Democrats: Game on in St. Paul
Hurricane Gustav no longer a threat and Republicans freely attacking Barack Obama at their convention, Democrats are taking off the gloves as well.
They had put their war room in St. Paul on hold and had cancelled a call with reporters, but today they're firing back at Tuesday night's speeches that focused on John McCain's biography and maverick reputation.
"Last night, President Bush enthusiastically passed the torch to the man who he wants to carry on his legacy for the next four years -- his disastrous economic policies, his foreign policy that hasn’t made us safer, and his misguided war in Iraq that’s costing us $10 billion a month," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement. "The man George Bush needs may be John McCain, but the change America needs is Barack Obama. And despite the speeches from McCain’s allies, there’s nothing independent about voting with George Bush 90 percent of the time. All John McCain is offering is more of the same.
"What's most telling from their convention so far is what they've left out. Last night we heard no mention of the economy, no mention of how John McCain would jumpstart the economy, no mention of how he would fix the housing crisis or create energy independence. McCain's campaign manager said yesterday this campaign would not be about the issues, and last night's speeches showed he was right: the Republicans intend to offer no real change, just more of the same. American families who are struggling deserve better."
Added the Democratic National Committee in its daily memo: "John McCain and his advisors don't get it. American families can't afford four more years of the same failed policies and flawed politics.
"But, McCain's selection of Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate shows that more of the same is exactly what John McCain is offering. He made a hasty, politically motivated decision to pick someone who would mollify the right wing of his party and who shares his view that the economic policies of George W. Bush are working and should continue.
"McCain's selection of Governor Palin tells us a lot about his judgment. She doesn't have the record of reform that McCain says she does, she supported the infamous Bridge to Nowhere she now claims to oppose, she cozied up to scandal-plagued Senator Ted Stevens, and hired a lobbying firm to secure millions in earmarks from Washington--a practice that John McCain criticizes on the campaign trail. And on top of that, she's under investigation in Alaska."
Here's what Obama believes in about abortion. Google "Obama and children as punishment". This is exactly what he said at a Johnstown, PA town hall meeting on March 29, 2008:
"I've got two daughters, 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."
YES, he said PUNISHED. Obama believes that unplanned for children are PUNISHMENT. He will have the state murder your unplanned for child because they are "punishment".
This MAN is the most dangerous politician we have ever witnessed in the U.S. If he were a foreign leader he would be put on our Most Evil Leaders list. He loves to insult single moms, those who "cling to their religion and guns", and anyone who is different than he is (including Whitey - go read his book).
Just more sexist liberal garbage from the dems. They have fully adopted the attitudes of the Kennedy's and hip-hoppers and their degrading view of women.
What is truly sad is the amount of women who allow this sexist behavior in the democratic party.
YAWN! How many times did they say "more of the same"? I'm too bored to count. That line is getting old fast and frankly, I'm sick of hearing it. I'm an independent and usually side more on the left, but Obama and his cronies are nothing but annoying to me. I think it's funny that they bring up the fact that at the RNC, things like the economy, housing crisis, etc won't be talked about, when that was not talked about in detail at the DNC either, hypocrits....
Sounds like the usual intectually bankrupt leftist communist democratic response to me
Yeah! EARN those McCain Points, commenters! Because HE cares about YOUR trolling!
Obama's camp is right. We cannot trust the country to a man who makes spur of the moment judgements
Can't win on the issues - same old, same old. YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To think that in any other year (a year that Hilary Clintion didn't run for President) the Republicans would choose a someone with the level of experience Palin has as their VP candidate is insane. This nomination is a pathetic attempt to win over miffed Hilary supporters. She is their choice because she's a woman, not becuase she's qualified. I'm not saying that a woman couldn't or should be VP or President. I'm just saying there are a lot more out there who are a lot more qualified than Sarah Palin. All I've heard from the McCain camp is how inexperience Obama is....then they choose Palin as their VP candidate. Hypocrite is spelled McCain!!! This is just a stunt...one that for our sakes I hope doesn't work.
What the Repuplican party is representing today is dangerous and disturbing (particularly with their choice for VP). I will do anything that I can to stop them from getting to the White House.
RNC: Worst. Convention. Ever.
President Bush....Laura Bush....Fred Thompson....Joe Lieberman....What, were all the good speakers down in the Gulf Coast?
People actually wanted to tune in and see the DNC -- over 40 million watched Obama on Thursday night alone. This joke? No way.....
If your household income is less than $250K/year and you are continuing to support Bush/Cheney/McCain, you are a puppet to the same Republican smear advedrtising machine that duped everyone in the last two elections. Nothing is going to change your mind, so don't even try to make it about Obama.
The words that come to mind are "ruthless" and "payback". Whether finding a place in Richie Daley's machine in Chicago or installing his wife in a hospital job that cost taxpayers millions in diverted patients, Obama has shown that he is smart and driven. Personally, I don't think that is enough. If America gets a chance to actually cut through the "Chronicles of Sarah" BS the panicked media has thrown up, we will get a chance to see how each PRESIDENTIAL candidate historically acted under stress. The man who is found least objectionable wins. Reality check: when Obama became a state legislator 8 years ago, Jim Marzilli had already served in the same job for 10 years, with more accomplishments. Other than running for President, Obama has NO experience. (Check how many of his proposals never made it out of committee in a Democratically-controlled Congress).We have seen the intellectual honesty of his supporters in the last 48 hours. I fear for my country.
