McCain attacks Obama dual baseball loyalties
BENSALEM, PA — One day after Barack Obama praised the Tampa Rays, his rival told Philadelphia Phillies fans that the IL Senator’s apparent flip on World Series loyalties means he cannot be trusted.
“I heard that, and maybe you did too, Senator Obama was showing some love to the Devil Rays down in Tampa Bay yesterday…I think I may have detected a little pattern with Senator Obama. It’s pretty simple really. When he’s campaigning in Philadelphia, he roots for the Phillies, and when he’s campaigning in Tampa Bay, he shows love to the Rays,” McCain told about 700 supporters at a rally outside the City of Brotherly Love.
Obama said last week that he would be rooting for Philly in the upcoming World Series but praised the Rays yesterday. McCain said there is more there than meets the eye.
“It’s kind of like the way he campaigns on tax cuts, but then votes for tax increases after he’s elected. Or the way he says he backs the middle class and then goes and attacks Joe the Plumber after Senator Obama’s asked a tough question,” he said to cheers.
Obama’s campaign called the attack “ridiculous.”
“I guess these are the kinds of attacks you make when your campaign has conceded that if you talk about the economy, you’ll lose. Senator Obama said he’s rooting for the Phillies. Yesterday he said nice things about the members of the team who came out to support him, but that doesn’t change the fact that Tampa Bay bounced his White Sox out of the playoffs,” Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said.
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This has to be the funniest and most desperate attack I’ve seen. This is absolutely embarrassing.
You have got to be kidding me.
This is even more ridiculous than the attack over Biden rooting for the football team of his alma mater.
John, please stay on message (if you HAVE one). Assertions like this make it really look as though you are reaching- it’s unbecoming of a dignified man such as yourself.
“The angrier you feel about the economy the more likely you are to vote for Obama.”
Only because the Liberal Press is not informing folks who got us into this complete Economic Meltdown!
Wake up Folks-it is the Liberal Left with their “Social Engineering” that started in the Clinton Administration that has caused all this!
If you want folks exposed and prosecuted vote for McCain!
If you like what happened and want to see more of it without anyone being called on the carpet…. vote for the Puppet the Liberal Left has been waiting for!
Without Checks and Balances in place and the press favoring the Chicago Thugs-we won’t even see it coming!
Do we have any wealth left to lose and give to those who can’t/won’t work for a living?
Sen. McCain Is correct. Sen Obama has more faces than can be counted.
LOL! Have to say Obama is brilliant - he knows how to pander to the crowd. Too bad he hasn’t realized that in the age of technology what you say in one area of the country may come back and bite you in the butt in another part of the country. This is just like the the “clinging to guns and religion” comment.
I have never seen a better example of “grasping at straws”….give me a break!
McCain/Palin ticket are really starting to sound like they are children in school going back and fourth over silly little things!! Palin in NV today saying that the Dem’s are worried about BIDEN doing his next interview “DOESNT SHE HAVE NERVE” this is the same WOMAN that cannot get her words together in interviews she doesnt even no What Magazines she reads!! These two CHILDREN “McCain/Palin” are those kids in the neighborhood that would get mad if they didnt win the game and “TAKE THERE BALL IN HOUSE” and no other children could play because they didnt have a ball”….. GET OVER YOURSELFS AMERICA is tired of hearing this Message from you!! that is why OBAMA/BIDEN are up in all the POLLS…..
Obama/Biden 2008′ “Just a more Complete and Trustworthy Ticket”
McCaint why don’t you try coming up just once in your life with a constructive comment
Good catch Sen. McCain!! Good illistration about Obama’s trustworthiness - and will say what he thinks you want to hear. Not to mention that Obama probably thinks no one would notice - since he thinks we’re all stupid!
Wow, I thought I’d never see the day that Sports was an important Presidential Issue. McCain, you are a nut!
