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Something is not right. We have a terrific candidate and a terrific VP candidate. We're coming off the worst eight years in our country's history. Six of those eight years the Congress, White House and even the Supreme Court were controlled by the Republicans and the last two years the R's have filibustered like tantrum throwing 4-year-olds, yet we're going to elect a Republican who voted with that leadership 90% of the time and a former sportscaster who wants to teach Adam and Eve as science? That's not odd as a difference of opinion, that's logically and mathematically queer.
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JWBear posted the above link in the Random Politics thread.
I'm not good at writing out what's in my brain. But what he writes is exactly what I am talking about.
1. Obama has no game plan right now. We're going to lose. He has much to his advantage, but he's reading from the Gore/Kerry Playbook and thinking he'll succeed where they didn't just because.
2. The press is not liberal. They are run by big corporations who benefited financially from the last 8 years and want to see 8 more. Forget that particle accelerator, CEOs like Rupert Murdoch are f*cking this country and this planet up just to make money.
3. There is no convincing the Christian conservative right of anything. They stick to their party like they do to their religion of choice. Ever try talking to someone about religion and try to sway them? It's impossible. That is now becoming true of a majority of people who vote Republican just because GOP candidates outwardly talk about Christianity and Christian beliefs. The Democrats are in the minority because a lot of them think with their brains and not their bibles and sway. Take iSm for example: liberal, Obama supporting but because he wants to be true to his conscience, he is protest voting. Republicans, conservatives do not do that, they don't stray from their way of thinking no matter what. It's much more black and white for them. And why? Because it's easier to look at things in black and white without having to think about what comes between. The ironic thing is that these politicians are looking to retain their jobs and don't give a sh!t about Christianity, family values. The corruption, the affairs, and the cover-ups that follow demonstrate that.
So what does Obama need to do? He needs to paint McCain as someone who is not a Maverick but someone who follows the Bush playbook. Bush is out of the spotlight for a reason. Because someone told him to vanish. The less we think about Bush, the less we think about comparing McCain to Bush.
I agree with Adam McKay that Obama needs to come up with a slogan that sums up what he feels about McCain and Palin. And repeat it, over and over and over. Something catchy and repeated like that can sway voters. It worked for Bush. Heck, it even worked for Johnny Cochran.
Obama needs to come out swinging and make the country forget that he was eaten alive by Palin. If he's got to dig in the dirt to do it, so be it. The opposing party already has mud under their fingernails. I want to be represented by someone with guts. Obama is not that person right now. I'll vote for him, but the idea of protest voting intrigues me too.