Obama Hits McCain’s New Ad Claiming Palin ‘Stopped the Bridge to Nowhere’

Love the ad!
It’s a great piece of political judo wherein you take the mantra, the message, the strength of your opponent and claim it as your own.
Barack Obama has been on the campaign trail now for two years calling himself the agent of change, saying that he’s the person who can really effect serious reform in Washington.
Now you’ve got John McCain and Sarah Palin saying that they are the candidates of change, pointing to their experience and their resume — their actual work in government — as evidence of their ability to effect the change that Barack Obama says he hopes to bring.
Obama spends tens of millions of dollars trying to say he can bring change, while McCain-Palin have actually brought change and will take on Washington and get things done for America!
These great to-the-point ads that leave Obama sputtering:
Obama= $1 billion in ear marks
McCain = ZERO in ear marks
Obama, the ride is over!
McCain-Palin ’08
Hillary ’12

Let’s the debunking begin. There is also the huge financial problem that Wasilla is having with the hockey rink she bought as a mayor.
In any case, what worries me the most is that McCain already confessed that he doesn’t understand the economy. Now it seems that his running mate–the QUEEN OF SARCASM–doesn’t have much understanding either.

“You remember that?” Obama asked the Flinters. “‘For it before you were against it’? I mean you can’t just make stuff up. You can’t just recreate yourself. You can’t just reinvent yourself. The American people aren’t stupid.”
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hmmmm.
IS OBAMA TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF?????
MCcain and Palin:
COUNTRY BEFORE BROKEN DOWN PARTY!

“However, Sen. Biden and Sen. Obama voted for funding the Bridge, even when given a second chance by Sen. Tom Coburn, who proposed shifting earmark funds to Katrina relief.”

You missed the last point: She Took The Money!
Congress was strong enough to take the earmark off Ted Steven’s bridge, but not strong enough to pull the money.
Sarah Palin took the money!

This just proves that there are more mindless followers than right thinking people. There is the truth supported by facts, then there is what you want to believe. It comes from a history of racism and bigotry. McCain an Palin shovels loads of bullshit on the masses who know in their heart of hearts that it’s all BS but because of personal prejudice, they support more of the same. We all know that Palin is a fraud put out there to give a nice face to Republican Propaganda, we know that the wealthy 2% of this country cannot afford to allow change to come to washington… what the republicans an people like Rove know, is that there are many Americans who are just plain stupid and/or racist and need something to make them feel justified in going against their good conscience and logic. It is appauling and downright disgraceful the way this election is heading, and sad that this country may be damned further down the crap hole when Palin goes to talk to Putin or anyone else… no wonder the Europenas are laughing at us… the republicans just know they can trust the ignorance of the uninformed and the racism of the many who hate real change. Hypocrisy is the order of the day and posterity will look back and remember just how stupid and biggoted this generation is. The media is a biased joke… am very certain whatever questions Palin faces, she would have had them already, just like how McCane had them before hand with that Evangelical guy… as for the pundits on TV, man how I wish i could ask them a few questions… STUPID STUPID STUPID, that’s what we are… heaven help us see the truth and what the republicans represent LIES!!!!!!!!
Finally… to all the republicans that are going to spew Venom… stop and think about this for a second… How many sons and daughters of this great country have died for this lie.. THERE ARE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!! Think for a change please… now read the crap Palin said above and the explanation give… Republicana LIE… God help us all…

Sarah flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop.

McCain’s hypocrisy is seemingly endless. Now he names this airhead pit bull as VP? Sells out to the right wing whack-job evangelicals. He will do anything to get elected, most of all exploiting his POW status.

“This just proves that there are more mindless followers than right thinking people. There is the truth supported by facts, then there is what you want to believe. It comes from a history of racism and bigotry. McCain an Palin shovels loads of bs on the masses who know in their heart of hearts that it’s all BS but because of personal prejudice, they support more of the same. We all know that Palin is a fraud put out ”
Keith Olbermann is that you? Sorry to hear about you losing your anchor job. Hey, but maybe you can get your job at ESPN back.

