By GottaLaff
L-I-E-S. There now, that's not so hard:
Sen. Barack Obama and his campaign launched a promised counterpunch against Sen. John McCain here today, portraying him as an aging, out-of-touch politician who would continue President Bush's economic policies while an Obama administration would cut taxes for the middle class.
Using McCain's own words against him, Obama quoted his Republican opponent saying at Thursday night's service forum, "It's easy for me to go to Washington and frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have."
"So," Obama told a crowd of Democratic supporters and some self-identified undecided voters, "from where he and George Bush sit, maybe they just can't see. Maybe they are just that out of touch. But you know the truth, and so do I." [...]Supporters' jitters about Obama's falling poll numbers and McCain's ongoing, repeatedly discredited assaults have grown palpable, so much so that an audience member stood to plead, "When and how are you going to start fighting back?"
Another questioner asked him how he could force the media to ask McCain tough questions about his tactics and beliefs. Obama's initially tentative reply, calling McCain's ads "just fabricated, just made up," spurred the audience to shout out "Lies."
"Lies, that's the word," Obama repeated.
But Obama said he would not be pushed into responding in kind, vowing to stick with the issues, especially economic issues, and quoting Abraham Lincoln saying that if his opponent lies about him, he will be forced to respond with the truth.
"I will guarantee, we are going to hit back hard," he pledged. "But we are going to hit back hard on the issues that matter to families."
If Democrats were expecting the campaign's new push to be accompanied by a dramatic departure, in words, tone and temperament, they did not get it. Obama remained measured. [...]
He concluded with words to reassure worried supporters: "They will say anything and do anything to maintain the status quo," he said, "but I feel good about our chances. They may have all the fat cats and clout, but I have you."
He's nothing if not consistent.
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