700???? 700????????? Try to say something useful McCaint— you might draw a crowed
All while our economy tanks. Thank you McCain.
yes I saw this on tv this is funny. He goes to one team and tells them is rooting for them . And he goes to the other team and tells them the same. Talking about been honest ha.
McCain’s attack on Obama for his supposed “dual Loyalties” is just another of his “if you are not for me than you’re anti-american, etc., etc.” I listened to Obama when the comments were made and he was simply saying–I’m not pulling for your team but that doesn’t mean I have to trash you.
I always admired McCain for his intergrity until he seemed to sale his soul to win–and in the process–he is selling out our country.
Why is it anytime McCain shows us the truth about Obama, you call it Attack?
Not once has McCain said anything unTrue about Obama.
Thats ignorant that the McCain Campaign would even bring that up. The teams are in two different leagues AL and NL. Sure you can only “root” for one team to win the World Series, but you can still like both teams. I love the Red Sox (an american league team), but I also like the Astros (a national league team). If somehow both of them ended up in the WS I would root for the Red Sox, but I would be happy with whatever team won and would praise both teams for winning thier league championship. Keep fishing McCain! Obama does campaign for tax cuts (for the middle class) and I’m sure he’ll vote for tax increases on the rich (like himself and McCain).
I’m not sure how the Obama Campaign attacked Joe the plumber, unless by attack you mean tell the truth and inform the public. McCain is the reason the Joe the plumber was even brought into either campaign. Republicans have far to long convinced people to vote against their best interest by using the issues of Gun Control, Abortion, and Civil Unions. Clinton was president for eight years and I still have all my guns, he didn’t make me marry a man, and my wife hasn’t had any abortions.
Thanks
attacks on baseball favorites? common now, this is gettin terribly ridiculous! its just another attempt from a desperate man to win the election! OBAMA 08!
Why is this news?
Why is this news?
How utterly ridiculous. I am a big Phillies fan and it doesn’t bother me whatsoever. Here’s to a great World Series. Obama/Biden 2008
McCain thinks liking baseball is unamerican
McCain have your handlers up your dose of methamusel
McCain’s were lighthearted comments using a perfect example of Obama’s mutually exclusive
dual loyalties is brilliant. The man goes whichever way the wind blows and sees no problem
with it, on any issue!
Hilarious!
Go McCain!
So here we go.
Obama is not a naturalized citizen
http://www.rallycongress.com/constitutional-qualification/1244/stop-obama-constitutional-crisis.
I like how Mr. Obama had an economic forum and is like I will reach across the isle. Yet all the people on his panel were democrats even that so called economic expert was yes a democrat. What a liar yet again. They of course ripped the republicans.
I know for a fact that Obama had an ear piece and was receiving tips from his campaign on what to do and say. Did you see how he cuffed his ear?
This is just another example of how he says multiple things to multiple people.
I think Sen McCain made a good down to eaeth statement that represents just what Obama is all about.
and McCain is for who? no opinion whatsoever I take it….playing it safe. Have we all gone nuts?
Liberals must not ever have to work. They leave a ridiculous amount of comments on every message board I’ve seen. I guess when you are the party of the lazy and entitled, you are just that…lazy (without a job and sitting at home) and entitled (living off the riches’ taxes).
Keep sitting at home and pretending that you are in a better position than you really are.
THIS IS STUPID. WHY WOULD FOX RUN A STORY LIKE THIS? THIS CERTAINTY SAYS ALOT ABOUT FOX AND MCCAIN CAMPAIGN. MCCAIN, YOU NEED SOMETHING BETTER THAN THAT TO CONVINCE INDIVIDUALS TO VOTE FOR YOU. PLEASE TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY, HEALTHCARE, ENERGY, BIN LADEN OR THE EMPLOYMENT RATE. THIS IS NOT GOING TO GET IT!!!!!
Well, thank the good Lord John McCain is so unconcerned about our economy imploding that he has time to snark on his opponent’s choice of baseball teams. I’m sure all the people with foreclosed homes and no 401Ks or jobs thank you too, Johnny.
mccain is that you got to talk baseball. you got wait for obama to say somethink so you can use it. like palin want to ban gay marry. you to need to get your act together.all you are doing is wait for obama to say somethink becouse you have anythink only your only. that pretty bad went you want to win the white house.