See Jake’s new post. D’Oh oabamabots. Even Democrats admits Palin killed the bridge. give it up . And if she is wrong -why is Fannie Mae and Freddie MAc costing taxpayers $200 billion? They are private right? We are not buying the media’s spin.

US vet…let’s see how you like Palin when she hits our librarys and removes books she feels are inappropriate. She did it in Alaska…..

Obama and Biden voted for the Bridge! So he can babble all he wants; at least she did something about it.

Now let’s remember the function and job of a Senator. Your the voice to the government for your state. If your state needs something you ask for it. Mcain is PROUD that he has never asked for an “ear mark” does that mean he hasn’t done anything for the state of AZ? And Gov Palin say’s the same thing. I would like to know, what HAVE either one done for AZ or Alaska?

“One of the books Palin wanted banned from the Wasilla Library was “Little Red Riding Hood!” You can’t make this stuff up! When the Librarian stood up to her, Palin tried to have her fired. Too bad Palin was born too late.
I say she should ban the audacity of hope.

She was for it before she was against it. Flip-Flop, diddy-bop

LePeromaine
Sadly, the book banning smear was debunked today.
Keep your head up! Maybe she cannot bake a cake from scratch and we can say she is unpatriotic. Cake or jello molds; our next line of attack!
Yes We Jello Molds.

Obama received C’s in economics and political science while an undergraduate. That make him a medico expert in being an elected official.

LePeromaine:
Yes he changed his mind. After sitting in a racist anti-American church for 20 years Obama’s mentor and spiritual adviser took center stage for 2 days and Obama threw him under the bus with “white” grandmother.
Not the Wright thing!

Wm. J. LePetomaine,
It has nothing to do with “getting caught”. It has to do with making good decisions while in office. She showed good sense, and that’s what voters want.
Obama will not win using this line of attack.

We’re bringing REv. Wright Back! Obama has the same extreme views as his spiritual mentor.
Palin and McCain sure do love America.

Come on people, it is up to the legislators in Washington D.C. to stop the earmarks.
Mayors and Governors have NOTHING to do with the Federal budget. Do you “really think we are that stupid?”

We love pit bulls. Don’t we. can you imagin what kind of a vice president we are going to have. A pit bull and barracuda mix. Great Chaney recommends her. Need anything else to send her to the bridge to nowhere ?

Jake Tapper neglected to include the information that That’s what Frank Rich wrote in the New York Times, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. So, whatever small part Palin played in the cancellation of the bridge project (and it was a very small one, i.e., the very last nail in the coffin, D.B.A. — Dead Before Arrival), she didn’t reject the free hundreds of millions of dollars of our money that went to her state for a project that didn’t get built.

Perhaps Trapper could give the entire story now that Alaska is front and center in the news again, it is a good time to catch up on a favorite story, The Bridge to Nowhere, using the Washington Post US Congress Votes Database.
Though Gov. Palin originally supported the earmark spending on the Ketchikan bridge (“to nowhere), she eventually killed the project, chosing to spend Federal money on other infrasturcture programs.
However, Sen. Biden and Sen. Obama voted for funding the Bridge, even when given a second chance by Sen. Tom Coburn, who proposed shifting earmark funds to Katrina relief.
Sen. McCain did not vote on the Coburn Amendment, though he is on record as opposing the Ketchikan bridge earmark.

