MyDD :: Obama just RIPPED into McCain Updated with video!

Obama just RIPPED into McCain Updated with video!

by thezzyzx, Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:36:36 PM EST

If people are worried about Obama being swiftboated, they should hear the clips from his town hall today. He's been impressive, showing the emotion that he sometimes seems to suppress too much.

He kept linking George Bush and John McCain over and over again. "If George Bush and John McCain want to have a debate on protecting America, that's a debate I'll be glad to have happen." "Our Iran policy is a complete failure... I'm running to change course, not continue George Bush's course"

Moreover, he's on top of things. He pointed out the McCain Hammas video that's been making the rounds on blogs. He mocked McCain's 2013 ad, pointing out that McCain pointed to goals but didn't say how any of them were happening.

It was great. It's going to be fun to watch over the next few months.

Watch it yourself:

Tags: General election (all tags)

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Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 8)

He really beat the crap out of them (Bush and McCain, especially McCain). And, he even brought up the McCain interview re: Hamas that surfaced yesterday. Good job.

by DPW on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:39:17 PM EST

Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 4)

I see that you mention the Hamas interview in your diary, so I look pretty dumb bringing it up like news. Well, that's what I get for posting before completely reading your diary.

by DPW on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:41:39 PM EST
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I loved this (2.00 / 4)

"If George Bush and John McCain want to have a debate about protecting the United States of America, that is a debate I am happy to have any time, any place, and that is a debate that I will win, because George Bush and John McCain have a lot to answer for."

How long have we needed a Dem to stand up and say that in a way where people will actually listen?

by Rorgg on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:56:13 PM EST
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Re: I loved this (2.00 / 5)

That was so cathartic for me. I literally screamed with joy.

FINALLY!

by Pat Flatley on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:01:25 PM EST
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Re: I loved this (2.00 / 4)

Yes,Yes, YES We have a great candidate.

by Politicalslave on Fri May 16, 2008 at 04:22:08 PM EST
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w00t !!!! (2.00 / 3)

You won't believe it - the MSM is going WILD!

They're like raising the roof - it's like the scene in "Mr. Roberts" when the sailors go on liberty.

MSNBC anchors Contessa Brewer and Julie Mason were waving the arms in triumph and openly MOCKING at McSame.

► check out the look on Romeny's face - best look EVAH!

► CNN just ran a photo of McSame and he looks like a STUNNED carp!

"McSame: He's Constipated and Ready to GO!

by Al Rodgers on Fri May 16, 2008 at 04:50:08 PM EST
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Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (none / 0)

I feel compelled to recommend any diary that contains the word "moreover."
Good job, Z!

by ReillyDiefenbach on Fri May 16, 2008 at 09:36:43 PM EST
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Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 5)

It is fun. Obama was holding back because of respect for Hillary but ole man gramps has it coming big time.

I'ts going to be a really fun summer.

Obama/Clark will CRUSH John McCain

by spacemanspiff on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:39:34 PM EST

Oh, LOL. (1.66 / 9)

by CoyoteCreek on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:41:23 PM EST
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Re: Oh, LOL. (none / 0)

Uprated because although "oh, lol" adds nothing to the discussion I don't agree it deserves an HR.

by Mobar on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:47:21 PM EST
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Re: Oh, LOL. (2.00 / 0)

Did I stutter? It's going to be a blast! You can either sit this one out and cry yourself to sleep or tag along and enjoy the ride.

Obama/Clark will CRUSH John McCain

by spacemanspiff on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:51:31 PM EST
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Re: Oh, LOL. (2.00 / 2)

I can't imagine being on the sidelines fuming this election season! This is gonna be a glorious ride...to sit out is the equivalent of refusing to eat chocolate cake because you didn't like the vegetables served beforehand.

John McCain hates terrorists, except the ones that hate women. Those are just swell.

by terra on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:07:29 PM EST
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Food metaphors deserve mojo (none / 0)

That one was delicious. :)

by protothad on Fri May 16, 2008 at 10:06:25 PM EST
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Re: Oh, LOL. (2.00 / 0)

What's funny?

John McCain on social security.

by heresjohnny on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:06:15 PM EST
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This is hysterical! (none / 0)

"Obama was holding back because of respect for Hillary..."

by CoyoteCreek on Fri May 16, 2008 at 08:22:48 PM EST
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Wow - he wants to debate McCain, but not (1.33 / 15)

HRC. So Hillary scares him?

And now "he's on top of things"...for the first time since the campaign started.

