Obama: When workers hear McLame talk about 'Country First', it's fair to ask "which country?"

[jefferson_dem]

:patriot: GObama!

Obama Implies McCain Puts Other Countries First

September 12, 2008 4:05 PM

A pretty scathing charge from Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., this morning as he spoke to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers an assailed Sen. John McCain's position on free trade.

"Just ask the Machinists in Pennsylvania who build Harley-Davidsons," Obama said of McCain's record. "Because John McCain didn’t just oppose the requirement that the government buy American-made motorcycles, he called Buy American provisions 'disgraceful.' Just ask the workers across this country who have seen their jobs outsourced. The very companies that shipped their jobs overseas have been rewarded with billions of dollars in tax breaks that John McCain supports and plans to continue.

"So when American workers hear John McCain talking about putting 'Country First,'" Obama said, "it’s fair to ask – which country?"

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/obama-implies-m.html

[polichick]

1. Great line!!!

[anonymous171]

2. Oh god. 20 bucks says McCain's response includes the words "POW" in it.

[lurky]

3. That's gonna leave a mark!

:headbang:

[brentspeak]

4. That's more like it. And if the Obama campaign were smart

they'd make it into a recurring slogan, keep repeating it.

[nichomachus]

5. But you didn't include the last line, in which they spin it

as Obama questioning McCain's patriotism.

So, yes, expect the POW response.

[jefferson_dem]

7. Right.

Screw Jake Tapper's spin. Let the quote stand on its own.

Barack's right. Asking whether your opponent really wants to protect and promote AMERICAN jobs is not to question his patriotism...however Tapper and McPOW try to spin it.

[nichomachus]

8. What they need to do

is hit them with another one, before the McCain spin team can try to defuse the last one. Keep changing punches. And, they seem to be doing a good job of that.

[alsame]

6. Kick his ass, Barack! eom

[kath]

9. "country first" reminds me of "Deutschland uber Alles".

Gives me the creeps...

[codjh9]

10. RIGHT ON, Obama!!!