Posted on 09/10/2008 8:11:55 AM PDT by flyfree
Speaking at a high school in Norfolk, Obama took a few moments to address what he calls "the made-up controversy" of the day, Amie Parnes reports.
Obama said the McCain campaign moved to "seize an innocent remark and take it out of context because they knew it's catnip for the news media."
"See, it would be funny, but the news media decided that would be the lead story yesterday. This happens every election cycle. Every four years, this is what we do. This is what they want to spend two of the last 55 days talking about...Enough!" he said.
Obama called the attacks "lies, outrage and swift boat politics."
"These are serious times and they call for a serious debate...spare me all the phony outrage. Spare me all the phony talk about change."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Catnip?
Surely ....this is a mis-quote....
The desperation of a stupid reprobate. Open mouth, insert foot -— President of the USA? C-in-C? This is all just a bad dream, right?
Isn't that special?
Poor (zer)Obama. Everybody in the MSM is against him!
“seize an innocent remark and take it out of context”.
Payback, baby! For all the years that Dems/media have been doing it to R’s.
Muslim belittles woman ... and he’s the victim.
I’m shocked!
If he keeps going with this it’s going to turn into a Tar Baby. No wait!
Nope, that is what he said: "Catnip for the media." I guess if Obama thinks the media loves catnip that means he thinks they are wussy cats.
Real issues like “how many houses does McCain have?”
if it was a gaffe then he’s the stupidest man on earth
I don’t think it was a gaffe
he rerally has a problem with women
“You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig. You can wrap up an old fish in a piece of paper and call it change. It’s still going to stink after eight years. We’ve had enough,” he exclaimed to a standing ovation.”
Never heard the expression old fish in piece of paper called change. It’s obvious barry. We hear what you said.
Can you imagine the outrage if McCain said “you can lead Mohamad to the mountain...”. Barry wants this to be a one way street.
‘zackly !
Wussy boy is getting real old. Blubbering like a little kid over everything.
The interesting part of this story for me is the reminder of the power of Matt Drudge. I think he could wake up one morning and decide he wants the media to talk about pretty much anything he wants and it will happen. Just put a big headline on his webpage.
This IS a manufactured story, but if it gets Obama on the defensive then all’s fair in love and politics. Thank God Drudge is on our side.
You know how you can tell when Obama is losing? Count the number of times he uses the words “Swift Boat” during any interview or public appearance.
“Catnip”
Obama calls media pussies.
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