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New McCain-Palin Buzzword For Obama: "Ambition"

09 Oct 2008 09:29 pm

Check out Gov. Sarah Palin's prepared remarks in Wilmington, Ohio:

"I see a pattern in how our opponent has talked about one of his most troubling associations.  I see matters of judgment, truthfulness, and ambition.

One of Barack Obama's earliest supporters is a man named Bill Ayers. He was part of a group that launched a campaign of bombings to target the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol.

Recently, Barack Obama remembered Ayers as just a "guy in my neighborhood." Then, the other day, his campaign claimed for the first time that Barack "wasn't aware of Ayers's radical background." Yet, just two days later, they're saying he knew about his background after that first meeting. Last night, Barack went on ABC and left out key details of his relationship and work with Ayers.

So let's get this straight: He didn't know that he had launched his political career in the living room of a domestic terrorist ... until he did know?

Now, let's look at the pattern as it applies to our ailing economy.

Yesterday, in The Los Angeles Times, the Obama campaign claimed that John McCain's idea to stabilize mortgages and support homeowners was actually Barack Obama's idea.  Now, they're saying it's a terrible idea.

This pattern raises serious questions about Senator Obama's judgment.  It raises serious questions about his truthfulness.  But there is no question about his ambition.

Ambition explains launching your political career in the living room of an unrepentant terrorist.  Ambition explains claiming Tuesday night that John's good idea, the Homeowner Resurgence Plan, was stolen from you, then attacking it the next day.

Ladies and gentlemen, this election is about the truthfulness and judgment needed in our next president.  John McCain has it, Barack Obama doesn't."

You'll hear more from the McCain campaign about Obama's ambition over the next few days...

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