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Obama Hits McCain on Closed Door Meeting with Bush
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ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Obama capitalized on Senator McCain's closed door meeting with President Bush today, to paint the presumptive Republican nominee as a continuation of the Bush administration's failed policies.
"Today, John McCain is having a different kind of meeting. He's holding a fundraiser with George Bush behind closed doors in Arizona. No cameras. No reporters," Obama said before a town hall in Las Vegas, "And we all know why. Senator McCain doesn't want to be seen, hat-in-hand, with the President whose failed policies he promises to continue for another four years. But the question for the American people is: do we want to continue George Bush's policies?"
Watch the VIDEO HERE.
Senator Obama is spending the day in North Las Vegas talking about the home foreclosure crisis, meeting with a struggling family of Bellagio workers and holding a small town hall to discuss his housing plan. By comparison, which the Obama campaign happily plays up, McCain will be meeting with President Bush at a closed door fundraiser in Arizona.
"I don't think the American people want to continue the disastrous economic policies that have helped create catastrophes like the housing crisis that we're here to discuss today," Obama continued, "On issue after issue, John McCain is offering more of the same policies that have failed for the last eight years. That's the agenda that he and the President are raising money to support later today. But I'm here in Nevada because we know it’s time to turn the page."
Obama referenced an economic address that Senator McCain gave last week, characterizing his comments as out of touch with working people, "Senator McCain is so out of touch with the struggles of working people that he gave a speech laying out his economic agenda last week, and he couldn't even be bothered to talk about the foreclosure crisis that has put so many families on the brink of financial catastrophe, and put our economy on the brink—or in—recession."
Senator Obama offered continued criticisms of McCain's economic policies: reminding the audience that McCain once said economics is not his strong suit and playing up McCain's lobbying ties.
"John McCain is running for a third-term of tax cuts that only shift the burden onto working people. That might make sense to Washington lobbyists who run John McCain's campaign, but it won't do anything to help families that are struggling."
Obama said he will, by comparison, give a homeowners tax credit that covers 10% of a family's mortgage interest payment.
The RNC issued a prompt response, bringing up Senator Obama's ties to Tony Rezko, "It's tough to take Barack Obama's partisan attacks seriously on the housing crisis when his experience with homeownership is a sweetheart deal from his millionaire friend Tony Rezko," RNC spokeswoman Amber Wilkerson said. "Americans are looking for real solutions and principled leadership – not poor judgment and baseless attacks from Barack Obama."
In 2007, Nevada has the highest foreclosure rate in the nation and is a state which if Obama wins the nomination he will vie for in the general election.
"We are going to be spending a lot of time working on this housing issue in the months to come. We're going to be having a debate between myself and John McCain about who's got a better agenda for America," Obama concluded.
May 27, 2008 in Kucinich, Dennis | Permalink | User Comments (148)
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Obama stating the obvious.
Posted by: Huh | May 27, 2008 1:52:20 PM
HON. Senator McCain, besides many things does not have " The Presidential Temperament" while as Senator Obama has one and lot else.
Posted by: COL.[retd]A.M.Khajawall | May 27, 2008 1:54:17 PM
Great speech Obama!
If McCain wasn't so SCARED of being seen with Bush than he would be out in the open with him and yet he is not.
It is interesting that a Gallup poll showed that Bush is more of a drag on McCain than Reverend Wright is on Obama.
Posted by: Stacey | May 27, 2008 1:55:55 PM
McCain and Bush are like thiefs in the night. mcCain is a real hypocrite, they cannot be seen together because Mccain will get too close to the less popular president in history. May God save America from WBush and McBush
Posted by: BKMC | May 27, 2008 1:58:08 PM
Give him what he deserves Barack. Keep on trashing them all: Bill, Hillary, McCain, Bush,and their look-a-likes.
Down with the Clintons!!!
Down with the Bushes!!!!
Posted by: carl29 | May 27, 2008 2:00:45 PM
Soetoro No! - Don't understand how you can give a yes to both McCain and Ron Paul. They are at odds on so many things. Ron Paul is a man with the correct answers, McCain wants to drown us in militaristic-style bankruptcy.
Posted by: Ben Straub | May 27, 2008 2:01:23 PM
To Jake Tapper,
McCain's policy has always been for fundraisers to be closed to the press.
