Obama Tears Into McCain

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RENO, Nevada -- So much for hugging in church.

A day after Barack Obama and John McCain exchanged an embrace during a faith forum at a California megachurch, Obama called the U.S. economy a disaster thanks to "John McCain's president, George W. Bush," and chided his Republican rival's campaign team for trying to make him look unpatriotic and weak.

At a town hall meeting with several hundred union members, Obama said he had had a great conversation with McCain at the forum at Saddleback Church sponsored by the popular evangelical pastor Rick Warren. The two candidates shook hands, briefly hugged and stood onstage with Warren, the first time they appeared together in public since the end of the primary season.

But Sunday, after praising the Arizona senator as a "genuine American patriot," the Democratic presidential hopeful got back to business — methodically tearing into McCain's health care, tax and energy policies and criticizing his advisers.

"McCain says 'Here's my plan, I'm going to drill here, drill now which is something he only came up with two months ago when he started looking at polling," Obama said of McCain's energy policy.

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The Illinois senator also criticized McCain's advisers as "the same old folks that brought you George W. Bush. The same team." He noted many had been lobbyists in Washington before McCain asked them to sever all lobbying ties.

Obama added, "They say this other guy is unpatriotic, or this guy likes French people. That's what they said about Kerry," referring to the 2004 Democratic nominee who lost narrowly to Bush. "They try to make it out like Democrats aren't tough enough, aren't macho enough. It's the same strategy."

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[Muttocracy]

1. he did a great job today - I'm looking forward to the debates :)

[Faygo Kid]

2. Attack, attack, attack. We have got to go after them; they are employing Rovian tactics.

They figure that all they have to do is Swift Boat our nominee, wedge in some vengeful Hillary supporters, throw a few hundred thousand off the voting rolls in key states, cheat in key districts in a few others, throw a neocon on the ticket as Veep, and they are ready to control us for another eight years.

This ain't tiddly winks. Don't bring a knife to a gunfight. We have got to fight harder than ever before, and Obama knows that.

I want somebody tough as Veep. Still like Webb, but he isn't going to get it. Would like Hillary, but she has taken herself out of it.

It's got to be somebody one hell of a lot tougher than Edwards in '04, that's for sure.

[TheDonkey]

4. Exactly, go after them HARD. This is serious business. The sheeple will fall for Rovian tactics

if we do not fight back

[DCBob]

3. Excellent! Now the real battle begins!

McCain won't know what hit him.

[RagAss]

5. I hope this is just the start.

This needs to be relentless. Day after Day after Day. And there's no such thing as a "low blow" in this kind of fight.

Have any of us forgotten the Bandaids with Purple hearts on them at the 2004 REPUGNANT Convention?

Age is fair game too. Yes McShame is more experienced...more experienced at saying YES to the Shrub and Cheney!

[Graybeard]

6. Pull McLame down from that pedestal the media has built for him.

It's way past time to expose this fraud.

[darius15]

7. Now that's what I like to see

[flamingdem]

8. O bombas away! Guess he rested up and put in his fangs nt

[jefferson_dem]

9. More of "Obama en Fuego" here --

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/17/1271552.aspx