"This MAN is the most dangerous politician we have ever witnessed in the U.S. If he were a foreign leader he would be put on our Most Evil Leaders list."
Plus he has a funny name!
Ok so being pro choice makes him evil. I guess Barry Goldwater would also be a part of his new axis of evil. In addition half the people in this country would be to.
You know what's dangerous: Waging war, spending money like it's water and cutting taxes. Thank goodness McCain will be able to change all that! The past 8 years of democratic have been so awful!!!1!
Very refeshing comments so far from Boston.com vistors. Regardless of party affiliation, Palin is a bold choice. She has an amazing future and America is a better country for her and McCain's service.
Hahahahaha! Yes, the democrats are incredibly sexist! Please.
The GOP and ditto head defenses of McCain's blatant pandering by picking Palin is the most disingenuous line of verbal diarrhea I've ever seen. She's more experienced than Obama and Biden combined? Wake up. Being a po-dunk town sportscaster, the mayor of a tiny town in Alaska, and a one and a half year governor does not qualify one for the vice presidency. I don't care if she was a high school basketball star!
Palin being a woman is not what irks reasonable, thinking people, it's her staggering lack of qualification for the job and her far, far right wing views (married couples should not have access to birth control, look out!). Had McCain n
ot picked a VP who appears to be straight off the the compound in Texas, I would be much less petrified of his candidacy.
McCain thought he could dupe intelligent Hillary supporters by picking just any woman. That was the sexist move, that is what voters should find insulting to their collective intelligence.
Who are you miserable people who think you know what is best for everyone else with regard to every woman's own choice concerning abortion?
What arrogance that you should force your personal faith and beliefs on others who have every right to believe differently. What arrogance that you reserve for yourselves the right to judge those that only God can judge. Is the sin of Pride not a deadly sin?
Keep your lunatic beliefs away from me and my family. The same political base that goes crazy over abortion is the same base that has higher rates of divorce, poverty, abused children and violent criminals. It seems like that flock should mind its own sheep rather than those who are often the ones who lend you aid--the ones from Blue states like MA who pay far more into the programs for the poor and needy than they receive because most of their population really does understand that we have to be responsible for ourselves and our own well being before we seek to brow-beat others with our irrelevant and misguided religious beliefs.
YAY FOR PRO-CHOICE!!
Typical of Republicans to take a comment that made perfect sense and make it seem sinister. When a young child has a baby it may not good for her and its frequently not going to be a good life for the baby. Sometimes it will be fine. The point is it needs to be her and her family's choice. Remember when Republicans stood for less government and less interference? And how come they want hands off on Palin's family issues when they want to mandate what choices every family has to make about teaching their kids about contraception and what to do in the case of a pregnancy. And to be against abortion even in a case of incest and rape! Please, you people are not for values...you are for forcing your will on others.
Obviously, Sara from Saugus is crazy - 'nuff said. Sara (no. 2): there's nothing more sexist than picking a running mate primarily because she is female (the other reason: to appease those kooky konservative khristians) and assuming women will vote for her simply because she is female. JB: unfortunately the so-called "maverick" McCain (who I used to admire) wants to be president so bad he has flip-flopped on the issues (taxes, torture, now cozying up the religious zealots he used to admonish) so much that he doesn't dare talk about them - so he and his party will go back to the "let's scare 'em" tactics - hopefully it won't work this time...
Whether you like the democrats or not, it is true that the Republicans has nothing to offer so far on the issues - no substance. ANd you have to look at the past eight - because simply you can not can not ignore them - the republican were in power those eight years and McCain is a republican, so he should share the success and the blame. If he really is differnent he probably should have done like Joe Liberman - bolt out an dbe independent until your party is in line with what you think - he did not - at least he did not threaten,
a maverick may be but a soft one
and for his VP pick, to me that says a lot about his judgement, unfortunately for him the jury is still out on his pick on Gov. Palin in the eyes of most most independents.
In the end, it is the issues that will matter the most, and until the republicans offer
substance on how to bring change to improve the lives of the mjority of americans, they may be in trouble,
If this pick turns out not to be a wise one, McCain may end up losing this election
McSame and lier Palin will not tell me and the majority of the women population in American what we can and cannot do with out bodies. No way, No how. Only the far right wing are anti-abortion but I guarantee you that most of you have had abortions and affairs. So don't come on this board and pretend that you are all goodie, goodie when you have stuff hidden in your closets. Your party is the most corrupted ever and that is why more of the same would not work, not this time, not never.
President Obama 2008
The DEM is panic afterall, seeing Palin is a real threat. Of course, a young politician who has an over 80% approving rate, reformed a local state, has real achievements in short period of time and happened to be a woman. A true working class mom. A real person with strong american heart. Easier for American to accept than a media created fiction. Of course all the dirty journalists who have to work for whose is paying them to do have to try really hard to attack her. Understandable.
George W. Bush has brought this country to the edge of ruin. Nearly every one of McCain's positions are identical to W's. Including in the areas of taxes and energy, where McCain once held slightly different, more reasonable positions. Basically, he has caved to the Bush/ultra-wealthy/+social conservative wing of the party. Beyond any of her own qualities, Palin represents this pandering to the nutjob Right. Make no mistake, he is a 'maverick' no more.
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