"Sen. McCain, you can't run away from your words and you can't run away from your record"

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PUEBLO, Colo. -- Kicking off a campaign swing through the American West, Obama began the day with a rally in Grand Junction, Colo. and then flew south to Pueblo this afternoon to greet a throng of some 13,500, according to his campaign.

The Wall Street meltdown provided new grist for his stump speech, especially in light of John McCain's comments earlier today that he still believed that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong."

Obama mocked his rival for trying to later trying to clarify that he had been talking about American workers. "Now, come on, Senator McCain. We know what you meant when you said it the first time. Because you've said it before," Obama said.

"Senator McCain, you can't run away from your words and you can't run away from your record," he said. "When it comes to the economy, you've stood firmly with George Bush and failed economic theory, and what you're offering is more of the same."

read: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/09/_pueblo_colo_th.html





“John McCain’s campaign sent him back out to clean up these remarks because they thought, maybe that’s not going to work out too well. So he explained that what he really meant to say was that American workers are strong. Now come on, Senator McCain! We know what you meant when you said it first time because you’ve said it before. You said it just a few weeks ago!”

"A few hours later, after he said this, this morning he said this, 'The fundamentals of the economy are strong,' John McCain’s campaign sent him back out to clean up his remarks," Obama said to the crowd at the Colorado State Fair Grounds grandstand. "And he explained that what he really meant, what he really meant to say was that American workers are strong."

"Now, come on, Sen. McCain!" Obama said. We know you meant what you said the first time because you’ve said it before. You said it just a few weeks ago. And your chief economic advisor -- the man who wrote your economic plan -- said that we’re in a 'mental recession;' that this is all in our heads; that we’re a nation of whiners. That's what he called you, a nation of whiners!...





"Now, don’t get me wrong, don’t get me wrong," Obama said, "when Sen. McCain says that American workers are the backbone of our economy, and that they aren’t getting a fair shake from Washington, he’ll get no argument from me. My argument is, it's about time that he figured that out. Because I’ve been making that case for nineteen months.

"So, I congratulate Sen. McCain for saying something nice about American workers, I think it’s good that Sen. McCain is celebrating the American worker today. But it would have been nice if some time over the last 26 years he stood up for them once in a while!"

read: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/obama-challenge.html






photos from Pueblo, Colo. by, (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) -- (AP/Chris Carlson)

[LonelyLRLiberal]

1. I sure hope those workers are listening and paying attention.

If they vote for McCain, imagine how bad off they'll be after a year or so of a McCain administration!

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9. I hope so too

I don't think apathy has set in yet. Folks still seem to want to believe someone can make a difference. They at least know they're screwed right now. And, there's nothing about the Democratic ticket which is anything akin to the ones who've screwed them.

[Ilsa]

2. K & R !!! Thank you for the thread. nt

[JeffR]

3. Rockin'!!!!

Wow!

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4. u bad mouthin' herbert hoover mcCain? lol nt

[Triana]

5. With Repiglickans - you focus like a RAZOR on their records, because...

...pretentious hypocrisy is the Hallmark of Republicans.

They'll SAY anything (obviously) and make the grandest PRETENSES of doing something for or caring for the common American - middle-class, working people, women, families.

But if you look at what they DO - at their RECORD (John McCain's for instance) and compare it to what they SAY - you'll get a very bad case of whiplash because there is a one hundred eighty degree difference between the two.

I think it's the proper track to take to hold John McCain's NOSE to his RECORD. Focus on that sucker like a razor and RUB HIS NOSE IN IT. Because John McCain will SAY any damn thing. It's what he DOES and what he HAS DONE for the past 26 years that tells us all we need to know about John McCain.

It's the RECORD....Molly Ivins said it and she's right.

[jlj3394]

6. Bring it on

I hope he hammers this point home on TV and at the debates.

[PA Democrat]

7. The MSM is pushing the meme that Obama is not capitalizing on the current financial meltdown.

In truth, no one is covering Obama's and Biden's speeches. They have articulated the choice between more of the same corporate whoredom vs. change very well. The "liberal" media is ignoring the message.

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8. exactly

That's why we have to take some responsibility for echoing them, and, if necessary, distributing our nominee's words, ourselves, to those media outlets en masse.

here's our resource for catapulting the truth:

DU Activist HQ:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=106

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10. VIDEO: Entire speech made by Barack Obama in Pueblo, CO

Watch: http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/28435984.html#