Dang.... Obama has the best comebacks! Now he body slams Hillary's slimey ad...

[ORDagnabbit]

Per CNN:

"I just want to take a moment to respond to an ad that Senator Clinton is apparently running today that asks, 'Who do you want answering the phone in the White House when it’s 3am and something has happened in the world?'

"We’ve seen these ads before. They’re the kind that play on peoples’ fears to scare up votes.

"Well it won’t work this time. Because the question is not about picking up the phone. The question is – what kind of judgment will you make when you answer? We’ve had a red phone moment. It was the decision to invade Iraq. And Senator Clinton gave the wrong answer. George Bush gave the wrong answer. John McCain gave the wrong answer.

"But I stood up and said that a war in Iraq would cost us thousands of lives and billions of dollars. I said that it would distract us from the real threat we face – and that we should take the fight to al Qaeda in Afghanistan. That’s the judgment I made on the most important foreign policy decision of our generation, and that’s the kind of judgment I’ll show when I answer that phone in the White House as President of the United States – the judgment to keep us safe, to go after our real enemies, and to provide the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States with the equipment they need when we do send them into battle, and the respect and care they have earned when they come home. And I’ll never see the threat of terrorism as a way to scare up votes, because it’s a threat that should rally this country around our common enemies. That’s the judgment we need at 3am. And that’s the judgment that I am running for President to provide."

[kentuck]

1. If he keeps this crap up..?

They will be afraid of attacking him... for fear of getting it slapped back into their faces. What a novel new idea!

[Window]

10. I love it!

The rapid respond team is off the hook, as well as the entire campaign!

:bounce:

[ramapo]

2. Jay Rockefeller agrees

Obama has picked up a very impressive endorsement

[Arugula Latte]

3. I want to clone him.

ATTENTION YOU PANTY-WAIST WIMPY MUSH-MOUTHED COWERING DEMOCRATS: THIS IS HOW IT IS DONE!

[Botany]

4. Double Snaps and w/ a Z!

[silverweb]

5. Zing!

Well said, as always.

GObama!

[book_worm]

Perfect response--it's about judgement not about answering the phone.

[kentuck]

8. The talking heads were laughing about it off the air...

wondering why the phone kept ringing and ringing and no one was answering? :-)

[ScottS]

6. interesting

[Divernan]

28. Welcome to DU. Stick around. It's going to be an interesting year.

[killbotfactory]

7. Did you see his response to McCain?

Where he stated that Al-Qaeda wasn't in Iraq until we invaded? They just showed it on CNN. McCain's brilliant response was "That was in the past".

The Iraq War pimps have no legitimacy anymore. They are pathetic.

[Whisp]

9. holy crap. I bet he's scaring a lot of people besides Hillary...

I will bet that when he gets in the WH he will be a lot more progressive than what he has led on. He just wanted the 'same basic policies as Hillary' to fly under the radar and safely coast up to this point (without being called a radical extremists lefty loon) to Bring It!!!

one sharp dude, he is.
amazing.

[TheDoorbellRang]

13. That's what I'm wondering, too. That's just what FDR did

FDR made his campaign promises pretty vague, then it was Katy-bar-the-door when he got into office.

[blocker]

11. She stole the idea from Mccain..look:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/What_is_it_about_3_am_.html#comments

[City Lights]

12. Brilliant!

:applause:

Take that Hillary!

[jakem]

14. but.. but.. he isnt VETTED!

lol!


:rofl:

[KLee]

15. LOL

You continue to make me proud Barack!

Awesome response, and it's all fact lmaoo

[KLee]

16. delete

[BuyingThyme]

17. I was wondering why the phone rang for so long

in that commercial.

[kentuck]

18. He is so quick...

at giving just the right response. Unlike Kerry, who could give the most complex responses to the most simple questions or issues, Obama cuts right to the chase and chops them up into small pieces with his logic. I am impressed thus far.

[TexasObserver]

19. He's the Dikembe Mutombo of presidential politics. She attacks, he swats her shots away with ease.

Not in my house, Hillary!! (finger wag)

[denem]

20. I remember Wes Clark slamming the use of fear as a political weapon.

, but this, I guess, is a Penn special.

[Kittycat]

21. Gives a whole new political meaning to the term, "Comeback Kid"

[milkyway]

22. Like Ali, Obama floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee. You can't hit him.

More people will see a clip of Obama's reaction to the ad before they will see the ad. He has not just nuetralized the ad...he's turned it around and made it help him. Geez, these guys are fucking good.

[YOY]

23. THIS IS WHAT/WHO WE NEED!

Right back in their faces and telling them to shut the F*** up!

[NoodleyAppendage]

24. And...why again are we to believe that Obama can't handle the Repuke media machine???

Within the last week, I've seen some of the best retorts to both Hillary and McCain attacks on what we are supposed to believe are Obama's weak points, but in each instance he ground their faces into the mud they sling.

REPUKES ARE SCARED SHITLESS OF OBAMA. Why else would Rush Limpballs tell his mindless listeners to vote for Hillary? They always assumed that they would run against Hillary, which they rightfully knew they could beat. But, now they are faced with a candidate who is skilled at calling them on their bullshit and won't take any flack.

GO OBAMA!!!!!!

J

[Vinca]

25. He's so fast on his feet. It's exactly what's needed to go up against

McCain. His zingers come naturally and don't have to be written and rehearsed.

[butterfly77]

26. I have to say it..

that was a good one. I think that this is why they don't know how to attack him because he really is giving STRAIGHT TALK and a lot of these politicians are continuing to talk in nuances...The people aren't stupid...

[butterfly77]

27. I had to look at that again...

he hit all three of them in one swat..

[elixir]

29. Kerry had a red phone moment...how many of you supported Kerry in '04?