McCain Camp: Obama’s Hypocritical

McCain Camp: Obama’s Hypocritical


Senator John McCain argues that Senator Barack Obama talks the polite debate talk, but has yet to walk the walk.

Quite right: “John McCain is making the claim that Barack Obama seems unwilling to personally condemn the controversial remarks of supporters and prominent Democrats after Sen. Obama relied Tuesday on a campaign spokeswoman to criticize Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller for a slight against Sen. McCain.”

Here’s what Rockefeller said:

The original remarks were drawn from an interview Rockefeller had Monday with The Charleston Gazette, where he said McCain is too far removed from the repercussions of war to deal with them.

“McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit,” Rockefeller told the newspaper, which published the article on the interview Tuesday.

“What happened when they [the missiles] get to the ground? He doesn’t know. You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues,” he is quoted saying.

Nice.

What’s remarkable about what Rockefeller said isn’t that he tried to insult John McCain - that’s logical in American politics. What is remarkable is that Rockefeller didn’t just insult McCain, but every other fighter pilot the United States had, has and will have in the future.

And all that, at a time that many people are already arguing that the Democrats don’t have a whole lot of respect for the military.

Back to McCain vs. Obama: Obama supporters constantly insult his political opponents, and then a little while later, the Obama camp sends out some memo condemning whatever is the prominent supporter said this time. But seldom do we hear Obama, the person who pretends he is a reformer, do something about this kind of rhetoric, let alone condemn it in the strongest words.

And that is, I think, an important part of Obama’s character. He talks about reforming politics, and the tone of the debate, but he’s not a reformer. It’s as with his pastor, who said outrageous things for years, yet Obama only spoke out against it - more or less - when he was forced to do so by the media and public.

No, nothing new to see here.

I think people should stop talking smack on barrak and other canditates just because u suck dosent mean you have to bring other people down.

Obama continues to narrow the gap

Obama continues to narrow the gap

WPSU-PRCN (2008-04-09) Little by little, Illinois Senator Barack Obama is catching up with New York Senator Hillary Clinton, with less than two weeks to go before Pennsylvania's April 22nd presidential primary, according to the latest Quinnipiac University Poll.

Now, according to Quinnipiac Polling Insitute Assistant Director Clay Richards, Clinton holds a six-point lead over Obama with 50% to Obama's 44%. There is a 2.7% margin for error. And that is a considerable change from the 16-point lead she held just two months ago.

Clay told Public Radio Capitol News, "What is significant is not just the three points from the week before, but that the trend has been continuing, where he is picking up voters, is continuing and it's a pattern that's almost classic in the erosion of Senator Clinton's support."

One issue that seems to be propelling Obama's candidacy is the economy. Richards says, "He is doing something to convince voters that he can better handle the economy, that is clear. 52 percent of the voters say the economy is the most important issue in this campaign. A week ago, 24 percent of voters said she was better able to handle the ecomony than Senator Obama -- that margin has now dropped to four points."

Governor Ed Rendell, who is a Clinton supporter, and a superdelegate, says the fact that she is still ahead in the polls, despite being outspent by Obama four-to-one, is significant. Ironically, the governor himself was called randomly and took part in the latest Quinnipiac survey. When asked if his own endorsement influenced how he felt about Clinton, he said "yes."

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I hope Barrak closes the gap and i hope he wins the presidency because i want him to win in the election.

Obama appeals to Pa. voters on energy, health care

Obama appeals to Pa. voters on energy, health care

In one, the Illinois senator highlights the U.S. dependence on foreign oil and tells automakers that he won't allow them to block higher fuel standards for cars. In another, he talks up his plan for reforming the U.S. health care system and recounts how his mother was burdened by the system when she was dying of cancer.
One of the other ads features Obama's sister, grandmother and wife talking about the candidate's values, and the remaining one features Obama telling viewers that "it's with your voices that we're going to be able to make a difference."
Pennsylvania holds its primary on April 22. The state has been considered Clinton's to lose, although Obama has been gaining on her in some polls the closer it gets to the contest. In the latest average of polls compiled by RealClearPolitics, Clinton leads Obama 48.6% to 41.6%.
Clinton will be in-state on Wednesday, attending a town hall meeting in Aliquippa about making the military strong. She'll be joined by retired military officers and veterans.
On Thursday, she's scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Allegheny County Democratic Committee's Jefferson/Jackson Dinner.
McCain hits Democrats on Iraq
As Clinton was set to speak about military matters on Wednesday and Obama highlighted economic issues in his ads, presumptive Republican nominee John McCain blasted both of his Democratic rivals over Iraq policy.
"Should the United States choose to withdraw from Iraq as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama wish to do, before adequate security is established, we will exchange for this victory a defeat that is terrible and long-lasting," McCain said in a press release, a day after the top U.S. military commander in Iraq gave lawmakers an update about the war.
Both Obama and Clinton voiced dissatisfaction with Iraq policy at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. End of Story
Robert Schroeder is a reporter for MarketWatch in Washington.

I want there to be healthcare in the country and i want the prices of oil to go down and as long as barrak can do it i am happy i dont care what he does as long as he gets it done im happy