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mystieus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:56 AM
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Obama to the Tennessee GOP: "Lay off my wife"
Video:
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=4883537

Heh, you can tell he is very protective of his wife.
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:59 AM
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1. Guess this means the GOP will not point out how arrogant the "nothing good in America" lady is
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mystieus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:01 AM
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4. If this is the biggest thing the Republicans can hit Obama with, I think they're in trouble
Edited on Mon May-19-08 10:07 AM by mystieus
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:03 AM
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8. Nice code speak.
You're only a step or two away from "uppity".

C'mon, you can do it.
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:15 AM
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15. The word "arrogant" means "arrogant."
You, of all people, impress others as being extremely familiar with the word.
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:07 AM
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11. They can try, but it looks like Obama's going to make it very hard
for the Party of Family Values to run a campaign on bashing a man's wife.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:12 AM
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13. Could you provide a link to that quote please?
I was unaware she said there was "nothing good in America", but since you used quotations marks, I'm thinking I just must have missed her statement. Thanks.
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 11:35 AM
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27. by "arrogant", don't you mean "uppity"?
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 11:35 AM
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28. Cindy McCain is very vulnerable. They assume that Obama and his....
campaign staff won't sink to their level and go after Cindy, but they would be wrong to assume that some of Obama's supporters won't discuss her problems.
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 11:35 AM
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29. Papau is now defending the Tennessee GOP
Pathetic.
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avenger64 Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 11:41 AM
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30. Michelle Obama is a real liability ...
Edited on Mon May-19-08 11:45 AM by avenger64
... she's got a big mouth, and she's been making some controversial remarks. The GOP is not going to 'lay off', and Obama knows it - they're going to push her as some kind of symbol, and I think you probably know what I'm driving at. It's going to be an ugly, between-the-lines situation. The best thing Obama could do here is get her to be quiet.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:00 AM
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2. good luck with that one!
I hope the Obamas have considered that she will be the subject of intense hatred and vilification and demonization. It seems to go with the position.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:02 AM
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6. but it should go unanswered?
I know I feel better that he is addressing head on any attempts to swiftboat, in any way. I think that is what has to happen with these attacks.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:01 AM
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3. shouldn't he be?
I'm not sure why people think he shouldn't.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:02 AM
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5. This guy isn't going to take any crap, is he?
Puede.

NGU.
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:07 AM
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12. Not at all. It's great to see a Democrat actually fighting back.
I think we're going to see just how soft he treated Hillary.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:16 AM
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16. No, but crap will be slung
The repub 527 machine will be all over Michelle.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:25 AM
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19. your concern is duly noted
I'm sure they're already aware of it, but thank you again for your concern.
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msallied Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:40 AM
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21. If that's all they've got, then they're going to lose BIG.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:58 AM
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25. I don't care if they lose BIG ...
just so they lose!
:rofl:

I think it's Obama's victory, to sieze it or to blow it. Republicans don't have all that much support, even among republicans. They have proven they are not even a conservative party, they have no sense of fiscal responsibility, they are borrow-and-spend warmongerers, thieves and wackos.

But the Repubs will attach Michelle, that's guaranteed. Maybe McCain will appear to lay off, but the attacks will come.
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 11:33 AM
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26. Of course it will. Obama acknowledges as much himself any time he's asked.
Edited on Mon May-19-08 11:40 AM by ClassWarrior
It's good to have a candidate for once who isn't going into the thing with eyes wide shut.

NGU.
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oldpol Donating Member (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:02 AM
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7. Oregon's now polling at O-45 C-41, I'm afraid these racist attacks are working
Edited on Mon May-19-08 10:03 AM by oldpol
even in the supposedly liberal NW?
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mystieus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:05 AM
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9. Wrong, link here for polling results
Edited on Mon May-19-08 10:05 AM by mystieus
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6026515&mesg_id=6026515
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:06 AM
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10. Good. Let no attack go unchallenged. Turn every attack on your opponents.
It's what he did with Bush's Knesset comment, and what he's doing now.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:15 AM
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14. Screw that, I want to know how the dogwalking thing works out.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:20 AM
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17. "Keep your goddamned hands off my wife".
Gratuitous "Raising Arizona" moment.

Carry on. ;)
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:24 AM
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18. What a nice interview
They are getting a dog. :)
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dbmk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:54 AM
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22. I actually liked that bit a lot.
Edited on Mon May-19-08 10:54 AM by dbmk
Obama switched over into father mode instantly. Said what any father out there would say. A lot of people with kids will connect to that. For a moment there he was not Obama the candidate, but Obama the concerned father.

Probably the best family moment I've seen from them overall. As real as can be.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:37 AM
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20. abc,nbc,and cbs has close to 13 million viewers each morning
which is far more than all the cable news programs combined
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:55 AM
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23. You're talking combined, right?
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 06:58 PM
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32. yes--link-->
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/
mediabistro.com: TVNewser
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 10:58 AM
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24. Smackdown


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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 11:44 AM
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31. I loved his appearance on GMA this morning
Actually they were both fantastic. It's possibly the most "normal" I've seen them. The dog stuff was hilarious.

Great work!!!

David
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