McCain Campaign Seizes on Obama Remark in Iowa

[WI_DEM]

Such desperation:

Barack Obama may have given the Republicans fresh fodder for an attack at a Friday afternoon rally here.

“On the day of the Iowa caucus, my faith in the American people was vindicated, and what you started here in Iowa swept the nation,” Obama told the crowd of roughly 25,000.

He cited the massive grassroots and volunteer efforts in Iowa that helped deliver his campaign an unexpected first-place victory in the January caucus. The Illinois senator defeated former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.

“A whole new way of doing democracy started right here in Iowa and it’s all across the country now,” Obama said.

John McCain’s campaign jumped on the comment. “Hardworking families need a president whose faith in the American people is not predicated on his own election,” McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said in a statement. “ has proven his selfless faith in the American people.”

McCain has been trailing in the polls and searching for fresh attacks that could stick with voters in the days before the election. The “vindicated” comment fits into a larger attack line that Obama and his supporters are not as patriotic as their Republican counterparts.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/31/mccain-campaign-seizes-on-obama-remark-in-iowa/

[StrongBad]

1. Yawn.

Your clock is running out, John. This isn't going to work.

[CatBO]

2. Wow that's a stretch...

I can't wait until this old coot goes home for good.

[progressivebydesign]

3. biggest assholes on Earth... there are no more words left to describe them. n/t

[TTUBatfan2008]

4. They are so pathetic...

I would laugh but apparently they are being serious with these kinds of attacks.

[EFerrari]

5. It won't work. America loves a winner.

:)

[maddezmom]

6. can't wait until that f'ing nitwit if out of a job

:nuke:

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. McLAME

:rofl:

That'll pick ya up 9 points there, Johnny Boy. :rofl:

[jefferson_dem]

8. That's it?

Seriously, I kept reading through the Obama quote wondering what all the trumped up hubbubb was about. Weak.

[Motown_Johnny]

9. I am starting to think Obama and Biden throw them little lines like this to keep them off message

they jump on dumb little shit like this constantly. How do they expect to get a coherent message across when they keep jumping on these tiny little quotes?

[emulatorloo]

14. They don't have a message, other than "Don't Vote For Obama"

That's my take on it anyway.

[Terran]

10. blatant lameness

will not win you any votes, John.

[billyoc]

11. That could really have legs, I'm a little worried that--oh, no, it's fallen down

and now it's dead.

[emulatorloo]

12. Every day, another Nastygram based on twisting words and willful misinterpretation

Or maybe McCain is just mad at Iowa because his Iowa caucuses picked Huckabee.

I WANT THIS TO BE OVER.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

13. Tucker Bounds.

Tee hee.

[EastTennesseeDem]

15. That's it. We are screwn

Look for a forty point bounce for McCain over the weekend.

[Renew Deal]

16. There's nothing wrong in any of those comments

Except for Tuckers desperation

[donco6]

17. I stopped and just looked at Obama's statement before . . .

. . . moving on through the article, wondering what on earth they could find to misconstrue there. They must stay up nights combing through this stuff to dream up idiotic claims like this.

[HughMoran]

18. Yawn. Did McAsshole speak? All I heard was flies on a corpse

wake me up when it's over...

[Phx_Dem]

19. Huh? Desparate times call for nonsensical accusations.

[KansDem]

20. I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what the McCain camp is saying...

On the day of the Iowa caucus--I understand this. A reference to time and space...

...my faith in the American people was vindicated--He has faith in Americans that was proven by the aforementioned time and place, probably because other forces were trying to prove he didn't have this faith...

and what you started here in Iowa swept the nation--I agree with this...

So what's the problem? :shrug:

[Bread and Circus]

21. This is another McCain "how dumb do you think we are" attempt.

[DerekJ]

22. Obama only said that statement 10000000 times before, and you just noticed something wrong with it.

Desperate indeed.

[NatBurner]

23. too bad nobody's listening, johnny

and by "too bad", i mean "good thing"

[truthisfreedom]

24. Hardworking families need a President whose focus is on them 100% of the time, not a candidate

who can't figure out if he wants to shit or crash a plane.

[Thrill]

25. Oh NO he has faith in the American People

How desperate can you be?

[Virginia Dare]

26. Obama is referring to his faith in Iowans to overcome racial fears..

and he was vindicated. What a putz.

[BlueIdaho]

27. Yeah - that will move some votes... not.

[ddeclue]

28. What a moron...

Obama had faith BEFORE it got "vindicated"...

Obama believed in America before it ever believed in him.

Someone needs to point out the definition of "faith" to Senator McCain:

Main Entry:
1faith Listen to the pronunciation of 1faith
Pronunciation:
\ˈfāth\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural faiths Listen to the pronunciation of faiths \ˈfāths, sometimes ˈfāthz\
Etymology:
Middle English feith, from Anglo-French feid, fei, from Latin fides; akin to Latin fidere to trust — more at bide
Date:
13th century

1 a: allegiance to duty or a person : loyalty b (1): fidelity to one's promises (2): sincerity of intentions2 a (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2): complete trust3: something that is believed especially with strong conviction ; especially : a system of religious beliefs <the Protestant faith>
synonyms see belief
— on faith
: without question <took everything he said on faith>

[ErinBerin84]

29. lol...I don't get it... this is so desperate it's almost a parody.

thread titles like this scare me.

[VenusRising]

30. Hardworking families need a President whose love of America

is not predicated on being in a torture camp.

Why didn't you love America before that, John? Why?

:eyes:

[Schulzz]

31. BREAKING: Old man yells at cloud!