RNC Hits Obama For Visit To Sick Grandmother

[babylonsister]

Seth Colter Walls

RNC Hits Obama For Visit To Sick Grandmother
November 3, 2008 02:16 PM


Leaving no potential avenue of attack unexplored, the Republican National Committee has decided to bash Barack Obama over his October visit to see his ailing grandmother in Hawaii.

Of course the visit itself is not being criticized, but rather the way the campaign paid for the nominee's unscheduled detour. On Monday afternoon, the RNC blasted out a complaint from the California Republican Party charging that "Obama for America violated federal law by converting its campaign funds to Senator Obama's personal use" for the trip. That proposed issue for the FEC to investigate is one of five violations alleged by California Republicans in their complaint (which you can read in its entirety here).

"Senator Obama recently traveled to Hawaii to visit his sick grandmother. This was the right thing for any grandson to do -- at his own expense -- but it was not travel that his campaign may fund," said California Republican Chairman Ron Nehring in a statement Monday.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/03/rnc-hits-obama-for-visit_n_140553.html

[Maven]

1. They are so. fucking. stupid.

They really think this is going to help them?

[regnaD kciN]

43. Not just stupid. Evil.

(There isn't even a "smilie" I can find to express my revulsion and anger at this.)

[Mrs. Overall]

2. How low will they go?

[myrna minx]

3. What despicable bastards. They know no shame.

:puke:

[EconomicLiberal]

4. I wouldn't piss on these people if they were on fire.

Fuck these vile scumbags and everything they stand for.

[City Lights]

6. Nor would I.

I wouldn't waste my spit on them either.

[11 Bravo]

11. I would (but only on the parts that weren't burning).

[grace0418]

5. Hey, I funded his campaign and I say FUCK YOU Ron Nehring.

That is all.

[11 Bravo]

7. Stay classy, GOP.

[loyalkydem]

8. unbelievable

I knew they were going to go there. God these guys need to just go.

[high density]

9. Would the secret service even allow Obama to fly on a commercial airliner if he wanted to?

I don't understand what the RNC thinks his options were.

[Jennicut]

10. Jerks. Have they nothing postive to say at all about anything?

[FrenchieCat]

12. Let's see $150,000 of clothes for Veep,

vs. Obama visiting his dying grandmother!

[Wolfies Revenge]

13. better than spending 150k of donors money on a pig

[Deep13]

14. RNC files formal complaint against kittens, puppies. nt

[apnu]

15. Right, so Palin carting her kids around on Alaska's dime is OK?

Typical hypocritical shits.

[Window]

24. And, the McCain camp is paying to drag them all over the USA.

[eshfemme]

52. WTF is up with the Republicans this year? All the slimes they come up with rebound

The Khalidi shit rebounded back to McCain because he funded the so-called PLO "terrorist" and the Republicans trying to criticize Obama's "inexperience" basically make it way too easy to talk about the clownish ignorance of Sarah Palin. Accusing Obama of socialism invites scrutiny of Palin's socialist policies up in Alaska while one of McCain's proposals for solving the economic crisis brings up how the Savings and Loan crisis had to be solved, which evokes the Keating 5. Bringing up Jeremiah Wright gives us the Pastor Hagee and witch hunting Palin pastor.

Just WTF have they been on?

People said Reagan was made of Teflon... well, Obama seems to be made of rubber. Seriously.

[beac]

16. Didn't McInsane's campaign pay to fly his wrinkly ass back to AZ EVERY weekend for MONTHS??

:crazy:

[bluethruandthru]

39. Isn't McCrap flying on his wife's companies plane?

And shouldn't that be listed as a campaign donation??

[ej510]

17. The Gop is evil!

:mad: :puke:

[Feron]

18. RNC = ghouls. n/t

[David Zephyr]

19. What pond scum these fuckers are!

Fuck them and their false morality.

[Deep13]

20. The Republicans are becoming cartoonishly evil. nt

[FVZA_Colonel]

25. I'm pretty sure they must have started twirling their mustaches and cackling loudly

after they decided to do this.

