Obama Hoisted Upon His Own Petard
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On the campaign trail Obama has railed against Countrywide Financial Corp. and its executives -- blaming the firm for "infecting the economy and helping to create a home foreclosure crisis":
That was then. Today, ABC News' Sunlen Miller caught Obama away from his remote controller teleprompter, and asked him how he could "rail against Countrywide Financial Corp. as an example of insiders and today's economy while your VP search is headed by someone who got questionable loans from Countrywide?"
Obama didn't know how to respond:
"Well, look," Obama said, "the, the, I mean - first of all I am not vetting my VP search committee for their mortgages, so you’re gong to have to direct -- "
"But shouldn’t you?" asked Miller.
"Well, no," Obama said. "It becomes sort of a, um, I mean, this is a game that can be played - everybody, you know, who is tangentially related to our campaign, I think, is going to have a whole host of relationships -- I would have to hire the vetter to vet the vetters. I mean, at some point, you know, we just asked people to do their assignments.
Read on, there is more.
Here, its easier to just watch watch Obama try to double talk his way out of his hypocrisy:
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He should give up an hand the job to a real Vet, McCain.
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that a reporter asked Obama a reasonable question and bonus points for following up with another reasonable question.
Obama without a teleprompter vs. McCain. I'd like to see it myself.
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_...
"That, um, question isn't, oh, um, on my script, Sweetie. But let me just say, I mean, um, that this isn't the same Jim Johnson that I know. This, er, is an alternate universe version of the holograph formerly known, uh, um, as Jim Johnson."
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"We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged." - Colonel Henry Knox
"Be intolerant. Because some things are just stupid"
- Ryan Dobson
That's an interesting view of the vetting process, if I may say so!
Humm, pardon me if I'm mistaken, but isn't Obama supposed to vet anybody whom is tasked with heading VP committee? Isn't that like some sort of "presidential" duty?
What do you think?
If Obama had to hire somebody to vet the vetters, how could we realistically expect him to perform well if he becomes the next President? That's the question every voter should ask himself.
I sure hope Obama loses this race.
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