I am really looking forward to the end of this campaign. Not just because I am voting for Obama and think he will win but because I am tired of watching mccain continually embarrass himself. Its time for grandpa to retire to a front porch. He is a relatively good man, he is just beyond his time.
Lets see??? 700 supporters??? sad sad
WHO CARES about Baseball - where’s Shushannah Walsh? She was my favorite. I haven’t seen her on TV recently. I WANT SHUSHANNAH!
Ok You have to go be seriously desperate if you are going to attack Obama on his baseball loyalty…..Get a life McCain
Now this is absolutely ridiculous, McCain is Insane! He is getting too old to even campaign anymore
McCain is one of the most disgusting politicians ever. To question the trustworthiness of another member of the Senate is like a Physician stating that another Physician doesn’t know what he or she is doing, although that Physician is making a lot more money and is known throughout the medical profession as a consummate Physician. Really, McCain is showing how juvenile, insecure, and doltish he is.
Okay this story is a bit of a stretch I will admitt that, but to a point I can see its point. Obama is only doing what every other Democrat candidate has done and thats say one thing then do another, thats no surprise to any Republican. Sure it may be incredibly insignificant, but if Obama will flip flop on something like this that is so irrelevant, who is to say he wont do it on a larger scale when it really matters.
It’s the economy, Senator Stupid…let’s talk about the E-C-O-N-O-M-Y!!!
Who cares about BASEBALL. I want more Shusannah Walsh! I think she’s a great addition to Fox News. SHOW HER ON TV MORE!!!!!!!!!!
Another example of how doltish McCain is, who cares?
I have heard some ridiculous stuff from the McCain/Palin camp ever since the RNC but this has got to top the cake. We are in an economic crisis (people are losing their homes, their jobs, their health care). There are single parents out there who can’t even afford to buy their kids a package of cookies at the end of the week because there just is not money left in their wallets and all the McCain/Palin camp is try to divide the country with every negative thing that comes out of their mouths. The middle class in this country are in real trouble but McCain can barely bring himself of say those two words: middle class. It’s almost like it is revolting to him and if, god forbid, he were to become our next President we would be just as invisible to his administration as we are to the Bush administration.
Though this may not be a big issue it does, once again, show the pandering done by Senator B.O. - if he lies in the little things, what is he doing with the things that count? Let me see - lying!!! At present we are free to choose who we want to lead us - will we be that free to choose with B.O.? Everything that comes up about him is “racist” - really! How creepy is that -
In these trying times we need a president who won’t waiver on the tough decisions. If we elect a president who cannot choose a team to root for in his own country’s national pastime, it will no doubt embolden our enemies.
This is another example of Obama saying one thing to one crowd and another to a different crowd. He does this with issues such as taxes, the war on terror, and now baseball. People are thinking that McCain is attacking Obama. This is so far from the truth. I rather want the truth to come out. McCain/Palin are right and Obama/Biden are wrong!!!!
In retrospect, after McCain and Huckabee combined forces to triangulate a victory over Romney in the primary, we would love to see an expert like Gov. Romney as the the Republican candidate. Romney should look down, shake his head, and laugh to himself.
McCain is pretty desperate if he has to find a problem with his opponent’s praising of a baseball team to try and bolster his campaign. Can he go any lower?
Who cares! Does having fun with baseball teams really matter at all? This appears to be another attempt by the McCain campaign to change the subject away from the real issues of the day. Is that all he has?
You’ve GOT to be kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
E-N-O-U-G-H of these intellectually vacuous attacks that have N-O-T-H-I-N-G to do with the state of our nation. The fact that “attacks” like these are even considered by the McCain campaign shows that they are grasping for straws. Can we elevate the level of debate, please?
