Talking to the folks at the McCain campaign, it’s obvious and apparent that McCain intends to run a “respectable” campaign “around the issues”.
There seems to be an unwillingness to go after the ugly side of Barack Obama — and there’s plenty of “ugly” to go after. Which is why I like this idea (from a Bill Kristol opinion piece in the NY Times:
But Republicans will. Last week, over drinks, one Republican strategist not affiliated with the McCain campaign mused about how an independent advertising effort against Obama might work. “Barack Obama: He’s not who you think he is†would be the theme. The supporting evidence would come from his left-wing voting record in Illinois and Washington, spiced up with fun video clips of Reverend Wright.
I would be much more inclined to donate to this campaign that I would the official McCain campaign, as I believe it would be a more effective strategy for beating Obama.
Perhaps it’s the realist in me that believes that there is no way anybody with two functioning brain cells (or isn’t a Muslim, a radical Liberal, or a socialist)Â could possibly be voting for the “real” Sen. Barack Obama (vs. the vision of the “Hope and Change” Obama).
I think Democratic insiders and those in the know, are afraid of the same thing:
And an experienced Democratic operative e-mailed: “Finally, I think [McCain’s] going to win. Obama isn’t growing in stature. Once I thought he could be Jimmy Carter, but now he reminds me more of Michael Dukakis with the flag lapel thing and defending Wright. Plus he doesn’t have a clue how to talk to the middle class. He’s in the Stevenson reform mold out of Illinois, with a dash of Harvard disease thrown in.â€
My greatest fear is that he is another Jimmy Carter — not just a disgrace as a man and a person, but a disaster of a President.
I really wonder how this thing is going to turn out. I hang out at some very liberal KC sites which I really enjoy. Although they are rabidly liberal, most of the people are pretty decent. However, I don’t think anything could be said or found out that would change their mind about Obama. I think he could be found visiting a mosque and they’d still support him…heck that might make them support him even more.
I’m a conservative but not a rabid one. I think the dems are right on some issues (health care for one) but wrong on most. I wouldn’t vote for Obama, however, if McCain declared immediate amnesty for the illegals and believe me that would really really upset me. So, maybe we aren’t so different – the conservs and the libs in our ideology except I’ll put defense of my country first and they won’t.
does everyone have Islamaphobia? what is wrong with muslims or being associated with them? Before anyone says anything against muslims or their religion, I think that he/she should do some research into the religion. We need to remember that there are 7 million muslims in the US and many of them american converts and that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the US.
There may be 7 million muslims in this country, but I don’t want any muslim, Obama (and I’m not saying he is one) or anyone else, as President of the United States of America.
Try asking a different question.
Do all muslims have Infidelophobia?