by Mark Silva
John McCain and George Bush.
That's who Barack Obama wants to talk about
John McCain and Sarah Palin.
That's who McCain wants to talk about.
McCain and Bush - "They share the same out of touch attitude, the same failure to understand the economy... the same questionable ties to lobbyists,'' the Obama campaign says in a TV ad, part of a campaign that will be running the word "same'' into the ground before Election Day.
The ad quotes and pictures McCain boasting about voting with Bush "90 percent of the time.'' That's a handy line for an Obama campaign portraying McCain as "more of the same.''
McCain and Palin: Then along comes Palin, the "lipstick'' hockey mom-pit bull, the come-from-nowhere governor of the state of the bridge to nowhere, and the McCain campaign is more than happy to define the real pair in this race: The reform-minded Republicans.
"Politics isn't just a game of competing interests and clashing parties,'' Palin says in the clips of this streaming ad of clips. "I stood up to the old politics as usual.''
The old politics. The new politics.
Voters get to decide which is which.
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Comments
Obama-Reid-Pelosi and Obama bin Biden. Let the games begin.
We can start with Biden is now telling the story of how his wife and daughter were killed by a drunk driver when the facts show that the truck driver wasn't drunk nor was the accident teh truck driver's fault. Why would he lie about this? Maybe it is just a habit he can't break.
Posted by: Terry | September 6, 2008 7:34 AM
So, let's do what McCain wants - talk about Sarah...starting with making her available to the press.
What are they afraid of?
If she's as good as they say, she'll handle all the questions with aplomb.
Posted by: cta | September 6, 2008 7:37 AM
The Republicans are hillarious. Their idea of a "reform-minded" Republican is an Alaska governor who abused her power (Troopergate), milked Alaska and US taxpayers to benefit her friends (Matanuska Maid dairy), and lobbied Ted Stevens for millions of federal dollars in earmarks? She sure looks like another of the "corruption-minded" Republican to me.
Posted by: Tom O | September 6, 2008 7:47 AM
The introduction of Sarah Palin into this race moves me to despair. I wish i could take credit for the following comment, which was forwarded to me by a friend: Palin's "snarkiness" and obfuscation in Wednesday night's speech was not only mean-spirited and divisive but utterly insulting. Her remarks about community organizers will reverberate and as for Pit Bulls--as a former hockey mom and Little League mom, let me say that no one I knew fit that description. We tried to instill a sense of fair play and an opportunity to compete. And speaking of Pit Bulls, I thought we already had one in Dick Cheney. The last thing we need is another Pit Bull VP.
Posted by: elizabeth | September 6, 2008 8:04 AM
Elizbeth,
As a youth sports coach, let me tell you there are plenty of moms that fit that description.
Posted by: Terry | September 6, 2008 3:52 PM
Why does Barack Obama avoid the McCain-Palin team?By running against President Bush, Obama reveals the fact that he's extremely weak and cannot face his opponents directly. Obama's diversion tactic is getting old and the American public knows it.
Posted by: Ryan | September 6, 2008 5:41 PM
Why would Senator Obama bother with a pale imitation of the Bush-Cheney record ? That is the best that McCain-Palin can be, a pale imitation of Bush-Cheney fiasco !! Senator Obama should continue to remind the nation what these Republicans have done to our treasury, our wounded veterans, our citizens in New Orleans, our dismal employment picture and above all, the misleading and duplicitous nature of the Bush-McCain Republicans !! A vote for Senator Obama is a vote for "... liberty and justice for all.".
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.
Posted by: Don Fitzgerald, Chicago | September 6, 2008 7:08 PM