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| Obama tells supporters to back off on Palin's daughter | |
| 2008-09-01 | |
| Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown reports: At a press avail in Monroe, Mich., Barack Obama on Palin: "Back off these kinds of stories." "I have said before and I will repeat again: People's families are off limits," Obama said. "And people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president. So I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. You know my mother had me when she was 18 and how a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldnÂ’t be a topic of our politics." On charges that his campaign has stoked the story via liberal blogs: "I am offended by that statement. There is no evidence at all that any of this involved us," he said. "Our people were not involved in any way in this, and they will not be. And if I thought there was somebody in my campaign who was involved in something like that, they would be fired."
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #21 "There is no evidence at all that any of this involved us ...." Ineresting turn of phrase by someone who, one would think, has been trained to speak very precisely. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2008-09-01 22:48 |
| #20 Rats, that was me, posting from my iPhone. Expect some typos when I do that ;-) |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-09-01 22:34 |
| #19 I remember that, Spanky. It was one percent pure chicken feces. "Thank you for your concern," said Cheney. At that point I knew that Cheney was cool under pressure and showed a great deal of class while Edwards proved that he was nothing but a weasel. Donks fight dirty. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2008-09-01 20:40 |
| #18 Uh....Chemey? Steve White? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-01 20:11 |
| #17 Sure wish Obama had said this in 2004 when John Edwards went after Mary Chemey. |
| Posted by: Spanky FlinetchSteve White4664 2008-09-01 20:04 |
| #16 LOL, Abu....I thought I'd slip that in |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-01 18:52 |
| #15 Shocked, I tell you! I'm shocked!!! |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2008-09-01 18:50 |
| #14 Biden's hair surgeon? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2008-09-01 18:45 |
| #13 Mike N. True enough. But I factor in one other thing: Obama is an empty suit. His people may not have cuaght on to how bad this looked to mainstream America for a day or 2 and didnt let The One know until today. Thats a very possible scenario. It is also very illustrative of why Obama should NOT be elected - and repeated many times, ex: Georgia and the Russians and Obama's initial stupid response that had to be walked back. There are others as well, if you have not blinded yourself. Remember, these people around Obama aren't just drinking the koolaid, they are steeped in it, 24*7. Like a schizophrenic, they do not recognize reality to be what it is, and instead first see everything through the blinders they have built to allow them to maintain their delusions and indulge their emotions instead of using their rationality. Thats the whole basis of their emotions-appeal based campaign. Ignore the substance, don't think, dont pry past appearances and the things the party shows you, just give in to your feelings. The result? Irrational virulent hatred of anyone that opposes them or questions the emporer's new clothes, and unthinking uncritical adoration of The One who will lead them back to power. Witness the tears at the DNC, yet a lack of any reasoning when questioned, and the other side: the venom directed at Palin and her family upon her being named by McCain. Sexist, vicious nasty slurs blew in form all corners, Colmes, Sullivan, etc, so its not jsut the nutroots, its the whoel of the left that has lost its grip on reality and civility. Be very careful talking to these libs - they tend to become personally violent when thier delusions are questioned. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-01 18:33 |
| #12 He deserves the antithesis of slack for this one. He let these people sling mud from Friday all the way through today. The one and only reason he has said something is so that he will be on the record before the start of this weeks news cycle. We all knew they were slinging shit by friday afternoon, he can't pretend he didn't know then also. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2008-09-01 18:04 |
| #11 I don't like him, but I'm willing to cut him a little slack on this one. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-09-01 17:19 |
| #10 Plus it leaves his personal history open for legitimate attack. And the attacks aren't hard to imagine. The LAST thing he wants is that kind of scrutiny. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-09-01 17:12 |
| #9 "He actually does the right thing for once." I'm more I think it's far more likely he saw all the flack the Dems are taking for this crap, and realized how many Dem women it's pissing off, and told them to cool it before he loses by an even bigger landslide. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-01 17:11 |
| #8 "As always, should you or any of your IM force be caught or killed,, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim." You know, if you have the power to call them off, it implies you've had to power to make it happen. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-09-01 17:08 |
| #7 Correction: Obama was one of the 'stars' at the Yearly KOS conference in 2007 |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-09-01 16:55 |
| #6 Reminder: Obama was one of the 'stars' at the Daily KOS conference in 2007. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-09-01 16:54 |
| #5 people's families aren't off limits - the children are. Spouses, ex-spouses, significant others (*wink* John Edwards *wink*) and associates are fair game - they are decision-making adults and their relationships reveal things about the candidates. Michelle, Rezko, Wright, Cindy, Todd, Biden's hair surgeon, these are all sources of information. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-01 16:50 |
| #4 He actually does the right thing for once. Good for him. Now for stage 2: if the KKKos KKKiddies don't do as he says, does he denounce them? |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-09-01 16:50 |
| #3 People's families are off limits," Obama said. "And people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. For the first time in my adult life I am proud of Obama. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-09-01 16:43 |
| #2 What's next, Bambi? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-09-01 16:43 |
| #1 As President, would he still have expendable surrogates to blame all of his decisions on? |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-09-01 16:40 |