"I don't care what they say about me. But I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and Swift boat politics. Enough is enough."
I couldn't agree more with what Obama said today.
Unfortunately, John McCain and the republicans aren't going to disengage just because Barack Obama called them on it. They won't disengage because this is the only way they know how to operate. And incidentally, voters have repeatedly rewarded them for their behavior. As much as we decry the state of our politics, we allow politicians to act the way they do because we like it. Admit it, you took glee when John McCain didn't know how many houses he owns.
The last eight years have taught us a lot about the republican party, but the one lesson we should never forget is that they have no shame. If they think something is working, they will stick with it, no matter how dishonest it is.
So what's the answer?
I think we need to hit them hard. There is plenty of stuff out there. We need to go at it- eye for eye, tooth for tooth. With 54 days to go, we can't "change" the game- we have to play it and we have to win it.
To paraphrase Gov Stanton, Abe Lincoln had to be a whore before he could appeal to the "better angels of our nature."
CDR
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Bill Clinton's not walking through that door anymore and nobody countered this shit as well as he did. He'd be all over Palin for raising taxes and increasing budgets, flip flopping on the bridge to nowhere and billing the state for sleeping at home. It'd be a litany you'd hear 25 times a day. We're not getting that from Obama. They're going to lose this election on the high road.
I don't know, I like this ad that came out today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ2I0t_Twk0
It hits on all of the points that need to be made, but it's funny. It doesn't leave you with the sense that Obama is a slime for taking those shots.
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