A little late, don't 'ya think?

by CoyoteCreek on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:40:56 PM EST

So bitter, so sad. (2.00 / 4)

She's lost. If you're a Democrat, get over it and start supporting the party's nominee.

should we go outside? / should we break some bread? / are you'nterested?

by Firewall on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:41:56 PM EST
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Re: So bitter, so sad. (1.00 / 2)

NEVER

Wisdom Is The Reward For Listening Over A Lifetime

by gunner on Fri May 16, 2008 at 02:51:16 PM EST
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Re: So bitter, so sad. (2.00 / 7)

then go be a Republican; we don't need the division that you are bringing to the party.

I love HRC and would have been thrilled to vote for her in the GE but it is not going to happen. So get on board or get out of the way.

I read the body count out of the paper; now it's written all over my face.

by JDF on Fri May 16, 2008 at 03:12:52 PM EST
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Here's some more insight (2.00 / 1)

Then go here:

www.freerepublic.com

Or how about here:

www.redstate.org

This is another nice one for those who won't support Obama:

www.littlegreenfootballs.com

And this blogger is really perceptive about Obama:

www.michellemalkin.com

And for some high-minded analysis, try:

www.hughhewitt.com

And then there's the godfather of anti-Obamaism:

www.rushlimbaugh.com

Go and check them out! You can get all the ammunition you need in your rejection of Barack Obama.

by elrod on Fri May 16, 2008 at 08:45:15 PM EST
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Re: Wow - he wants to debate McCain, but not (2.00 / 10)

What would be the point of Obama ripping Hillary? Democrats are on the same team.

We care about politics because we know politics matters for people's lives and opportunities.

by politicsmatters on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:42:35 PM EST
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Oh no we're not! (1.00 / 16)

And you will realize that in November if BO is the Dem nominee.

by CoyoteCreek on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:54:48 PM EST
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Re: Oh no we're not! (none / 0)

We may not be on the same team, but I hope we'll share an adversary when November rolls around.

by jontabb on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:09:40 PM EST
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Re: Oh no we're not! (2.00 / 9)

Then get out of our party; we don't need the divisiveness and we don't need the gigantic attitude problem.

There are plenty of reasons to love HRC and I share many of them with you; however, to think that McCain is the better choice you would have to be an idiot or a republican; so which is it?

I read the body count out of the paper; now it's written all over my face.

by JDF on Fri May 16, 2008 at 03:14:11 PM EST
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Get out if you hate the Democratic Party so much. (none / 0)

But gracefully.

by xdem on Fri May 16, 2008 at 03:59:55 PM EST
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are you going to work for Dems (none / 0)

to win seats in Congress?

Rrrinnggg... Time to change the government.

by Carl Nyberg on Fri May 16, 2008 at 04:26:49 PM EST
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Depends on who they supported in (none / 0)

the primary.

by CoyoteCreek on Fri May 16, 2008 at 06:47:28 PM EST
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Re: Depends on who they supported in (none / 0)

Fair weather Democrats are probably going to get banned from this site pretty soon.

John McCain on social security.

by heresjohnny on Fri May 16, 2008 at 06:49:14 PM EST
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Re: Depends on who they supported in (2.00 / 3)

If a Democrat wasn't a HRC partisan, you won't help them beat Republicans for Congress?

Rrrinnggg... Time to change the government.

by Carl Nyberg on Fri May 16, 2008 at 06:54:27 PM EST
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No, if a downticket Dem was a BO (1.00 / 1)

partisan I won't support them.

They could have just stayed neutral and let the voters have their say.

by CoyoteCreek on Fri May 16, 2008 at 08:46:07 PM EST
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Re: No, if a downticket Dem was a BO (none / 0)

The voters did have their say. That's why they're called "voters".

And you didn't say you'd only support those who were neutral. Are you going to go against all those who endorsed HRC, too? If not, then the "don't give your opinion because others with busy lives might value your expert opinion" argument (which is nonsense to begin with) is just a smokescreen.

by kmj2l on Sat May 17, 2008 at 02:12:37 AM EST
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Re: Oh no we're not! (none / 0)

Subject: Troll

Status: Outed

by elrod on Fri May 16, 2008 at 08:45:54 PM EST
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Re: Wow - he wants to debate McCain, but not (2.00 / 1)

How many times can we go over the slight differences in health care again?

Beat McCain!

by thezzyzx on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:44:07 PM EST
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15,000,000 times - that the number of (2.00 / 1)

Americans that Obama's plan won't cover.

Shame on him.

by CoyoteCreek on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:55:29 PM EST
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Re: 15,000,000 times - that the number of (2.00 / 3)

0 - the number of americans McCain will cover.

by AlyoshaPo on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:04:00 PM EST
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Re: 15,000,000 times - that the number of (2.00 / 5)

ZERO is the number of Americans that Hillary got covered when she blew the best chance for extending Healthcare to more Americans in decades during the Clinton administration. Just because it's a campaign promise doesn't mean it will become a reality.

