Barack Obama: McCain Losing His Bearings w/Offensive Attack

[babylonsister]

Run time: 02:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsDVScf_4bU   Posted on YouTube: May 08, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: May 09, 2008 By DU Member: babylonsister Views on DU: 3144

 
Thanks to Jed!

[Frisbee]

1. Proud to be...

the 1st to recommend. Obama is going to absolutely make The Fossil © look like the fool he is. All he needs to do is be true to his beliefs, which he has done so far, and not let The Fossil © or is backers drag him down into the mud with them. I started off a Kucinich supporter, and even after he was gone, was slow to hop on the Obama bus, but now that I have, I think it will be one Hell of a fun ride!

Edited for formating

[gristy]

2. Wow. Impressive.

:thumbsup:

[NationalProtrusion]

3. this is why he'll be a great president...

His responses to smears and lame attacks like this, time and time again, have been outstanding.

[babylonsister]

4. Hi, NationalProtrusion, and welcome to DU!

I agree with you. It's nice to know there really are grown-ups out there. I long for one! :hi:

[NationalProtrusion]

14. Thanks for the welcome, glad to be here, and also...

There's a great reaction to an intended slam by Mitt Romney, in a different part of the same interview. His rebuttal of the slam is fantastic. It's in part 1 of the two parts linked here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvdueV5p4eY

[MoJoWorkin]

5. It is good to see him not having to hold back against McSame, the way he had to

against Hillary. I think this was just a taste of what he has in store for the old thin-skinned codger.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. McCain losing his bearings LOL and he doesn't understand the economy

[blackspade]

7. Well said!! (nt)

[Narkos]

8. I love how he bitch slaps so calmly

McVeigh's in trouble!

[Triana]

13. "Iron fist in a velvet glove"

Heh. LOVE it!

[DianaForRussFeingold]

9. Thank You! I'm more impressed every time I hear Obama speak!

I wish everyone would listen and realize like I did, how important it is to elect
a president who will bring us peace and prosperity...

I see only more war,hopelessness and division with McCain-I'm sending this to everyone I know...

[Sam Ervin jret]

10. McCain cries ageism, "you called me old and unhinged" Whaaa, Whaa Boo Hoo

This thoughtful answer by our presumptive next candidate causes McCain to call Obama ageist. Saying the candidate called him "old and unhinged" the McCain campaign camp cried foul.

The Obama camp denies they intended any such inference.

The McCain camp retort - "What were we just talking about?"

Let THE GAMES BEGIN!

[rebel with a cause]

30. Losing your bearings = you're old?

In these parts of the woods (Illinois) that saying means losing your way/focus. I have heard people say of toddler's that they were doing good walking, but then they lost their bearings and fell. I think McCain's whole camp has lost their bearings.

[Sam Ervin jret]

35. Your interpretation is close to what Obama says he ways trying to point out

That McShame had lost his Moral Compass. Mr. Straight Talk has "lost his bearings" in his trek to power.

The problem for Johnny is did he lose his bearing because he is McShame and will now do anything to win, or McLame and just getting too old?

Either way he comes out looking none too good.

[Muttocracy]

41. yeah, I thought of needing a map or a compass - those kind of bearings. not ball bearings or age.

[rebel with a cause]

42. Perhaps the McCain camp is so concerned

about the fact that "Dear John" may be losing his marbles that they are paranoid about it, and try to devert all suspicious comments to his age (a red herring).

[pedo]

11. "jewish state"

how is that different than "white state" or "christian state"

[connecticut yankee]

18. Israel was founded as a Jewish state

their laws affirm it -- for example, "The Law of the Return," in which anyone of Jewish birth (or conversion by an ORTHODOX rabbi) is admitted into Israel and given all the rights of citizenship, while those who are not Jewish are not.

The orthodox set the standards by which Israel's laws are written, and even people who are not particularly religious have to follow them. They decide who can be married, etc.

Too long to go into, but Israel is a "Jewish state," and considers itself to be so.

[pedo]

38. i know, thats my point.

when did that become compatible with american values?

[Triana]

12. Cool, calm, well-spoken, focused. Doesn't get sucked into the spin or the smears...

...expresses himself well, presents and differentiates himself and his policies well, keeps his attention on the objective. Doesn't allow himself or his campaign to get dragged into distractions from the objectives: winning the Presidency, solutions to the energy problem and environmental issues, getting our economy back on track, putting an end to ongoing Middle East turmoil, getting us out of Iraq.

Impressive.

[knixphan]

15. McCain is SO out of his depth...

he's just now discovering fire, while Obama is perfecting space travel.

[democracy1st]

16. K & R

[Dawgs]

17. I was thinking that McCain would do well not to cry about this.

Does he really want people to start thinking of him as OLD?

[BREMPRO]

19. I LOVE this guy... he's so steady. McLame will be crushed in the GE. n/t

[dennis4868]

20. FOX News

is interpreting Obama's words as an attack on McCain's age. What a lie! Obama was responding to McCain saying that the terrorist want Obama to win!

