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New McCain TV Ad Says Obama Didn't Pick Hillary as Veep Because She Had His Number
August 24, 2008 9:23 AM
The campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., launched a pretty interesting TV ad this morning that attacks Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for not picking Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., as his veep. The ad implies Obama couldn't handle the fact that Clinton had his number.
Watch it HERE.
ANNOUNCER: She won millions of votes. But isn't on his ticket. Why? For speaking the truth. On his plans:
HILLARY CLINTON: "You never hear the specifics."
ANNOUNCER: On the Rezko scandal:
HILLARY CLINTON: "We still don't have a lot of answers about Senator Obama."
ANNOUNCER: On his attacks:
HILLARY CLINTON: "Senator Obama's campaign has become increasingly negative."
ANNOUNCER: The truth hurt. And Obama didn't like it.
JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approved this message.
- jpt
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"eyes wide open
lets stick with the truth
"Gramm is not "gone" ...he once again has been speaking for the campaign..."
dl.
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YOU're wrong!
If he spoke for the campaign, it could not have been in an official capacity.
Sort of like you.
Or me.
So,as YOU wrote and I copied:
"so stop!"
oh yeah,
and:
UGH!
Posted by: EYES WIDE OPEN...." | Aug 25, 2008 4:17:01 PM
"Asked what his role in the campaign is now, Gramm said in an interview, “I’m a supporter.”
As for whether he continues to advise McCain, he said, “We’re friends. I haven’t stopped being his friend. If he asks me, I’d give it to him.”
He added, “I’m not an official adviser.”
( snipped from the wall street journal )washington wire, aut.14,2008
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As I previously wrote, Gramm is no longer an official member of McCsin's campaign.
Posted by: JUST CURIOUS | Aug 25, 2008 4:03:08 PM
"The delegates will make history this week by officially nominating Obama as the first African-American presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party."
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But what about Warren Harding?
Posted by: JUST CURIOUS | Aug 25, 2008 3:56:08 PM
I don't care how wonderful Obama treats Bill Clinton at the convention. He made no bones about disparaging Bill Clinton's legacy to this country when he was campaigning against his wife, Senator Clinton. This country enjoyed the wealthiest period of its existence and Obama the new little twit, had to run him down constantly. I wouldn't care if Jesus himself was Obama's VP, I still WOULD NOT VOTE FOR HIM!!! He is done! And, he said the following about HIllary Clinton throughout the campaign AND THE WOMEN SUPPORTERS OF BARRACK OBAMA SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THIS, "I knew her claws would come out." "I knew when she was backed into a corner that she would react and I know her and how she reacts." "Who does she think is, Annie Oakley supporting the gun rights?" "I did not whine when her campaign released negative fliers about my." And, my most favorite of all time when he was in a closed door session two days after getting the nomination, where reporters were present, and when he was asked how he intended on making amends with the women voters who felt so angry about how he kept sexually bashing Senator Clinton because she was a woman, "They'll get over it." This is how insignificant he treats women voters so please don't tell me how much better off we will be with him as our president. And, I don't care what his wife has to say about him at the convention. She should be ashamed of herself, being a woman, and not taking a stand at his negativity toward Hillary Clinton as a woman. And any women who votes for Obama should be ashamed of themselves! We are already rolling out commercials encouraging women to vote for John MCCain in November and this is only the beginning. He is as big of a flip flopper as his prune face supporter, John Kerry. And, Biden, is just another politics as usual Washington gas bag. Oh yea, there is a great ticket for America. Steve Erkel and Bluto the bully so good luck with all of that! I hope they get trounced in November by John McCain! The McCain campaign is treating women like we are the golden goose and the sky is the limit when we request something. I hope next time the man of choice by the Washington gasbags in the party, remembers to tell them to stick to the issues and not to crucify any candidate due to race, gender, etc., and to keep their pie hole shut! They are deconstructing and reconstructing our party and it is a disgrace! First they went with an experienced gasbag like kerry and he couldn't win. Than, they went with an inexperienced black man thinking the liberal base would feel guilty if they didn't vote for him. Obama was more to the right and than now he is in the middle. Is it any wonder that we cannot get anyone elected to the office of President when we are constantly changing all the time? It's ridiculous! And, we don't care if you vote for Hillary if she runs again or not. All we care about is our party being in tact and adhering to their original principles and that a woman is not harassed just because she is a women. If Obama supporters want to boycott voting for Hillary if she runs again than the women block will boycott anyone he supports, including himself. It will go and on because we have dug our heels in and we have no intention of going away this time. We are done! Go McCain!!! We are doing everything in our power to make sure that he gets elected!The Republicans will keep on getting elected instead of the Democrats if this nonsense continues!
Posted by: Mary Anne | Aug 25, 2008 3:34:07 PM
what is also true is you'll have two poor money managers with a mccain romney ticket.
one doesn't know the economy.
the other doesn't know when to stop pouring millions of his own money into a hopeless dream.
Posted by: kravitz | Aug 25, 2008 1:50:57 PM
dl - Is ignorance Bliss? is so you libs must be blissful!! But unfortunatly you are full of lies
Banking issue was brought to you by the Dems in Congress, but ignoring the issue so they can hold their Stalinist show trials, Sen. Schmer(D) from NY is responsible for the larges collapse!!
Did you ever wonder why all these dems including Obama got great deals from Banks on their mortgages?
