Transcript:
Anncr (v/o): He's out of ideas.
Anncr (v/o): out of touch
Anncr (v/o): and running out of time
Anncr (v/o): But with no plan to lift our economy up, John McCain wants to tear Barack Obama down with scare tactics and smears.
Anncr (v/o): Why? McCain's own campaign admits that if the election is about the economy, he's going to lose.
Anncr (v/o): But as Americans lose their jobs, homes, and savings, it's time for a president who will change the economy, not change the subject.
Bo (v/o): I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message.
Yesterday was a good day in Obamaland for the most part. Senator Obama was back on the trail doing his thing in Nevada and New Mexico, while Senator Biden was rockin' in Virginia.
Biden's speeches don't get a lot of play, but he REALLLLLLY knows how to fire up a crowd. While Obama IS getting a bit more fiery on the stump, Biden takes it to a whole new level. I'm still waiting for Biden to come to Columbus! I'll definitely have to go when he does.
I'm sorry, there's no transcript for Biden's remarks. What he does in the clip is continue to hit the Republican ticket over the head about their remarks
Meanwhile, Obama hit the trail with a mission. . .
Here's Barack in Reno: Here's the transcript of the clip:
So what we need right now is a real debate about how to fix our economy and help middle class families. But that's not what we're getting from the other side. A couple of weeks ago, my opponent's campaign said that "if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose", so they said they'd be focusing on attacking me instead.
And that's one campaign promise they've actually kept. Senator McCain has been throwing everything he's got at us, hoping something will stick. He's even called me a socialist for suggesting that we focus on tax cuts, not for corporations and the wealthy, but for the middle class.
Then, the other day, he took it to a whole new level. He said that I was like George W. Bush. You can't make this stuff up, folks. In what may be the strangest twist of all, Senator McCain said that I would somehow continue the Bush economic policies – and that he, John McCain, would change them.
He actually denounced the President for letting things – and I quote – "get completely out of hand."
That's right, John McCain has been really angry about George Bush's economic policies – except during the primaries, when he said we've made "great progress economically" under George Bush. Or just last month, when he said that the "fundamentals of our economy are strong." In fact, John McCain is so opposed to George Bush's policies, that he voted with him 90 percent of the time for the past eight years. That's right, he decided to really stick it to him – 10 percent of the time.
Well, let's be clear: John McCain attacking George Bush for his out-of-hand economic policy is like Dick Cheney attacking George Bush for his go-it-alone foreign policy.
Fortunately, President Bush doesn't seem to be at all offended – because yesterday, he cast his vote – early – for Senator McCain. And that's no surprise, because when it comes to the policies that matter for middle class families, there's not an inch of daylight between George Bush and John McCain.
Like George Bush, John McCain wants to keep giving tax breaks to oil companies and CEOs and companies that ship our jobs overseas. It's the same, failed, Wall Street first/Main Street last economic policy – and we're going to change it.
Like George Bush, John McCain wants to tax your health care benefits for the first time in history, and let insurance companies keep discriminating against people who need health care the most. It's the same, failed, insurance company first/your family last health care policy – and we're going to change it.
Like George Bush, John McCain wants to privatize Social Security – and leave it to the whims of the market. Like George Bush, John McCain ignored this housing crisis until it was too late – and then proposed a $300 billion bailout for Wall Street banks that does hardly anything to help people stay in their homes. Like George Bush, he wants less government regulation of business – he said it again just yesterday, the twenty-first time he's called for less regulation just this year. Now none of us want to see unnecessary burdens on business. But after what we've seen on Wall Street, isn't it obvious by now that we need some commonsense rules of the road to protect consumers and our economy?
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I think we've had enough of the Bush-McCain economics. I can take ten more days of John McCain's attacks, but the American people can't take four more years of the same failed policies and the same failed politics. We're not going to let George Bush pass the torch to John McCain. It's time for change.
According to Ben Smith, Obama changed the Tanto reference:
In Albuquerque, before a massive crowd, Obama moves away from the (politically incorrect?) Lone Ranger and Tonto analogy to a new one: "It’s like Robin getting mad at Batman," he says of McCain's recent efforts to distance himself from Bush.
Also, last night on SNL, they actually made me laugh at a joke they had about Obama! It was hilarious, and you guys have to watch. Apparently on Wednesday night, we are so far ahead in the polls that Obama is just going to have the "Obama Variety Half-Hour."
