Racism's pretty much of a subterranean force, it's hard to measure its strength. It's possible if Obama loses, we'll never know how much racism contributed to the loss.
I'd say Obama has already contributed towards a possible loss by diluting his brand. Picking Biden was the most egregious example of that, and Biden has yet to prove that he can earn his keep on the ticket.
I'd say McCain is vulnerable on the age issue, on "family values" and on his fake "hero" status. It takes real guts to go after him on the third issue, but the first two should be easy, and yet nothing much is going on in any of the three categories and time is running out. The problem here is that McCain is pretty much allowed free rein in defining himself and nobody is challenging this. The "maverick" brand being a case in point. He's about as much of a "maverick" as any other Republican (only Ron Paul really deserves the name) and yet even that is rarely challenged.
There's a fantastic opportunity here to attack from the bottom of the ticket, Sarah Barracuda's being the finger that nobody should want anywhere near the red button. Woman is deranged. She's a hillbilly. The attempts to justify her qualifications as C-in-C were patently absurd. Meet the new C - in - C, Miss Almost Alaska, the former Mayor of Walsilla Alaska, mother of five, including one pregnant 17-year-old and one Down syndrome newborn, who apparently won't require a hell of a lot of attention from anyone over the next few years. This thing is a fucking God-send, yet where is the solid wall of merciless attacks?
If Obama loses, could be he'll have only himself to blame. Where's the piss? Where's the vinegar?
mother of five, including one pregnant 17-year-old and one Down syndrome newborn, who apparently won't require a hell of a lot of attention from anyone over the next few years.
You have no idea, as we had none, of the tremendous job it is to be a mother to such a child. It's a constant battle, especially when there are other kids in the family.
<<You do not agree with BHO that the children should be off limits?>>
One time I really thought the military records of men who had put their lives at risk should be off limits, but if Kerry's three purple hearts aren't off limits, nothing is off limits. In this case, anyway, it isn't the kids who are under attack but the parents.
<<The mercyless attacks you propose seem like a great thing to me , so poorly connected to the facts as they are , the sympathy gained would be tremendous.>>
Not how it works in real life. Look at Swift-Boating, the overall effect was negative, even though the charges were bullshit.
<<But attacks on the Kids are supposed to be beyond the pale and intolerable , even for the boomerang effect that would surely crush the BHO canadacy I can't want the kids to become "fair game" for political mudslinging.>>
Palin sacrificed her pregnant daughter's right to privacy for her own political ambition. PLEASE don't tell me she did it for her country because no one but she was qualified to hold this position. And it's not the baby who's being criticized, it's the abandoning mother.
They attacked his entitlement to his medals and they proved nothing.
<<But the Story he told of being on Cambodian waters on Christmas , of haveing a hat given him by a CIA agent , these tales turned out to be fables he made up.>>
BFD.
McCain's wounds aren't in issue, his phony "torture" claims are.
<<Come on MT , what ever John Kerry had , McCain has more of , with the outstanding exception of conflicting himself so much.>>
Still don't get it, plane? With Kerry, the gloves came off and the genie got out of the bottle. Now that it's McCain's turn, you want the gloves to go back on and the genie back in the bottle?
Sorry, plane, that's not how it works.
<<Come on MT , what ever John Kerry had , McCain has more of , with the outstanding exception of conflicting himself so much.>>
Still don't get it, plane? With Kerry, the gloves came off and the genie got out of the bottle. Now that it's McCain's turn, you want the gloves to go back on and the genie back in the bottle?
Sorry, plane, that's not how it works.