McCain: Obama Is A Fair Weather Fan
BENSALEM, PA - During the first stop of today's three-city tour of the Keystone State, John McCain used Barack Obama's World Series pick this morning to criticize the Democrat's changing messages.
"I heard that Senator Obama was showing some love to the Devil Rays down in Tampa Bay yesterday," McCain said, mistakenly using the team's old name rather than the newly shortened 'Rays.' "Now, I'm not dumb enough to get mixed up in a World Series between swing states, but I think I may have detected a little pattern with Senator Obama. It's pretty simple really. When he's campaigning in Philadelphia, he roots for the Phillies, and when he's campaigning in Tampa Bay, he shows love to the Rays. It's kind of like the way he campaigns on tax cuts, but then votes for tax increases after he's elected."
Speaking to about 1,000 people at TC Millworks outside of Philadelphia, McCain and Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has been accompanying the GOP nominee on the trail, referenced Joe Biden's recent remarks that Obama might face in international crisis in the early months of his administration. They said McCain, unlike his Democratic rival, has been tested.
"There has never been a candidate for president of the United States more tested than John McCain," Graham said in his introduction. "And our enemies know it, so if you're watching this election, and you wish American harm and he gets to be the next commander in chief, you better watch what you do."
"We don't want a President who invites testing from the world at a time when our economy is in crisis and Americans are already fighting in two wars," McCain added during his remarks.
Graham also added another line today about Obama's impressive fundraising numbers, using a line that the McCain campaign lobbed against the resource-rich Mitt Romney campaign during the GOP primaries.
"He's the first person since Watergate to reject public financing, raise $600 million, you can't turn on your TV without some ad, so much of it you don't know where it's coming from," Graham said. As the crowd started cheering Graham stayed on the attack, adding a few more lines to rally them up even more, "That's the kind of change that's gonna ruin America. Don't reward that guy. Tell him you're not gonna buy Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's not for sale."
(NBC/NJ's ADAM AIGNER-TREWORGY)
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