Clueless on Iraq
In a 2007 interview with Alaska Business Monthly, she said: “I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq. I heard on the news about the new deployments, and while I support our president, Condoleezza Rice and the administration, I want to know that we have an exit plan in place; I want assurances that we are doing all we can to keep our troops safe. Every life lost is such a tragedy. I am very, very proud of the troops we have in Alaska, those fighting overseas for our freedoms, and the families here who are making so many sacrifice

I would imagine that all or most of these questions that are being bounced back and forth here regarding that infamous bridge will be posed by Charlie Gibson in his upcoming interview.
I would imagine the ratings for this interview with Gibson will be as high as for her speech at the Convention.
Brilliant marketing strategy on behalf of the GOP, I have to hand it to them.
It’s too bad that all of the questions asked on these blogs regarding OBAMA are NEVER asked in any of the millions of interviews he gives to everyone ad nauseum……

Why is the “new” Republican slogan “Change”?
Why are Republicans scrambling for “celebrity” spotlight with Palin?
Why are Republicans hiding Palin from the press?
Why are Republicans forced to commit to lies to attack Obama (and use his middle name as some symbolic evil) about his religion, name, birthright, etc.?
Desperation anyone?

as always, republicans talk a big game and are zero delivering. yap yell bag. like running for a fraternity.
answer this right-wing nuts: we’ve $1 trillion debt on books now. $9 trillion in 10 years if mccain doubles down on w’s tax cuts (borrowed from china with interest). if not, we ‘just’ have a $4 trillion hole with w in 10 years.
so far mccain has identified $18 *billion* in cuts, all from the infamous earmarks. $1 trillion – $18 billion = squat. basic math folks.
republican politics = squat.
get back to reality. enough already.

Talking about Judgement of VP candidates. I took following from Wikipedia about Joe Biden:
1. Joe Biden stated in 2002 that Saddam Hussein was a threat to national security, and that there was no option but to eliminate that threat
2. In October 2002, Biden voted in favor of the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq, justifying the Iraq War.
So, Question for Mr. Obama: Did Mr. Biden invent himself to join him?

Rhetoric and hyperbole. Someone please just give me a concrete reason to vote for Obama. At least the neighbor was honest when she said, because he makes her feel good.
But everywhere else I look, rhetoric and hyperbole. Then I looked up S.2248, Obama’s Global Poverty Act bill, that transfers 0.7% of our GDP directly to the UN…

j munroe: Here’s two concrete reasons to vote for Obama. 1. Bush & Cheney just endorsed Palin. Means – NO CHANGE
2. Obama’s not using Bush’s speechwriters to tell him what to do say but Palin is.
Bottom line, if you like the way things has been for the last 8 years, and if you don’t care that Bush lied about the Iraq which lead to the death of over 4000 servicemembers than McCain/Palin are the ones for you. Enough said.

She was lying about her stance on the Bridge to Nowhere. She knows it and yet repeats it endlessly. Now I just have to figure out if that’s better than not knowing the relationship between the government and FreddieMac and FannieMae.

This misses the point and so does Obama. Palin said at least twice that she told “Congress” no thank you to the bridge to nowhere, suggesting that she said np thank you to the money. That’s false. Alaska received the money from the original bill but removed the earmark. Alaska kept the money so she didn’t say no thank you to Congress. It just isn’t true. She just said no when it came to spending some of Alaska’s money for the bridge. Her remarks are offensive. By the way, on Palin’s watch Alaska did keep more than $20 million earmarked for the Gravina Island (less than 100 inhabitants) road that’s been constructed even though the road serves no purpose since it was suppose to connect to the bridge.

© 2008 WorldNetDaily
Sen. Barack Obama, perhaps giving America a preview of priorities he would pursue if elected president, is rejoicing over the Senate committee passage of a plan that could end up costing taxpayers billions of dollars in an attempt to reduce poverty in other nations.
The bill, called the Global Poverty Act, is the type of legislation, “We can – and must – make … a priority,” said Obama, a co-sponsor. [...]

Colonel, Palin had nothing to do with the $1400 to Alaskans, that comes from oil revenues and has for more years than she has been in politics. Every year from $900 to 1400 is given to individuals from the oil fund, Palin or any other governor has nothing to do with giving that money out.

