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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 03:02 PM
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It's the lettuce, stupid....
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=rWOZKeOauNI

I'm going to put this up every day, til the Obama campaign starts using it.

is there anything else on the youtubes, or anywhere else that combines the memes of McCain's being completely out of touch with the dire economic straits in which the average American finds himself these days?

this video should be devastating

or am I missing something?

if anyone wants to link some other examples of McCain/Palin lies/distortions/contradictions/embarrassing moments, please do so

this needs exposure, and Obama needs to USE it
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tosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 03:12 PM
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1. Ok....I'll add a favorite of mine
http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39179-mccain-s-youtube-problem-just-became-a-nightmare

And, btw, this site encourages sharing. Let's SPREAD 'EM!!
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 05:47 PM
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3. sharing is communism, isn't it? thanks for that one. robert greenwald is a true patriot
seen jedreport.com?

they're great, too

as is TPM

here's a newfound, bitesize favorite, culled from Sarah's Master's Commission blovia:


http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=LS_VduCWhzM
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casus belli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 03:18 PM
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2. It's no surprise, he thinks rich is >= 5,000,000
So when he mentioned $50 an hour, he probably thought it was a very small amount that no one would be interested in. I completely agree with you, though, the DNC needs to put out an ad using just this video and ending with a fade-out to the Obama logo. This should see more press, it would be devastating to McCain in the midwest.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 05:50 PM
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4. John McCain thinks American workers can't figure out how to pick lettuce?
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 06:02 PM
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5. isn't that infuriating? why hasn't this clip been put out there a long time ago?
I started a thread on this before the convention, urging that it be played there, and it got ZERO hits


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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 06:21 PM
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6. I recall how you urged Kerry to stop the swiftboaters
You begged and begged the Kerry campaign to return fire.

I hope someone is listening now, this time.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 06:44 AM
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8. We'll see if the AM folks are listening...
Kick
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 06:49 AM
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10. It's been out there since February, and it has over 780,000 YouTube views
Edited on Mon Sep-08-08 06:50 AM by VolcanoJen
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 07:57 PM
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7. It is disgraceful that he gets a pass from the media
Edited on Sun Sep-07-08 07:58 PM by PCIntern
for this remark...and all the other stupid as shit remarks he's made.

Imagine if Obama had called his wife what McCain called his?

On edit: K&R
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 06:46 AM
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9. Ever seen this? It's a parody on the Will.I.Am video, and it came out in February.
Total riff on McCain's "LettuceGate" and it's hysterical!!!

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=EUKINg8DCUo
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 07:02 AM
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11. The biggest point they can make with McCain is that he is totally
out of touch with average Americans. This is one of the very best examples. It's similar to Bush 1's scanner moment.

I wish someone could put together a montage of this, combined with the forgetting how many houses, combined with Cindy comment about you have to have an airplane to get around Arizona, combined with the 500,000 Visa bill, combined with her 300,000 get-up for the convention, combined with the middle class goes to 5 mil

And have commentary about

He doesn't think you will work for $50 an hour, my friend
while you're struggling to keep your house, he misplaces his
While you're struggling to put gas in your car tank, they think an airplane is a "must have"
Think you're credit card bills are high?
What's the most you've ever spent on an outfit?
Consider yourself middle class? So does John McCain until you have 5 million

America, John McCain is out of touch with your daily concerns. He doesn't have to worry, but you do. John McCain has no healthcare plan, no plan for the economy, and no vision for the future except for continuing conflict and deficits.

McCain: Lettuce Get Real

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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 07:32 AM
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12. And I'll K&R it every day, too.
And if you forget to post it, I may just post it myself.

Nothing unites Americans like disgust over this sentiment.

Question, though--why is this only posted to the kr.youtube (Korean) site? Why the hell has it taken so long to surface anywhere? I've been looking for it, literally for months.
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