Anyone else think Obama should attack the GOP brand while its in its death throes?

[sampsonblk]

Maybe its just me, but it seems that while the entire nation is sick of the GOP, we should be focusing on their entire party, their failures, their lies and their sick, idiotic worldview. Its led us to the doorstep of calamity.

We should rightly blame the problems on Republicans and Republicanism.

Why are we fighting about the minute details of Sarah Palin's wackiness when we could be focusing on sinking all of them?

Edit: typo

[anonymous171]

1. He's kind of boxed himself in with the "post-partisan" thing

He can't start attacking McCain in an uber-partisan way or else he would undercut his own brand.


I don't have a problem with it though.

[GoesTo11]

14. Forget the stupid box. McCain isn't boxed in by his honor anymore.

This is all so January.

[evlbstrd]

2. If I'm not mistaken,

that's what he's been doing.
I've been watching his teevee appearances and he always takes the high road and the long view. It's people with too much time to worry themselves sick that are all agog over Caribou Barbie.

[anigbrowl]

3. Be patient - there's 7 weeks to go

Per another DUer's excellent-post-that-I-forget-where-it-is, I refer you to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope-a-dope

[AtomicKitten]

4. Tomorrow.

[krkaufman]

5. That's what I wish he would point out...

... tell the people to look around at all the ads they're seeing from Republican politicians, and suggest they look for the word Republican in those ads.

The McCain/Palin ticket aren't doing anything every other Republican is doing out there, running away from their failed policies and the damage they've wrought over the last 8 years. Real change of direction is not going to come under the banner of the Republican Party, until the Republican Party has felt the wrath of the public via the voting booth. Let John McCain demonstrate he can reform the Republican Party before we trust him to take on the larger job of reforming the government, at large.

[sampsonblk]

13. They should take your post, verbatim

"Real change of direction is not going to come under the banner of the Republican Party, until the Republican Party has felt the wrath of the public via the voting booth. Let John McCain demonstrate he can reform the Republican Party before we trust him to take on the larger job of reforming the government"


That should be a billboard!

[1corona4u]

6. NO,NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, AND NO.

[depakid]

8. Now why would you shout that?

Perplexing to say the least.

[depakid]

7. Should have been doing that (rather than pandering to them)

and alienating the progressive base SINCE THE DAY HE SEALED UP THE NOMIONATION BACK IN JUNE.

[Bobbie Jo]

9. Without blinking.

:evilgrin:

[ContinentalOp]

10. Yeah, it pisses me off.

This is our Carter/Reagan moment. This is the chance to do what they did when they made "liberal" a dirty word. But no... this year, McCain is an honorable war hero, blah blah blah. Fuck that noise.

[samuraiguppy]

11. yes!

we will destroy them they will never win another election

[TheKentuckian]

12. Yes, but carefully

He can talk conservative concepts and ideals that make sense and then say something like "But this bunch here..."

He can frame it as THESE Republicans. He can talk about Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt with supreme reverence while praising saner modern Republicans like Hamilton and Hagel. He can then bring it back on McCain and show how the guy that used to be a maverick went and joined the posse.

He can respect, relate, and even treasure conservative principles and express sadness in what guys like Bush and now regrettably...McCain have done to shame the Grand Old Party and how they have abandoned real conservative values. A main who he once admired enough to refer to him multiple times in his book.

This bunch here...(shakes a downturned head, with a frown)