Grrrrrgggggghhh

Once again, Obama said "Don't hurt me cuz I'm beautiful" and McCain responded "You are beautiful but stupid".

He looks like a cat playing with a mouse. He's laughing about it. And he's always connecting every piece to his central message: Obama is not ready to lead.

Notice how effectively McCain repeats his central message in his response. Obama never conveys his central message on keeping American safe.

All of us need to stop whining about tactics and get on with passionately conveying messages about economic improvements and keeping America safer than the Republicans have done.

Everyone I know is so discouraged about the Obama campaign. He is going into the Dem Convention with an absolutely poisonous atmosphere.

It is so sad to see Democrats repeat, yet again, what happened in August four years ago -- right down to the details.

Ok, everyone pile on Greg like you did me yesterday...I don't think that's what McCain actually said in the headline.

It's unbelievable that McCain is still getting away this. But it's becoming such a consistent theme of his that I can't imagine him getting a pass on it much longer; if this gets shoved in the faces of the news anchors enough (a big if, I suppose) they'll have to start dealing with McCain smearing Obama and then lying openly about the smears he has made days or hours earlier.

I'm still partial to branding McCain as a kind of crazy, Bush-lovin', war-mongering Grandpa Simpson—a senile old man who doesn't know what's going on around him most of the time and votes with Bush in his rare moments of partial lucidity. McCain's preposterous, brazen lies about his own conduct fit pretty well into that narrative.

It is becoming obvious that a McCain victory is likely unless Obama can somewhat level the media playing field with McCain.

It is now necessary for Obama to go after the MSM, call them out on their slanted, double standard, coverage of the election.

I don't think Obama will ever do this, he thinks his "ground game" will overcome whatever obstacles are out there. Stupid.

Obama is in the process of losing the election, his hubris around his own belief in his messaging skills and organization is blinding to him as what is happening.

Instead of bitching, why aren't we hitting back??? And please, no more of these DC-esque ads about policies. Hit McSame hard for his ties to Bush, question HIS patriotism, his sanity, his fitness for the job. I swear it's like I'm watching a rerun of 2004.

In the Dem primary, surrogates were held accountable because Obama and Clinton cried to the press saying "Senator ___________ should reject and denounce remarks made by ..."

Obama isn't challenging surrogates publicly, which is why they get away with it. Of course if they did challenge them publicly it would become a referendum on the attack in question, just giving it more coverage.

Obama should put a package together of captured remarks of McCain and surrogates questing his his patriotism, followed by McCain saying he does nothing of that sort and then send it to all media outlets and release it on youtube.

McCain attacked Clark when he made his remarks, and the media piled on. If Obama doesn't like a remark or challenge McCain or surrogate makes he needs to hit back quickly, forcefully and publicly. Simply releasing a terse statement does nothing. Sure it gets included in the bottom of the print article, but the attack gets 80% of the article and all non-print coverage.

Bub-bye B-rack. You can't handle the heat

I've been holding out hope that Obama gets his act together but I'm becoming more and more ambivalent about his chances in Nov. McCain's team are HAMMERING home certain (unfair) themes that are having a devastating effect on the perceptions of the idiots in this country ... and face it folks, we are a nation of idiots. I'm sensing Kerry Mach II more and more each day over since end of July.

Another sign of McCains incompetence, military and political.

"he values withdrawal from Iraq above victory in Iraq, even today with victory in sight. Over and over again, he has advocated unconditional withdrawal -- regardless of the facts on the ground."

Wake up Captain McCain! We already have a victory in Iraq. Stop denigrating the job our military did. We drove the Republican gaurd out of the way, took bagdad and dragged Sadam out of his hole. This was complete victory and every county in the world recognizes it.

McCain is so stupid on military matters he quoted wikopedia when problem in Georgia broke out. He did not know that Georgia had invaded S. Ossedia and fired on Russian peacekeepers in portion of a province that had voted to join russia with its north half.

I meant to add, Biden is very smart, but he turns too many people off with his shoot from the lip attitude. I like him but we need to go for the jugular with the best we have to offer on the security issue and that is Clark. Biden should be Sec.of State and have this announced with the rest of his cabinet very soon.

Okay, it's time for the mainstream media to step up to the plate.

There is plenty of video with McCain openly questioning Obama's patriotism.

Show the video and then McCain's new quote.

The double-talk express needs to be called out.

These things are won with Meta Messages and body language. The masses will never follow a weak meme. Quit picking on me is weak. 'My turn' is weak. 'I was before it before I was against it is weak.' "Rights of the unborn begin at conception." = STRONG. It's idiotic, and removes every form of birth control that prevents intra-uterine attachment of the zygote--but the meta message is STRENGTH. The public doesn't care whether or not Obama KNOWS more than McCain--they want to know if he can kick McCain's ass. So far, the answer is NO, he can't! He can only whine about having to put up with a Bully.

