Okay, I guess short diaries aren't en vogue at the moment, but dagnammit this made me grin from ear to ear :) and I reckon dailykos people will enjoy it too, just 43 seconds of pure Obama magic, pawning MacCain on his hypocrisy over lobbyists.
I don't know how to embed (someone help me please) so the link and the transcript is after the jump...
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transcript
“Suddenly [McCain’s] the change agent!” Obama laughed. “He says, “I’m going to tell those lobbyists that their days of running Washington are over.” Who’s he going to tell? Is he going to tell his campaign chairman who’s one of the biggest corporate lobbyists in Washington? Is he going to tell his campaign manager who was one of the biggest corporate lobbyists in Washington? Is he going to tell all the folks who are running his campaign who are the biggest corporate lobbyists in Washington?”
“Who is it that he’s going to tell that change is coming?” he added, “I mean come on, they must think you’re stupid!”
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See? Obama does not need to go negative, and he does not need to use personal attacks, this is a splendid application of the Truman principle advocated very recently by Biden, to paraphrase; 'Give them the truth and make them think it's hell'
Bravo Obama. Bravo!