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McCain Robocalls: Obama Is a Baby-Killing, America-ignoring, Hollywood-loving, Terrorist-Loving ...
October 16, 2008 6:29 PM
The liberal muckraking site Talking Points Memo has collected some of the slough of anti-Obama robocalls being made by the McCain/Palin campaign with the RNC.
One of them (listen HERE) says:
"I'm calling on behalf of John McCain and the RNC because you need to know that Barack Obama and his Democrat allies in the Illinois Senate opposed a bill requiring doctors to care for babies born alive after surviving attempted abortions -- a position at odds even with John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. Barack Obama and his liberal Democrats are too extreme for America. Please vote -- vote for the candidates who share our values. This call was paid for by McCain-Palin 2008 and the Republican National Committee at 202 863 8500."
Another (listen HERE) says "Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats got caught putting Hollywood above America. On the very day our elected leaders gathered in Washington to deal with the financial crisis, Barack Obama spent just 20 minutes with economic advisers, but hours at a celebrity Hollywood fundraiser. Where are the Democrats' priorities?"
A third (listen HERE) says, "Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats aren't who you think they are. They say they want to keep us safe, but Barack Obama said the threat we face now from terrorism is nowhere near as dire as it was in the end of the Cold War. And Congressional Democrats now want to give civil rights to terrorists."
A fourth (listen HERE) says, "You need to know that Barack Obama has worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, whose organization bombed the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, a judge's home, and killed Americans. And Democrats will enact an extreme leftist agenda if they take control of Washington. Barack Obama and his Democratic allies lack the judgment to lead our country."
This doesn't seem to me to be such a great recipe for future bipartisanship achievement, should Sen. McCain win in 19 days.
But maybe Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi will let bygones be bygones.
- jpt
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Thank you cj2008, and I would like to say that I tend to vote as you do. I vote for the guy that I think will do a better job and can lead our country regardless of the situation it is in. I hate that I voted for Bush in the second election, but I feel he was better suited than Kerry for the job. My decision came down to the last week of the election when I had to make a decision. I simply couldn't see Kerry making a split second executive decision like how Bush would. Albeit, Bush is wrong a lot of times, but when a decision has to be made, you need someone who will make it and not worry about what the polls say. I know we as citezens are supposed to be informed with everything the goverment is involved in, but no one can seriously think we are (regardless of who the president is). We simply cannot be entrusted with everything that goes on. We need a president that will make decisions regardless of what the polls say. If his intelligence tells him to do something, he needs to do it, and have the general good of our country in mind when he does.
I am just a middle of the road guy that feels like he has been forced to vote Republican twice in a row. It may not be the cool thing to do, and I may not necessarily want to do it, but at the end of the day I have to vote for the guy that I feel will do a better job. If McCain wins and is horrible, then a lot of my friends will be telling me that they told me so. If Obama wins and is horrible, I will be the one pointing the fingers. Whoever wins, I hope he ends up being the better man for the job and no one gets to say they told anyone so.
Posted by: A Move-On Member | Oct 20, 2008 6:31:47 PM
Is that all you have Tom Mat!?
You can say that after the Clinton Whitehouse?!
I know there are some people out there who are voting for their next hopeful president based on looks. Those people should just stay home. There is a great country's future at stake here.
Posted by: cj2008 | Oct 20, 2008 6:05:43 PM
Hi Move On Member! Well said!
I have seen exactly what you are talking about. Myself with my coupons and carefully budgeted items, behind someone with food stamps with steaks, beer and cigarettes.
I believe we all should help those who cannot help themselves, but there are people who are just as able bodied as I am sitting home watching talk shows all day and causing trouble at night. From what I have seen, many a time these same people who supposedly can't make it on their own are the very resourceful and entrepreneurial people who start their own drug dealing businesses.
I receive the Move On newsletter, too. I've always voted for whoever's ideals most closely match my own. This time my choice is an easily made choice of McCain/Palin. No one's perfect, but they're a sure a far cry away from Obama's socialistic ideals. Also, when Palin joined the ticket was the first time in my entire voting life that I actually was voting for someone wholeheartedly instead of voting for the lesser of the evils, McCain being head and tails in front of Obama already on that. Palin brought it home that there is still integrity in many of our politicians. With McCain's love of country and his fortitude to do what's right instead of following the crowd, I believe these two might just clean up Washington over the next four and probably eight years.