Where are Obama's surrogates? It doesn't look good when Bill is out praising McCain's policies and Hillary is hatching a palace coup.

If McCain is so God-damned patriotic, then how come every one of his advisors seems to care more about foreign governments than our own? How come they seem to represent every company looking to outsource American jobs? Why wouldn't he vote to give vets a leg up by voting for the Webb GI Bill?

He's a complete charlatan.

What they f**k is wrong with Gibbs and Co.? Why are they expecting media to defend them all the time? Why can't they defend themselves by hammering this old bastard?

I am going to stop giving money if all I get is whining. Obama needs to fire the entire communication team if he wants a dime from me again. They are been push over by McCain, and all they do is respond with a weak statements.

Senator Obama can not pick Biden. Biden voted for the Irak war. If Obama picks Clinton or Biden, this would be the end of its candidacy...

Making the assumption that we are all morons, McCain is basically saying, "unless I explicitly say Obama is unpatriotic, then I can say anything I want to and get away with it!"

In other words, the MSM and most American voters are not smart enough to see insinuation and implicit tactics.

It's high time Obama accepted that any voter who's still undecided at this point isn't going to be convinced by good policy, subtle arguments or reason. It's time he simplified the message for these morons. He can't get away with straight off calling McCain a liar, but he can hit him with a charge that is bound to stick because it's so obviously true: pretty he much every thing McCain says and does is evidence of one thing: doubletalk.
Time to run ads and videos that compile all his contradictions, backtracks and outright lies over and over and over again. Then remind the people that his doubletalk is aimed at them, at misleading the American people, something he will continue doing if he becomes president.
Time to run the "Straight Talk Express" off the road.
And while he's at it, Obma should pick a VP who's proved he can call McCain out on his bullshit: Wes Clark.

What about McCain's line about, "Senator Obama has made it clear that he values withdrawal from Iraq above victory in Iraq, even today with victory in sight."

What is victory? Can't we hammer on this as well? What does victory mean to McCain and pin him down on it. In a jingoistic sense who is against victory? No one obviously, but what is victory these days? Staying for 100 years? Losing more blood and treasure while the violence in Afghanistan increases? The public still doesn't like the Iraq War, change the focus of the discussion back to something McCain has to defend. Some of these seem very obvious. I hope Obama and the campaign has something up their sleeve because McCain's misleading rhetoric is clouding the picture.

I want Obama, in the debate, to call him out on this. Point his finger at him and not let him off the hook. Use McCain's own words against him--to his face.

This is Obama's election to loose. He better stop expecting the media to be fair, honest and reasonable. They will not challenge McCain on anything. It is up to him to take the gloves off and fight is he wants to win. The public is dumb as dirt and you have to treat them that way. They will not see what is before their nose unless he spells it out everyday. He is expecting too much from the press and the public. He beter start campaigning like a Republican if he wants to serve the greater good.

Two words Obama needs to remember: Hammer McCain. Hammer McCain. Hammer McCain

Obama must start to believe how truly ineffective McCain is and how wrong he is for our country. Hammer him about not showing up for votes, supporting torture, not having a clue as to what it's really like to pay your bills in this country, for the people he surrounds himself with. Can't they at least point out that the people that gave us this war want to stay in control and continue the war and are in control of McCain's campaign?

Start carting out the war vets who hate McCain. I don't know of one WW2 or Korean vet that is supporting this man. They see him and they see Rumsfeld and they hate Rummsfeld.

And get rid of the ad agency that's doing the ads. The egos involved at the agency are getting in the way of reality. They need to start thinking gorilla advertising. I don't want to see pretty pictures "morning in America" crap again. I don't want catch phrases about "change." I want facts stamped across the screen.

Think of those damn "Head ON" commercials. People hate them but they stick in your brain. The message is repeated over and over again. The republicans must have hired the agency that did those ads because the repetitive message is getting through to the clueless.

McCain is bad for America. McCain is bad for America.

The media will never call McCain on this nonsense. Never. Somehow, he has been elevated to sacred-cow status and he must never be criticized for his memory loss or his lies. He's a POW! A genuine American Hero!!

This is a load of total crap. First of all, that was a long time ago, second of all, he is hardly unique in being a POW, and third, what's he done for any of us peons lately? You know, those of us who don't have $5 million in annual income.