This is absolutely the pits. McCain’s mental bankruptcy coming right through and making a once admirable man look real stupid and small …
Let go John, it’s not really worth so much that you demean yourself endlessly.
John “Get Off My Lawn” McCain now says you cannot cheer on the local team?
McCain is such an embarrasing joke.
You right-wingnuts want to talk about character? How about a candidate without one: McCain.
McCain has to be prerry darned desperate to attack Obama in regards to his baseball loyalties. Try getting around to talking about the real problems you repbs have gotten this country into.
You poor blind liberals, why cant you see the bigger picture. You think that Obama will solve all of our economic troubles and thats all that matters. What about his character? his past? his freinds? I dont care if he is the better choice for the economy if the guy cant be trusted then he doesnt belong in the white house. Every time McCain tries to point out Obama’s untrusting character flaws he gets jumped all over by liberals blabbing about how he is avoiding the issues. Look at the bigger picture for a change and im sure you will see who the better candidate is in this election.
Uhhh…comment to Worker Bee concerning Liberals not working and being on this website…YOU are on this website-I guess you are “working”?
What’s wrong with diplomacy?
WE ARE NOT GETTING IT!
IT comes down to FACTS versus EMOTIONS! And emotions always win. The Obama camp changes the focus off of the facts. Many people are in love with Obama. When you are love with someone, it is emotional, and you overlook many facts. That is what is happening in this campaign. That is why you can’t argue facts with Obama supporters.
The baseball topic and who Obama cheers for is not the issue. The issue is that Obama’s positions change with the wind and geographic location he happens to be in at the time. I’ve seen this time and time again. He been saying one thing to part of America, then another thing elsewhere. He’s been giving people half truths and what he thinks they want to hear, instead of what the truth, issue or his position really is. You can’t play on both sides of the fence. You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time.
Someone needs to tell Tommy Vietor that it was the Red Sox that the Ray’s beat and that they are from Boston. Not the White Sox who are from Chicago. Kind of funny how a guy working for another guy from Chicago doesn’t even know the teams from that city. How can you expect these people to be in touch with regular folks when they don’t even know what team is from their own neighborhood (ie. south side “Acornville” of Chicago). Nice Job Tommy Boy.
The only reason I will vote for McCain is. Hilary Clinton yes Hilary Clinton if obama wins Hilary wont be able to run for president in 2012 and 2016 she be to old to run . I will ask all democrats to vote for McCain and if McCain wins Hillary will have a chance to run again for president in 2012 and she will win.
How totally silly … McBush sure knows how to address the issues … what in the world is he thinking … how someone like that thinks he could be president is strange ….. and he talks about Obama’s judgement .. yeah right!!!
Whats next McCain? Attacking Obama for eating both M&Ms and Skittles? For eating both Subway and McDonalds? For drinking both Coke and Pepsi?
Major Dan you should have kept what is on your mind in your head. People are voting for Obama the same reason why they voted for Reagan. He is new with a fresh view of ideas. All jabs aside, Obama is a very smart individual, who know how to win. That is why people are voting for him. Obama will represent America in that same respect. I do believe if he is President America will follow a better path. I am not taking anything from McCain, but his true call to duty is Secretary of Defense. I believe McCain would be stronger at that position. As for as dealing with the economics issues and building a stronger economic sound America he is not the guy. McCain has served America well, but Obama is a leader. Some people just have the gift to lead and Obama has it even though I do believe both men would put country first. Palin was a very bad choice and this negative campaign by McCain needs to stop. Obama has ran a better campaign he deserve to be the winner.
Do you people ACTUALLY think that this has ANYTHING to do with his trustworthiness? He was rooting for the Phillies and then congratulated the Rays on their win. The only people who don’t congratulate the winners are sore losers….just like you McCain/Palin lovers out there. Don’t be upset because Obama is leading in the polls.
