McCain's new stump speech... 'We’ve got them just where we want them'

[ferrferr]

*** 'We’ve got them just where we want them': With McCain down in the national polls -- 10 points (53%-43%) in the latest Washington Post/ABC survey -- McCain’s campaign says the Arizona senator will unveil a new stump speech that casts him as the underdog and as a fighter. "Let me give you the state of the race today,” he is expected to say. “We have 22 days to go. We’re six points down. The national media has written us off. Sen. Obama is measuring the drapes, and planning with Speaker Pelosi and Sen. Reid to raise taxes, increase spending, take away your right to vote by secret ballot in labor elections, and concede defeat in Iraq. But they forgot to let you decide. My friends, we’ve got them just where we want them.” More: "What America needs in this hour is a fighter; someone who puts all his cards on the table and trusts the judgment of the American people. I come from a long line of McCains who believed that to love America is to fight for her. I have fought for you most of my life. There are other ways to love this country, but I’ve never been the kind to do it from the sidelines."



Wait, has he gone totally geriatric? Raise our taxes? Maybe McCain will have his taxes raised under Obama, but my family sure won't be taxed more. And uh, McSame .. you're 10-11 points down. Also for the record there "pal" .. I'm not you friend, nor are you a fighter. You're a douche ... see look I even found it in a Thesaurus!




Now ... the "take away your right to vote by secret ballot in labor elections" I've not heard.... WTF is that all about? Eh? Eh?

[Thrill]

1. The new Baghdad Bob

[Curtland1015]

7. Arizona John?

What tanks? There are no tanks crossing into Iraq!

*Rumble*Rumble*Rumble*

[BeFree]

24. Where was John on 9-11?

[Shakespeare]

2. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I laughed my ass off when I heard that this morning.

Yeah, McCain, you WANT to be trailing by double digits. That's the ticket!

[Bicoastal]

3. Funny, this sounds EXACTLY like a Hillary Clinton speech...

...from the last 2 weeks of the primary when there was mathematically no way she could win.

[ErinBerin84]

4. how to lose an election

Attempt to reboot your campaign by making a completely generic speech filled with cliches, like "Our opponent is already measuring the drapes."

[Eric J in MN]

15. The drapes line worked so well in 2006 against Nancy Pelosi...

(sarcasm)

[gateley]

5. This is so pathetic I almost feel sorry for him. It must be devastating. nt

[whistle]

6. It's the McHitler speech stupid

[Eric J in MN]

8. When I first saw this at TPM, I thought that Joshua Micah Marshall was joking...

...when he wrote that McCain was going to say, 'We’ve got them just where we want them.'

But it's not a joke!

Trailing in the national polls and in state polls is apparently just where McCain wants to be.

[liberalmuse]

9. Um, okay.

But it looks like Obama is the one who is the fighter being he's up a bit in the polls right now. 'We got them right where we want them?' Yeah, you sure do. You and your party have RUINED this country and probably bankrupted a large portion of America. Nice work!

Ironic, coming from a guy who's used his office to help the rich and hob knob with them. :eyes:

[Eric J in MN]

16. something like that would be good...

...but a presidential candidate can't say that the US has been "ruined."

[tridim]

10. Translation: "I'm losing badly, so here are some lies about the guy who is beating me."

So very weak.

[thereismore]

11. Yeah, I'm sure he was planning to run 10 points behind. Nice plan, McCraps. Roll another dice. nt

[thereismore]

12. Obama plays chess, McCain plays craps. Nough said. nt

[gravity]

13. Obama got McCain right where he wants him

10 points down

[ericgtr]

14. Uh.. was he paying attention when Hillary tried this?

Guess not, that or he has just exhausted everything else and figures he's got nothing to lose.

[BlooInBloo]

20. He's done every oher thing the Clinton campaign did - why not this?

:rofl:

[AllentownJake]

23. LOL

you beat me to it. The difference. Hillary was actually talented enough because she is intelligent to be effective McCain couldn't use Hillary's strategy if she was giving it to him through an earpiece.

[AllentownJake]

21. Well he tried everything Hillary tried so far

and did it with less finese and skill so why not finish out the plan.

[Barack_America]

17. Wow. Even the McCain campaign wants Obama to win.

Obama is winning and McCain says that's "right where he wants him" to be.

Fascinating.

[AllentownJake]

18. We got "THEM"

Sure will play out with undecided voters seeking bipartisan solutions and ponies.

[Occam Bandage]

19. ...

[Wetzelbill]

22. his campaign sucks. Maybe they don't have much to work with

but, damn, they are awful. And McCain is so erratic I can see how Bush beat him, no discipline at all.

[Renew Deal]

25. I've seen this show before.

It's a bad remake of the Hillary campaign. Good luck with that.