Obama Camp Hammers On McCain's Confusions

Marc Ambinder:

Here's a memo from newly titled "senior strategist for communications and message" Robert Gibbs painting McCain in the deep purple of confusion:

The self-professed candidate of "straight talk" and "experience" spent today changing his position on gay adoption, adopting Senator Obama's position that we need more troops in Afghanistan after having resisted taking that position, flip flopping on whether he'd send U.S. or NATO troops (he actually offered three different explanations on where those additional troops would come from), and referring to a country that hasn't existed since 1992 for the second time in two days.

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Comments

[elbzee]

I wish Robert Gibbs would use this video as a campaign commercial. It is PERFECT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtZlR3zp4c

[okayigive]

This whole affair of the MSM with Sen. Mcc is shamefully arrogant and show utter disrespect for the future of this country, its citizens and Sen. Mcc. Many in the Fourth Estate has brought dishonor to their roles within the political system with their blatant lack of candor and forthrightness. Sen. Mcc is running on sensory overload, finding himself having to transverse information he has not been prompted to remember or learned. Anything spoken words beyond his comfort zone of "surge" will engender a state of confusion as being gaffes, which is quickly changing to lack of knowledge or needing further explanation. I just hope his staffers is up to "clean up duty" they're going to need it.

[funwithwarcrimes]

Hammer Harder!
Hammer Harder!
Hammer Harder!
Be strong!
Take him out.

[IslandGyal]

Any default White male for president....

[donaldw6]

There's so much low-hanging fruit, and Obama's campaign needs to harvest. The media isn't about to do it for them, so don't be shy. Pound away. Get Biden to go after them some more, too.

[sweetme]

Too bad only Countdown with Keith Olbermann exposes this. I hate the mainstream media. This is getting out of control.

[JadedAggie]

Actually almost all of MSNBC called him out on Afghanistan and I know at least hardball showed him with the Czech mistakes.

[haleywins]

Reluctantly, I'm certain. They are Fox News II.

[Middleclassvotingbloc]

Thank God that their is somebody finally in Obama's campaign that can bring all of McCain missteps to the forefront. Gibbs was badly needed. He need to go back to all of the other statements made by McCain that will clearly prove that this man is out of step and out of knowledge about what is going on.

[Donnat]

no matter. the M SM will still say McCain c raps rainbows. Isn't it great to own the message machinery?

[MizLiz]

Think of McCain as a very large elephant, shuffling along, with aides following with their pooper-scoopers.

[Ajegunle]

This man has no ideas.
LATELY HE HAS TAKEN TO COPYING OBAMA. I thought Obama was naive??? Why is the so-called war hero copying the inexperienced rookie???

[CtJean]

HEY EVERYBODY! WHERE IS KO - LOVE RACHEL, BUT WORRIED ABOUT KO

[NeoStar9]

Vacation.

[LuvDaH8ters]

he comes back today.. supposedly....

[IslandGyal]

I love Rachel, but she no Keith and boooshed!

[AnotherMike]

She may not be as good as Keith, but she could sit in for him for another two weeks and I still wouldn't be tired of her...

Somebody just needs to give her her own show. Hopefully one without an inevitable end date like Race For the White House has.

[Chillinout]

I hope they give Rachel her own show and replace Race to the White House.

[Charmed]

I Love Rachel but I'm ready for Keith to come back....he'll be back tonight and I can't wait. Maybe he'll do a spot on all the things he missed while on vacation.

[eshalom]

The Obama camp exploits every stereotype known to humanity with the exception of those that might hurt its own candidate. Racism is off limits, but it's okay to use sexism, misogyny, ageism, and other inappropriate 'isms - whatever it takes for Obama to win, right? The Obama camp is utterly shameless. And I would never use the word "progressive" to describe them or Obama's followers. The fact that Obama doesn't put a stop to the venom spewing from his campaign puts him in the same category.

[Sabreen60]

I know the M S M is corporate owned, but is the only reason Mc S A M E continues to get a pass for his misstatements and gaffes? It's just unbelievable that as far as I can tell only Countdown exposes his gaffes.

[swift goat pet for truth]

YOU come up with a reason.

Corporate Media, in the tank for McSame.

[heather11483]

ack, sorry about that. replied to the wrong one!

[Grunty1]

The people who own the media benefit from the natural disaster known as the GOP.
It is in their best interest to keep that money flowing into their pockets.

[donaldw6]

You know, most of the media Blitzers and Stephanopo - po -- oh, you know who I mean -- are in the tax bracket that's endangered by an Obama presidency. You really think they want to pay all those taxes?

[Nommo]

Yeah, everybody's so smart these days. I'll bet that not one of you can name all the of the USSR members.

[barackobama4prez]

We're also not running for president.

[Buddy McCue]

It's even more than that. We're not running for president claiming that foreign policy is our strong suit.

[Buddy McCue]

You're wrong about that.

Also, unlike McCain, I realize that Czechoslovakia isn't a country anymore.

[swift goat pet for truth]

Or all the states in the USA.

But an EXPERT on security ought to know the difference between Sunni and Shi'ite.

Or Czech and Slovakia.

[IslandGyal]

Without googling it; how many M states are there?

[mairs]

There are no USSR members. There is no USSR anymore. Next question.

[Grunty1]

I want my president to know current events, not ancient history.

[Shelly1970]

Did McCain make a personal visit to Iraq and talk with General Petraeus before changing his position on Afghanistan?

Is that a "no", John McCain?