Did you all hear McCain admit he is "out of touch" with regular people at the forum last night?

[Beaverhausen]

Sorry if this was already discussed but to me THIS should lose him the election right now.

Did anyone hear it?

edit- here is what he said:

"Listen, mayors have the toughest job, I think, in America. It's easy for me to go to Washington and, frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have."

[BattyDem]

1. That quote needs to be in an ad.

Hang him with his own words and actions. No muss, no fuss, no lies, no distortions - just use McCain himself in Obama's ads. :evilgrin:

[margotb822]

3. My thought's exactly

[Beaverhausen]

2. here is what he said if you missed it

"Listen, mayors have the toughest job, I think, in America. It's easy for me to go to Washington and, frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have."

[mikelgb]

8. thanks

I'd spin it like this:

Recently John McCain confessed that being a Washington insider keeps him "divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have."

[mikelgb]

4. yeah I started a thread right after he said it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3978234&mesg_id=3978234

I didn't get the direct quote either but I know he said he "was divorced" from reality or from regular issues


I'd sure like a clip

[Beaverhausen]

5. I couldn't believe my ears. I hope the Obama campaign does something with it

[Shakespeare]

6. They pounced on it in their morning memo.

Salon's War Room blog has posted the entire memo.

[anigbrowl]

7. Yeah, and Obama admitted he was an elitist

You are dumb if you think you can win a campaign by seizing on a single remark.

[Beaverhausen]

9. What? I missed that.

care to share?

[anigbrowl]

17. Sure. Here's an example...

from the event yesterday; Obama said 'we yak in the senate. (Mayors et al) get things done , like taking care of garbage collection (etc)'. Sorry - I don't want to go off looking for the exact quote. My point is that RWers could seize on a statement like 'we yak in the senate' as 'proof' of Obama's elitism. It'd be dumb, of course, like any comment taken out of context. But it would be equally dumb for us to try and build McCain's concession about sometimes being out of touch into a central campaign issue.

[Virginia Dare]

12. Loose lips sink ships...n/t

[Shakespeare]

13. "Read my lips: no new taxes"

Oh, yeah. You can definitely win or lose by seizing on a single remark.

[anigbrowl]

18. Ah, but that was a policy statement, not personal confession.

And recall that it was only damning because it could be tied to subsequent actions in office that proved it to be a hollow promise.

[Shakespeare]

20. Doesn't really matter.

It's already a concern that he's out of touch, and to have him say that himself is something we can and should pound him with over and over and over.

[codjh9]

10. Yeah, those lil' people with, like, one house and make < $5 mill a year

[Virginia Dare]

11. They should run that next to his quote about $5 million a year..

defining the rich.

[bushisanidiot]

14. That is exactly why Obama's new ad is so brilliant.

It hits McOld-n-out-of-touch square between the eyes.

He made the mistake of admitting he knows nothing about computers when they are the lifeblood of our economy. This man should not be allowed in the White House.. PERIOD.

Maybe President Obama will pay for some computer classes for the 'old guy as a concilation prize.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

15. “The ship be sinkin’”

:kick:

[zbdent]

16. So, he's been divorced from the every-day people

for 26+ years?

[justiceischeap]

19. McCame: “Look, Gov. Palin was responding to the criticism of her inexperience..."

Said that little tidbit before his "divorced from reality" bit.