Yes, he really said that. Barack Obama is speaking live right now (in Espanola New Mexico), and he is excoriating John McCain. Here are some highlights:
My opponent’s first reaction to this crisis on Monday was to stand up and repeat the line he’s said over and over again throughout this campaign – quote – "the fundamentals of our economy are strong." The comment was out so out of touch that even George Bush’s White House couldn’t agree with it.
Is that hard enough for you guys? Our future President has clearly been eating his wheaties:
On Tuesday, he said the government should stand by and allow one of the nation’s largest insurers to collapse, putting the well-being of millions of Americans at risk. But by Wednesday, he changed his mind.
He said he would take on the ol’ boy network, but he seemed to forget that he took seven of the biggest lobbyists in Washington from that network and put them in charge of your campaign.
John McCain can’t decide whether he’s Barry Goldwater or Dennis Kucinich. Well, I have a message for Senator McCain:
You can’t just run away from your long-held views or your life-long record. You can’t erase twenty-six years of support for the very policies and people who helped bring on this disaster with one week of rants.
We don't need a "commission," you f_____g BLOCKHEAD:
What we need is honest talk and real solutions. Senator McCain’s first answer to this economic crisis was – get ready for it – a commission. That’s Washington-speak for "we’ll get back to you later." Folks, we don’t need a commission to spend a few years and a lot of taxpayer money to tell us what’s going on in our economy. We don’t need a commission to tell us gas prices are high or that you can’t pay your bills. We don’t need a commission to tell us you’re losing your jobs. We don’t need a commission to study this crisis, we need a President who will solve it – and that’s the kind of President I intend to be.
No wonder Obama's backed by Warren Buffet and other financial gurus, while McCain consults with proven hacks:
You remember Phil Gramm – he’s the guy who said that we’re going through a ‘mental recession’; and the same man who called the United States of America a "nation of whiners."
That’s who John McCain listens to. He has consistently opposed the sorts of common sense regulations that might have lessened the current crisis. When I was warning about the danger ahead on Wall Street months ago because of the lack of oversight, Senator McCain was telling the Wall Street Journal—and I quote—"I’m always for less regulation."
Except now, with the magnitude of the crisis apparent even to the Bush White House, John McCain wants to reverse course. Now, all of a sudden, he’s unleashed an angry tirade against all the insiders and lobbyists who’ve supported him for twenty-six years – the same folks who run his campaign.
And the coup de grace:
Now that this disaster has hit, John McCain is calling for the firing of the Security and Exchange Commissioner. Well here’s what I say: In 47 days, you can fire the whole Trickle-Down, On-Your-Own, Look-the-Other-Way crowd in Washington who have led us down this disastrous path.
After some brutal McCain-bashing, Obama gets into the nitty gritty of his economic platform. Good stuff.