Typical Republican Tactics
The Republicans already have their ad focusing on the times in the debate where Obama agreed with McCain. Did they forget that this is the very same debate where John McCain attacked Obama for being too liberal to find a common ground with people on the other side of the aisle? You cannot have it both ways Republicans. You cannot logically attack Obama for being too liberal to find a common ground AND THEN attack Obama for finding a common ground with your candidate in the debate and expect to be taken seriously. This is just one of the typical Republican tactics used in the debate last night. (Of course, the Republican selective memory seems to have forgotten that for a majority of the debate, Obama clearly explained how wrong John McCain has been, especially on issues like Iraq).
Another tactic that I discussed last night was the attack McCain used on Obama’s support of the legislation that gave oil companies a tax break. In that legislation, Barack Obama fought the portions of the legislation that would provide those breaks. However, that portion of the legislation was included. So while Obama did not agree with some of the legislation, he agreed with the rest of it enough to vote for the bill as a whole. McCain dishonestly attacks Obama for supporting the legislation that contained that provision, even though Obama fought against that provision. This is Karl Rove politics people. Do we really want more of this?
As Obama said previously… ENOUGH! It is time for us to stand up against McCain and these sleezy, slimy, and dishonest tactics.