Obama spokesperson responds to McCain's "maverick" claim

[ProSense]

Late Update: Obama spokesperson Bill Burton responds:

"Senator McCain wants Americans to forget that during the Republican primary, he said that Americans were better off than we were eight years ago, and that he thinks we've made 'great progress economically.' He wants us to forget that he's fully embraced the Bush policies he once opposed, and bragged about supporting those policies 'more than 90 percent of time.' The truth is, being a maverick isn't practicing the same kind of politics we have seen from Washington for decades, it isn't having a campaign run by Washington lobbyists, and it's certainly not promoting the same policies that have led America down the wrong path these past eight years."

Note the reference to "eight years" to offset McCain's claim that we're worse off than we were four years ago.

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McCain trying to distance himself from Bush, again

[onehandle]

1. McBush! nt

[opihimoimoi]

2. McFollow is no Mav.....Obama is the REAL MAV,,,he promotes Positivity in a World of Negativity

with Plausible Ideas, Goals, and Solutions

[tallahasseedem]

3. Awesome...

they need to follow this up with a very distinct ad as well.

[Frances]

6. Agree

Now is the time to define McCain

McCain's strategy thus far has been excellent

First he defines Obama as lightweight just like Paris and Britney

Now he's defining himself as a maverick

Obama MUST define McCain as McSame

[CatWoman]

4. that's like Bush going into ape mode when he proclaimed that

he's a "war president"

[Overseas]

5. YAY!! You tell 'em-- John Sidney McCain III, with 7 homes, $520 shoes and unlimited credit

is definitely not a maverick. McSame. McCaint.

[global1]

7. Another Official Definition For Maverick Is.......

an unbranded range animal. Hmmmmmm!!!!!

[corkhead]

8. I've got your "Maverick" right here...

[KittyWampus]

9. Okay, now boil that down into a pithy yet pointed soundbite.

[MasonJar]

10. Put it in an ad!!!! Who will see or report this? Nobody.