Obama hits McCain's "say anything" politics

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

Obama hits McCain's "say anything" politics
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama criticized Republican White House rival John McCain for a "say anything, do anything" political style on Monday as he opened a two-day tour to kick off early voting in Florida.

McCain told supporters in Missouri that "nothing is inevitable" and he could still beat Obama, who leads in national opinion polls as the pair began a two-week sprint to the November 4 presidential election.

"In the final days of campaigns, the say-anything, do-anything politics too often takes over," Obama told about 8,000 supporters in Tampa, Florida. "We've seen it before and we're seeing it again today. The ugly phone calls. The misleading mail and TV ads. The careless, outrageous comments."

He noted McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, had told reporters on Sunday she questioned the value of automated calls being made by McCain's campaign and the Republican National Committee to link Obama with 1960s radical Bill Ayers.

"As you know, you really have to work hard to violate Governor Palin's standards on negative campaigning," Obama told the crowd.


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[Nambe]

1. Poor Barack´s campaign has to listen to the hacker to reply. Tough job.

[livelongandprosper]

2. Huh? n/t

[Tempest]

3. My reaction as well

Maybe he was speaking in tongues.

[Terran]

4. 'Splain please?

I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about.