compliment count?
I have a brief suggestion for the Obama folks.
The McCain campaign has now made clear that ANYTHING Obama says will be met with, "John McCain was a POW." Implicit in this is the accusation that Obama is disregarding or denigrating McCain's service, which is something I suspect they will start arguing explicitly very soon.
I would like to see Obama say, "I have publicly commended McCain's service 316 times in the last three months." I am sure there is either videotape or audiotape of every public appearance Obama has made since he launched this campaign, and the exact figure would not be hard to find.
If nothing else, it would help make clear how absurd this has all become.
The McCain campaign has now made clear that ANYTHING Obama says will be met with, "John McCain was a POW." Implicit in this is the accusation that Obama is disregarding or denigrating McCain's service, which is something I suspect they will start arguing explicitly very soon.
I would like to see Obama say, "I have publicly commended McCain's service 316 times in the last three months." I am sure there is either videotape or audiotape of every public appearance Obama has made since he launched this campaign, and the exact figure would not be hard to find.
If nothing else, it would help make clear how absurd this has all become.
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Yikes! I LIKE this idea. Let it get to 350.
August 21, 2008 3:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Too defensive. Everyone knows he does that. Shouldn't dignify those comments, and no one would really get a negative connotation about Obama from statements like that.
I think McCain has used the POW thing one time too many. Any McCain supporter who would actually believe that the Straight Talk Express passenger doesn't know how many houses he has because he was a POW is going to vote for him no matter what?
What McCain should do is just tell the truth -- "You know, I let Cindy make all the financial and purchase decisions in my family. You see, my friends, It's Her Money!"
August 21, 2008 4:12 PM | Reply | Permalink