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A Campaign of Whiners.
INSTAPUTZ —
Politico: Steve Schmidt complained that the Gray Lady and other news organizations hadn't sufficiently scrutinized Barack Obama and Joe Biden, seizing on the ties of Biden's son, Hunter, to the credit card industry as a prime example. See also: "Obama laid out what he called a series of reforms that the McCain campaign later complained were still short on specifics." [CST] "Sen. John McCain’s top campaign aides convened a conference call today to complain of being called “liars.”... ...
The camera doesn't lie...
Stubborn Facts —
... WI today, and if you read the Chicago Tribune, you might think that there were 1800 people there. And if you read the (Madison) Capital Times, their chosen photograph might support that impression.
Fortunately, Ann Althouse has an eagle-eye photographer for a commenter. Here's the real crowd Michelle managed:
1800? I'd be surprised if that was more than three hundred.
Meanwhile, McCain and Palin drew a crowd of 10,000 just down the road in Milwaukee last week, and Palin drew ...
VIDEO: Who was praising McCain’s reform record two years ago?
Sister Toldjah —
... Speaking of, in an article that noted the low turnout for Obama’s Green Bay, WI rally today in comparison with the McCain-Palin rally there last week, Obama was quoted as saying this: ...
Who is the REAL Reformer: Obama or McCain?
Flopping Aces —
... McCain has a record of reform. Obama has a speech!
At the same venue where Obama failed to fill the hall that McCain and Palin packed four days earlier Obama said the following:
Uncharacteristically low turnout for Barack Obama rally in Green Bay, Wisc.
BY ABDON M. PALLASCH
Chicago Sun Times
September 22, 2008
…“When it comes to regulatory reform, Sen. McCain has fought time and time again against the common-sense rules of the road that could’ve prevented this crisis,” ...
Obama Rally Bummer: Only 6,000 Show Up In Green Bay
Wonkette » top —
... Obama could only scare up 6,000 at noon on a Monday. He promised to talk about our nation’s flourishing economy and instead just delivered a weird lecture about how important it is to put lobbyist meetings online via a hidden sexcam. Then an organizer came out and made this weird election-day threat: “Volunteer for at least one hour or spend four years regretting that you did not.” Barack Obama is resorting to scare tactics and hidden lobbyist pornography. He must be panicking! [Chicago Sun-Times] ...
The Obama-Biden Laugh Track Strategy
Pajamas Media —
... . The Barack Obama and Joe Biden ticket certainly makes for great family entertainment, but they are beginning to learn that it’s hard to keep an audience, as Obama found out earlier this week in Green Bay, WI, where 4,000 less people showed up than a McCain-Palin rally there just a few days before. Unfortunately for the Democratic duo, many Americans are already in on the joke. ...
