Obama Campaign: McCain "Would Rather Lose His Integrity Than Lose An Election"

[RedEarth]

The Obama camp has just unleashed one of its toughest hits on McCain's character yet, signaling a newly aggressive effort to hammer McCain's supposed honor and integrity over the lies and adver-sleazements that have come to dominate his campaign.

An Obama spokesperson just blasted out a statement comparing McCain's current campaign to the infamously despicable 2000 campaign run against him in South Carolina -- true fighting words -- and adding that McCain "would rather lose his integrity than lose an election."

The broadside comes in response to McCain's rather astonishing appearance today on The View, where he personally faulted Obama for using the common phrase "lipstick on a pig."...


Obama "chooses his words very carefully," McCain said. "He shouldn't have said it."

McCain, when confronted by his hostesses about the fact that he too used the phrase to describe Hillary's health plan, said he'd merely been talking about her plan. Obama was talking about McCain's policies when he used the phrase.

Here's the full response from Obama spokesperson Hari Sevugan:

Today on "The View," John McCain defended his campaign's latest ad campaign, which has been debunked repeatedly as both false and sleazy. In running the sleaziest campaign since South Carolina in 2000 and standing by completely debunked lies on national television, it's clear that John McCain would rather lose his integrity than lose an election.


http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/obama_campaign_mccain_would_ra.php

[polichick]

1. McCain lost his integrity long ago - not to mention his honor.

[TooBigaTent]

3. If he ever had any. From his record, I don't think so. nt

[President_Obama]

2. them's fightin words!

[jenmito]

4. Obama-PLEASE use that line in an ad! It's PERFECT!! K&R!

[BrainStorm]

17. Yes, please use that!

Excellent line.

[Miss Chybil]

5. Alrighty then.... Let's get it on!! nt

[jenmito]

6. Candy Crowly just reported Obama's camp putting out that line! Then she said, "Pretty tough, Wolf."

Yes, it is, Candy! :D

[my2sense]

7. Looks like the gloves are finally coming off

I hope they hammer him all the way to November. They need to keep pounding at him.

:bounce:

[Forkboy]

8. This assumes he had any to start with.

Personally, if he had any I think it disappeared decades ago.

[theothersnippywshrub]

9. McCain's mental health may no longer permit him to distinguish between the truth and lies.

I like the statement from Obama's campaign, but I think it would be more effective in a television ad.

[thoughtcrime1984]

10. Spot on, Obama campaign! BTW, McCain used "Lipstick on a pig" when discussing Hil a few months ago.

[liberalla]

11. w00t !!! adver-sleaze-ments in place of advertisements

McCain "Would Rather Lose His Integrity Than Lose An Election"

EXCELLENT! I hope we hear more of that - Nice switcheroo.

[Jennicut]

12. Okay naysayers, looks like Obama is fighting back, what will you complain about now?

[jberryhill]

14. Oh, you know those naysayers... they will continue to say "nay"

They are the Knights Who Say "Nay".

Get them a shrubbery.

[Democat]

23. We "concern trolls" didn't just want him to "fight back"!

We wanted him to go on the offensive and get out in front of the Republicans. Now he's on the defensive. That's great that he's fighting back, but he should have done this before he was down in the polls so it didn't look like he was only doing it because he was down in the polls.

Why can't a Democrat go on the offensive and hit a Republicans before getting beat up?

Punch first and often in politics!

[krkaufman]

13. Now that's good wordplay. Hit's McCain on his supposed (mythical) strength ...

... using McCain's own phrasing, so people will recall the attack whenever they hear McCain's one-liner.

[Bonn1997]

15. He FINALLY gets it

All it took was 2 weeks of plumetting in the polls to realize what I and many others had been saying all campaign (actually for many years about Democrats).

[MarjorieG]

16. It's timing. Can't blame McCain for sleaze until it's been shown and public hear about it.

We're the principled and high-minded campaign.

[Bonn1997]

19. So that means you have to wait until there's a 10 point shift in the polls?!?!

[Orsino]

18. Mission accomplished. n/t

[Skwmom]

20. How much integrity did someone nicknamed McNasty have to begin with?

[crazy_vanilla]

21. not lose his integrity

but sell his soul to the Devil in order to put his old smelly butt in the Presidential chair :nuke:

[crazy_vanilla]

22. they are being too nice to him

He should be called out for what he really does - he is a dishonest liar and a flip-flopper/