Video - Barack Obama in Duryea, PA

What McCain and Palin Are Afraid of
Comments from Left Field — The Republican convention was one large bio with sarcasm. McCain had no real ideas of his own, merely co-opted Obama ideas that he only promoted after lying about Obama opposing them, and Sarah Palin is most definitely not ready for prime time, engaging not on a hard hitting tour of the country, but instead running back to Alaska while Team McCain attempts to inject a little knowledge in her (paradoxical, I know). What are they afraid of? It’s simple, if this election is allowed to be held on the merit of actual issues, they lose. They’re afraid of this: ...

Did Obama Mock McCain's Arm Disability? (Video)
Hyscience — Sweetness & Light asks, "Did Mr. Obama imitate John McCain's arm movements during his speech at Schott Glass in Duryea, PA. September 5, 2008": [...] You be the judge. Notice Mr. Obama's body language starting at about 12:15, when he talks about John McCain: My answer, after watching the video is that clearly, Obama most definitely mocks John McCain's arm disability between 12:15 and 12:20 into the clip, and it is accompanied by laughter from the audience. S & L continues with: Obama ...

Do Obama's Vision and Values Include Making Fun of Veterans' Wounds and Scars?
¡No Pasarán! — It's one thing (one which is bad enough), as Jonah Goldberg points out, that Barack Obama doesn't realize that One reason McCain is not versed in the mechanical details of sending e-mail and typing on a keyboard is that the North Vietnamese broke his fingers and shattered both of his arms. As Forbes, Slate and the Boston Globe reported in 2000, McCain's injuries make using a keyboard painfully laborious. It's another thing, as Christopher Cook points out, that Obama seems to intentionally mock McCain's war wounds (at 12:20 in the video). At a moment when describing a McCain ad, Obama adds a somatic ...