I've got plenty of beefs with McCain – I'm not thrilled by the man at all. His candidacy has turned me into a single-issue voter. So I don't have any kind of knee-jerk negative reaction to criticisms of McCain from the Obama camp, as I think there are plenty of things for them to criticize.
By now you've probably heard about (and maybe you've seen it) Obama's ad criticizing McCain for being old-fashioned and out-of-touch. The ad specifically mentions his inability to send an email, as part of its general characterization of him. And if you're paying attention at all, you've probably already heard that Team Obama is looking pretty darned stupid on that account, as they apparently missed the reason why McCain can't send an email: his North Vietnamese torturers made sure that he'd never be able to do anything requiring dexterity in his hands again. The best sober discussion of this incident that I've seen is here.
Team Obama seems to be remarkably prone to this sort of stupidity. They've made gaffe after gaffe, and despite the best efforts of the in-the-tank-for-Obama lamestream media to suppress them, the word is getting out. I'm beginning to get the impression of a rock-star celebrity-based campaign run by amateurs who were getting away with it only because of The One's image and celebrity. But those are looking a little tarnished these days, and the light seems brighter over in the McCain/Palin camp – and only because of Palin.
I'd pay good money to be a fly on the wall of a Democratic strategy session right about now...
I hope the Republicans don't get too cocksure during this period. Must be mighty heady for them...
Who needs to be a "fly on the wall" It's time to get real here. "They" (McSame and Palin) have already been caught on numerous lies and non-truths (as if there is a difference).
ReplyDeleteHere's just a couple of them for all you Palin worshipers out there;
From CNN: Quoted from Tommy Vietor at the Obama campaign...
"The McCain campaign said Gov. Palin opposed the bridge to nowhere, but now we know she supported it" (nice Flip-Flop Sarah!)
"They said she didn't seek earmarks, but now we know she hired a lobbyist to get millions in pork for her town and her state.
The McCain campaign misled us all when they "implied" Palin had visited the troops in Iraq with the photos you HAPPILY put in your blog, but today we learned that she only stopped at the Kuwait border. (Yeah, but the photo op looked great Sarah!)
Americans are starting to wonder, is there anything the McCain campaign isn't lying about?"
(not much...)
Barbara Walters when interviewing McCain, asked about Palin's reformist credentials, and noting McCain has served in Washington for more than two decades, asked repeatedly, "Who's she going to reform, you?"
I LOVED that one!!!