PLEASE all you nobama nasty ,twisted blogers, NO one cares what you say, your not going to change someones mine with you stupid comments!
i come here to read inteligent comments… NOT YOUR PAID FOR RANTS..
that are all over the place… If any thing, it makes me really dislike your
Lord Nobama.more. please go away
He’s right and because of this baseball untruth, I will now vote for McCain, thanks FOX… always on target.
And this frivolous camment from McCain is going to get the economy back on track how? I guess it’s just another attempt to show that Obama is anti-American right? Atta boy John, this comment will definately get a majority of the voters coming your way…
Now, gotta a clever comment on how to create jobs?
Greeting the World Series winning team at the White House is one of the easiest diplomatic responsibilities of the president, but if Obama doesn’t even understand the game or is even unable to pick a team to root for, such an event could end up making him look foolish, and would not bode well for future, or important diplomatic events. Anyone agree?
You have to be kidding me…. This is what the run for the highest office in the land has come to, who cheered for what baseball team and that speaks to the character of the politician. People are losing homes, jobs and money and McCain makes and issue of this. this is the final jumping off point before we start saying a canidate is good or bad because he drinks coke or pepsi. Talk about the issues that we americans care about enough of this garbage.
McCain should be trying to find solutions to our economic problems not worrying about what baseball teams Obama is visiting.
And this frivolous comment from McCain is going to get the economy back on track how?
I guess it’s just another attempt to show that Obama is anti-American right?
Atta boy John, this comment will definately get a majority of the voters coming your way…
Now, gotta a clever comment on how to create jobs?
McCain is realy is a person that sees he can’t win without nerative add he can’t win on the issue this is why he has abandon all talk about the issue if the people want to see the end of america vote for John McCIN
This has gotten to be out of control. You have people actually comparing baseball to the economy. Then you have someone telling Democrats to vote Republican so Hilary can run in 2012. Come on people get a grip. The issues facing us today go far beyond the World Series or any other sporting event.
Accuse Obama of buying the election….check.
Whine about the “liberal media”….check.
Suggest voter fraud…check.
Question Obama’s associations….check.
Call Obama a socialist….check.
Use the old tried and true “fear tactic”….check.
Question his patriotism…check.
Call everyone who doesn’t support McCain “unAmerican”…check.
Let’s see….what else can we do?
His opinions on sports!!! Yeah, we can spin that!!!!
Sad and desperate…..
Man, they are going to try everything and anything.
After all of the instability, unkept commitments, policy switches, and changes that nearly give you whiplash I think McCain has a lot of nerve criticizing Senator Obama for his encouragement of BOTH teams in the World Series. Give me a break. I guess he ran out of other meaningless things to criticize him for. Desperation at it’s worst.
Really?
Sorry, McCain. Palin’s been modeling the logos of various home sports teams whereever she goes. Is she “disloyal”?
Come on, McCain. Campaign, for god’s sake. Campaign better. What the h*ll does one comment about baseball have to do with tax policy?
Obama’s side is saying positive things about Obama. McCain’s side is saying negative things about Obama. Who’s talking about McCain? Nobody.
I LOOKED for positive news from your side today: Palin contradicts herself on Pakistan. McCain is campaigning in a state where he’s way behind, instead of in a real swing state. McCain is not longer friends with John Kerry. Who cares?
(And before anyone accuses me of using the left media, this is all from FOX)
I’m not seeing any substance.
McCain must be pretty desperate for votes if he has to attack Obama about baseball!!!!
How sad!!!! McCain still bounces all over the place from day to day. Who know what he would do as President and, God forbid, something were to happen to him and Palin would be President!!
Can anyone really want that to happen?
Its always nice to get on FOX news and find out what the bottom .05% of the country thinks. Its nice to know that all of you republican motor mouths are just posting to make each other happy. I swear your like a bunch of ugly girls trying to look good for each other. Well, I have bad news for you small minded folk- Mccain has lost this election. So keep up the hate -speech and racism that you hold so close and dear to your heart……its the last gasp before you have to stfu for 4 years at least. I recommend sticking your head back in the sand, you wont be capable of helping this nation or yourselves once Obama wins.
