Reply #11: It's okay... [View All]

[ljm2002]

...I'm not trying to be difficult, nor to slam Obama or Biden or the campaign. I want them to win. And I know they do not have to resort to the underhanded lying tactics that the Republics use time and again -- and that McCain is using now, unfortunately to great effect.

I do see that they're taking the gloves off. And believe me I'm happy to see it! I'm only trying to encourage them to get out some short, sharp sound bites. That's what is needed to get those all-important quotes in the press and over the airwaves. Yes, we're fighting an uphill battle as far as media coverage is concerned. Yes, McCain's message is amplified automatically while Obama's is drowned out if at all possible. Still and all, that's the landscape we have to work with.

Now just today Obama came up with a real zinger, stating that "if you think all those lobbyists are working in McCain's campaign for the benefit of you and me, I've got a bridge in Alaska to sell you." Now that is my idea of a great, catchy sound bite. It is, of course, true, which makes it all the better.

Anyway -- I am not in any way trying to start trouble, nor assuming that I am smarter than the campaign. But here we are on a discussion board for political junkies, and I will call it as I see it. As I see it, the Obama campaign has been a little too gentlemanly and a lot too long-winded. Not only do they need to get down and dirty for the home stretch, they need to get off those zingers. That is what people latch onto, like it or not.