Shameless: McCain goes after Obama's patriotism, Obama camp responds
By SilentPatriot Sunday Nov 02, 2008 10:08am
Barack Obama has been saying for months now that the success of his campaign message of change, despite all the nasty and scurrilous attacks lobbed his way, has "vindicated his faith in the American people." Seems innocent enough, no? In fact, seems like an awfully positive thing to say about the country. But John McCain doesn't see it that way. Seeing the presidency slowly recede from his grasp, Senator McCain took his campaign to yet another new low and distorted Obama's remarks in an attempt to question his patriotism.
"This has been a long campaign but recently we've learned more and more about Senator Obama. He said the other day that his primary victory 'vindicated' his faith in America. My country has never had to prove anything to me, my friends. I've always had faith in it and I've been humbled and honored to serve it."
The McCainiacs out there can try to spin this whatever way they want but it's clear to anyone with the ability to read between the lines exactly what's going on here. So much for McCain's promise to run a "honorable campaign." Tuesday can't come soon enough.
Here's the Obama campaign's stern response:
"It's pathetic that John McCain would take a statement Barack Obama has been making for a year about his faith in the American people and distort it to attack his patriotism," spokesman Bill Burton said in response to McCain's attack Saturday. "Sadly, this is what we've come to expect from a desperate, dishonorable campaign that will say anything in a failed attempt to win this election."
Yep.








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and hear Vicki tell the world all about WcCain's flagpole waving.
The Republican party, mile high patriots for foreign government lobbyists.
Where did you hear about her doing something tomorrow?
Giving an interview on WcCain and her lobbying flights with him.
Gonna be juicy if true.
from October 18th 2008
where have we heard this before ;)
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_...
Monday is the day supposedly. either a new story or an interview.
We saved what we scooped out of our cat's litter box this morning so we can send it to McCain and he can fling that against the wall to see if it will stick.
Any minute now I expect to hear that Michelle Obama is pregnant and the father is a white guy. I mean they have just about run out of shit haven't they?
I'm trying to figure if 75% black and 25% white makes an interracial marriage. I've lost my handy Jim Crow pocket guide.
Good one.
I hope Mcain doesn't mistake it for Almond Roca. Or, NOT!
If Obama is defeated, he will leave with honor. If McCain is defeated, he will leave in disgrace.
it will leave US in disgrace...
Yeah, that too!
McCain Now REALLY on Defensive, Campaigns at ‘Old Navy’
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MccAIN. Is a piece of shit. This campaign has made that quite clear.
Excuse me, but McCain said essentially the same about his P.O.W. experience that (I forget the exact quote):
"He didn't truly know what it meant to love his country until he was deprived of it."
Silent Patriot you should add Mugsy's prescient point to your post. McShame, once again, not only accuses Obama of doing something Obama didn't do, but McShame did the thing he falsely accuses Obama of doing. You would think in a Christian nation, the false accuser would be punished?
My husband is listening to the bucs game on radio since our tv stations down here aren't carrying it. He said it was commercial time and he hears, "Hi, I'm Joe the plumber ..........blah blah.....Obama would take my money....blah blah.
So now Joe the Plumber is making commercials for McCain. Too bad Obama doesn't know real cool people like Joe, who is not named Joe nor is he a a licensed plumber.
When they transformed the hockey mom into the fashion queen, they had to find another regular working class citizen....and what do you know, up pops Joe. Hard for a candidate, who owns a small village of homes and a fleet of personal cars, to make people believe he is just a regular Joe, so they had to try to find one.
with Joe the Plumber...
I'll be on the "listen-out" during the Eagles game later...
Quote from my brother, Bob, who is a Plumber in Chicago: "Joe the Plumber is a fraud, a doofus and gives plumbers everywhere a bad name."
Well said, BOB the REAL Plumber (who is very excited to be voting for Barack Obama).
was very busy down in New Orleans bodging up peoples houses and milking the FEMA cash cow for all it was worth back in 06/07.
