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That would seem to be an obvious fact. However, it is apparently news to the McCain campaign, and something they are not ready to accept as reality.
While it’s been a given from the outset of this election cycle that McCain’s only reliable base is the low information voter, his campaign has now decided to go after the brain-dead – i.e. those likely to equate Barack Obama’s speeches about the economy, the war in Iraq, or the out-of-control price of gas with the warblings of Britney Spears or the inane behavior of Paris Hilton.
If there were any connection to be made in the voters’ minds (at least those voters with functioning minds), the obvious one would be the connection between McCain’s utter desperation, and the childish lengths he is willing to go to in order to frame his opponent’s popularity as something to be scorned rather than envied.
And of course, McCain’s envy is becoming increasingly apparent with every attempt to discredit Obama – not for his positions or policies, but for the celebrity that being admired and respected has brought him at home, as well as in the international arena.
But this lastest meme coming from the McCain camp is downright laughable, akin to a TV station reminding viewers that the program now showing on a competing network consistently garners much higher ratings than the one they are about to air.
Now, ask yourself which portion of the audience won’t be tempted to change the channel, other than the brain-dead – too lazy to reach for the remote, and too mentally challenged to even be curious.
The thing I find shocking about McCain’s desire to put a negative spin on Obama’s popularity is the fact that given McCain’s performance to date – replete with gaffes, mis-statements, a truly astounding lack of knowledge, and a focus on already-debunked lies – one would think he’d be eternally grateful for Obama’s consistent ability to divert attention away from Johnny’s glaring inadequacies.
One wonders why McCain whines incessantly about Obama’s huge crowds, his eloquence, and the manner in which he is addressing the issues most important to voters, when it serves to sway the spotlight away from McCain’s sparsely-attended “events” that are, at best, a mumble-fest of non-thoughts amply demonstrating his inability to act like a president, no less be one.
But as I’ve said, McCain’s target audience is now the politically brain-dead; the people who can make a connection, however tangential, between Barack Obama and the likes of Britney and Paris, but can’t make a connection between the past eight years of a Republican in office and the devastation of their own lives.
Unfortunately for John, this appeal to the lowest of the low-information voter is all for naught – because in the end, they’re not voters at all. They are whiners, complainers, hissy-fitters, and tantrum-throwers – but while they'll talk a good game sitting on a barstool on election night, they won’t be bothered to show up at the polls.
Maybe they’ll be watching Britney on the TV instead, opining on the obvious similarity between a no-talent performer and the guy they’ve been warned – over, and over, and over again – not to pay any attention to by that other guy, you know, what’s-his-name.
It’s just a fact: The brain-dead don’t vote. But apparently they do run presidential campaigns.
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