"Economic message buoys Obama" by Scott Helman, Globe Staff | November 3, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio - As the race with Republican John McCain matured - and as joblessness and home foreclosures crowded a less violent Iraq from newscasts and front pages - Obama de-emphasized the antiwar aspects of his message and stepped up his economic appeals.
What is with the damn MSM?!! Like THOSE ITEMS were ON the FRONT PAGE?!! Sigh!
The economy, though always a leading concern for voters, took on new urgency in the closing weeks as the Wall Street crisis shook the financial system. Even Obama's message on the war has evolved to reflect the nearly exclusive focus on economy in the campaign's final chapter. The thrust of his war critique now is not the paralyzing violence, the political instability, or the deaths of American troops - all of which have ebbed.
I'm so tired of the lies being repeated and repeated and repeated.
It is the money the United States is spending there, at a time when he says domestic needs are so great - millions without healthcare, unemployment on the rise, crumbling schools, roads, and bridges.
I agree with our needs; however, FUCK the $$$ -- IRAQIS are DYING because of what we do!!!! Does it strike you as odd that the Iraqis have the same "rebuilding" problems we do, Amurkn?
"It's time to stop spending $10 billion a month in Iraq when the Iraqi government sits on a huge surplus, and we're having deficits," he said to more than 60,000 gathered in front of the Ohio statehouse yesterday in Columbus. "As president I will end this war. I will ask the Iraqi government to step up for their future and we will finally finish the fight that we should have finished in the first place - we are going to go after [Osama] bin Laden, and Al Qaeda, those who killed 3,000 Americans."
That type of talk is just soooooo DISAPPOINTING -- and ultimately, WHY I will VOTE NADER tomorrow!!!
Of course, part of the reason Obama is not harping as much on Iraq is that country's security situation has improved markedly, partly through the greater cooperation of Sunni tribal leaders in quelling violence, but partly because of the successes of the troop surge that McCain championed and Bush implemented more than a year ago.
Yup, GEORGE W. BUSH "won" Iraq -- and the lying, agenda-pushing, war-promoting press is going to make sure you get that message on the way out the door.
Obama opposed the surge, saying it would not bring long-term political stability. But he has struggled, as violence has decreased, to maintain his critique, and McCain and his running mate, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, have hammered him for refusing until recently to acknowledge its successes. Obama praises American troops for helping reduce the violence, but insists the surge has done little to answer the question of how the United States will end its military engagement.
Even if it DIDN'T WORK!!!
Obama often pledged not just to end the war, but also the "mindset" he said led to it.
Then START TALKING 9/11 TRUTH, 'bamer!!!
It was a clear shot at his leading rivals, Senator Hillary Clinton and former senator John Edwards, who by then were expressing similar views on ending the war but had both voted to authorize it back in 2002. "That gave him a tremendous head start going into Iowa, and then it was a given as long as he needed it: He was the antiwar candidate," said Dan Payne, a Boston-based Democratic strategist. "And then it started to sort of fade as an issue."
What a COINCIDENCE, huh? The WARS have NOT BEEN a PART of this campaign AT ALL, which should TELL YOU A LOT!!!
Now, Obama's emphasis on the mounting costs of Iraq fits neatly into his broader critique of the war, and some of his supporters say it only adds to their conviction that it is time for troops to come home.
This is TOO DAMN CONVENIENT!
"The war is a huge issue, but I think that's gone into the background because the economy is tanking," added Jane Landwehr, a 44-year-old from Columbus who works in commercial real estate and attended yesterday's rally. "And they're closely linked, because of all the money we're spending there."
Yeah, Americans know you can not PISS AWAY a TRILLION DOLLARS with it not meaning something!!!
In the West, voters have generally been focused on healthcare and jobs, so it's not a leap for them to now follow Obama onto domestic terrain, said Pat Waak, chairwoman of the Colorado Democratic Party. "Although there has been a very strong antiwar feeling in the West, and particularly in this state, it was never the number one all-encompassing issue for people," she said.
Then I EXPECT some BLUE STATES out there TOMORROW NITE!
Waak argued that Obama's "flexibility" in being able to artfully pivot to the economy has served him well with voters. "We're all surprised with how quickly Wall Street changed," she said. "None of us anticipated that." --more--"
Sorry, but NOTHING in POLITICS happens by ACCIDENT!!