'You would be hard-pressed to explain to me what John McCain's economic vision is'

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from HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/14/obama-on-igood-morning-am_n_126296.html


Obama On Good Morning America: To Hit McCain On Economy

After a week given over to anticipation of the end of Sarah Palin's press freeze and breaking-news coverage of a colloquial phrase that Americans have used for generations, the Obama campaign will seek to set the agenda early in the week, with the candidate going on tomorrow's Good Morning America to talk economic issues with ABC's Andrew Cuomo.

OBAMA: "You would be hard-pressed to explain to me what John McCain's economic vision is about how he's gonna get this economy back on track. That, I believe, is somebody who is out of touch with what is -- should be the central question of this election."

Obama also commented on the McCain camp's continued obsession with the town hall meetings of yesteryear, calling the town hall idea, "a little bit of a gimmick":

OBAMA: "The reason that we're not talking about the issues doesn't have to do with the fact that we didn't have town halls. The reason that we're not talking about the issues is because John McCain has shown a lack of interest in talking about the issues. That's how their campaign's been run."

[magellan]

1. Huh?

Can't think of a good reason not to talk problem-solving on the economy. People want to hear this. Who cares what McSame is or isn't doing?

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2. he means the overall debate, not his campaign

. . . which has obviously been 'talking issues'

but I'll change the title . . . don't want to get caught up in semantics

[featherman]

4. The quotation means the "we" as a nation via the media and what it pays

attention to. Not that 'we' (the Obama campaign) is not talking about issues. Which they are. But the media is all about lipstick, pigs, hockey moms, blah, blah and not the issues that face our citizens

[radfringe]

3. ISSUES SMISSUES - he's too busy wallowing in the mud

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtKGNvJ5u4

[pokerfan]

5. It's hard to discern McCain's position on anything

As he's been on both sides of
Off shore drilling
Torture
Warrantless Wiretapping
Tax Cuts
Privatizing Social Security
Abortion Rights
Nuclear Waste
Global Warming
Inflating your tires
Campaign finance disclosure
Rumsfeld's strategy
Gay marriage
Affirmative Action
Timetable for withdrawal
GI Bill

http://www.bi30.org/wordpress/flipflopper.htm#randi

The only position he hasn't flip-flopped is John McCain in the White House.