McCain Plans Fiercer Strategy Against Obama

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Washington Post

Saturday, October 4, 2008; Page A01

Sen. John McCain and his Republican allies are readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obama's character, believing that to win in November they must shift the conversation back to questions about the Democrat's judgment, honesty and personal associations, several top Republicans said.

With just a month to go until Election Day, McCain's team has decided that its emphasis on the senator's biography as a war hero, experienced lawmaker and straight-talking maverick is insufficient to close a growing gap with Obama. The Arizonan's campaign is also eager to move the conversation away from the economy, an issue that strongly favors Obama and has helped him to a lead in many recent polls.

"We're going to get a little tougher," a senior Republican operative said, indicating that a fresh batch of television ads is coming. "We've got to question this guy's associations. Very soon. There's no question that we have to change the subject here," said the operative, who was not authorized to discuss strategy and spoke on the condition of anonymity. . . .



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100303738.html?hpid=topnews

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Here comes the mud.

Bring it, asshole.

[villager]

1. All right, Obama: time to let your spokes-folk *destroy* McCain

n/t

[last1standing]

2. Smears and lies. It's all they really know.

And it proves that they don't give a solitary Damn about the people of this country or the issues we face. It's all about consolidating power for their own enrichment.

[msongs]

3. mcCain - adultery, keating 5, t&A veep, incompetence, senility, cancer. lots of fun nt

[Shardik]

8. Exactly. People who live in glass houses...

This is not Al Gore or John Kerry. We will respond in kind.

And don't forget Cindy's Drug fiasco.

[Cresent City Kid]

14. That's SEVEN glass houses

I was expecting this dirty stuff a lot earlier. They must have been digging all along waiting for desparation time.

[kitfalbo]

20. Well

Perfect ad

We need that to show up


"People in seven glass houses shouldn't throw stones!" ect

[KamaAina]

35. I thought it was six?

Hmmm... maybe it is seven after all. :shrug:

[prairie populist]

38. and ramblings like "Cindy you ignorant cu*t" - damn I wish that was on tape

[Union Thug]

4. Fine - Obama keep doing what he's doing. 527s take McLame apart.

No holds barred. At least that's what I hope will happen.

[bluestateguy]

5. This from the "hero" who sung like a canary under captivity

and sold out our POW's and MIA's to coddle Vietnam in the mid-90's.

[liberalmuse]

6. I can't get the picture out of my head...

of McCain being dragged out of the room during the next debate. If you're there god, you have one last chance to convert this atheist.

[Faygo Kid]

7. Tough to get this picture out of my head, too.

[Royal Oak Rog]

16. Is that picture real?

Oh never mind, of course it is.

[babydollhead]

27. I am always saying stuff like that!

But I do it in sing-song "Thanks Spirit"... or a sarcastic,lisp, "Come on, Jesus...if you want me to believe, why don't you prove it by helping me open this stuck door?" and if it does so open, I say, "just kidding". My Higher Power would need to be able to get me. I'm just having a good time.

[Sukie]

9. I am hoping that Obama's camp

has been holding onto some really dirty, gritty stuff to clobber old McCain with in the last round.

[Triana]

10. Typical Repig - can't win on the ISSUES, so they lie and smear. n/t

[scarface2004]

11. mkane to call obama a nigger from now on!

jammakane in a pathetic attempt to win the white house for god only knows why will start referring to obama as 'that nigger' or 'jungle bunny' or 'coon' or 'boy' or 'lawn jockey' from here on in order to excite the racists which comprise the hard core base of his support. he is annoyed that biden isn t jewish because he would like to slur him too with 'kike' or 'dirty jew' but can t!!!!!

[Indenturedebtor]

15. They've already been using those tactics. I think they're going to go for the Muslin Terrist angle

now :eyes:

It's not going to work. People are actually paying attention to the issues for once. The country is too jacked up for their mud to be very effective.

[creeksneakers2]

28. They are already trying

They darken Obama's face in commercials. They also put black people in along with frightening messages. The Republicans are going to keep making the racism in their ads less and less subtle hoping the conversation will shift to race.

Its going to be either that or terror alerts again. Or both.

[truthisfreedom]

12. Fuck you, McCain. All that's going to happen is you're going to look like a grumpier, meaner piece

of shit and Obama's going to raise money at a much faster pace. You're playing into Obama's plan, you sucker.

[clixtox]

13. Bombs Away!

And then McLamebrain gets shot down and crashes once again!

[PATRICK]

17. Biden is now established

to take the fight to McCain while Obama harvests the high road votes mainly(but fights at his own choosing). The big disaster for the GOP that is the Obama/Biden ticket is now pretty much free to buzz-saw the McLame ticket into sawdust.

