Dark Star

Sounds like Obama did listen to some of Jeremiah Wright's preaching after all:

Barack Obama is warning supporters that the general election fight between him and John McCain may get ugly, but the Illinois senator is vowing not to back down.

"If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun," Obama said at a fundraiser in Philadelphia Friday, according to pool reports.

"We don't have a choice but to win," Obama said, joking that he has heard "folks in Philly like a good brawl. I've seen Eagles games."

Obama again said that the GOP will make try to make him look "scary" to voters.

Obama pledging to swing back at the GOP drew much applause from the crowd.

Republican National Committee spokesman Alex Conant said Obama's rhetoric abandons Obama's campaign themes of hope and change.

"In the last 24 hours, he's completely abandoned his campaign's call for 'new politics', equating the election to a 'brawl' and promising to 'bring a gun,'" Conant said.

(Emphasis mine)

Conant has a great point. I thought this great uniter would be more interested in trying to talk to us about why we would feel he need to pull a knife and how he can change his behavior in order to not make us feel that way. Oh, wait - that's how he would deal with our nations enemies. John McCain gets "the gun".

Nice.
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