Unshackle amd unbridal Sarah and send her on the road all over this country where she can be herself and take the fight to the dems.
Posted on 10/03/2008 8:24:16 PM PDT by markomalley
He nailed it.
I’d just like to hear him blast the government because it created this mess even more so than Wallstreet. Wallstreet is a popular target. I’m still waiting for accountability from Congress and John McCain if he taps into that. Sarah Palin did and people liked it. Luntz’s group when off the charts when she was talking personal responsibility and blasting the government as well as Wallstreet.
It is also Wallstreet’s fault. They do not deserve a pass. Short selling and playing the market like a game of craps certainly didn’t help. They learned to play the system.
WOW, Mark this is great advice for McCain....very well constructed and simple talking points for both McCain and Palin who also has a definite streak of Populist thinking!
Unshackle amd unbridal Sarah and send her on the road all over this country where she can be herself and take the fight to the dems.
Right on target. Beautiful. Clear. Simple. Devastating.
This hits all the nails squarely on their heads.
Simple, easy to understand and McCain could do it so easily and still not be as vicious as they have been to him if being respectful is so important. Respect America. Tell the truth.
But it has one problem.
McCain does not sit up all night reading FR. You can bet on it.
He has people skimming this stuff to give him a synopsis.
He will never ever see this because his handlers have a better idea and they control what the skimmers give him.
Instead of this story, he will get something like: 50% of the blogs think he should be more forceful. 30% think he should be less forceful and 20% are undecided.
It is so sad that when these guys get so far up the ladder, they become insulated from public contact, other than a few cheers and handshakes as they walk from the limo to the hotel.
Not bad. I could only wish this guy were a campaign advisor for Mr. McCain.
Three problems: First - how do you get it to him? Is Cindy reachable or can somebody get it to Sarah to get it to him? Second - will he pay attention? As we saw from the illegal issue, he said “I hear you” but.. Third - does he really intend to take on his buddies or is it just campaign hype?
The McCain camp won’t listen. John McCain was a foot soldier in the Reagen Revolution. The reason he was a foot soldier is he never understood the battle well enough to be an officer.
He has no private sector experience. He does not understand how the business world works and doesn’t really care. He admits economics is his weak area, which is why the Dems are pressing it so hard. They know he won’t say things he doesn’t believe, and since he does not understand conservative economic policies he won’t espouse them.
He understands congress. He knows what he thinks are the problems in congress. He wants to be president so he can fix congress. Unfortunately, that is not the president’s job. He is to be the chief executive, something McCain is not qualified for.
Look at his positions on taxes. I haven’t heard one thing about simplifying the code. Instead he talks about adding more ‘tax credits’ and ‘tax incentives’. He plans to support the free market by adding more blocks to the 1040. It’s like being a conservative activist judge. It’s an oxymoron. He doesn’t understand that he is trying to use a socialist tool to achieve capitalist goals. It doesn’t work.
I’ll vote for him. I know enough about Obama to be very, very scared. But I think the only hope conservatism has in the near future is a strongly conservative House of Representatives. Today’s vote was not encouraging.
Excellent, plain speak dialog on the issues. Thanks for taking time to provide this information.
What I want to see when a conservative reaches across the aisle to a liberal democrat is a bloody fist coming back with maybe a piece of tooth embedded in a knucle.
“attack attack attack, them, not us!”
In language that McCain understands: Pretend Obama is Mitt Romney or John Cornyn and go from there.
Wow...excellent piece. Thanks for posting it.
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