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davidnc76 Donating Member (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 07:58 PM
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McCain’s uses visual aids to mock Obama
LAFAYETTE HILL, Pa. - Is Republican candidate John McCain trying to turn that old-fashioned teaching tool, the visual aid, into a political art form? Or is he just having fun?

On Monday, a dispute between McCain and Democratic candidate Obama erupted over energy policy. Obama released a television ad claiming McCain was in the pocket of oil companies. McCain responded by saying Obama lacked experience and opposed nuclear power and oil drilling off the U.S. coast.

Then his team went a step farther.

“After take-off, we’ll be distributing copies of Obama’s energy policy,” McCain aide Mark Salter told reporters before the campaign plane taxied down a runway in Washington.

Once airborne, Salter returned carrying small metallic tire gauges inscribed with the words: “Obama’s energy plan.”

It was a dig at a statement Obama made in Missouri. He said inflating a car’s tires to the correct pressure could help maximize fuel efficiency.

http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/08/04/mccains-uses-visual-aids-to-mock-obama/
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 08:00 PM
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1. Let's hope their nastiness comes back to bite them in a BIG way (chomp) nt
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BadgerKid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 08:02 PM
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2. They're at the "laughing" stage.
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” -- Mahatma Gandhi
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 08:05 PM
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3. Good point.
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 08:10 PM
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4. And you know where those gauges are going to end up.
Perverts!
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 08:13 PM
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5. We Could Use a Few Visual Aids of Our Own
How about this:


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