Obama: McCain Flits Between Goldwater and Kucinich
By Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post
ESPANOLA, N.M.-- Sen. Barack Obama mounted an aggressive case against Sen. John McCain over the economy on Thursday -- escalating his criticism and ridiculing McCain for "ranting" as the national financial crisis continues.
Obama mocked McCain for saying, earlier in the day, that he wanted to fire the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Don't just get rid of one guy. Get rid of this bureaucracy," Obama said.
But Obama, appearing more energetic than he had in days, also took another line of attack against McCain: saying the Arizona senator is confused about his own positions and ideology.
By favoring both greater regulation and less, Obama said, McCain "can't decide whether he's Barry Goldwater or Dennis Kucinich."
"On Monday, he said the economy was fundamentally sound -- and he was fundamentally wrong. 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," Obama said.
"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," Obama said.
"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."
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Washington Post
ESPANOLA, N.M.-- Sen. Barack Obama mounted an aggressive case against Sen. John McCain over the economy on Thursday -- escalating his criticism and ridiculing McCain for "ranting" as the national financial crisis continues.
Obama mocked McCain for saying, earlier in the day, that he wanted to fire the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Don't just get rid of one guy. Get rid of this bureaucracy," Obama said.
But Obama, appearing more energetic than he had in days, also took another line of attack against McCain: saying the Arizona senator is confused about his own positions and ideology.
By favoring both greater regulation and less, Obama said, McCain "can't decide whether he's Barry Goldwater or Dennis Kucinich."
"On Monday, he said the economy was fundamentally sound -- and he was fundamentally wrong. 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," Obama said.
"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," Obama said.
"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."
(Continued here.)
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