Things Are Getting Rough Out There (McCain is getting good at this!)

The Corner at National Review ^ | 21 August 2008 | Byron York

[cake_crumb]

Speaking of Rezko and shady deals, trying Rezko’s terrorist fundraising for Syria in with Obama’s Mideast policy advisor’s culvert Mideast policy meeting with Syrian officials during Obama’s Magical Mideast Mystery tour shouldn’t be too hard, either.

[Seaplaner]

Says Brian Rogers re Marxist and new-born-baby-Kervorkial Obama...

...Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses? Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people “cling” to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about who’s in touch with regular Americans?

Brian, please allow me to add to your statement.

Does a guy who's never worn the uniform of this Great Country think for a second that any (any) kind of tough talk will scare John McCain? (Naval Academy grad, Naval Aviator, POW, career Navy then career Congress.) Does a guy who potty-mouths his own country to little kids but doesn't remember how many states we have (incredibly, he said 57) and who would rather go to a gym for a workout than to visit wounded U.S. troops in a nearby hospital have ideas for "change" that could possibly be for our good?

[RDasher]

"For only 12 dollars a year you can help the impoverished Obama tribe in Africa." Perfect!

[xkaydet65]

McCain's experience, even without his stay at the Hilton,gives him an understanding that when something is worth fighting for fear of losing must be overcome. I can only imagine what he felt the first time he was on approach for a carrier landing. A lot of guys who are good pilots don't make it through ( a good college friend tried and didn't make it through, but he flew for the Marines from DaNang.). McCain made it and we know what followed.

The Dems are not used to responses like this coming from the candidate or his campaign. They'll not care if the response comes from Limbaugh or Hannity or another GOP office holder, but we haven't seen this since "There you go again!" The key for McCain is to keep the right tone.Don't get whiny or too angry and always have a better allegation ready to respond.

[chris_bdba]

Great comeback! I’m a little confused about why houses are an issue? Dosn’t BO understand that many in the middle class like me might own more than one house, it’s called an investment. Yes lets talk about Rezko the Syrian!

[STARWISE]

[FlashBack]

Wouldn't that be racist though? /sarc

[rabscuttle385]

...show he’s completely out of touch with the concerns of average Americans.

The entire Congress (including McCain) is out of touch with the concerns of us little people.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

If John McCain does choose Mitt Romney as his VP, then everybody can debate how many houses do BOTH John McCain and Mitt Romney have!

[Miss Didi]

Rush is calling this house thing "silly season" and no matter how many houses McCain and his wife have, they did not get them with a sweetheart Rezko deal!

But then Rush reported that the RINOS (Lindsey Grahamnesty) are still pushing this Leiberman for VP idea. Even though the RNC is making statements, it's still out there. And my agita continues.

[COUNTrecount]

House thanks to Tony Rezko and a sweetheart book deal for Barry and a very high paying job hospital for Michelle.

[SE Mom]

UPDATE to Byron York’s post on “housing”

Housing War [Byron York]

Democrats are in full-court-press mode on this McCain house thing. In the last few minutes, I’ve gotten an email from the Obama press operation citing a Joe Klein blog entry on the matter; a long “McCain Watch” email from the DNC entitled, “How Many Houses, Sen. McCain?”; a “Politifact” email from the DNC pointing out that the McCains own seven houses; an email from the Obama campaign pointing out a Talking Points Memo pointing out the Democrats anti-McCain offensive on the house issue; an email from the DNC drawing attention to Tim Kaine’s statement on the subject today; and, just seconds ago, a “House Hunting, Anyone?” email from the DNC.

Meanwhile, NRO readers are sending in a lot of comments, too. Some predict — and I would be this is a pretty good prediction — that the 47 year-old Obama will own more than one house by the time he is 71 years old. And then there was the reader email with the subject line “How McCain should defuse the house issue:

It’s really quite simple. Sen. McCain should offer to house Barack’s little brother George, thus fulfilling [America’s greatest moral failing] embodied in Matthew, “What you do to the least of these,” etc.

08/21 12:09 PM

[Petronski]

Seems like they took some wisdom from The Untouchables:

They pull a knife, you pull a gun
They put one of yours in the hospital
you put one of theirs in the morgue.
That's the Chicago way.

[igoramus08]

I’m a little confused about why houses are an issue?

Because unless its old news, that is all Obama has got.

[cake_crumb]

Obama's brother, living in a shack on less than a dollar a day



The Obamas' Tony Rezko influenced 'dream home'.

[Jeff Chandler]

I think I’d just mention that if houses were really an issue, why didn’t they count Heinz/Kerry’s?

They were too busy broadcasting Kerry's military heroics.

[FormerACLUmember]

BRING IT ON, OBAMA! LET’S PARTY!

[Enterprise]

Rush is having fun with this now - loving every minute!

[Miss Didi]

Rush just said...if they want to talk houses--how about Countrywide!



The Countrywide Six: All Democrats

[SE Mom]

Bingo!