That would be the Republican way, working the taxpayers over for a quick buck.
of the typical McCain/Palin crowd, I doubt if they know what vindicate means. Dumber than dirt.
My biggest fear is that no matter who wins on Tue. (Obama please) this country will never again be united. In their quest to win at all costs Repub. politics over the last 20 years has destroyed any unity that we Americans ever had.
If we had a decent president, he could have united the country during the breaking of the financial mess. He could have said we are all going to tighten our belts and work our way out of this for the good of one another. It could have become a project with everyone involved. A project where we all begin saying no to credit and no to being sold shit none of us need. Done the right way, it could well have brought the country together similar to what 9-11 did. If we were all working for the same purpose, we wouldn't want to be pissing on each other so much of the time.
This financial mess began the day that Cheney and the energy moguls met secretly to create a financial bonanza for themselves. Enron was the 1st sign of the problem and they should have done something then, but no, they ignored it.
They not only ignored the problem, they protected it.
You are always right on!
Rabid dogs that is. He'll hurt anything in his way. Best just to give him room and leave a pan of water out. He won't drink it but compassion demands the act.
I really hope once McCain loses this election, he will retire from public life- And I hope Palin runs in 2012, becasue she has ZERO chance of winning...
him returning to the Senate. If he does I hope he is shunned.
He'll always have his friend Joe the Party Traitor to pal around with.
I think Cindy might have something to say about that. IF she is still around.
I've been saying this for months. Expect her to hightail it to Flagstaff on the back of some Mongol's bike come Wednesday...
But he will be less affective. He has proven to be an old hack. That's all he is and we need better.
started dividing the country as soon as some people started to question his Iraq folly and it hasnt stopped.
Lie to people that want to be lied to. mccain should be ashamed of himself. i sick of him. he is a much
different person. Obama puts himself and his family on the line everyday.
One of the McCain negative ads showing down here was a voice over saying if you were about to be operated on in a hospital would you want the doctor to be someone who had never performed an operation. And it goes on about other occupations where you wouldn't want a first timer in charge. At one part in the commercial there is something about a pilot who has never flown a plane before. Of course that part is funny due to McCain's history as a pilot. Today they showed the same ad again but the part about the plane and the pilot had been removed.
I swear McCain's campaign must be composed of hamsters and weasels.
and moose. Oh my!
LOL
Gotta hate the outlining of Obama's head shot, accenting his ears, that fills in with his photo. Disgusting pandering.
If lightening strikes and somehow McCain were to be elected, he'll learn than being President of one-half of the United States is like being the President of Nothing. McCain would be starting out from day one having already declared one-half of the American people as enemies. He'd be doomed from day one, and so would the rest of America.
McCain has lived his life in the shadow of his Father never reaching that level. He was a hot shot soldier who by playing around he plan crashed. He was such a coward he used his Military Father's position to get special treatment while his fellow soldiers suffered. He came home and dumped his sick wife and kids as he picked up every woman he could fine. He married a young rich girl for her money. He never looked back at his first family and did very little for his current family. McCain has shown to be a user and that's why he pick Sarah who is also a user.
Americans twice pick Bush who skipped out from serving in Vietnam and Cheney who was a coward and got 5 deferments. We saw no problem with those two losers. Now if McCain gets in office those who voted for him will see the draft come back. Yes when Palin says bomb Russia and attack Iran where do you think the Military will come from. Americans seem quick to believe the bull that McCain gives out and the stupid remarks by Palin but will they be willing to lose this country because of a third mistake? Obama was a child during Vietnam but as John says he should have served his country at the age of 8 years old. Sarah's son was given a choice either go to jail for the crime he committed or join the Military, that news came from Alaska news and public records. But notice how the Media and the RNC cover that up.