In my opinion, McCain’s choice of Palin shows him to be incompetent and reckless. McCain had only met with Palin one time before he chose her to be his running mate. His staff had not vetted her. And yet he chose her to be a 72-76 year old heartbeat away from the presidency of the United States of America. McCain’s poor judgement appears to mirror that of Bush’s. McCain and Palin continue to give big oil ownership of America, your wallet, and eventually your mortgage. Not to mention the fact that McCain and conservative republicans have trampled upon the Constitution of the United States vehemently, (not that Americans really care about small details like that – our main concern is being able to afford gas right now.)

First of all i’m all for OBAMA, I hope the image of a woman doesn’t sway the political pull we women have in this election. It’s silly of McCain to think we lack intelligence and would vote for someone solely on their race and gender. It’s really diffucult to believe that these candidates will come through and be able to accomplish everything on their platform, it’s not a one person show. So then what can we base our vote on, personally I base mine on the essence of the human. It’s a difficult thing to do but we just have to use our best judgment of a person’s character. PJ sometimes we need to take our own advice, first of all I am a 30 something year old woman, who is a member of a pentecostal congregation. I’m a solid person with a strong BIBLICAL foundation. Please don’t call people racist and say racist things yourself, it only undermines the very valid points you make. I’m not trying to be self-righteous, but if we can’t live it, then why preach it? TV does not portray pentecostals accurately, at least not a true pentecost biblical speaking. Unfortunately for all of us whatever race, gender or religion you may belong to, their will always be wannabe’s out there who real don’t know or care about what they stand for, and those of us who are true and real get mocked for it.

Before everyone gets to hypo about it. There are tons of bridges to nowhere. San Padre Island has a bridge just for beach resorts, Key West has a very very long bridge to it aqain just for a resort town. I bet you can find a road or two to nowhere as well, do you want me to find them. The good old US of A ignored Alaska from 1865 until Ted Stevens and Don Young starting getting infra structure earmarks. Oh I forget you did need to develop some things for your protection during WWII. Talk about a road to nowhere the ALCAN. And our pipeline goes from shore to shore. Get off it. Sarah did do something for my family she has helped me meet my energy bills non of the other three have done more then talk. She has gotten a pipeline started (the first thing to getting it done is the contract by the way), which means she has actually done something for you all ,too. None of the other three have done more then talk. Jake your confused.

Obama and his media buddies are desperate.
Obama and co. are now reduced to equivocating about a politician that plays politics better than they do. I would laugh it it wasn’t so pathetic.

She changed her opinion after learning the facts, that’s a good thing.
Why is it when Obama changes his mind/opinion on a issue the liberal bias media calls it a flip-flop but when the republicans flip-flop they call it a lie?
Are these Obama Flip-Flops or Lies:
Rev Wright – I can no more disown him than I can the black community. Then a month later he disowned both Rev Wright and his church.
Illegal immigration – First he opposed cracking down on businesses that hire illegal immigrants, now he supports it.
Marijuana – First he supported the decriminalization of marijuana now he opposes it.
Cuba Embargo – First he said it as “to end the embargo with Cuba” now he wants to continue it.
Public Financing – Obama became the first candidate to reject public financing for the general election after earlier promises to accept it.
Gun Control – now favors an individual’s right to own a gun.

WHA!!!! The liberal media!!! I am crying my eyes out at how liberal they are!!!
Hmmm… but what I do wonder is why the liberal media gives John McCain a free pass on everything. What I do wonder about them is why they are intimidated by the McCain campaign, who dictates his and his lying running mates message.
Republicans don’t even know what their own values are. I can say it for them though: Republican value voters destroy our country. You vote for idiots because of your precious “values” and the rest of the country suffers as a result. A hockey mom is more important to you than actual issues. The Republicans play you like a violin and you buy the same stale brand every time. Then what happens? You watch as Republican leaders send your children to war. You watch as your best economic interests go down the toilet. Then what do you do to fix it? You vote for another idiot because they share your “values!” Maybe you should start actually paying attention to the issues and abandon this notion that somehow a politician that consistently lies to you and really has no interest in your well being, actually shares your values.

Where is the bridge????
Oh, Maybe, Obama will tell the trues and show us where it is.