They were paid off!!
Posted by: spock | Aug 25, 2008 1:25:53 PM
eyes wide open
lets stick with the truth
Gramm is not "gone" ...he once again has been speaking for the campaign...
and yes...Gramm wrote McCain's economic platform.
so stop
Everyone should look at both candidates leadership in their campaign...
McCain's team are the same team that borught us the banking crisis (Gramm), enron (gramm), the iraq war (scheunnemann), an ignored Georgia situation (Scheunnemann)...
and Black...Black's had his hands in almost every negative corporate and administrative lobbying issue out there...go look at his companies client list.
you have a choice...
the bad guys again who gave us the last 8 years or the team that fought those bad guys.
it's an easy choice if there wasn't a lot of bologne being thrown around like
statements that say "gramm is gone"
as if they threw out his economic plan and he wasn't still running around "as the guy whop wrote the economic plan for Mccain" speaking.
ugh
Posted by: dl | Aug 25, 2008 8:57:42 AM
geevil wrote
"if McCain picks Romey the big difference is Romney got millions of votes and won delegates. Biden is a loser and quitter."
the big difference is Biden has character.
even McCain know that.
Posted by: dl | Aug 25, 2008 8:50:20 AM
Obama victory will enhance US image in the world! It is a very superficial assesment, just like the celebration of Obama for qualities that are superficial.In fact America will loose gravity. It will be another expression of our fascination with superficial attributes of glamour which can be excused for Hollywood but not Washington.
Posted by: raja | Aug 25, 2008 3:05:01 AM
"Chavez' government has its political prisoners, it's socialist reforms have gone down the same predictable pathway to loss of freedoms, never to be regained short of revolution."
Bollocks. Rightwing propaganda not supported by facts. Chavez introduced Constitutional amendments, which were defeated.
What a dictator, caring for the Constitution. Chavez obviously doesn't think that the "Constitution is just a godd**n piece of paper". I don't want to be accused of plagiarism: this was an actual quote from George W. Bush.
HRW does not list any political prisoners in Venezuela. Or did you mean the people who were arrested after that coup d'etat?
Venezuela sure is a bit edgy about opposition groups after that coup d'etat. I don't deny that. But since the US (with the help of McCain's IRI) has been actively engaged in that coup against a democratically elected leader, I can understand why they would be. You would be too.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | Aug 25, 2008 12:39:50 AM
That could be the only possible card up his sleeve, but defrauding the FEC is a violation that would wind him up in jail."
Posted by: Typical White Sweetie | Aug 24, 2008 11:54:40 PM
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That, and the possibility he is NOT a US Citizen!
Posted by: eyes wide open | Aug 25, 2008 12:14:28 AM
dl 6:40:45 She is releasing her delegates because they would professionally pay the price of NEVER GETTING ANYTHING FOR THEMSELVES OR THEIR DISTRICTS if they don't back Obama. That is the REAL world in politics-check out Illinois. PS...He won't carry Missouri. Sincerely, RL in Southern Illinois.
Posted by: RL in Illinois | Aug 25, 2008 12:13:04 AM
Sweetie: "It CAN get worse"
When you stay the McCourse, yes.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | Aug 25, 2008 12:01:07 AM
Then go to Venezuela and fight the system there.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | Aug 25, 2008 12:00:21 AM
Sweetie brought us Bush.
That's all you need to know.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | Aug 24, 2008 11:59:25 PM
It CAN get worse, and it only DID get worse since the Democrats took over. They could make things, far, far worse. Chavez' government has its political prisoners, it's socialist reforms have gone down the same predictable pathway to loss of freedoms, never to be regained short of revolution. The American spirit will not be put out by a Barack Hussein Obama, we will not relinquish our freedoms to the Golden Idiot. Never.
Posted by: Typical White Sweetie | Aug 24, 2008 11:57:29 PM
Sweetie:
What about the deaths in Iraq? Tens of thousands of little boys and girls have died there.
What about New Orleans? Drowned while McCain was eating cake with Bush.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | Aug 24, 2008 11:56:24 PM
McCain is expected to get 15% of Hillary's votes, and he hasn't even started campaigning in earnest yet. Obama will lose by double digits, check your history re: Kerry, Dukakis and compare.
Now Obama used to be a community organizer for ACORN which was found guilty of registering tens of thousands of nonexistent voters in multiple states. And he's still sending money via front organizations to ACORN. That could be the only possible card up his sleeve, but defrauding the FEC is a violation that would wind him up in jail.
Posted by: Typical White Sweetie | Aug 24, 2008 11:54:40 PM
Sweetie: "Remember this: Change is no always change for the better."
It can't get any worse than this. Staying the McCourse clearly isn't getting us out of this mess.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | Aug 24, 2008 11:52:22 PM
Sweetie still doesn't get it. You do know what the approval rating for Congress is, do you? It's abysmally low.
It's even lower for the Senate.
And it's even lower for the Republicans in that Senate.
Now do a cross-tab: Obama is the ‘most liberal’ of the Senate; Obama is the Pres. candidate who is solidly ahead in the national polls but more importantly, in the electoral college.
And you know why that is? Because the country wants a far more liberal Congress.
So when you try to scare people with that silly "he's the most liberal senator", people actually think: "thank you, than that's the one I want".
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | Aug 24, 2008 11:49:38 PM
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