NYT blog: Obama Skewers Critics in Nevada

[Pirate Smile]

LAS VEGAS – At a rally here tonight, Senator Barack Obama mocked his rivals about how they answered a question during the debate on Tuesday evening. (Yes, this is the same debate where the candidates bathed one another in pleasantries and compliments.)

“Folks,” he told his audience, “they don’t tell you what they mean.”

He was referring to his Democratic presidential rivals, when they were asked at the MSNBC debate to state their biggest weaknesses.
“Because I’m like, an ordinary person, I thought that they meant what’s your biggest weakness?” Mr. Obama said. “So I said, ‘Well, I don’t handle paper that well. You know, my desk is a mess. I need somebody to help me file and stuff all the time.’ So the other two they say uh, they say well my biggest weakness is ‘I’m just too passionate about helping poor people. I am just too impatient to bring about change in America.”

As the room erupts in laughter, he continues: “If I had gone last I would have known what the game was. I could have said, ‘Well you know, I like to help old ladies across the street. Sometimes they don’t want to be helped. It’s terrible.’”


http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/obama-skewers-critics-in-nevada/#more-3885

[Windy]

1. hahahahahahaha..... good one and on the money! n/t

[TwilightGardener]

2. His was the only honest answer. No BSification. Love it!!

[rwheeler31]

3. Sad

[Pirate Smile]

6. Funny

[ursi]

4. I love John Edwards but Obama hit the nail on the head here! LOL!

[Bonobo]

5. My man, JE sounded like a beauty queen with his answer.

"I care too much". Ha ha ha ha ha!

Too slimy by half!

[Renew Deal]

7. "I like to help old lady's across the street."

I have to remember that one! :rofl:

[ShortnFiery]

8. Obama has periodically demonstrated a delightful sense of humor.

:-)

[Jim Sagle]

9. So we should make him prez because he gave the best answer to a pathetic trivia question.

Yeah, right.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[sandnsea]

10. This is too funny

I love the way he uses humor. This deflects the ridiculous attack, exposes the bullshit of campaigning, and also makes the basis of both the other campaigns look a little shallow. He's really really good at this.

[AGirl]

11. He really plays to the younger crowds

ooh, i want a home boy like him in the oval office, he keeps it real yo!

[yodermon]

12. he used the same joke in an NPR interview this evening

anyone else hear it? He said when he was just trying to answer the question instead of picking a "strength" and disguising it as a weakness.

[Diane R]

13. Ah, to have a president with a sense of humor again. Wouldn't it be nice?

[Barack_America]

14. That would've been a great rally to attend...

Bummer. Thanks for posting though. I needed that chuckle.

[JI7]

15. hahhahaha, so true

[Egnever]

16. LOL

Love it.

Hillary and Edwards responses were rediculous. They were the safe answers though.

[calteacherguy]

17. That was a great demonstration of Obama's honesty

It took a lot of character and confidence to say what he did. I posted about this the other day, and I'm glad to see he is speaking about it in this way.