Missed words, missed opportunity

[womzilla]

I was just listening to an Obama speech* from yesterday where he refers to, roughly, "this is the worst problem we've seen since the savings and loan crisis."

The words missing at the end of that sentence? ". . . under the first President Bush." References to Charles Keating would not be out of place, either.

This is not partisanship. The fact is that the Bush party--of which McCain has been a leading member for the last twenty-six years--cannot be trusted with America's fortunes, or with anything else. They will screw us, and hard, to the benefit of their chosen winners. And this point needs to be made unceasingly between now and election day.

*"Every time Obama makes a speech, an angel has an orgasm." -- t-shirt presented to Bill Clinton over the weekend

Comments

[supergee.livejournal.com]

I remember Charles Keating. And the number 5.

[del-c.livejournal.com]

I noticed another missing word from Obama speeches:

"I certainly don't fault Senator McCain for these problems, but I do fault the economic philosophy he subscribes to. It's a philosophy we've had for the last eight years — one that says we should give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else."

The word missing is "Republican". The Democrats should be tying the Republicans to this failure with every speech, by name, not some vague "economic philosophy". Also, if you don't fault the Republican candidate personally, keep it to yourself. There's no need to let him off the hook, let him be at fault by omission, which he is.

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Fault Keating? Fault McCain, the secret member of the Keating 5. Someone you and I both know well (and have worked for) said to me with his mouth, "Yes, but McCain was the least guilty member of the Keating 5." I'm not much more interested in that than I am in who was the least guilty of the 9/11 suicide bombers.