This is great stuff:
FRED ARMISEN AS SEN. BARACK OBAMA -- "Good evening, my fellow Americans. I am Barack Obama and this is my wife Michelle. This coming Wednesday, our campaign will run a special thirty-minute address on all four major networks.
MAYA RUDOLPH AS MICHELLE OBAMA - "This airtime was initially purchased so that we could speak to you one last time about the issues."
ARMISEN AS OBAMA - "However, with poll numbers putting us so far ahead - we decided now's the time to play it safe.
RUDOLPH - "Instead of a conventional address, we're going to carefully manage our lead and well, shake things up. .
(THE LIGHTS COME UP ON STAGE. THERE IS A LARGE SILVER "O" ON THE FLOOR OF THE STAGE)
ARMISEN AS OBAMA - "With the 'Barack Obama Variety Half-Hour!' It's time to have some fun.
RUDOLPH AS MICHELLE OBAMA - "Because we got a lead in the polls and we built it up."
ARMISEN AS OBAMA - "We built it up."
RUDOLPH AS MICHELLE OBAMA - "We built it up."
ARMISEN/RUDOLPH (TO THE TUNE OF "SOLID" BY ASHFORD & SIMPSON)
"AND NOW IT'S SOLID,
SOLID AS BARACK,
THAT'S WHAT THIS LEAD IS,
THAT'S WHAT WE GOT,GOT, GOT, GOT, GOT"
ARMISEN AS OBAMA - "All your favorites from the campaign will be stopping by for songs and skits. Including House Democrats, Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, and Rahm Emmanuel.
KRISTEN WIIG AS PELOSI (TO THE TUNE OF: C.S.N.Y.'s "OUR HOUSE"):
"OUR HOUSE, IS A VERY, VERY FINE HOUSE,
WHEN THE REPUBLICANS WERE IN CHARGE"
ANDY SAMBERG AS EMMANUEL/BOBBY MOYNIHAN AS FRANK:
"LIFE USED TO BE SO HARD"
WIIG AS PELOSI:
"NOW EVERYTHING IS EASY,
'CAUSE OF YOU"
ARMISEN AS OBAMA
And of course, a party is never complete without Bill Clinton.
DARRELL HAMMOND AS CLINTON:
(SINGING TO THE TUNE OF SIMPLE MINDS' "DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME")
"DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME,
DON'T, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T"
ARMISEN AS OBAMA - It's been a long campaign, so let's have some good old-fashioned fun with Senator Joe Biden.
SUDEIKIS AS BIDEN - "Thanks for inviting me to dinner, Barack."
ARMISEN AS OBAMA - "So, Joe, I'm gonna ask, why did you say that if I was elected a foreign power would test me with an international crisis? Hey, what are you eating?"
SUDEIKIS AS BIDEN - "Oh this? (HOLDS UP A RUBBER FOOT) It's my foot...in my mouth!"
(THEY LAUGH LONG AND HARD)
ARMISEN AS OBAMA - "You'll even see Reverend Jeremiah Wright and University of Illinois at Chicago, Professor Bill Ayers."
(TO THE TUNE OF: "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley)
KENAN THOMPSON AS REV. WRIGHT (with BILL HADER as AYERS on keyboards):
WHITE DEVILS BE CRAZY!
WHITE DEVILS BE CRAZY!
RUDOLPH AS MICHELLE OBAMA - "And some serious moments like Barack meeting the spirit of John F. Kennedy."
JON HAMM AS THE SPIRIT OF JFK - "Barack Obama. Over the years there have been many pretenders in the Democratic Party but you truly are the heir to my legacy."
HAMMOND AS CLINTON - "Guys, I'm standing right here."
ARMISEN AS OBAMA - "Bill Clinton, everybody!"
RUDOLPH AS OBAMA - "So join us this Wednesday for the 'Barack Obama Variety Half Hour.' I promise it will be...
ARMISEN/RUDOLPH
SOLID AS BARACK!
Seriously, that skit had me ROLLING, even "Rev. Wright and William Ayers" ~lol~ I think I'd like to see this variety half-hour on Wednesday!
And last but not least, the slideshow of Obama hitting Nevada and New Mexico:
So there you have it, your morning dose of Hope! Don't forget to get out there and, DONATE, VOLUNTEER and VOTE EARLY!!