"The lack of any consistent lines of attack against John McCain is becoming palpable"
THANK YOU. Jesus, at least someone else is clued in and is feeling the same way I am.John McCain again today basically accused Obama of treason. Within that attack is the usual Republican blood lie about Democrats - that they hate America, hate the troops, etc. - with a bit of subtle racism thrown in (playing on Obama's African heritage, and on the fact that some of his ancestor's were Muslim, all adding up to someone "less than American").
Today, Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo indicated his growing exasperation with the Obama campaign's response, or lack thereof, to these ongoing attacks:
With so many instances of corruption and influence-peddling around him and whatever problems with the candidate that are keeping the campaign from letting reporters interview him anymore, John McCain is now again charging Obama with what amounts to soft treason -- wanting to lose the war in Iraq in order to make himself president. The lack of any consistent lines of attack against McCain is becoming palpable.
When Josh exhibits this kind of frustration publicly, we take notice. Josh is one of the cooler heads in the blogosphere. He's not as prone to fits of temper as, well, I might be. And he has a solid background in journalism that gives him a certain gravitas that the corporate media respects. So when Josh starts to blow a gasket, even in his typically subdued way, it means something.
Joe and I know a lot of people in politics. A lot of them are very smart. They're not the people you hate, the Cokie Roberts' and the Mrs. Greenspan's of the world. They're the kind of people you like and you trust. And those people are now telling us that they fear we're going to lose the election. What Josh said today, and what Josh has written between the lines of a lot of posts on his blog of late, is something we're hearing a lot of from a lot of people. There is an incredible discontent out there with the way this campaign is being run. The fact that the discontent isn't being recognized, isn't being assuaged, is disturbing. People aren't worried about the election, they're becoming despondent about it. They're not motivated to work twice as hard, they instead feel as if they've had the wind knocked out of them. This is far beyond a healthy skepticism as to whether Obama can win. While Obama's attacks today on McCain are heartening, we need to see more of it. People need to see that Barack Obama has as big of balls as John McCain and, well, Hillary Clinton.
NOTE FROM JOE: Just to be clear, this isn't the kind of post we want to be writing right now. We'd much rather be beating the crap out of John McCain's hypocrisy and rebutting the Karl Rove attacks on Obama. Anyone who read this blog during the primaries knows how strongly we felt about nominating Obama. Our commitment can't be questioned. We really, really, really want a Democratic president. But, we're not getting much to work with from the Obama campaign, hence this post. As John wrote, this feeling is pervasive. For some reason, Obama's top advisers seem to be living in their own bubble and this campaign, which we all thought would be different, is starting to feel like Democratic campaigns of the past. There's plenty of time to fix this. The blogs are poised to help (should the campaign ever decide to truly engage us). Not to be corny, but this campaign isn't about Barack Obama or his campaign staff or his media consultants or his Internet team. It's bigger than all of them and they need to realize that. This really is about our nation's future. We have to win and the Obama campaign needs to let us all help him win.
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Get it the fuck TOGETHER Obama, or be the Kerry of 2008. This shouldn't even be on the horizon, this shouldn't be at all. How the fuck can you turn a sure thing into a clusterfuck?
I am from the American CIA and I have a radio in my head. I am going to kill you.
^^Anyone could see it coming a mile away. Hope, change, hope, change, hope, change...with nary a detail, nary a true, substantive attack against the Republicans.
Then he rolled on warrantless eavesdropping, putting Hillary on the roll call.
He's going to roll over and play dead just like all the other status quo sucking, spineless coward Dems.
Don't fear the reefer..
If the Dems fuck this election up AGAIN.....*deep breath. be positive.*
Yeah, I hear you! I cannot keep voting for freaking Nader!Originally Posted by kingcap72
This is hilarious
Is anyone truly surprised that a campaign shepharded by Tom Daschle and the Kennedy machine (the folks who gave us Presidents Teddy, Dukakis and Kerry) "is starting to feel like (losing) Democratic campaigns of the past"? The Dems consciously and intentionally rejected the only winning Democratic team in the past 30 years?
All of God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
the only winning democratic team that LOST to this one. How effective were they? Not at all.
I am from the American CIA and I have a radio in my head. I am going to kill you.
It didn't matter to me a whit who won between BO and HRC until after Super Tuesday when HRC turned into Strom Thurmand.
Don't fear the reefer..
well then the dems should have nothing to worry about....Americablog didn't even need to write the post
All of God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
Hillary Clinton as the nominee would mean a landslide victory for McCain. Even Fundamentalist Mormons and Evangelicals would register to vote for the first time in droves just to keep Hillary out of the WH.
My God I'm tired of people say that. He has been very specific, but people choose to ignore that.
I think we're past the date for being able to register to vote? Or is there no deadline.
Not for the presidential elections. More jurisdictions allow for voter registration up until 6 weeks before individual elections. Varies from place to place but there is ongoing voter registration.
Seeing tougher race, allies ask Barack Obama to make 'hope' specific
Don't fear the reefer..
That's because details are above his pay grade.
A government big enough to give you everything you want,
is strong enough to take everything you have. ~Thomas Jefferson
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