The plan all along was to get some rest during the olympics because there was political overkill and then ramp up during the convention, and then sprint. Trust me the olympics have dominated peoples thoughts. That is what is hot, look at the ratings of NBC compared to the rest of the networks. We will be fine

It is sickening that Obama has allowed McCain to snag the entire campain on THE SURGE -- the goddamn surge happened because Bush and McCain lied/manipulated us into A WAR that is sucking the life blood out of our economy and military! It's like McCain's Iraq memory only beings with the surge. Why is he getting away with that? Every time he accuses Obama of not supporting it, Obama should fire back with McCain's judgment about going into the damn war in the first place -- play clips of his "we'll be liberators", "easy deal", "over in no time" crap. Tie him to Bush/Cheney/Chalabi. Then bring it back to judgment.

Quit the stupid "my patriotism" shit -- all it does is make people focus on whether or not he IS patriotic..."hmmm, maybe he's not a patriot". He's REINFORCING McCain's message by giving it credence. Don't whine at being attacked for not supporting troops/surge 5 YEARS AFTER THE MISBEGOTTEN failure in judgment about war!!

McCain impugns judgment, Obama slams the HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of DOLLARS

Go around any neighborhood any where and ask people: "What is rich?"

Pick the funny, insightful, and angry (I think we have aright to be angry) answers.

"John McCain's answer? . . . Pretty rich."

There's your ad right there.

What the hell is wrong with the Obama campaign? Why is he responding with these softball ads about rebuilding america, yes we can! McCain is shaping Obama's perception in the media. McCain doesn't care if everything he says is a lie, he doesn't care if his ads have no substance. And his campaign is completely willing to deny that he's done anything wrong at all. Obama needs to wake up. This guy he's competing against has no moral grounding, and will not meet him to fight a campaign on substantive issues. Obama needs to take the proverbial gloves off. He needs to play -dirty- seriously dirty. He needs to get tough and hit back hard. There are numerous ways this can be done. McCain has said so many disgusting contradictory, nonsensical things and has allied himself so closely with Bush, the republican base, and evangelicals that there are endless ways to attack this guy. He's old, he's a liar, he's a loose cannon with bad ideas, no ideas. Pick a topic. But Obama's got to stop trying to just shape the public's view regarding who Obama is, and intead start going after this guy. Get down in the mud and go after him.

Obama needs to hammer home that McCain is running a DISHONORABLE campaign. Repeat it over and over - hit him at his strength.

-MK

Being wrong on the invasion of Iraq and therefore taking resources away from vanquishing the Taliban and Al Qaida is not the kind of experience we need in this dangerous world.

Obama/Clark

Randi Rhodes is onair right now and just played a tape of McCain, in 2000?, saying that he had run for president because it was his ambition to be president!

I was hoping that she might have a link to it on her website, but I don't see it.

It was pretty good and should be in an Obama ad!

My god, Democrats are so pathetic. Still not willing to fight for what they believe in, if indeed they do actually believe in anything.

Dems have made their bed and now they get to lay in it. This isn't Obama's problem. This is a systemic party problem that's been decades in the making. I thought Obama's campaign apparatus would be different, but it ain't one bit.

That Obama stands a very good chance of losing in November to a little, sniveling, plutocratic, warmonger man who doesn't even know how to use a computer speaks volumes.

Fight, or get the fuck out of the way.

Oh, more good news. It looks like woodman, bayh is going to be vp. Talk about going down in flames, this isn't looking good folks.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/29/evan-bayh-obamas-vice-pre_n_115615.html

CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK,CLARK.OBAMA/CLARK 08!!!!!

The McCain platform is nothing but nonsense and double-talk. He should be portrayed by Democrats in a way the American public can understand: as the Homer Simpson of right wing zealots.

So on November 5th when John McCain has been elected President of the US is Barack Obama still going to be complaining?

How much of what John McCain is doing is new?

How much of this are things that George W. Bush, aka Karl Rove, not done?

The Democrats STILL haven't learned.

The race was Obama's to lose from the beginning and he's doing a great job at it.

I'm listening to Obama speaking right now. I wish he would stay with his normal way of speaking and not try to sound like, I don't know who, but he is speaking too fast,too loud, dropping his g's, dropping his voice at the end of his sentences too much and using a more staccato voice. He is an educated man and he shouldn't let the Republican's "elitist" BS scare him into sounding otherwise. I guess what I am trying to say in a very round about way is he is starting to sound desperate. I guess I am the one who is getting desperate. I can't believe he is losing ground to this phony.

Utterly predictable response from McCain. However, it allows Obama to start dropping the "honourable" bit about McCain. I am not sure it would play well for McCain to start demanding that Obama always mention his POW status and honour when mentioning his name.

Then again, McCain might. He is just that fucking nuts.