[FVZA_Colonel]

21. I used to doubt the existence of Evil.

After this election, I no longer do.

[secondwind]

22. For Pete's Sake, Obama can't go anywhere with tons of Secret Service!

What was he supposed to do? Go on a regular flight?


what a joke


:rofl:

[jillan]

23. I think they just hit the bottom - the bottom of the sewer that is.

[Mike 03]

26. I'm not a mean-spirited person by nature, but they can drop dead.

It's become a race to the bottom now to see how low they can go.

[skeewee08]

27. I donated to Obama Campaign

And I don't mind him using my donation to visit his Grandmother:-)

[Born_A_Truman]

28. Oh brother!

I believe all he has to do is pay first class airfare out of his pocket. Isn't that what McCrook had to do when he flew around in Mrs McCrook's private jet?

[babylonsister]

29. m$nbc reporting Obama's 'Toot' has died. I wonder if the GOP will

drop it now. :eyes:

[Joanne98]

30. She has just died. How SICK they are! EVIL people!

[Peregrine Took]

31. The hard right is absolute and TOTAL scum. There is no "talking" with them

or "reasoning" with them...ever.

[apnu]

32. Well, now that she's died, they'll really look like ghouls.

Disgusting. They have no honor.

[AlCzervik]

33. Well she died so i guess they won, they're alive and she's not, enjoy your attack rnc

and really, stay classy.

[SweetieD]

34. They are disgusting.

[WeDidIt]

35. SICK FUCKING FUCKS!!!!!

MOTHERFUCKING SICK ASS BASTARD FUCKS!!!!!!!!

[Undercurrent]

36. Cold hearted bastards!

Now that she has died, they'll probably bitch about Obama going to the funeral.

Despicable scum!

[opihimoimoi]

37. Now that Toots has died....them SOBs look like SHIT

I am so glad Obama had the Op to see granma before she passed....he woulda been so depressed if he hadn't

Prayers to him and Family

[tanyev]

44. This is going to backfire like their "concern" about Hurricane Ike during their convention.

[racaulk]

38. A few hundred dollars for a plane ticket vs. $150,000 for a new wardrobe.

Which is worse? And the plane ticket was to see an ailing relative, one that just died.

The RNC are disgusting pigs, the whole lot of them! Have they no shame? :grr:

[Ichingcarpenter]

40. Heartless Bastards.......... n/t

[jillan]

41. May the person who wrote this for the rnc BURN IN HELL!

[Schulzz]

42. I really hope that this going to backfire now...bastards.

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[GreenPartyVoter]

45. Considering she just passed, it was a good thing he went to see her when he did. Screw the

RNC and Freepers who say otherwise. Who among them would not have done the same in that horrible heartbreaking situation?

[vanderBeth]

46. I hope those fuckers feel good about themselves now.

[demokatgurrl]

56. You know, the saddest thing of all is...

they probably do. The motherfuckers probably do.

[vanderBeth]

59. God, that just makes me sick.

:puke:

[Not a robought]

47. Vile, what a bunch of ghouls

I do hope and pray the Republican party gets decimated into irrelevance tomorrow.

[PatSeg]

48. It seems that everything they do

backfires. Did anyone at the RNC have enough forethought to realize his grandmother could pass away and make them look like petty, insensitive oafs?

Just when you think they can't get any worse, they surprise you!

[ieoeja]

49. And the "Poor Timing" award goes to.... n/t

[leftist.]

60. Best post of the bunch lol!

[regnaD kciN]

50. I wonder if Republicans would stoop so low...

...as to demand that her absentee ballot be located and thrown out, since she wasn't alive on Election Day?

Oh, why am I wondering? This is the Republicans. Of course they would! :grr:

[Overseas]

51. The RNC is just showing Republican Compassion and family values.

I hope we can overcome their electronic fraud enough to get enough seats in the House and Senate. Otherwise those selfish idiots will be challenging every legitimate expense, just to tie the administration in knots to make their case for the Jeb'n'Sarah ticket in 2012.

