Obama and Biden in a Bind
By Larry Johnson on September 8, 2008 at 2:05 AM in Current Affairs
Along with the news that McCain and Palin scored a monster bump out of the convention, the Obama supporters have stepped up the avalanche of shit they are furiously trying to pile on Sarah Palin. Big problem, however. Not for Palin, but for the Obamabots. The more manure they spread over Palin the faster and stronger she grows. My story Sunday highlighting the idiotic analysis of one Deepak Chopra, who attacks Palin and her supporters on Huffington Post as being nothing more than intolerant, ignorant bigots, is apparently not an isolated phenomena. Did you catch Erica Jong last week at the Huffington Post:
Not that I think Sarah Palin will make it to VP. But given the repugnicans’ habit of caging votes, it’s certainly one horrid possibility.
White trash America certainly has allure for voters. Some people think rednecks are more American than Harvard educated intellectuals of mixed race. God help us in the next election. The NRA and the oil industry sure won’t.
Yep, that’s how you win the hearts and minds of middle America. Remind them they are nothing but trailer trash and that you are morally and intellectually superior. That’s a winning formula if I ever saw one.
But wait, there’s more. Murphy Brown anyone?
Go here to enjoy the musings of Hollywood celebrities making fun of Palin and criticizing her lifestyle and choices. Listening to the likes of Omarosa, Candace Bergen, Annette Benning and other starlets pitch a bitch fit over Palin is the ultimate illustration of people with a completely undeveloped sense of irony. Hollywood pushes and celebrates a movie like Juno, which tells the story of a pregnant teenage girl with supportive parents, and these goddamn divas want to moralize and condemn Sara Palin? No wonder Obama and Biden are screwed–their supporters demonstrate a humorless intolerance that previously was only associated with the likes of Jerry Falwell. And like Falwell, who is dead and buried, the Obama elites are emitting an aroma that smells a lot like rotting brains.
Unfortunately for Obama and Biden, the key issues are not going their way and Obama is already accelerating his mad dash for the center. On Iraq, advantage McCain and Palin. Did you hear Barky on Bill O’Reilly the other night admit that the surge has worked beyond anyone’s expectation? So, if it is working why are you now hell bent on getting out. Nice job Barack. Can you get another foot in your mouth.
How about tackling the economy? McCain wants the tax cuts to stay in place. Barack was arguing on raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Note I write “WAS.” Seems that over the weekend Obama concedes that new taxes might have to be postponed in order to get out of the recession. Got that kids? Barky the aspiring floppity spinner is drawing nearer to John McCain’s position.
Change and reform anyone? McCain can point to McCain/Feingold, a major piece of legislation praised by Democrats and despised by Republicans. McCain can point to lobbyist reform and Barack Obama’s failure to follow thru on his promise to John McCain. Sarah Palin? She took on the Republican elite in her state and took down the Oil Companies to boot. So what change and reform can Barack and Biden point to? The only thing Barack has changed appears to be his mind on a whole host of policy priorities.
Did I mention drilling for oil and nuclear power? More Americans are with McCain and Palin on this one as well.
Got my point? On most major issues the advantage is now with McCain/Palin, not Obama/Biden. I think Obama and Biden have a clear advantage on the issue of health care but it is not clear that most Americans see this as THE deciding issue.
Obama and Biden’s only path for success lies in fighting McCain and Palin on the issues. Problem is the issues are now moving away from the Democrats.
One thing, though, is certain. Continued personal attacks on Sarah Palin that do not clearly reflect on her honesty and competence in making decisions will only win her and McCain more support. Hell, Andrew Sullivan is speculating that Sarah Palin may have had an affair.
Let’s assume the worst. Let’s assume she did. Well, if she did, so what? If Sarah and her husband have dealt with the matter and forgiven each other than most Americans will do what they did in the case of Bill and Hillary Clinton–it is no ones damn business and does not need to be in the public arena. That some Democrats want to try to go down this road bespeaks that they have become the very thing they railed against when these kind of attacks were levied on Bill and Hillary. And you remember how those attacks “hurt” Bill’s popularity, even after he was caught lying under oath? Oh, that’s right, impeachment failed and he left office with more than a 60% favorability rating.
I think the radical left is beyond reason and hope. They will continue to launch wild, unsubstantiated attacks on Palin and in the process build more support for her. For example, I work regularly with military folks, retired and active duty, who were luke warm at best three weeks ago on John McCain. They are now in full battle mode. They are energized and enthusiastic about McCain. Why? Two words–Sarah Palin.
Obama and Biden must find a way to attack McCain and Palin on the issues, otherwise they are dead. If they fall for the trap of going after Palin personally they may make George McGovern look like a strong candidate.
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