McCain told this to a crowd of 700? SEVEN HUNDRED?
What’s next? Campaign rallies inside phone booths?
Ha! What a joke. This country is doomed when idiots like McCain are the best that one of our nation’s largest polical parties can dig up. This makes me sad, really. This country is ready for change, that may not be Obama, but it certainly isn’t McCain. On topic, baseball is a game; running our country is not — too bad this old man can’t respect the American public enough to just state where he stands and stick with it.
Mccain and Palin. The new Dumb and Dumber. There campaign is “PATHETIC” and that’s being
kind.
If you don’t know what the “Joe the Plummer” issue was about, don’t comment on it. It doesn’t give you credibility, dude. I’m sure McCain’s “sports-man-like” comment was taken out of context by the media just like Obama’s probably was but let’s calm down Boys and Girls… whatever the case, McCain’s making some headway - and, I’m sure its got less to do with a “baseball” comment and more to do with his experience and what he brings to the table.
Oh boy!
I had a completely different image of Senator McCain. Is this a kind of talk we expect from United States’ presidential candidate, at a time when we find ourselves in such a difficult time?
I am ashamed!
OBAMA IS A WHITE SOXS FAN!!! HE DID NOT TELL THE RAYS HE WAS PULLING FOR THEM! HE WAS JUST SHOWING THEM SOME LOVE!! HE SAID HE WOULD BE PULLING FOR THE PHILLYS BECAUSE HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER IS A FAN! GET REAL PEOPLE. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO THE ELECTION!! PERIOD!!!! MCCAIN YOU ARE A BETTER MAN THAN THIS, OR SO I THOUGHT!! AND AS FAR AS THE REST OF THE PEOPLE WHO THINK THIS IS A REAL ISSUE, TWO WORDS. “HIGH SCHOOL!!!”
To the person who said, “Good catch Sen. McCain!! Good illistration about Obama’s trustworthiness - and will say what he thinks you want to hear. Not to mention that Obama probably thinks no one would notice - since he thinks we’re all stupid!”
You spelled, “Illustration,” wrong. I guess not all Americans are stupid, but you proved that you are.
Obama Biden 08
I find it very suspicious that Joe the plumber asked Obama a question on a business he wants to buy making 250K plus a year, but then when questioned again, he said the business makes well below 250K. Makes me wonder the McCain campaign must have had something to do with this….say putting Joe the Plumber to ask this question….
Duhhh he was planted there!
“Turns out that Joe Wurzelbacher from the Toledo event is a close relative of Robert Wurzelbacher of Milford, Ohio. Who’s Robert Wurzelbacher? Only Charles Keating’s son-in-law and the former senior vice president of American Continental, the parent company of the infamous Lincoln Savings and Loan. The now retired elder Wurzelbacher is also a major contributor to Republican causes giving well over $10,000 in the last few years.”
Is this serious? Someone please tell me it’s not true. McCain is definitely like Mr. Wilson from Dennis the Menace…LOL. Well I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I guess this is an attack that’s going to lead up to Obama’s appearance on National television before the World Series. I wonder what McSane and that Crazy Woman he has speaking on his behalf has planned for that.
So this is the same as McCain Arguing against the Bush Tax Cuts, then being for them as if he was the entire time? This is the same as McCain being against pork barrel spending, then supporting multi million dollar DNA test on Grizzleys? PLEASE….. If you don’t have a message, ATTACK.
According to Biden a vote for obama means a crisis.
OBAMA’S INEXPERIENCE IS NOW KNOWN WORLDWIDE! AFTER BIDEN SPILLED THE BEANS ON HIM. Now everyone knows Obama is a “radically’ weak rat. Obama & Biden have become a laughingstock! No one’s gonna vote for a weakie con master like Obama now.
Wait, “praising” or “giving love” to one team is inconsistent with rooting for another? Hmmm, interesting. How very mature, intelligent and Christian of you, Mr. McCain. I guess the proper response w