John McCain Watch: Obama – Not Being Honest With the American People
Posted by: Flap in Barack Obama, John McCain, William Ayers
John McCain today in Wisconsin remarks continues to attack Barack Obama on his honesty.
This is the agenda I have set before my fellow citizens. And the same standards of clarity and candor must now be applied to my opponent. We have all heard what he has said, but it is less clear what he has done or what he will do.
Rather than answer his critics, Senator Obama will try to distract you from noticing that he never answers the serious and legitimate questions he has been asked. He has even questioned my truthfulness. And let me reply in the plainest terms I know. I don’t need lessons about telling the truth to American people. And were I ever to need any improvement in that regard, I probably wouldn’t seek advice from a Chicago politician.
The Script for “Ambition:”
ANNCR: Obama’s blind ambition.
When convenient, he worked with terrorist Bill Ayers.
When discovered, he lied.
Obama. Blind ambition. Bad judgment.
Congressional liberals fought for risky sub-prime loans.
Congressional liberals fought against more regulation.
Then, the housing market collapsed costing you billions.
In crisis, we need leadership, not bad judgment.
JOHN MCCAIN: I’m John McCain and I approve this message.
Team McCain is sticking to the attacks of Obama and pounding the Ayers theme while beginning to pressure Obama on the economic front, particularly the details of Obama’s economic recovery plan. The American people will have to decide within a few weeks whether they can trust Obama.
Ultimately, the trust issue will decide the Presidential race.
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October 10th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Note that only four seconds of the ad were about Ayers, while ten seconds were about the Fannie Mae debacle.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Yes and the just released Fox News polls shows that the Ayers approach is not very effective. And, now Obama is ridiculing McCain on the stump.
McCain must address the economy and offer some positive policy recommendations – same with Palin.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Note than when the American Issues Project ran an ad linking Obama to Ayers, the Obama campaign demanded that the Justice Department prosecute one Howard Simmons, whom they claim was a donor.
That is a much bigger issue than Obama’s connection to Ayers.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:12 am
If Obama wins there will be alot more prosecutions, believe me.
The left is not very sympathetic to criticism.
I have run the AIP ad here: http://flapsblog.com/2008/08/26/barack-obama-and-william-ayers-%e2%80%9cthey%e2%80%99re-friends-so-what%e2%80%9d-the-aip-video/
October 10th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
October 11th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
and the counterpunch will look something like this.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=o8eLDS-dG3Y&feature=related
thank god one of the canditates is sticking to the issues and not the gutter.
October 13th, 2008 at 9:10 am
And what are the issues?