Sen. Barack Obama's spokesman on Saturday accused Sen. John McCain of "cynically running the sleaziest and least honorable campaign in modern presidential campaign history."
Obama, speaking to a crowd Saturday in Manchester, New Hampshire, said, "John McCain wants to have a debate about national security; let's have that debate. I warned that going into Iraq would distract us from Afghanistan. John McCain cheerleaded for it. John McCain was wrong, and I was right."
"The McCain-[Sarah] Palin ticket, they don't want to debate the Obama-Biden ticket on issues because they are running on eight more years of what we've just seen. And they know it," the Democratic presidential nominee said. "As a consequence, what they're going to spend the next seven, eight weeks doing is trying to distract you.
"They're going to talk about pigs, and they're going to talk about lipstick; they're going to talk about Paris Hilton, they're going to talk about Britney Spears. They will try to distort my record, and they will try to undermine your trust in what the Democrats intend to do."
Ahh the issues. The core of any campaign. Mr. Obama wishes to discuss them. Ok, fair enough. Let's start with his favorite: Opposition to the war in Iraq.
First off, Obama never voted for or against the war in Iraq. He was never put into that position. However, as President, you need to make tough choices and you cannot avoid them. Obama likes to point out how he was "right" about Iraq. Really? Iraq possessed WMD's and we have found them. Granted, the ones found so far are pre-Gulf War I, but Saddam was not allowed to have even those.
Saddam, even by Obama's admission, butchered his own people. That's not our problem according to Obama. But we can argue reasons all day long.
However, let's point out where Obama is clearly wrong: The surge in troops in Iraq. Obama was against it, and it clearly has worked. Granted, there are many other reasons why things have turned around in Iraq, but none of them could have happened without the support of the security provided by the extra US troops. That is an indisputable fact, and Obama to this day has not admitted that.
So, Obama is wrong, but many will point to him being right about Iraq in the first place. I use Iraq as a perfect example, because many times, as President, you will have to make tough choices based upon circumstances that are out of your control. You cannot avoid them, and here we have one of those situations, and Obama made the wrong choice.
Next up, the economy.
McCain has asked for $29 million dollars in the 20+ years in Congress. A little more than $1 million each year. Obama, on the other hand, has asked for hundreds of millions of dollars in the few years he's been in office.
With the economy shaping up to be the #1 issue during the election, I think it's pretty obvious we can't trust Obama to be fiscally responsible.
"They will try to distort my record, and they will try to undermine your trust in what the Democrats intend to do."
Actually Mr. Obama, I am using undeniable facts here. You have asked for hundreds of millions of dollars in additional pork spending without coinciding with same dollar for dollar spending cuts. You asked for and received millions for your wife's employer, clearly at best a conflict of interest, at worst, showing that you're corruptable and are willing to "scratch their back if they scratched yours".
Oddly, your wife got a promotion and a massive raise.
Officials at the University of Chicago Hospitals say a promotion and large pay increase given to Sen. Barack Obama's wife shortly after the Democrat was elected to Congress were well-deserved boosts for an executive who is "worth her weight in gold." The Chicago Tribune has the story.
"She's terrific," added Michael Riordan, who was president of the hospital in March 2005, when Michelle Obama was promoted to vice president for external affairs and had her annual salary increased from $121,910 to $316,962.
Riordan told the Tribune that the promotion and salary increase had nothing to do with Obama's husband becoming a U.S. senator. "She was hired before Barack was Barack," Riordan said.
Really? You mean to tell me you couldn't see the value in having a woman on board who's married to an ambitious political husband? That's a bullshit lie.
Plus, she gets promoted and her salary is almost tripled? Anyone else get a promotion like that?? If so, I'd love to hear this story.
Unfortunately for Obama, he writes the checks, and we get the bill. Over the course of 20+ years, my share of McCain's earmarks have been around 10 cents a year. A YEAR. For Obama, it's been significantly higher.
And with Congress doing absolutely nothing but going on a spending spree and putting me further into debt for nothing more then a smiling bunch of smug assholes, I think I deserve something more. I think I deserve a President who'll cut spending, tell people to get off their ass and work, sell the home they couldn't afford, tell people the government isn't supposed to take care of you, and be honest with me.
Unfortunately, I don't think Obama will do any of those things.
Travis
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