"This is donkey-hunting from a helicopter"

[phantom power]

I think this is my new favorite quote. Until the next one, of course.

McCain/Bush has demonstrated that he will lie, distort, sewer-sniff, and literally do anything whatsoever to win this race. But to turn this around, neither Obama nor the rest of the Democrats have to go there. All they have to do is tell the truth about McCain/Bush - that he is not "born of corruption" but actually is a corrupt tool of special interests and has been his entire political career. All they have to do is inform Americans that it has been a loooong time since McCain/Bush behaved like anything other than a total coward. All they have to do is drive home that McCain/Bush has neither the programs nor the temperament to lead - and Obama will win, and probably handily so.

Do they have the guts? For the sake of this country's future, they better, but let's face it, they don't. (On a personal note, I will never forgive the Democratic party for this nailbiter, no matter who wins, but especially if Obama loses.) This is not a fight amongst gentleman in powdered wigs arguing about the legacy of the Enlightenment.** This is donkey-hunting from a helicopter and McCain/Bush's the guy with the gun in the chopper. Time for the Democrats to get off their asses and get some SAMs.

Note: Don't show me Obama's leading by two whole points in the polls. That is, for all intents and purposes, a tie. By any reality-based standard, this election should be a rout. The Republicans fielded a buffoon and a sociopath while Democrats chose genuine leaders. Racism explains a lot of it. Media bias explains a lot of it. But it is also the case that Democrats are hellbent on avoiding mentioning anything that could possibly be thought "unclean" when the Republicans have demonstrated that no sewer is so foul they won't stoop to disgorge its stinking mess into the public discourse.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/meek-will-inherit-nothing-by-tristero.html

[AspenRose]

1. Find it hard to argue with anything said....

[valerief]

2. That's my new favorite line, too!

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