Apparently, Senator McCain is planning a new series of attacks on Senator Obama's record, experience, and associations. Good. This should have been the theme of the campaign all along. Sarah Palin's talking points the other night gave hints as to the line this tactic will take, but it surely needs to be much more coherent than what she put out.
I need to hear--from John McCain's mouth--disapproval voiced about Senator Obama's continuing close relationship with a man who bombed the Pentagon, and who continues to this day to be a radical voice of anti-Americanism.
Of course I'm talking about Bill Ayers. We need to hear about this, and we need to hear about it relentlessly.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
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And it won't matter. The subject of William Ayers will come up, Obama and his staff (I'm referring to the media) will brush it off as 'Obama was eight years old at the time' and they will accuse McCain of 'having to attack Obama's character since he can't win on the issues.' He needs NOT to be the one to raise it.
The Independent groups really need to get moving. They need to target smaller markets in PA, OH and FL and not do nationwide ads. The only effective independent groups this season have been VetsForFreedom. They've had some great pieces out there. (NRA has been good too). Where is everyone else??? We're running out of time.
Sally's right - the AP news dispatch from the Palin RAlly in Carson, CA today reads like an Obama press statement
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081005/D93K17H80.html
"Obama and his staff (I'm referring to the media) will brush it off as 'Obama was eight years old at the time'".
So by the Demediacrat logic I can proudly hang the swatstika because I wasn't even born when the Nazis wreaked havoc in Europe.
It is still worth doing. I heard Larry Sabato (UVA Government Professor) on the radio this morning, dismissing this by saying something like, "95% of the American public has never heard of this guy and have never heard of the Weather Underground". Sounds like a huge number of people to be educated!
"95% of the American public has never heard of this guy and have never heard of the Weather Underground".
That's the story in your favorite gated community. 'course we're heavy on the 30 year olds with the NINJA mortgages, brand new SUVs, and $4000 mountain bikes who are supporting Obama because they will expect the government to fund their children's college education.
Well, isn't it great that the Ayers story came out? Palin brought it up, and now AP is reporting she's a racist to suggest it.
The McCain campaign needs to stop wasting its time with the Obama/Ayers connection this late in the game and recast the race as McCain v. Congress, not McCain v. Obama. He needs to tap into the electorate’s disgust with Congress and convince people that an Obama, Reid and Pelosi triumvirate will almost certainly exacerbate current conditions. That their solution to getting us out of this mess will be…spending us into a bigger mess.
There are tough times ahead. The recent financial crisis was the first shoe to fall; the next crisis will more than likely involve exposure to personal credit card debt – how do you think all of those McMansions were furnished?
GG...why can't they do both? I've been advocating running against Pelosi and Reid all along, but the Ayers thing is just too good to pass up.
The Ayers connection has been out there for awhile, and no one has been able to make it stick. Clinton touched upon it briefly during the primary, but quickly backed off when reminded of her Bill’s own domestic terrorists troubles. Besides, I get the nagging feeling the undecided electorate is very much of the mindset of your friend’s girlfriend – they realize he may be a lightweight, but change has become the single most important issue of this election and Obama has become its embodiment. I think this will be seen largely as a tactic of last resort - he’s throwing everything at Obama in the last 30 days hoping something will stick.
If the Rev. Wright issue didn't sink him, this one won’t either. I have to hand it to Obama, he’s run a very cool campaign. Not a particularly substantive one, but a cool one. During the financial crisis he’s managed to cast himself as a leader in control while McCain flounders about. Granted, he’s been given a pass by the media who have all but abandoned any semblance of objectivity, but to the prepared go the breaks.
McCain is right to hammer away at Obama’s character, but I think he needs to do so in the context of leadership. The financial meltdown has provided the perfect backdrop, and he should exploit it. He needs to capitalize on the current fear and uncertainty by painting an Obama administration as nothing more than a rubber stamp for a democrat controlled Congress. He’s in a unique position to do it effectively – he has no loyalty to Bush, he has an acrimonious relationship with the conservative base of his own party and he enjoys a working relationship with colleagues across the aisle. He needs to turn to Obama tonight and say, “Sen. Obama, during the crisis I suspended my campaign and worked with leaders from both parties in an attempt to forge an agreement – how any republicans did you reach out to?”
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