Posted by: cj2008 | Oct 20, 2008 6:02:01 PM
McCain, you don't look healthy and you look fat at the waste.
Posted by: Tom Mat | Oct 20, 2008 5:52:44 PM
I agree with you, Saxman.
And, James Johnson, how do some right-to-lifers rationalize that the life of a baby created from rape is any less valuable than a baby created from any other situation?
I, personally, believe the government should not be involved in abortion one way or another. I also believe that if a baby, during an attempted abortion, is born who could live without support from machines, a viable baby, the baby should be given support and adopted out. The baby should not be denied food or subjected to whatever other means abortionists use to let this viable life die.
Posted by: cj2008 | Oct 20, 2008 5:42:50 PM
I am a member of MoveOn.org and am probably the onle one who will be voting for McCain this upcoming election. Heck, I am probably the only person reading this article that will be voting for McCain. I simply do not feel confident in Obama's ability to lead our country. I simply do not feel that he is up to the task to be an effective leader (maybe in another 4 years, but not today). I also do not believe in the leftist view to distribute income. I know Republican's say this and "smear" it all the time, but only taxing the wealthy is nothing but income distribution. I am in my 20's and married. I do not make a substantial income, my wife is still in school, we do not own a house, and do not even own a car. I do however, have a lot of college debt that I am trying vigorously to pay off. I am happy paying income taxes to my government and feel that everyone should pay some tax. I do not enjoy paying for government programs like welfare. A notable memory from college is when I was checking out in the grocery store behind a lady that paid with food stamps. I had Ramen, she had steak. I worked through college to keep my debt down, and was happy paying taxes then also. I was not and am not happy that half of my total tax bill goes to failing government programs and helps feed that lady steak while I am suffering through Ramen. I am not a harsh/evil person like you guys are making us out to be. I simply feel that in a free market society you earn what you deserve (unless you are Franklin Raines and walk away from a burning building with $90 mil. -- Who's campaign does he work for again?)and everyone should pitch in to pay the government their proportionate amount. I also don't feel like I deserve to own a home even when I cannot afford it. I rent because it is all I can do. I do not want the "Big Government" stepping in and getting me a sub-prime loan just for the sake to say another poor person bought their first home.
Posted by: A Move-On Member | Oct 20, 2008 5:40:48 PM
I do beleive Sen. McCain does not have a clue some of the time, not necessarily his fault. He is aging and it shows,sorry to say. Maybe the beginning of a dementia, or impaired judgement.He is willing to let the people who smeared him in 2000 continue with disgusting attacks against SEn.Obama, as if they were his supporters all along. I have never seen a Presidential campaign this low. I just cannot believe he even knows just how he has tainted his reputation. His values have changed, or at least my impression has changed. Sen. Obama has shown a steady,even temper in spite of the anger shown toward him by republicans. If McCain loses he can take a self examination of his character and admit he and his party are his own worst enemies.
Posted by: Beth Reardon | Oct 20, 2008 3:59:26 PM
I'm pretty sure that middle-of-the-road Republicans and middle-of-the-road Democrats have more in common with each other than they do with thier respecive political parties.
I believe it's time for us to create a real third party - one that has real candidates running for every elective office in the USA and not just coming out of the woodwork a few months before presidential elections.
I believe that our current two parties have lost relevance to thier bases. Naybe we need a real "Middle Of The Road Party."
Whaddaya think?
Posted by: Saxman | Oct 20, 2008 3:57:37 PM
First check everything out at Snoops
Secondly, the Muslims for McCain are very upset with these robcalls. One person on CNN said "Muslim does not mean terrorist." In fact he stood up to a person who had a sign stating that Muslim was another word for terrorist. In truth, "terrorist" is substitute hate monger word for the N word.
Posted by: Annette O. Bigler | Oct 20, 2008 3:55:42 PM
"Can't We All Just Get Along?" (Out of the mouths of felons....)
Remember the lyric.... "United We Stand, Divided We Fall....."
