Obama Couldn't Say It To His Face But Takes Cheap Shot At Palin

Yael T. Abouhalkah, a columnist for the Kansas City Star, makes a great point about the new ad the Obama campaign has launched. It is a cheap shot at Sarah Palin.

Here is the AD that ends with the famous Sarah wink:



Now here is the problem, after the second debate Barack Obama whined that John McCain "didn't sat it to my face." when asked about his long close relationship with domestic terrorist William Ayers.

The topic never came up in the town hall debate, where the audience asks the questions.

In the third debate, sitting right across the table from Obama and looking him right in the eyes, McCain did say it to his face.

In that same debate, Obama was given the chance to say to McCain's face that Sarah Palin is not qualified to be present and he chose not to.

Obama instead refused to answer the question, which is sort of like voting "present," which he did 166 times in the Illinois Legislature anytime a tough issue would come up.

Here's what Obama said, “That's going to be up to the American people. I think that obviously she's capable politician. She has, I think, excited the base in the Republican Party and I think it's very commendable, the work she's done on behalf of special needs.”

But in the new Obama ad, Obama takes direct aim at Palin.

The ad mocks McCain, pointing to his three-year-old quotation that "I know a lot less about economics than I do about military or foreign policy issues."

It continues with McCain's words that he may have to "rely on a vice president" to help with economic issues.

The ad says: "His choice?"

Then the ad wordlessly shows a smiling Palin at a speech, winking at the crowd.

Abouhalkah says in his column, "I have no problem with Obama saying Palin was a horrible choice as a vice presidential candidate because she's unqualified to be president. But Obama ducked the issue when given a chance to tell John McCain face-to-face that Palin was not qualified to be president. Obama's last-minute attack ad was unfair."

Well said.

It seems the Obama campaign is trying to take the attention off the fact that its Vice Prseidntial Candidate, Joe Biden, keep saying stupid things.

Except for tightly controlled situations, the campaign has been keeping Biden from the press because he just might Gaffe again.

Palin on the other hand has been the most accesible candidate in the last few weeks. So Barack, if you want to say it to her face, she's available.