Change Is Coming - Who Will You Pick For Real Change?
Change is a definitely coming. George Bush will no longer be OUR President, there will be change. The question is whether you want “change that you can BELIEVE in”, or “change that you can TRUST”.
The choice is ours, but only if we get out and vote. If we stay at home, someone else will choose the type of change in store for America.
AP, ST. PAUL, Minnesota
Saturday, Sep 06, 2008
By James Oliphant and Jill Zuckman | Chicago Tribune correspondents 9:37 PM CDT, September 6, 2008
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Barack Obama turned up the heat on John McCain and Sarah Palin at a rally here Saturday, accusing McCain of hijacking his campaign theme and being surrounded by lobbyists, and charging that Palin, as governor of Alaska, accepted federal pork “when it’s convenient.”
In Colorado Springs, McCain and Palin launched a Western swing aimed at pumping up evangelical voters and veterans. Taking the podium, Palin went after Obama’s running mate, Joe Biden, for being too comfortable with the ways of Washington.
At an event held in a show barn on Terre Haute’s Wabash Valley Fairgrounds, Obama employed the strongest language he’s used since McCain and Palin formally accepted the GOP nomination for president and vice-president. He also accused them of hijacking his message of change.
Then Obama opened a line of attack he hasn’t used recently on the trail.
“He says, ‘I’m going to tell those lobbyists that their days of running Washington are over.’ Who’s he going to tell?” Obama said. “Is he going to tell his campaign chairman, who’s one of the biggest corporate lobbyists in Washington? Is he going to tell his campaign manager, who was one of the biggest corporate lobbyists in Washington? Is he going to tell all the folks running his campaign, who are the biggest corporate lobbyists in Washington?”
In Palin’s case, Saturday marked the first time Obama has gone after her record directly. He cast her as a reformer only after she had embraced earmarks earlier in her political career.
“She’s a skillful politician,” Obama said of Palin, “but when you’ve been taking all these earmarks when it’s convenient, and then suddenly, you’re the champion anti-earmark person, that’s not change. Come on. Words mean something. You can’t just make stuff up.”
