For all the people losing their minds about what Obama SHOULD or SHOULD NOT do, Obama just made complete fools out of the McPalin ticket in his Education town hall. I don't have a trancript but I'll paraphrase what was said as closely as I can. Follow me below the fold for the smackdown.
I edited the Chicken Little reference out so as not to offend some people's sensibilities.
Obama came out and called the McPalin's latest outcry for what it is
a "made up controversy" and "foolish diversions". He points out they are not talking about the future but following the same script they follow every four years. He mentions all the problems we ARE facing as a nation such as the energy crisis, broken educational system, two wars, shoddy care for Veterans, etc. and closes the statement with "and they want to talk about this"...He goes on to say "It's not the Democrats or Republicans that will lose because of this, its YOU, the people that lose."
He asks if we need another year or another four or eight years without talking about the issues.
He ratchets it up a notch with
"I love this Country too much to let them take over with lies, misdirection, and swift boating. These are serious times and they call for serious debate".
He then proceeds to hammer home that McCain supports all of Bush's most egregious policies like infrastructure problems and the Iraq war. He says
"McCain supports these policies, he believes them. There's not a dimes difference between them"
He closes that segment with this gem:
"Spare me the phony outrage, phony talk about change, we have real problems, we need real answers;
not distractions, diversions and manipulations."
So you see, they get no apology, no backing down and no capitulation. They get smacked down and made to look completely foolish and petty, just as predicted. This man will not be swiftboated, this should be painfully apparent to EVERYONE by now. He reels them in and wallops them with their own foolishness.
UPDATE
Here's the video, my apologies for taking so long
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