Considering how she ran her campaign she has not become anymore competent at handling major national initiatives then she was when she screwed up the Clinton Health care initiative.

by hankg on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:16:16 PM EST
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Ever hear of JIM COOPER? (none / 0)

He's BO's CHIEF ADVISER on health care and a person who brags that he SINGLEHANDEDLY killed the Clinton plans in the '90's.

Now, let's talk agian about who will do the most for health care for this nation....Clinton - again - or Barack "Jim Cooper" Obama?

And you wonder why we think he lies. You are judged by the company you keep!

by CoyoteCreek on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:54:52 PM EST
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Re: Ever hear of JIM COOPER? (2.00 / 3)

Yes I have heard of Jim Cooper and Hillary lost not only Jim Cooper who had a plan that Hillary arrogantly tossed without consideration but a good part of the Democratic congress. Doesn't say much for Hillary's leadership skills.

by hankg on Fri May 16, 2008 at 02:31:27 PM EST
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The same question, Ever hear of JIM COOPER? (2.00 / 4)

Oh yeah, he was the one who went to the whitehouse to discuss his healthcare initiative with Hillary, after she tried to bypass it with her own.

Why would she do that? Either because his healthcare initiative would not offer complete universal healthcare until 1998, or because those with large egos wanted the credit for authoring such an important bill.

Either way, he warned her that she wouldn't be able to obtain the support for her bill in congress but his bill might be able to pass. It had already garnered a lot of bi-partisan support, having achieved 58 co-sponsors in the house (26 republican 32 democrats)

According to Cooper, at this point she proceeded to tell him that she and her husband would pass their healthcare reform and if he pressed his bill they would crush him politically. They tried, setting up a war room to oppose Cooper's '94 senate bid. He lost, perhaps largely on his own, but not entirely without the influence of the Clintons.

I find it really odd that you would #1 bring it up #2 try to find a way to make her the victim in the situation.

by Tenafly Viper on Fri May 16, 2008 at 04:41:25 PM EST
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And he's not a chief adviser,he's a top surrogate. (none / 0)

by Tenafly Viper on Fri May 16, 2008 at 04:48:46 PM EST
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Re: Wow - he wants to debate McCain, but not (2.00 / 6)

Maybe you missed it... Obama and Hillary debated 20 times.

Also, I'd say his delegate lead, his fundraising lead, and his strategy lead show he was on top of things all along.

by mattw on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:44:23 PM EST
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Re: Wow - he wants to debate McCain, but not (2.00 / 0)

Whatever works! He beat her fair and sqaure with less agressive tactics. Just goes to show you.

Obama/Clark will CRUSH John McCain

by spacemanspiff on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:53:26 PM EST
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How can you diss Obama's campaigning? (2.00 / 3)

Are you saying Obama hasn't been "on top of things" during the Dem primary?

What's it say about HRC that she got beat by a first-term U.S. Senator who wasn't "on top of things" during the primary?

I see no credible way for HRC supporters to attack Obama on his campaigning acumen without implicitly slamming HRC more.

Rrrinnggg... Time to change the government.

by Carl Nyberg on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:01:44 PM EST
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Clinton should have never hired Penn (none / 0)

Well, I'm an Obama supporter, but I honestly think Clinton might have pulled this thing off if she had not put her faith in the idiot Mark Penn. She is a hell of a campaigner, but she never really hit her stride until the last few primaries when it was too late. Penn tried to run their campaign like it was a general election bid... got completely blindsided by the Obama team and their better grasp of the primary system.

by protothad on Fri May 16, 2008 at 10:39:19 PM EST
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Re: Wow - he wants to debate McCain, but not (none / 0)

A little late? Only if he wasn't the presumptive nominee...

John McCain on social security.

by heresjohnny on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:06:42 PM EST
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I know, what a shame... (2.00 / 3)

we've never seen an Obama/Hillary debate.

by Tenafly Viper on Fri May 16, 2008 at 04:10:58 PM EST
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Yup, the GE is on. (2.00 / 3)

Cannot wait until he can devote all his resources to tackling Ol' Man McCain.

should we go outside? / should we break some bread? / are you'nterested?

by Firewall on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:41:07 PM EST

Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 4)

Anyone who thinks that Obama is going to be some naive lamb, that's going to get slaughtered by the Repug 'slice, dice and smear' machine, will have another thing coming in this general election.

Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie

by toyomama on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:45:13 PM EST

Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 2)

That was awesome.

