political wisdom say about bringing a gun to a knife fight? Sen. Barack Obama talks at a town hall meeting at Radnor Middle School in Wayne, Pa., Saturday, June 14. (AP) That’s exactly what Barack Obama said he would do to counter Republican attacks “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” Obama said at a Philadelphia fundraiser Friday night. “Because from what I understand folks in Philly like a good brawl. I’ve seen Eagles fans.” The comment drew some laughs and applause. But it also struck a chord with his Republican rival. John McCain’s campaign immediately accused the Democratic candidate of playing the politics of fear. They also mentioned that Obama said he would use a gun that would be illegal under Obama’s plans to cut down on illegal firearms. “Barack Obama’s call for ‘new politics’ is officially over. In just 24 hours, Barack Obama attacked one of America’s pioneering women CEOs, rejected a series of joint bipartisan town halls, and said that if there’s a political knife fight, he’d bring a gun,” McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds said in a statement. Obama made the comment in the context of warning donors that the general election campaign against McCain could get ugly. “They’re going to try to scare people. They’re going to try to say that ‘that Obama is a scary guy,’” he said. A supporter yelled out a deep accented “Don’t give in!” “I won’t but that sounded pretty scary. You’re a tough guy,” Obama said.
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He probably thrusts a knife or wields a gun like he throws a baseball........bwaaaaahaaaaahaaaaaa!
yeah!!!! he prolly got one of them Glocks with the sights on the side!!!! Bwaaaaaahaaaaaahaaaaaaa!!!!
You mean a “Ghetto Glock?”
Obama channels his Inner Thug.
I wonder how a holster would look with those Mom Jeans.
My name is in the title....I must’ve made it to the bigtime!
;)
“No, I don’t mean no “Ghe......... hey! There’s a chopper outside....it’s....there’s all these thugs rappelling down.......shiiiiiiiii.....sorry, gotta run......
Clearly we are in a cold civil war.
Odumbo wants to bring a gun? WE will bring a HOWITZER!
‘If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun’
What if I bring both?
What if we bring a grenade and a rocket launcher?
Barry has no clue what shit he is stirring up, no clue.
Now, that’s what I’m talking about. ;>)
With Obama saying “they bring a knife, we bring a gun”
With Obama saying “get in their faces”
Then, show the video of the SEIU and ACORN thugs pushing senior citizens around.
ATTACK OBAMA HARD!
“This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.”
He'll do neither. He'll depend on his thugs to do the dirty work. Our people are just going to have to be tougher, and you can bet that when one of our people are hurt, there'll be no outcry. Don't count on silence when one of theirs is hurt though.
“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun”
Can you IMAGINE the hubub if Bush had said such a thing? He’d be excoriated for “glorifying violence at a time when so many innocent Americans fall victim to gun crime” or something like that.
For that matter, I don’t think Bill Clinton could have gotten away with this one. Then again, Clinton probably wouldn’t have said anything that stupid in the first place. He’s a scallywag and a scoundrel, but he ain’t dumb.
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