John McCain is fat-head. How could he be so stupid, so tactically inept, so head-in-own-ass, as to deliberately put himself on videotape, saying this, as he did in his speech tonight?
You will hear from my opponent’s campaign in every speech, every interview, every press release that I’m running for President Bush’s third term. You will hear every policy of the President described as the Bush-McCain policy. Why does Senator Obama believe it’s so important to repeat that idea over and over again? Because he knows it’s very difficult to get Americans to believe something they know is false.
I'm not mad about the politics. I'm pissed-off by the sheer lack of intelligence. It is infuriating to see someone tee-themselves-up for such a nice, long, smooth, whistling drive down the center of the fairway, from their opponent's driver. It just makes me want to grind my teeth into sand.
Here is the response ad. I thought of this in about 3 seconds.
Fade in on Senator Obama.
Sen. Obama: Senator McCain thinks I repeat things when I know them to be false.
Cut to McCain's June 3 speech.
You will hear from my opponent's campaign in every speech, every interview, every press release that I'm running for President Bush's third term. You will hear every policy of the President described as the Bush-McCain policy. Why does Senator Obama believe it's so important to repeat that idea over and over again? Because he knows it's very difficult to get Americans to believe something they know is false.
Cut to Senator Obama.
Sen. Obama: Let's remind ourselves of who keeps repeating false things, Senator McCain.
Cut to series of clips from Senator McCain.
"I believe... that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators." (March 20, 2003)
"Saddam Hussein is on a crash course to construct a nuclear weapon." (October 10, 2002)
"This conflict is... going to be relatively short." (March 23, 2003)
"I would argue that the next three to six months will be critical." (September 10, 2003)
"I think the initial phases of [the war] were so spectacularly successful that it took us all by surprise." (October 31, 2003)
"Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war." (August 30, 2004)
"We will probably see significant progress in the next six months to a year." (December 4, 2005)
"We can know fairly well [whether the surge is working] in a few months." (February 4, 2007)
Cut to Sen. Obama
Sen. Obama: Senator McCain, why did you keep saying this?
Cut to clip of McCain
McCain: Why does Senator Obama believe it's so important to repeat that idea over and over again?
Cut to Sen. Obama
Sen. Obama: No, not me, Senator. You.
Cut to clip of Sen. McCain
Because he knows it's very difficult to get Americans to believe something they know is false.
Cut to Sen. Obama
Sen. Obama: [Sternly] Want to hear me say it again, Senator McCain? George. Bush's. Third. Term.
What a fat-head.
(Hat Tip to Jsn.)