He just pounded the ** out of them!

Yes!

by Pat Flatley on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:46:51 PM EST

Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 6)

Bush-McCain
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Bush-McCain

by Pat Flatley on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:50:41 PM EST

Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 1)

THAT IS THE BEST F*CKING NEWS I HEARD ALL DAY

ITS PAYBACK TIME BITCHES

BUSH MCCain got something coming to them

John McCain's pick-up line is, 'Did you know that 150 is the new 130?'"

by wellinformed on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:59:50 PM EST

Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 3)

I was watching and thinking "Hit him hard!"

And he did hit him pretty hard. He pointed to McCain's hypocrisy, agreement for his position from Bush's own cabinet, Bush's FAILURE as a foreign policy leader, and the utter lack of respect that making such comments in front of a foreign parliament carries with it.

This reminds me of The Dixie Chicks being trashed for insulting Bush in front of a UK audience, yet I'm sure none of those who felt that was wrong give a shit about Bush doing the same thing in front of the Israeli Knesset. Oh well. It's not like we didn't know that they're hypocrites.

Donate to Obama, Today!

by freedom78 on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:10:45 PM EST

Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 6)

Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sOlaso_7 Z8

by haystax calhoun on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:20:00 PM EST

Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 2)

Thanks! I just updated.

Beat McCain!

by thezzyzx on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:24:58 PM EST
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Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 1)

Excellent! Let's try to get this rec'd up. Here's another great quote in a speech full of them. Obama is taking these guys head on:

"They're trying to fool you. They're trying to scare you. And they're not telling the truth...and the reason is that they cant win a foreign policy debate on the merits. But it's not going to work. It's not going to work this time and it's not going to work this year."

There'll be no more Democratic cowering in the face of Republican scare tactics and threats of terrorism. We got these guys by the balls now, and it's game time!

by haystax calhoun on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:36:56 PM EST
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Boy he learns fast (2.00 / 2)

After the big enthusiastic hope speeches, and then fine detail policy wonkery, he's pivoted again and combined disdain and devastating logical attacks on Bush McCain.

Great stuff. I always thought foreign policy was one of his STRONG POINTS. And now he can take the gloves off, it's showing

Pointing to the inadequacies of John McCain

by duende on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:53:06 PM EST

Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain Updated with vid (none / 0)

Would rec if I could!

"I'm all for the delegate battle, and now that Obama's campaign is too, I'm all giddy. It's going to be the supers as kingmaker." J.Armstrong 01/19/08

by obscurant on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:57:20 PM EST

I cannot tell you how much I LOVE (2.00 / 5)

LOVE, seeing headlines like this:

Obama blasts Bush, McCain over attacks

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/16/o bama.bush.mccain/index.html

It's usually the Repubs "blasting" Dems... It's sooo refreshing to have a candidate who can hit back this hard.

I'm fired up, baby!

by Tatan on Fri May 16, 2008 at 02:02:14 PM EST

Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 3)

Um, why the heck isn't this on the Rec list?

Awesome stuff. Saw it live. The townhall meeting was nice as well.

By the way, for those who can't rate/rec, try resetting your password. That's helped in the past for me.

by RussTC3 on Fri May 16, 2008 at 02:02:18 PM EST

Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (2.00 / 2)

It is now! First time for me. W00T!

Beat McCain!

by thezzyzx on Fri May 16, 2008 at 02:45:35 PM EST
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Re: Obama just RIPPED into McCain (none / 0)

You and Al Rogers are just the best, especially with your high impact visual/video style. Perhaps there's some life left in this old site after all

by britback on Fri May 16, 2008 at 05:47:19 PM EST
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Sort of off-topic... (2.00 / 3)

...but has anyone else noticed, that during his speeches, McCain is literally thrown into a stupor when he gets applause?

I don't think he believes the shit that comes out of his mouth, and is shocked when 3 people agree with him.

John McCain smells like mothballs.

by asherrem on Fri May 16, 2008 at 03:39:41 PM EST

Told you he'd be a bad-ass in a knife fight... (2.00 / 3)

It's never the folks who are always talking about how tough they are who are really scary.

It's the ones who rarely do.

I still want video someday of Obama across the table from I'madinnerjacket in Iran laying things out for him:

"Look. It's like this. If you flinch in the direction of Israel or us I'll stuff your still beating heart down your throat.

"Now, let's see where we can find some common ground."

Yeah yeah, I know it's all much more complicated than all that, but you know what I mean...

-chris

"A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are for. Sail out to sea and do new things." Admiral Grace Hopper, computer pioneer

by chrisblask on Fri May 16, 2008 at 03:59:00 PM EST

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