[Tutonic]

18. He knows how to get a crowd--force deliquent teens to attend for

extra credit, pay their parents in gas vouchers, serve the homeless beef jerky and use large reflective glass mirrors.

[Barb in Atl]

19. This will be an Epic Fail

Obama's support has been a slow, steady thing. He's got the people that he persuaded in the primary, the Democrats that moved over to him after the primary, the Republicans that were disgusted by Bush and didn't believe McCain would be any better or different and the Republicans that balked when McCain showed a miserable lack of judgement by picking Palin. And we can't forget the whole suspend / unsuspend the campaign for the bail out bill that failed, and the other one that passed with pork that he so opposes and now says Bush should veto. Huh?

Anything that McCain throws at Obama now is old hat. From what I understand (and I didn't watch it, only a couple minutes on YouTube and I was through), even Bill the moron O'Reilly has softened toward Obama - and this after he threw Ayers and Rev. Wright at him during the interview.

In the meantime, folks are REALLY concerned about the economy. This isn't hitting just Michigan and Ohio or Pennsylvania. This mess is EVERYWHERE - any attempts to take the focus off real issues that effect us all is not going to be greeted favorably.

I think Obama will actually humiliate McCain in the landslide. The Maverick will be lucky if he gets to keep Arizona.

(sigh) Gotta make it happen, so I guess I'll be out this weekend for the last few days of GA voter registration. I'm tired. I can't wait for November 5th. I am sooooooooooooo gonna sleep.

[jazzjunkysue]

37. Thanks for your hard work. There's no point in me going door to door in blue

Ct or NY. Glad you're fighting it out in the south!

[boilinmad]

21. What?...

..."Our lying is going to be even more out of control?" Give it up grumpy gramps, you're toast.

[AndyTiedye]

22. They're Going to Crank Up the SLIME

[raysr]

23. Keating 5

replay Rove attacks of 2000, 300+ hours of propaganda tapes for NVA. Prognosis for stage 4 melanoma. Couldn't fly a plane. Special treatment from NVA. First wife. Age, age, and then there's age.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/21/205333/246
http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182008pt1

[lligrd]

32. Obama Must Be Keeping The Keating 5 In Reserve

for just such an attack. There is the only reason I can see for not having brought it up. Most people don't even know who the Keating 5 are or what they did and it completely nullifies McCain's straight talking, maverick lie.

And let's not forget how McCain sold out to the nutty Christian Right or Palin's nutwing religious preacher.

[Chichiri]

24. Can we get one more rec for this to put it on Greatest?

I think people need to be prepared for this.

[bronxiteforever]

25. Done it-I agree the hate is all that is remains for the right.

[blitzburgh55]

26. They should counter with a 527

about Palin's affair. Use Edwards National Enquirer story, show Palin's and use clips from the media that were lambasting Edwards.

[LibGranny]

29. We can counter by writing LTTEs

[lenegal]

30. Here come the Rovian/Atwater slime tactics

This is NOT 1988, asswipe Pukes.

They are nothing but hateful. Ain't gonna work.

[goforit]

31. Yep, and in Saturday's NY Times article Obama is linked to a 1969 bomber.

NY times is so pro-NEOCON and anti Obama it is nauseating.

[hvn_nbr_2]

33. Mr. Cool Calm & Collected has heard a lot worse on basketball courts.

The skinny mixed-race kid with the funny name learned long ago how to deal with idiot verbal attacks. I think we can count on Obama.

[antiblazer]

34. KEATING 5!!! KEATING 5!!!!

Time to fight fire with fire. If McCain is going to perpetuate dishonest attacks against Obama, then Obama should at least tell the TRUTH about Keating 5!!! Obama never was reprimanded by the ethics committee while McCain WAS REPRIMANDED by the ethics committee while IN OFFICE!!!

[jazzjunkysue]

36. "is insufficient to close a growing gap with Obama."

"the senator's biography as a war hero, experienced lawmaker and straight-talking maverick is insufficient to close a growing gap with Obama."

Did his handler's IQ just jump 10 points?

Some people take a while to catch on, but, given enough time....Not that John has alot of it...

[susanbanks44]

39. McCain plans fiercer strategy against Obama

Source: Washington Post/NBC

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain and his Republican allies are readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obama's character, believing that to win in November they must shift the conversation back to questions about the Democrat's judgment, honesty and personal associations, several top Republicans said.

With just a month to go until Election Day, McCain's team has decided that its emphasis on the senator's biography as a war hero, experienced lawmaker and straight-talking maverick is insufficient to close a growing gap with Obama. The Arizonan's campaign is also eager to move the conversation away from the economy, an issue that strongly favors Obama and has helped him to a lead in many recent polls.

