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http://amerpundit.com/2008/07/30/obama-mccain-trying-to-scare-you-because-i-dont-look-like-the-other-presidents/
Apparently accusing McCain of simply running a negative campaign isn’t enough. Obama’s now accusing his opposition of attempting to make people scared of him because he doesn’t “look like the other presidents on the currency, he’s a got a funny name”. Oy.

“He’s spending an awful lot of time talking about me. You notice that?” Obama asked a crowd of just over one thousand seated in a university gym. “I haven’t seen an ad yet where he talks about what he’s going to do. And the reason is because those folks know they don’t have any good answers, they know they’ve had their turn over the last eight years and made a mess of things.”
“They know that you’re not real happy with them and so the only way they figure they’re going to win this election is if they make you scared of me,” Obama continued, repeating an attack from earlier in the day. “What they’re saying is ‘Well, we know we’re not very good but you can’t risk electing Obama. You know, he’s new, he doesn’t look like the other presidents on the currency, he’s a got a funny name.’”

One GOP strategist with close ties to McCain's campaign said the new line of attack reflected the operation's "schizophrenic" nature. He said that tendency was also on display last week, as McCain spoke at length about media coverage of Obama rather than sticking with his plan to focus on the economy.

"They couldn't help themselves," the strategist said, adding that the ad over the hospital visit is "churlish and unlike McCain, and hardly will resonate with the swing voters who are going to decide this election." The strategist continued: "They're doing it because the candidate, and the campaign, is not happy with where they are and they're lashing out."

If McCain hopes to win the election, the strategist added, "he needs to be a happy warrior."

Sen. HAGEL: Well, let me begin by making this comment and answering your question. Both of these men are smart, capable, decent men who love their country. I think we as a nation are far better off for these two capable men. One will have to govern this country and bring the country together, as well as lead the world and bring the world together, and that's going to take a bipartisan consensus to govern. They're better off to focus on policy differences.

I think John is treading on some very thin ground here when he impugns motives and when we start to get into, `You're less patriotic than me. I'm more patriotic.' I admire, respect John McCain very much, I have a good relationship--to this day we do, we talk often. I talked to him right before I went to Iraq, matter of fact. John's better than that...

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Well, the stakes of the game went up.  I wonder how long it will be before we see the first James Byrd type ad, or a repeat of the Missouri Dem ad of '98...

Anyways, here is the latest.  I expect some of you will just gloss over it and come back with a witty retort about McCain or Bush.

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ORIGINAL: Alumbrado

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Well, the stakes of the game went up.  I wonder how long it will be before we see the first James Byrd type ad, or a repeat of the Missouri Dem ad of '98...

Anyways, here is the latest.  I expect some of you will just gloss over it and come back with a witty retort about McCain or Bush.

You already brought this up once....how 'witty' is it to keep harping on one candidate for playing politics to win, while glossing over the same behavior in his opponent?

Both of them want that Mikey Dukakis moment to scare the voters into voting against the evil darky/cracker on the other side.

If they can't find one, they will simply manufacture it, in between all the innuendo, spin and hype.

No matter how much syrup you pour on this it isn't going to turn into pancakes, so everyone may as well drop the pretense that their side is an innocent victim here.

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ORIGINAL: Aynne

Alumbrado, I am genuinely curious. You seem to play devil's advocate in ohhhh 99.99999% of posts. I cannot figure out who you support, what side you are on, and what trips your trigger. Just my teeny little two cents. Feel free to snark or ignore, or answer if you wish.[&:] .

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ORIGINAL: Owner59
Not comparisons with Paris Hilton or Britney Spears.

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ORIGINAL: celticlord2112

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ORIGINAL: Owner59
Not comparisons with Paris Hilton or Britney Spears.

I thought that comparison was spot on, personally. You take a man who has done basically zip as a legislator at ANY level, has zip notable experience in governmant at ANY level, and let him portray himself as something between the Second Coming of JFK and MLK.

And there is NO analogy to be made to the non-talented Paris Hilton or the marginally talented Britney Spears? Hogwash.

Obama is the Paris Hilton of the Beltway set. A man who is famous only for being famous, not because of any merit or accomplishment of his own.

If Dems don't like it....oh well.

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ORIGINAL: celticlord2112

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ORIGINAL: Owner59
Not comparisons with Paris Hilton or Britney Spears.

I thought that comparison was spot on, personally. You take a man who has done basically zip as a legislator at ANY level, has zip notable experience in governmant at ANY level, and let him portray himself as something between the Second Coming of JFK and MLK.

And there is NO analogy to be made to the non-talented Paris Hilton or the marginally talented Britney Spears? Hogwash.

Obama is the Paris Hilton of the Beltway set. A man who is famous only for being famous, not because of any merit or accomplishment of his own.

If Dems don't like it....oh well.

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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u
Oh come on CL ,winning the nomination is all by itself an accomplishment,especially when one takes the view that the man has no experiance at any level has you assert.Surely even you with your seemingly irrational hate of all things Democratic can concede this point,while still maintaining your apparent obsession...come on give him this backhanded compliment at least...by your own definition he has hoodwinked alot of people

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ORIGINAL: celticlord2112

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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u
Oh come on CL ,winning the nomination is all by itself an accomplishment,especially when one takes the view that the man has no experiance at any level has you assert.Surely even you with your seemingly irrational hate of all things Democratic can concede this point,while still maintaining your apparent obsession...come on give him this backhanded compliment at least...by your own definition he has hoodwinked alot of people

So he's a worthy candidate because.....he's a candidate? The fact that his political resume is so thin as to be nonexistent is irrelevant?

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The phrase 'worthy candidate' is yours. What some of us have pointed out, and you have merely pretended not to notice, is that winning the nomination for the POTUS is an achievement in and of itself. No resume is necessary to applaud that one achievement.