He has never held a fundraiser that was open to the press.
Posted by: david | May 27, 2008 2:19:21 PM
Obama says “I will not wear the American Flag pin” and there are several pictures on the internet showing him with his hands at this side when EVERYONE else has their hands over their hearts in “respect” for the nation’s flag. Yesterday on Fox News there is a picture on the cover Obama Ready to Wrap Up Primary Season by Fox News.com , Tuesday 27, 2008, showing him wearing the flag pin, his hand over his heart, facing a veteran wreath. They have to sell the image now to wrap up this primary season. What everyone has seen, witnessed and heard must all be put away now because Obama is portraying the patriot roll. What was it last week, oh yes the messiah roll with him standing in front of huge cross. Obama chief strategist David Axelrod is good. Maybe we should vote for him for President.
Posted by: Anne | May 27, 2008 2:23:59 PM
McBush thought he'd get away with such meeting? How naive does he take the American people for? Talk about character.
Posted by: Lonnelle | May 27, 2008 2:24:29 PM
Watches as Obama stomps his foot in the sandbox.
Anyone Notice Obama from the start has not been able to run his campaign on himself.
He has only been able to Condemn, Attacking, and blaming everyone else for everything. That is his whole campaign.
He has no confidence in himself to stand on his own 2 feet.
Even in all the church services he campaign at, he made himself Joshua leading the people to the promised land.
He is definitely not fit to be a Nominee let alone a president.
Posted by: seah | May 27, 2008 2:32:28 PM
Were the doors at TUCC closed? So Obama was behind closed doors with Rev. Wright, aka Mr. Wrong.
Posted by: EyesOpen | May 27, 2008 2:35:40 PM
Here we go again talking out of both side of his mouth Reminds me of someone else I know.
Posted by: older person | May 27, 2008 2:37:11 PM
McCain meeting with BUSH is just like meeting with the DEVIL..If McCain really wants to win in November he better stay as far away from BUSH as he can..BUSH has destroyed America and he destroy McCain as well.BUSH is and has been the worst president in 232 years this country has existed.236 more days/5664 more hours left of BUSH and his criminal administration
Posted by: sondog | May 27, 2008 2:42:28 PM
I bet Karl Rove was at this fundraiser cooking up some dirty tricks and lies McCain can use later on.I also bet McCain and Bush yucked it up over how much Bush has screwed this country and got away with it.Bush is giving now John some pointers no doubt about continuing his great legacy and the phony Iraq war.
Posted by: AJ | May 27, 2008 2:44:15 PM
McCain has voted for veterans funding bills only 25% of the time, according to a scorecard of roll-call votes put out by the nonpartisan Disabled Americans for America.
Posted by: Jim | May 27, 2008 2:45:58 PM
I don't get it why Obama make this an issue, he's the Pres. and a GOP so it's just common sense to be with his fellow GOP much more with being the current POTUS no matter if his popularity is down.
McCain is his own man and he will run the country the way he thinks will be best and not the way Obama try to paint as 3rd term for Bush.
The country will be better off with an old man with tested experience than a guy who just make any issue to promote himself and say "CHANGE" without substance.
Posted by: jeri | May 27, 2008 2:51:49 PM
Umm, so how many closed door meetings have Obama and Hillary had?
Does Mr. Obama have the meeting room bugged? He sure seems to know what's going on in there. Or, maybe he is psychic?
Isn't saying McCain is just more of the same fear mongering? Or is just honesty when Obama says things like that?
Posted by: None of the Above 08 | May 27, 2008 2:55:46 PM
So Mr. Obama has problems with closed door meetings?
Makes me wonder his opinion about how our voting system works, given that we have our privacy when we go to the polls.
Posted by: None of the Above 08 | May 27, 2008 2:58:03 PM
I like senator Barack Obama....
America: this man is historic!!!!
Posted by: Shalom | May 27, 2008 3:02:54 PM
Oh, how the cynics never cease to amaze.
Since they're not on the WINNING TEAM, they can only be on the WHINING TEAM.
Suffice to say, all the whining in the world won't save you from the wrath of HOPE and change that's coming to this country.
Go ahead a support crooks who have to hide in a back room to make deals instead of being seen with one another.
McCain is going to get smashed in the GE!
Posted by: Nat Turner | May 27, 2008 3:03:23 PM
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