This seems to be the theme: attack his associations.  Pick four or five, and you can say things like "will he throw yet ANOTHER person under the bus?" when I can't really think of anyone he's actually done that to.

When I first heard about this story I laughed and said "only an idiot would try to tar him based on one of three members of his vice-presidential exploratory committee", but there it is.

KB, how many McPoints are you up to?

Are you planning on supporting Obama in the fall, ottovbvs?

This is not about race it's about judgement. Amazing comment by you.

Can somebody please explain how "if history is any indicator" is a dog whistle?

Obama's going to have to publish a book of phrases no longer acceptable to use.

Yep, the 'Bam' (like the Bambi slur on His44) gave it away.

Well apart from getting jumbo morgages at rates that were about 1% below the going rate from a known scumbag. None of these lobbyists that you rail about did anything illegal or unethical, or not that you could prove, but that's not the point is it. Caeser's wife and all that. It just wasn't a smart move which has given the Repubs an opening.    

The WSJ had an extensive piece of reporting, repeat reporting, about it on Saturday I think. It does stink believe me.  

And there were three separate occasions when it happened.

Trollhouse Blues

Ah, use your words like a toad, your hands upon the feah!
Ah, use your words like a toad, your hands upon the feah!
Yeah, we're goin' to the trollhouse
Gonna spit an' squeal
some good slime.

Yeah, back at the trollhouse ya' got some dung ta throw
Yeah, back at the trollhouse ya' got some dung ta throw
And that's cause you're people
Who like to go down low!

Let 'em troll, baby, troll
Let 'em troll, baby, troll
Let 'em troll, baby, troll
Let 'em troooooooll, all night long

Do it, Slobby, do it

You gotta troll, troll, troll
You gotta chill my soul, all right
Troll, troll, troll, troll
To kill my soul
You gotta keepup the chew chomp
Go go go caw dontcha
Ain'tcha spoon-us grey-junk
Slop-a spewla he-too
Slop-a me-too
Be some funk, slay ride!

Asschap gravy! Asschap gravy!
Give us your "wow!"s, give us your "wow!"s
Save your pity! Save your pity!
All right now

When you woke up this morning, you got yourself some fear!
When you woke up this morning, you got yourself some fear!

Your future's uncertain, and your end is always near.

Let 'em troll, baby, troll
Let 'em troll, baby, troll
Let 'em troll, baby, troll
Let 'em troll, ah, all night wrong

When he criticized Carter for meeting with Hamas.

Is this supposed to be an intelligent comment on the subject under discussion? Or are taking up a career as a song writer.

Another one who fakes outrage. You have been living under a rock if you have not seen Obama referred to as "Bam". The nickname has been so popular that the New York Times made an article out of it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/nyregi on/05nyc.html

Dan Balz of the Washington Post says today:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail /2008/06/11/obama_defense_of_johnson_rai se.html?hpid=topnews

The most important decision Barack Obama will make between now and the November election is the selection of a vice presidential running mate. That makes all the more remarkable his effort Tuesday to suggest that the people he has put in charge of helping make the decision are somehow not really part of his campaign.

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At a news conference in St. Louis yesterday, Obama was asked about Johnson and the fact that the candidate has often criticized the activities of Countrywide. Rather than defend his choice, he sought to suggest that the role Johnson is playing is only tangential to his campaign and that it is impossible for the campaign to vet the vetters.

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All of this will be sorted out in the days ahead. But in the meantime, for Obama to suggest that Johnson is floating in some outer orbit of his campaign raises questions about the candidate's willingness to deal forthrightly with controversy. [skip]

There are many ways Obama and his team could be responding to this, but they are doing what they've done in the past when turbulence hits, which is to hunker down, stick to their talking points and wait for the storm to pass, which it often has.

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It isn't clear whether the uproar over Johnson is a passing storm or a more serious problem for the Obama campaign. For now, the campaign has decided to treat it as a minor annoyance that will soon disappear. But the candidate's response has raised questions about the candidate himself that could well linger past the moment.

Yep, Obama is corrupt, and only the blind cannot see it.