[crossroads]

53. Those sick bastards!! They are evil to the core!

[Joanne98]

54. If Republicans aren't going to Hell, it doesn't exist. SHAME ON THEM!

This is an OUTRAGE!

[PatSeg]

55. Just when I thought, I couldn't hate them any more!

They continue to live UP to my LOW opinion of them.

[Triana]

57. This will go NOWHERE on the day of her death nor on the day of the election.

the pigshits will gain nothing from it besides illustrating what cold-hearted psychopaths they all are.

[radfringe]

58. don't be surprised if by tomorrow morning they'll be saying

His grandmother really died a week ago, but news was suppressed so it could be announced the day before an election and have Obama reap sympathy votes...

they are truely vile

[Chovexani]

61. Shit, I hope my little pennies chipped in for it

Just when you think these slimeballs can't sink any lower, they prove everyone wrong.

The entire party can go fall off a cliff.

[StreetKnowledge]

62. Note to the RNC

SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Bashing him for going to go see his grandmother? Aside from the pot meet kettle aspect, he should be appluaded for taking time out of his campaign to go see his grandmother. If a family member of McCain or Palin had died suddenly right before the election, would Democrats be bashing him for it? No.

Nerhing, please, crawl back into your hole, asswipe.

[fadedrose]

63. Send CA Rep Chmn Ron Nehring emails????

As most of us are contributors to Obama's campaign, why can't somebody get his email address and we can all email him individually and let him know we approve of this use of our money. He may not realize that Dems are for family values.

We should let him know that we also approve of Obama's use of campaign funds to go the funeral...

[Lifelong Protester]

64. Hey, I DONATED to that campaign fund, and I give him permission

to use those funds any way he sees fit! I trust him to do the right thing with those dollars, so I don't give a rat's ass if I helped him to go see his grandmother, in fact, I rather hope I did just that.

[Kahuna]

65. They've learned nothing. Obama is wearing teflon, Baby!!!

[VespertineIconoclast]

66. To hell with these motherfuckers! Success will be the greatest revenge.

I hope Obama has the greatest landslide ever witnessed in presidential election history!

[DailyGrind51]

67. They have no decency, what do you expect?

[lolamio]

68. Fuck them. I am so fucking sick of all of them. n/t

[dgibby]

69. Perhaps the best thing we can do in this situation is e-mail

the RNC and let them know how we feel about this. We could send some loooooooooog notes to them, telling them how we feel about Obama, his grandmother, how our money was spent, etc. Bet they'd just love to hear from a bunch of pissed off dems right now. I'm guessing it would keep their IT folks busy for quite some time.:evilgrin:

[dmr]

70. He cannot fly commercial, and he cannot accept airplane gifts, and he doesn't

own his own fleet of planes. So, what would these asshats wish him to do?

Obama isn't Bush*, Cheney, or McCain with unlimited personal money. And he wouldn't abuse the system if he had cronies like they do with high-flalootin' private jets that would ensure his safety.

They, the taxpayer, would have had to pick up the tab for all the extras to fly commercially, and I imagine there would be a slew of extras, for the each agent of the Secret Service to not only fly them, but add in all the protection entitled to a presidential candidate.

Boy, they'd scream bloody murder over that, too.

What they want is to bitch and moan.

What they want is to stir up a whole bunch of shit to discredit the man, no matter what it is.

It's the blowjob nit-picking shit all over again.

I'm sick of ignorant idiots.

[Omnibus]

71. Those sick, VILE monsters.

I couldn't donate much, but I approve of Obama using what I *have* given for his trip to Hawaii, and I'm sure the other 4 million of us feel the same way.

How much does it cost to charter a private flight? There might be enough donors represented on this thread to cover it.

How many of us saying, "Obama's trip to see Toot for the last time was on me, and I'm glad I could help!" before those bastards SHUT UP?

[samsingh]

72. don't ever forget what vile, pieces of trash repugs have been and are at their core.

[Norwood]

73. Stay classy RNC, you're making it much easier for our guy to win with these statements

[ShortnFiery]

74. Now that Obama's Grandmother has died, how's that attack working for you NOW McCainiacs?!?

:eyes: :puke: