The jealous rage continues: "McCain camp: Obama taking a premature victory lap"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

updated 6:10 p.m. EDT, Thu July 24, 2008

McCain camp: Obama taking a 'premature victory lap'

Later Thursday, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds responded to Obama's Berlin speech.

"While Barack Obama took a premature victory lap today in the heart of Berlin, proclaiming himself a 'citizen of the world,' John McCain continued to make his case to the American citizens who will decide this election," he wrote. "Barack Obama offered eloquent praise for this country, but the contrast is clear. John McCain has dedicated his life to serving, improving and protecting America. Barack Obama spent an afternoon talking about it."

The presumptive GOP presidential nominee also took a veiled swipe at Obama's meetings with foreign leaders during the Democrat's weeklong trip to Europe and the Middle East.

"I have very good relations with ... many of the European leaders. ... It's not my first meeting with them or with the leaders in Israel and the Palestinians," McCain said.



Sen. John McCain's campaign is doing what it can to counter the publicity from Sen. Barack Obama's trip.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Uh.... *What* victory lap has he taken?

[CitizenLeft]

2. McCain's so childish and petty - acting just like a 5-year-old.

Waaaah waaaah waaaah. Good grief. Get a grip.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. It's certain at this point. McCain really ought to break with tradition

& concede now.

[Cha]

4. Mccain's confused again..

<snips>

"Senator McCain, knowing that he held an edge on Barack Obama on the "Commander in Chief" question, badly overplayed his hand. He taunted Senator Obama on his lack of foreign policy experience and he challenged Obama to go to Iraq. He sneered at Obama for formulating an Iraq policy prior to traveling to the war zone. He even offered to go with him to Iraq, as if Obama needed his hand held by the man with military experience.

McCain wanted the public to believe that Obama was a novice, a whipper-snapper who would jeopardize our nation's security.

Obama listened to McCain's attempted bullying and said, "You know what? I'll go to Iraq. And Afghanistan, Israel, Germany -- I'll make this a big foreign policy trip abroad. I'll show the voters back home that the world still really does love the United States, they just don't love President Bush or John McCain."

And Obama went abroad, with the world's press following him, clinging to his every word, oohing and aahing at his every jump shot, hoping to catch a glimpse of his every smile.

The trip: the biggest success of the campaign. The Commander in Chief question: negated. Heck of job, McCain."

<more>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-littman/mccain-makes-the-biggest_b_114571.html

[cliffordu]

5. Another slo-mo plane wreck??

[Captain Angry]

7. I think it was Scott McNealy of Sun that described the HP / Compaq merger...

as two garbage trucks colliding, slowly.

History has shown him to not only be a douchebag, but to be wrong. But the analogy is funny as hell and creates great visuals.


That kind of explains the Republican primary season.

[cliffordu]

8. You are right about the Republican primary season - I hope they enjoy the

same success the next 25 years.

[Captain Angry]

9. I'm hoping that they have 4 years to stew over it.

And in 4 years, hopefully things go just half as good as we think they will with Obama. And that will make for at least another 4 years of them pouting.

It's a shame so many of the rest of the Democrats are so vile that we can't get TOO excited about seeing real change.

[cliffordu]

11. Yep. Exactly.

[Captain Angry]

6. So, becoming President would make him a citizen of the world?

But he's not one now?

Is that what McCain is trying to say? Give me a break.

I'm a resident of a city, in a county, in a state, in a country, on a continent, on this planet, in this arm of the Milky Way.

[Frank Booth]

10. Looks like green is McCain's color after all.

[Pavlovs DiOgie]

12. McPetulant strikes again EOM

[wiggs]

13. rit of fealous jage! nt

[pansypoo53219]

14. but but but mcPOW said

obama had to go to iWaq and he did. what's he bitchin for?

[opihimoimoi]

15. He noes a lot of leaders and have met many of them...But what ever came of it? NADA

McNada has not offered why he should be given the Helm...or than empty Language and a lot of "I's" "I did this...and I did that" which is mostly crap....

[Sugarcoated]

16. I couldn't wait to see how Obama

got himself out of the supposed "corner he painted himself into" (according to the publican party).

I knew he'd handle it but, DAMN! :headbang:

Be careful what you wish for McCain, eh? Now when's them debates cause I want to see his head explode

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. McBush is even more jealous! He's stomping his foot!

[PurityOfEssence]

18. Some say that part of Hillary's downfall was shifting to a General Election Campaign too early...

...and there's a little truth to that: it's presumptious.

Reading many of the posts around here and seeing many things in the media, there are a rather disproportionate number of people who feel that victory is an absolute guarantee for a guy who's only leading by a point or two. (Oh, I forget: all the polls are totally rigged...)

For me, that ridiculous seal on the podium speaks volumes, and the world tour with its sermon from the victory mount blurts out another chapter or so.

I wonder if they're measuring the windows of the White House for new drapes yet?

[anonymous171]

19. You're right. McCain should not have gone to Canada and Colombia.

Made him look presumptuous.

[JackORoses]

20. the whole world is presuming with us. and we are right.

The Seal is there because Barack Obama will be the next President of the US.
Have no doubt.

[LittleClarkie]

21. Isn't that a typically Rovian move? To take a victory lap before the votes are counted?

They're just mad that the other side is out maneuvering them.

[President Decider]

22. ** COMB-OVER ALERT **

That's probably one of the worst flipping comb-overs I've ever seen ...

[EnviroBat]

23. Oh boy, flappy-jowels McCain is trotting the old "lifetime of experience"

crap out again. Didn't we hear enough of that shit from Hillary?