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Morning Joe Talking Points

by Hollede, Mon Jul 28, 2008 at 07:38:01 AM EST

The republican talking points on Morning Joe seem to be all about Obama not visiting injured troops in Germany. They are saying that Obama decided to not meet with the troops because he couldn't bring camera's in with him. Pat Buchanan said that "Obama was shooting hoops while he should have been meeting with injured troops." JS and PB seemed to think this is a huge mistake. I think the Obama campaign needs to counter this ASAP.

My perception of this incident is that Obama wanted to visit the troops, but once he learned that he could not do this while campaigning, he decided to forgo the event entirely. This was because the European trip was as a candidate, while the Mid East tour was as a Senator. I feel that Obama did not want to try and politicize the troops in any way, while McCain is using the troops as some sort of clumsy bludgeon against Obama.

McCain has been completely despicable this week. Gaffes, hysterical attacks on BHO's motivations for trying to get us out of Iraq, poor staging, poor speaking skills, forced smiles, and continuous proclamations to his friends, I cannot believe this guy is getting 45% in the polls. Every so often, I get a bit paranoid and wonder, are these guys trying to lose and why?

Update. Brian Williams was on a bit earlier, just after finishing an interview with President Achmadinijad. Williams indicated that he felt that Achmadinijad is really opening a door to negotiations with the US. Very preliminary information, but terribly interesting as well. Williams said, "Where America and Iran are concerned, America has just enacted a kind of sea change in the context of slow moving dipomacy. there's no carrier battlegroup in the Persian Gulf for the first time since 1991. A US representative not just any, (but)the third ranking man at the State Department, is sitting down in Geneva, across the table from the Iranians. I seem to remember someone saying this for a while and being ridiculed as naive. Williams seems to feel that Achmadinijad is responding in kind. Let us hope this sea change continues until January 20, 2009.

Tags: republican talking points, Morning Joe, Obama, McCain (all tags)

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Re: Morning Joe Talking Points (2.00 / 1)

They did have clips of McCain saying that Obama does "not understand" ten times in approximately 20 second of his interview with This Week. PB said "...That was not effective". Laughter ensued.

The Moose is on the loose. "And I scream at the top of my lungs, what's going on?"

by Hollede on Mon Jul 28, 2008 at 07:50:11 AM EST

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Obama's whole trip paid by us as a photo op. When he could not bring his camera's his now predicable style. He moved on to his next photo op. Maybe someone sure report the Rock Concert that was held at the same time as his Berlin speech. Did that draw 200k?

by orion1 on Mon Jul 28, 2008 at 08:02:38 AM EST

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Wow. Get help and get out.

The Moose is on the loose. "And I scream at the top of my lungs, what's going on?"

by Hollede on Mon Jul 28, 2008 at 08:04:45 AM EST

They have to find something negative (none / 0)

from this amazingly successful trip, and "Obama is a photo loving meanie face" seems to be their best shot. The fact that it's untrue is irrelevant to the GOP.

What interesting is that they couldn't find anything more substantive, so one would have to assume the trip was otherwise a huge success. That a relative newbie can do so well on the world stage bodes well for his first term.

by Neef on Mon Jul 28, 2008 at 08:11:52 AM EST

Re: They have to find something negative (none / 0)

Hey, it's better than that farce Alegre's best shot: "ZOMG HES GRAYING HIS HAIR!"

I am not a crook!

by username on Mon Jul 28, 2008 at 08:22:25 AM EST
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Pat Buchanan said that "Obama was shooting hoops while he should have been meeting with injured troops."

Cute -- the rhyme makes it hard to refute.

But it's still too awkward. Shorten it to "Obama was shooting troops when he should have been visiting troops" and it would be a crushing, unstoppable blow in the fight to win over the semiliterate voting masses.

I am not a crook!

by username on Mon Jul 28, 2008 at 08:15:39 AM EST

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I wandered over to Alegre's cesspit to see if they'd figured this one out yet (they hadn't even gotten to the "hoops"/"troops" rhyme), and nearly choked over this bit of unintentional irony:

PUMAs are not motivated by nostalgia or sentiment.

Indeed.

I am not a crook!

by username on Mon Jul 28, 2008 at 08:20:06 AM EST
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