Obama thanked McCain for calling off the mob -- it didn't work. At least McCain tried. But it was too late.
Swamp: "I want to acknowledge that Senator McCain tried to tone down the rhetoric at his town hall meeting yesterday," Obama said, referring to a raucous gathering where voters urged McCain to get tough on Obama. "I appreciated his reminder that we can disagree while still being respectful of each other."McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds says McCain's supporters are angry about the economy, which is a flat out lie. They're angry because they think Obama is a terrorist, thanks largely to wingnuts and Palin giving them the confirmation they needed. A Gallup poll out today says McCain's supporters are voting him because of his "values." Values means opposing gay marriage and abortion. In this election, values has another meaning: I don't want to vote for the terrorist black man.
And Obama also noted that McCain served the country with honor "and deserves our thanks for that." McCain is a decorated Vietnam veteran who was held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for five and a half years.
McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds responded: "The tone of this election is not fueling voter outrage, it's that Americans are frustrated knowing that Barack Obama's plans to raise taxes during a down economy and his proposal for a trillion dollars in new government spending are the absolute wrong answers to our economic crisis."
Then the reporter went on to say that Obama continued the harsh rhetoric by digging McCain on the economy. That's not a dig. That's what he's supposed to do.
Still, as Obama hit the first of four Philadelphia rallies, he couldnt resist following his thanks to McCain with a dig: "But when it comes to the economy and what families here in Pennsylvania are going through, sen McCain still doesn't get it."