I firmly believe that if we don't come together and SOON, This "noble experiment" will fail.
Our "leaders" need to come up with something that rises above divisive politics. Something big - like Kennedy's putting a man on the moon.
I don't know what that could be, since gobal warming doesn't seem to be big enough.
Posted by: saxman | Oct 20, 2008 3:46:15 PM
In the lovely red state of TN, where I live, we find a Fundamentalist Church on every street corner. They go twice on Sunday and on Wednesday night so that they can sin the rest of the week. Oh and let me tell you of the abortions rate in those churches that profess to denounce such practices. Let a situation hit their family..well...you know the rest of the story! Hypocrits all(or mostly all)-and hopefully those hypocrits will not prevail-GO OBAMA!
Posted by: Kathy | Oct 20, 2008 3:38:30 PM
Sarah Palin won the governorship in Alaska then had her Innaugauration sponsodered by BP.
Her husband works as a field supervisor for BP OIL.
They are big oil!
McCain's best friend is Libby, can we say corrupt.
McCain also thinks raped woman, just like Palin thinks, shouldn't be allowed abortions.
McCain also cheated on his first wife after she was in a horrible accident.
Anyone really want to talk about judgment any further?
Posted by: james johnson | Oct 20, 2008 3:07:05 PM
What I don't understand anymore is the definition of terrorism. We call Osama Bin Laden and Al-Queda terrorists, and even sink so low as to call all Muslims such. But who are the real terrorists? Maybe the people who vote to illegally invade a country for its oil and kill thousands of their civilians...? Maybe its the people who torture captives whom have no access to the rights of habeas corpus...? Look in the mirror America.
Posted by: Cristina | Oct 20, 2008 3:04:00 PM
The only thing we should have to fear is fear itself - come on.
Posted by: David Everett | Oct 20, 2008 2:34:09 PM
If the McCain camp wants my vote, the first thing it should do is stop throwing garbage at me.
Posted by: rhb | Oct 20, 2008 2:31:14 PM
why doesn' anyone mention McCain and his Watergate buddy Libby????????
Posted by: james jones | Oct 20, 2008 1:37:04 PM
I am so grateful first of all to even SEE a BLACK man run for president. I am shocked that McCain and Palin would try to degrade this whole election with cheap tricks because you're losing. Palin uses Hollywood all the time for comedy games. Comes on people, do you REALLY SEE SARAH PALIN being Vice-Pres or President? These tactics are useless.
It's time for a change and stop being
SCARED. McCain/Palin STOP slandering
Obama and run with DECENCY and RESPECT for once in your miserable lives. Obama/Biden are here and they ARE THE CHANGE WE NEED AND WILL HAVE.
Posted by: Des in IL | Oct 20, 2008 1:01:22 PM
The RNC is a joke! They have been reduced to a smear campaign machine. If you look at any of their elections around the country, they do the same thing. Here in Georgia, Saxby Chambliss won against Max Clelland, a war veteran triple amputee, by smearing Clelland as a friend of Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden!! (Go figure-that's how stupid people are that they didn't know such a friendship was impossible for many reasons!)
Just goes to show you,though - fear works! So all they do is scare the hell out of their fans, and they run to the polls and outvote Democrats, and when that doesn't work, they steal the vote!!
But what I don't get is, if they are such strong Christian soldiers, and love Jesus so much, why are they so worried about dying? Don't they all just want to hurry up and get to heaven?
Posted by: Gigi Jones | Oct 20, 2008 1:01:12 PM
In a time when people simply do not trust the government and we are waging an unjust war is it possible that the ayers connection is seen as a positive by many? Was Ayers not protesting the Vietnam war - another unjust war. In the past 4 years I have heard MANY politicians and journalists say it is time to rise up. Isn't that what Obama is doing - creating a popular revolution and literally attempting to sieze back our control of our own government in the name of the middle class? Is it possible that Ayers told Obama that the reason things escalated to violence was the lack of a president who would listen to the people.
Posted by: Nam v Iraq | Oct 18, 2008 12:57:10 AM
I cannot believe how low John McCain's campaign has gotten. This is simply a shameful tactic they are using!
Posted by: Joe the Carpenter | Oct 18, 2008 12:45:22 AM
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