KANSAS CITY, MO. -- Democrat Barack Obama, focusing on the economy during a campaign stop at an airplane plant, said today that Republican rival John McCain was "out of touch" with voters on checkbook issues.
"If you didn't know how many homes you have, no wonder you think the economy is sound," Obama said, referring to McCain's recent confusion about how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. "I don't think he gets it. He is out of touch. I don't think he realizes what ordinary Americans are going through. I don't think the Bush administration realizes what ordinary Americans are going through."
Obama vowed to end President Bush's rollback of constitutional curbs on government wiretapping and the denial of Geneva Convention protections for war-on-terror detainees. Obama promised that, if elected, he would instruct his staff to "go through every single executive order that George Bush issued" and restore protections.
"We're going to get our government back on track," he said.
The Illinois senator called for investment in the country's infrastructure, saying he hoped to shift some of the $10 billion a month spent in Iraq to highway, bridge and airplane construction at home.
"We need American taxpayer money rebuilding America and putting people back to work," Obama said...........
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