Barack, consider your audience! In the debate, Barack often let McCain intrude in his speeches and conceding to the moderator without rebutting McCain. It is more polite and mature than McCain's blustering, but less effective!
Problems:
1. Stop letting McCain have the last word.
2. Point out when he lies and condescends you.
Padding Palin’s resume, part 1
Voiceover: So how about the padding on that resume?
Commander in Chief of the National Guard? Truth: As governor, she called up the Guard up once to fight wild fires.
Foreign Policy Experience with Russian neighbor? Sound of people laughing. Truth: Well, there were fishing permits to negotiate...
Good Luck, Sarah!
Voiceover: What do the Alaskans who know Sarah Palin think of her nomination for Vice President of the United States?
Alaska House Speaker John Harris (R): “She’s old enough. She’s a U.S. citizen.”
Indicted Alaska Sr. Senator Ted Stevens (R): “it’s a great day for the nation and Alaskans.”
Read more »On NPR's "Diane Rheem Show" this morning, I heard two excellent responses to GOP attacks made during the Republican convention and elsewhere:
Read more »when you look at sheer numbers more people have donated to your historic campaign than people who have voted for sarah palin in her entire political career. This statistic is very compelling and would look great on paper and it would stir conversation on the news.
Read more »This article is great. We need to take her to task for what she said. It certainly says something about someone who will come out swinging without the facts. Maybe she should avoid the media a bit and study a little longer so she can get it right. The AP's story is great.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_fact_check
Read more »The Obama campaign is trying to focus on the idea that experience does not equal prosperity and that judgment is key. They can highlight this point and continue the theme of "more of the same" by saying that McCain just made his first "presidential" decision, showing what kind of president he will be. He has picked a 20-month governor as his running mate.
Read more »McCain hammered Obama for months about inexperience and then picked someone with less experience. John McCain – he’ll say anything to win an election.
Use McCain’s other flip-flops on the Bush tax cuts and immigration. John McCain – he’ll say anything to win.
Read more »McCain is constantly harping on Obama's "lack of experience", if he values experience so much, then why would he pick a running mate who has almost none of it?
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