Barack Obama is an unrelenting pussy who currently deserves scorn and disgust from people (like you and I) who supported him.
I figured that there was no way that the Dems could run a poor enough campaign to lose to McSame. I thought that the idiots like Carville et al would slip away after getting their clocks cleaned in the primary.
Looks like I was wrong on all counts.
Obama is now running a classic Carville campaign -- stay far away from anything that could be used against you later, assume the complete and utter ignorance of the "swing voter," and parse the hell out of everything instead of taking a stand.
The FISA thing -- I could almost understand it...it gives him cover to make a symbolic stand before caving with the rest of the Senate (save Dodd and Feingold, apparently).
But now, the slaughtering of one of your own. No one...and I mean NO ONE that read or heard Wes Clark's statement about McCain over the weekend could have taken it as swiftboating of McCain's war record. McCain, of course, comes out with his knickers in a twist and calls for Obama's "denouncing" of Wes Clark.
I never thought Obama would throw a huge ally like Clark (I mean, how many Dems have been savvy enough in the last 20 years to make General in a political game like the US military?) under the bus. I mean, all Obama had to say was "McCain's campaign is flailing so badly for an issue that they took the words of one of the living heroes of our country out of context. No reasonable person could find a besmirching of Sen. McCain's honorable service in that statement."
Nope.
Instead, we get, "As he's said many times before, Senator Obama honors and respects Senator McCain's service, and of course he rejects yesterday's statement by General Clark," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
Now, Obama could be "getting the issue out there" by doing this -- but one would have to actually understand the issue and listen to the quote to do that.
The issue, as stated by the MSM, isn't "McCain's military service in and of itself does not make him fit to lead" but "McCain is a war hero1 How dare pansy-ass 'General' Wes Clark say anything bad about him. Clark wasn't even a POW! What the hell does he know?"
Obama won the primary by taking chances. He will lose the general if he continues to refuse to do so -- because the GOP is framing the debate on every side. Hell, the GOP talking heads can say Clark is "swiftboating" McCain and no one bats an eye at the irony.
I'm not saying that I won't vote for Obama over John McCain. But before seeing this, I thought an Obama victory might actually be in the cards. Now, I'd give him about a 40% chance of winning. Ronnie Raygun's 11th commandment was: "Thou shalt not speak badly of any Republican." The Dems have yet to learn why that's good advice.
Unless Obama changes his message, he's not so much "John Kerry with a tan," but "Hillary Clinton with a penis."
I wasn't terribly happy about Wes Clark's involvement in the first place. This guy brings baggage, and has a habit of putting his head up his ass and speaking.
I'd put my money on "Old Gray Mare."
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ReplyDeleteBarack Obama is an unrelenting pussy who currently deserves scorn and disgust from people (like you and I) who supported him.
I figured that there was no way that the Dems could run a poor enough campaign to lose to McSame. I thought that the idiots like Carville et al would slip away after getting their clocks cleaned in the primary.
Looks like I was wrong on all counts.
Obama is now running a classic Carville campaign -- stay far away from anything that could be used against you later, assume the complete and utter ignorance of the "swing voter," and parse the hell out of everything instead of taking a stand.
The FISA thing -- I could almost understand it...it gives him cover to make a symbolic stand before caving with the rest of the Senate (save Dodd and Feingold, apparently).
But now, the slaughtering of one of your own. No one...and I mean NO ONE that read or heard Wes Clark's statement about McCain over the weekend could have taken it as swiftboating of McCain's war record. McCain, of course, comes out with his knickers in a twist and calls for Obama's "denouncing" of Wes Clark.
I never thought Obama would throw a huge ally like Clark (I mean, how many Dems have been savvy enough in the last 20 years to make General in a political game like the US military?) under the bus. I mean, all Obama had to say was "McCain's campaign is flailing so badly for an issue that they took the words of one of the living heroes of our country out of context. No reasonable person could find a besmirching of Sen. McCain's honorable service in that statement."
Nope.
Instead, we get, "As he's said many times before, Senator Obama honors and respects Senator McCain's service, and of course he rejects yesterday's statement by General Clark," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
Now, Obama could be "getting the issue out there" by doing this -- but one would have to actually understand the issue and listen to the quote to do that.
The issue, as stated by the MSM, isn't "McCain's military service in and of itself does not make him fit to lead" but "McCain is a war hero1 How dare pansy-ass 'General' Wes Clark say anything bad about him. Clark wasn't even a POW! What the hell does he know?"
Obama won the primary by taking chances. He will lose the general if he continues to refuse to do so -- because the GOP is framing the debate on every side. Hell, the GOP talking heads can say Clark is "swiftboating" McCain and no one bats an eye at the irony.
I'm not saying that I won't vote for Obama over John McCain. But before seeing this, I thought an Obama victory might actually be in the cards. Now, I'd give him about a 40% chance of winning. Ronnie Raygun's 11th commandment was: "Thou shalt not speak badly of any Republican." The Dems have yet to learn why that's good advice.
Unless Obama changes his message, he's not so much "John Kerry with a tan," but "Hillary Clinton with a penis."
And he'll lose.
I wasn't terribly happy about Wes Clark's involvement in the first place. This guy brings baggage, and has a habit of putting his head up his ass and speaking.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, it is fairly craven.