[Onyx488]

21. Shame on you Barack Obama!!

[mystieus]

22. aawwwwww

[Hamlette]

26. It gets even better.....

McCain's camp issues this response:

To: Interested Parties

From: Mark Salter, Senior Advisor

Date: May 8, 2008

Re: Senator Obama’s Attack Today

First, let us be clear about the nature of Senator Obama’s attack today: He used the words ‘losing his bearings’ intentionally, a not particularly clever way of raising John McCain’s age as an issue. This is typical of the Obama style of campaigning.

And Obama's camp issues this response to the response:

An Obama campaign spokesman shot back: “Clearly losing one’s bearings has no relation to age, given this bizarre rant that Mark Salter just sent out.”

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=10321

[YoYoMan]

27. It is so subtle, it's beautiful

It is not an attack, per se, but a pointed comment on the thoughts and tactics of the GOP. I can't wait for more of this, the GOP won't know how to deal. This election is going to be great.

[Hamlette]

28. it is pitch perfect

Obama has some great people working for him. They are so smart and sane.

[Muttocracy]

39. yep, they're fast with perfect comebacks. nt

[pipi_k]

23. The very prospect of having a president who can actually

speak comprehensible English nearly brings tears to my eyes, no matter which one of the candidates (even McCain) we're looking at...


That having been said, shame on John McCain for using the SAME shitty scare tactics those Bozos in DC have been using for the past eight years... If it's not Al Qaeda who wants a Democrat in the White House, it's Hamas. Who's next?

And I want to know how these guys presume to KNOW who Al Qaeda or Hamas wants in the White House anyway... What, do they get mental telepathy messages from all these terror organizations? Do they conduct their own polls of "terrists"? Send out questionnaires?

Unfortunately, we got stuck with four more years of GWB because those Bozos were able to scare people into believing they had some nifty little hotline into the inner workings of the terrorist mind.

Which, in retrospect, they did.

Look at how capable of scaring Americans they were..

Ironic, isn't it?

[ihavenobias]

24. K & R

[Hamlette]

25. This is such an excellent way to deal with McCain

instead of going tit for tat he slams him with the "have you no shame". To make it even better, he actually says "he used to better than this." (Which, btw, I do not believe is true. I think McCain has always been slime.)

Remember when your mom used to say "you never used to do stuff like this, you were always such a great kid. I've come to expect better from you than this." OUCH. Made me mind.

[The Political Jerk]

29. Everybody is making a big deal out of the "bearings" comment.

As in he's lost, because he's old.

I assumed he meant "ball bearings" as in he is a robot. Who has short circuited and is set to "destroy all humans."


-The Political Jerk

[MirrorAshes]

31. i'm not sure i buy even the "subtle" swipe at age here

"losing your bearings," to my ear, says losing your way or losing your path. its a nautical term. for mccain to jump on it like this just shows how eager he is to play the victim. mccain has lost his way, and if he keeps this kind of campaigning up, we'll all be saying he's lost his damn mind, and not even because of his age.

mccain seems to be the only one trying to get into this fight over age. guess its a sore spot. he needs to pretend its not a problem or its gonna be a big one.

[Turner Ashby]

32. Age never occurred to me.

What DID occur to me was how thin skinned McCain was, and THAT scares me. Makes me want to go out and knock on doors.

[MirrorAshes]

33. very true

his tough guy maverick image doesn't really hold up if you're gonna get up in arms over something like this.

[Muttocracy]

40. Yep, I think of needing to pull out a compass or a map. nt

[chknltl]

34. McCain lost his marbles long ago...guess the bearings would be next to go.

Then the wheels will fall off and after that there won't be much left of the Senator from Arizona....just a pair of extra-large cheeks with the words "Stay the Course my Friends" tattooed on the inside of em.

[Apollo11]

36. Lieberman is defending McCain against Obama's remark

They just showed it on CNN - The Situation Room.

Lieberman told the press that he personally checked John McCain's bearings and he hasn't lost any of them.

This guy was Al Gore's VP pick!!! It makes you want to :puke:

[happygoluckytoyou]

37. OBAMA IS HAMAS' FIRST CHOICE FOR USA PRESIDENT

OBAMA IS ALSO THE FIRST CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE USA FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS ------>
PEOPLE IN EUROPE
PEOPLE IN ASIA
PEOPLE IN SOUTH AMERICA
BLACK PEOPLE
YOUNG PEOPLE
WHITE PEOPLE
SHORT PEOPLE
TALL PEOPLE
DEMOCRATS
INDEPENDANTS
RIGHT-MINDED REPUBLICANS
GREEN PARTY PEOPLE
JEWS
COLLEGE GRADUATES
PEOPLE UNDER 80
PEOPLE WITH NECKS
CHRISTIANS
HISPANICS
.......................................EVEN HAMAS GETS IT RIGHT ONCE IN A WHILE ! ! ! ! !
LET'S NOT BLAME OBAMA FOR THAT

[klook]

43. There will be an effort to turn this into Bearings-Gate

with pundits and newsmodels asking Obama who he hates more, America, old people, or war heroes.

Fortunately he's pretty good at brushing this sort of thing off his shoulders and staying focused on what's important.

[democracy1st]

44. kick