"We're going to get a little tougher," a senior Republican operative said, indicating that a fresh batch of television ads is coming. "We've got to question this guy's associations. Very soon. There's no question that we have to change the subject here," said the operative, who was not authorized to discuss strategy and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Being so aggressive has risks for McCain if it angers swing voters, who often say they are looking for candidates who offer a positive message about what they will do. That could be especially true this year, when frustration with Washington politics is acute and a desire for specifics on how to fix the economy and fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is strong.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27018572/

[TheCowsCameHome]

40. Uh, oh. Gramps is gonna start calling us trollops.

I'm hiding under the bed until Nov. 4th

:rofl:

[kevinmc]

41. McCain can't win on issues this is his last gasp before defeat .....

all this crapola has been throught the mill during the primaries he will not get any traction on it except his base will love it .... and there aren't enough of them to win.

[Overseas]

42. They are dignifying immature smearing by calling it "FIERCER STRATEGY"

But they've been doing grotesque and false smearing for months already.

What is new and fierce about that? It is cowardly and stupid and old hat by now.

[liberal N proud]

43. I think this time the American people want to discuss issues

So McCain is going to rely on lies for the next month

[trotsky]

44. Brace yourselves, folks.

This is going to be the ugliest, nastiest, most racist, most vicious campaign we've ever seen. Gore "inventing the Internet" was child's play. Kerry being attacked by Swiftboaters was horsing around. This is going to be horrible. I hope it sickens the American people more than it scares them.

[Hekate]

45. Gittin' down in the mud and the blood and the beer, huh McNasty?

McCain has become that which wounded him, hasn't he? It would be more pitiable if it weren't so dangerous to us all.

Hekate

[obiwan]

46. Like the revival preacher said...

" I can cure the sick but I can't raise the dead."

[offog]

47. Uh huh.

So the Repugs are going after Obama's "character ... judgment, honesty and personal associations" They have got to be kidding. This coming from a team that supports a flip-flopping, hot-tempered guy with close ties to the Keating 5. :rofl:

I hope the Obama team gives as good as it gets.

[DallasNE]

48. So McCain Is Going Back To Smears About Judgement

That dog won't hunt. Not with the undecided voters.

What is it they say about somebody that tries the same thing and expects different results?

The last time McCain tried this was before his own judgement was on display for picking a VP candidate so thin on experience. Someone as incurious as George W. Bush himself. As I said, that dog won't hunt.

[antiblazer]

49. KEATING 5!! KEATING 5!!!

Time to fight fire with fire. If McCain is going to perpetuate dishonest attacks against Obama, then Obama should at least tell the TRUTH about Keating 5!!! Obama never was reprimanded by the ethics committee while McCain WAS REPRIMANDED by the ethics committee while IN OFFICE!!!

[tanyev]

50. Questions about OBAMA'S judgment?????

SarahPalinSarahPalinSarahPalinSarahPalinSarahPalinSarahPalinSarahPalinSarahPalinSarahPalinSarahPalin

suspendcampaignstuntsuspendcampaignstuntsuspendcampaignstuntsuspendcampaignstuntsuspendcampaignstunt


Yeah, OK, John, you go right ahead.

[silverojo]

51. Paging KKKarl Rove! n/t

[Bensthename]

52. ""Obama to preempt McCain assault ""

Bigack posted this above. In case some one did not see it. Great strategy by Obama.

Obama to preempt McCain assault

Advertisements Source: Politico

Branding his opponent as “erratic in a crisis,” Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is preempting plans by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to portray him as having sinister connections to controversial Chicagoans.

Obama officials call it political jujitsu – turning the attacks back on the attacker.

McCain officials had said early in the weekend that they plan to begin advertising after Tuesday’s debate that will tie Obama to convicted money launderer Tony Rezko and former Weathermen radical William Ayers.

But Obama isn’t waiting to respond. His campaign is going up Monday on national cable stations with a scathing ad saying: “Three quarters of a million jobs lost this year. Our financial system in turmoil. And John McCain? Erratic in a crisis. Out of touch on the economy. No wonder his campaign wants to change the subject.

“Turn the page on the financial crisis by launching dishonorable, dishonest ‘assaults’ against Barack Obama. Struggling families can't turn the page on this economy, and we can't afford another president who is this out of touch.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14283.html

[workinclasszero]

53. Hit the slimeballs HARD! Republicans = destroyed economy!

Continuously slam McBush and Caribou Barbie with the fact that eight long years of republican control have just about wiped out the middle class in this country!

This is a sure winning strategy for Obama!

Thats why McBush/Failin are so desperately trying to change the subject with outrageous lies about Obama.

Hit them with the economy 24/7 and we'll all be together when President Obama takes the oath in January!:toast:

GOBAMA!!