To paraphrase the British military while making toasts during the Napoleonic Wars: “Here’s to his confusion”.
And his wife is being shielded now by the mainstream media. When this campaigning gets in full force mode, she will be exposed for the goof and bitter hag she is and BO will be tip toeing around alot of “mis-truths”.
McCain wins very handily.
There is a world of difference.
*Bush v. Kerry: There were two candidates of roughly the same age, neither with significant oratorical skills. There were important, even glaring policy differences between the two. Bush had a fantastic "ground game" and grass-roots organization, an energized base, and a high approval rating from Republicans.
*Reagan v. Carter: There was an age difference, made up for by Reagan's high name recognition, much superior communication skills, and high dissatisfaction with Carter. The ground game was close to equal, but there were significant differences in policies, and Carter suffered from, well, his own policies.
*McCain v. Obama: There is a significant age difference, and for the first time since RFK, you have a candidate of "the younger generation." Whether this results in the constantly harped-on "turnout of younger voters" remains to be seen---but cannot be ruled out. Despite his penchant for flubs and gaffes, Obama has developed a reputation for stirring speeches and 15-second sound bites, while McCain looks like he's a veterinarian trying to explain kidney stones in Schnauzers. In a television age, this difference is profound. On issues, there is little difference. True, McCain has gone out of his way to distance himself from Obama on energy---but this is too little, too late. Reputations are made over a lifetime, not a few convenient campaign speeches.
In short, Obama is being touted as the "messiah" without anyone reading---or if they have read, caring about---his actual policies. He has a "young" image of "new ideas" and says nothing very well.
I think McCain could easily be in for a Dem landslide.
None of Obama’s negatives will matter if the Republicans don’t get out there and MAKE THEIR CASE!
WHERE THE H*LL ARE THEY? I should be hearing much more from McCain and the entire leadership. I know some are doing their part, but not nearly enough.
And I thought Bush was poor at comminucating the party platform . . .
WARD CONNERLY:
“....So as a result, as long as Senator Obama keeps his voice mild, doesn’t get upset, is not flappable, he can skate right through with questions never being asked — “Do you really believe that stuff?
Tell me, do you believe in institutional racism?”
That’s the only — you ask that one question alone, and that will tell you a lot about Senator Obama, just that one question. “Do you believe in institutional racism?” I have yet to hear it asked.
Institutional racism? It’s a belief that American society is basically racist, that there are policies that apply that may not be deliberate — deliberately racist, but they’re racist in their effect.
The Artful Dodger
By Ward Connerly
FrontPageMagazine.com | 6/25/2008
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.aspx?GUID=07E81CC6-B020-4B28-83DE-FBD8EA6D9588
And here I was, reading the headline and all the while thinking descent, not the downward spiral but rather the removal of odor.
This article puts a lot of emphasis on Obama’s flip flop on opting out of public financing. I imagine that the vast majority of Americans care as much about that as they do about about the differences between Japanese pop stars. Actually I care much more about the latter, because the girls are usually really cute. This is a waste of effort to try to play up against him when there are myriad bombshells about him already out there to work with and surely more to come.
from a month ago.
Obama aide a former Clinton hatchet man
WorldNetDaily.com | 6/26/08 | Jack Cashill
Posted on 06/26/2008 2:38:31 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036623/posts