Obama on McCain's 'change': 'They must think you're stupid'

[babsbunny]

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_rebukes_Palin_on_earmarks__0906.html

Associated Press
Published: Saturday September 6, 2008


By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Barack Obama made his first direct criticism of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday, saying she pretends to oppose spending earmarks when she actually has embraced them.

Speaking to 800 people at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds in Terre Haute, Ind., the Democratic presidential nominee ridiculed John McCain and his running mate, the Alaska governor, for describing themselves as agents of change at this week's GOP convention.

"Don't be fooled," Obama told the crowd surrounding him in a large barn. "John McCain's party, with the help of John McCain, has been in charge" for nearly eight years.

[Wetzelbill]

1. You want to know why that's an effective way of putting it?

Meaning: "They must think you're stupid." It's effective because Republicans always try to portray Democrats as "elitists who look down their noses at you regular folks." It's a "they think they are smarter than you and nobody likes the smartest guy in the room" sort of attack.

But here, Obama is turning it around and stating the obvious, that the Republicans lie and distort because they truly do think most people are stupid. That's why they never run on issues, only personality. They think people are there to be manipulated by trivialities like "Who would you rather have a beer with?" type of bullshit.

[Life Long Dem]

2. An actual political issue attack on Sarah Palin.

Good Evening America!

[yellowdogintexas]

3. "Did you pay attention to the last two days of your convention" Were you not Watching? Love it

Obama said Republicans are targeting his character, and he criticized McCain for saying he would reduce the partisan rancor in Washington. Pretending to address McCain, he said, "Did you pay attention to the last two days of your convention? Were you not watching?"

"When you start just focusing exclusively on trying to tear the other person down instead of what you are going to do on behalf of the American people to deal with this economy," Obama said, "then that's not serving Democrats, that's not serving Republicans, that's not serving anybody."