No medical records from Sarah because it would show she didn't have a child in 2007 and it's her daughters child. To tell NBC first it's the doctors fault her records haven't been released then they were told Sarah will release them when she's ready. Notice McCain/Obama/Biden had to release their medical records at once but Sarah has to keep the family secrets. Good news is Palins neighbors already told the press what happen and photo's showed Sarah giving a speech just when her daughter was about to deliver her baby. Yes Sarah rushed to a private clinic who says their was no woman name Sarah Palin deliving a baby on that day, when asked about Bristol Palin the clinic said no comment.
"...this is what we've come to expect from a desperate, dishonorable campaign that will say anything in a failed attempt to win this election.""
Should be repeated loudly and clearly.
A campaign run by a desperate and dishonorable old man with a cheerleading welfare-cheat who's a pathogical liar and part of an extended Grifter family.
And as far as McManchurian Candidate's "Patriotism" is concerned:
http://vietnamveteransagainstmccain.com
See what Col. David Hackworth had to say about McCain:
http://www.unfitmccain.com/Donations.html
This line of attack must be expected, and obviously the Obama campaign prepared well for it. Actually, I expected worse from McCain considering his position. These attacks are really softballs.
Waddya expect without Viagra?
Of course McCain took Obama's statement out of context. Yet again. Twist, turn, stretch, smear.... Signs of true desparation.
And dare I say this? If Obama felt one ounce that he felt vindicated because of his skin color, he has every goddamn right to!! McCain has NEVER, not once, EVER experienced discrimination. He's a pasty white, straight male, with riches beyond the understanding of most people. A little difficult for you, John, to not have faith in this country with a history of slavery, the KKK, segregation, and anti-interracial marriage laws. The list goes on and on.
But, hey, maybe he felt vindicated because of his age? Or maybe because of his stance against the Iraq invasion? Or maybe something none of us really understand?
Whatever the reason, I'd rather have an honest President than one, like you John McCain, who lies through his teeth for selfish ambition.
Hey, McShameful, where's your US flag lapel pin?
Obviously, the McCain campaign doesn't understand what the word "vindicated" means. In this case it means that Obama says he has always had faith in the American people, and that the primary victory proved *to others* that he was right to have faith in the American people. Geez!
I just saw McOld speak at a rally and he smeared Obama's patriotism again with traitor Joe Lieberman smiling over his shoulder.
Obama's got a commanding lead according to Nora O'Donell, let's do it!
The stupid Republicans just guaranteed Obama the Latino vote by leaking the news about his aunt's ilegal status. Of the Latinos I know (and I know a lot--I live in Southern California), very few do not have at least one relative, a friend or an acquaintance is in the U.S. illegally--or who once was before the last amnesty. They will not take kindly to the Republican's efforts to cause more fear and hardship to be suffered by the Latino community. They will also identify with Obama emotionally as one of their own, overcoming the brown vs. black racism that often raises its ugly head. Stupid ass Republicans. They run their campaign as incompetently as they've run the country these past 8 years. Is there ANYTHING Republicans can do right?
I rebuke all of McCain's evil words and deeds in the name and blood of Jesus and send it back to the pit of hell where it belongs ! I plead the blood of Jesus for Barack, his family, his campaign, and his presidency daily !
No weapon forged against you [ Barack Obama] will prevail, and you [ Barack Obama] will refute every tongue that accuses you [ Barack Obama] . This is the heritage of the servants [ Barack Obama] of the LORD, and this is their [ Barack Obama] vindication from me," declares the LORD. - Isaiah 54:17
" I [ God ] will send my terror ahead of you [ Barack Obama] and throw into confusion every nation you [ Barack Obama] encounter. I [ God ] will make all your [ Barack Obama] enemies turn their backs and run." - Exodus 23:27
They will fight against you [ Barack Obama] but will not overcome you, for I [God ] am with you [ Barack Obama] and will rescue you," declares the LORD. - Jeremiah 1:19
The Lord will rescue me [ Barack Obama] from every evil attack and will bring me [ Barack Obama] safely to his heavenly kingdom. - 2 Timothy 4:18
11 For he will command his angels concerning you [ Barack Obama] to guard you [ Barack Obama ] in all your ways; 12 they will lift you [ Barack Obama ] up in their hands, so that you [ Barack Obama ] will not strike your [his] foot against a stone. 13 You [ Barack Obama ] will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you [ Barack Obama ] will trample the great lion and the serpent. - Psalm 91:11-13
I have given you [ Barack Obama ] authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you [ Barack Obama ]. - Luke 10:19
It's time for the American people to get it right and NOT vote for McCain-Palin, instead vote for change. It's time for this country to turn the page and seek a new and better future for ourselves and our children.It's time for REAL change in Washington, it's time to elect Barack Obama for president !
Obama-Biden are the wiser and stronger team to solve the crucial challenges we have in this nation and abroad !
Amen.
......if you weren't blue-eyed and blonde...you weren't true German.
I guess with McCain, he's trying to convince people, if you're not white, named John, haven't served in the military and your surname isn't Smith, Wesson, Jones or McCain...you just be patriotic enough to be President.
Serving your country and being part of a very important cultural melting pot of what has helped mold the USA into what it is today, is patriotic to me.
See, in Canada, we'd never be stupid enough to challenge a candidates patriotism, unless he was Quebecoise but that's ok too...that's there choice. The candidate would never be Prime minister. Just like, if someone joined a party to secede from the USA (????) they should be on the ballot but not even close to winning an election.
Fact is, too many flag waving, gun toting, Bud-swilling, redknecks, are to removed from understanding the significance of seceding from the USA.
And that's the diff....ignorance is bliss...and rampant.
What Americans can assume from the words of the LOSING candidate:
John McCain is a war hero, unschooled in economics but honorable. A good man who would follow the policies of the incumbent President. A man who cares more for the rich than the middle class and doesn't understang their problems. A man who doesn't know how many homes he owns and wants your children to make theirs in Iraq for the next 100 years.
(Unflattering, but Obama's followers could live with him)
Barack Hussein Obama pals around with terrorists and may well be one himself. He is either a socialist or a Marxist. He hates Israel and unborn children. He is arrogant and may be the anti-Christ. He doesn't put the country ahead of his ambitions,perhaps because he doesn't love America.
Now, both sides know that the other is still going to have to govern all of America should his lose.
Which one is trying to poison the well from which we all must drink?
Is that patriotism?
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundral,
And the first for republicans.
My country has never had to prove anything to me, my fellow prisoners.
I've always had faith in it and I've bumbled, mumbled and stumbled to serve it."
The McCain campaign is pathetic at this point
I am conducing an Internet poll to measure voters' vote of conscience versus who they actually plan to vote for.
The results are very interesting so far. Add you voice to this research and view the results.
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I heard from a chain email that every 2 years, John McCain goes for a week's vacation in Singapore, where he strangles a 12-year old prostitute to death. Every time. One 12-year-old prostitute, he kills her and gets it out of his system for another 24 months. They've got a stack of his discarded corpses in a construction site down by the bay. Ask for Madame Sing.
I mean, why not? If we're just going to make crazy s**t up about the other guy, then let's have some fun with it, right? - er, I mean, there's a videotape that hasn't been released yet but will any day. That's it.
Boy, it's hard for the McCain campaign to get any more pathetic.
This just shows how unbelievable these people are.
Let's here it for the new Obama-Nation!
To vindicate his faith means he had faith in the first place, and he was proven right.
McCain is taking advantage of the ignorance of his audience. Ooh, Obama's faith was "VIN-DE-CA-TED"! That sounds evil!
I am not 'his friend', and I take exception at him addressing everyone such. Just creeps me out.
That being said, he had the chance to prove to me that he wasn't a Bush clone, and he failed, miserably, when he went along with Bush changing the terminology that allowed 'enemy combatants' and others to undergo
torturedenhanced interrogation methods. Considering what he claims he went through in the POW camp, I found his conceding to this beyond hypocritical, and made him anathema.Login or Register to post comments.