The one word Obama needs in every answer during the debates:

[garthranzz]

Katrina

On Huffington Post, Roxana Badin wrote:

"In five syllables my phrase describes what eight years of Republican leadership under Bush has done to the US economy. It encapsulates an entire web of failures, acts of hubris, negligence, recklessness, ignorance, and greed. It is a reminder of the importance of government leadership in times of crisis and of the pain when government is MIA, out to lunch, or, if you will, caught buying a pair of Ferragamo shoes while the roof blows off America's house. And so I submit it to Barack Obama with the hope that it may serve him well in the next crucial weeks.

I submit to Obama the phrase: "A Fiscal Katrina." "

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roxana-badin/a-contribution-for-obama_b_128383.html

So, taking my cue from Roxana Badin, I offer the following thoughts:

The War in Iraq becomes: A military Katrina

The Surge becomes: John McCain likes to boast about the Surge in Iraq. But Iraq still can't take care of itself. Politically, the Surge failed. But we can understand how Mr. McCain might get confused about the effect of a surge, how he might forget there's a difference between a Desert Storm and a Storm Surge.

On age & experience vs. youth & judgment:

One thing Mr. McCain relies on is experience. Well, to borrow a phrase from Ronald Reagan, I won't make age an issue in this campaign. So, even though we're debating only a few miles from New Orleans, a town that likes to party, I won't send Mr. McCain a belated birthday cake. At least, not one with candles on it.


On national security, particularly homeland security:

Protecting America means more than rattling spears. It means paying attention to homeland security,responding to natural disasters and protecting our infrastructure that can cripple our ability to defend against attacks at vulnerable points, like New Orleans, just a few miles from here. When it comes to national security, we can't tell the American people, like George Bush and John McCain told New Orleans, let them eat cake.

On McCain's support for Bush, the war in Iraq and failure to get Bin Laden:
John McCain said he'll follow Bin Laden to the gates of hell. John McCain's a good guy, so he might need a sign post. He should look for the banners that say "Mission Accomplished" - that's the road sign to hell.

[calimary]

1. Yes!!! A Fiscal KATRINA!

I LOVE it!!!


Repeat - BECAUSE it's necessary!

[SargeXXX]

11. "Radical pragmatism!"

Radical pragmatism!

These are the words Barack's students used when describing how he taught them Constitutional Law.

[calimary]

13. Welcome to DU!

I like that a lot! Radical pragmatism!

Better than anything the other guys are offering, BY FAR!

[BOSSHOG]

2. Thanks for posting and I agree but

Oxford is more then a "few miles" from New Orleans. I'm retentive and nitpickish about such things.

[garthranzz]

3. OK - N.O. to Oxford MS - an hour by plane, less than 6 hrs by car

How about "spitting distance"? "A stone's throw"? How about - "We're debating in Oxford, Mississippi, a great town. But we could have debated in New Orleans. But, they had a little surge of their own down there. John McCain didn't care about the aftermath of that surge. But he celebrated it. Considering how bad his judgment was about the aftermath of the Katrina surge, maybe we should question his judgment about the effect of any surge.

[dgibby]

10. Spot on!

I smell DUzy!

[Joe Chi Minh]

4. I also like, "a fiscal China Syndrome." It has some extraordinarily

apt overtones.

[Bucky]

5. John McCain is...

... a mental Katrina.

[Indenturedebtor]

12. More like a fart in the wind...

Yes this would be a great frame for the debates!

[TexasObserver]

6. "LOOK" is the word he needs to expunge from his speaking.

It's his worst habit when speaking, and it automatically makes him sound defensive. He uses it in a defensive mode. He needs to stop uttering that four letter word.

[MomforObama]

7. Definitely.

[Ms. Toad]

8. Umm...that's six syllables.

A (1) fiscal (2) Katrina (3) 1+2+3=6.

Inability to count, aside, it's not a bad phrase.

[dgibby]

9. How about

My dishonorable, unworthy opponent, Sen McClueless?

[OakCliffDem]

14. So Senator McCain, are you just stealing this money for your friends?

So Senator McCain, are you just stealing this money for your friends, or will the American People get a return on their investment?

[blossomstar]

15. You've got that nailed. A fiscal Katrina, true it is and McCain

was eating cake with his bf Bush

[happygoluckytoyou]

16. IN A RELATED STORY-------- ------------ -->>>>>

Minstrel: Bravely bold Sir Robin rode forth from Camelot. He was not afraid to die, oh brave Sir Robin. He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways, brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin. He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp, or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken. To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away, and his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin. His head smashed in and heart cut out, and his liver removed, and his bowels unplugged, and his nostrils raped and his bottom burned off and his penis...
Sir Robin: That's, uh, that's enough music for now, lads... looks like there's dirty work afoot.

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Minstrel: Brave Sir Robin ran away...
Sir Robin: *No!*
Minstrel: bravely ran away away...
Sir Robin: *I didn't!*
Minstrel: When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled.
Sir Robin: *I never did!*
Minstrel: Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about, and valiantly, he chickened out.
Sir Robin: *Oh, you liars!*
Minstrel: Bravely taking to his feet, he beat a very brave retreat. A brave retreat by brave Sir Robin.

[Jim Sagle]

17. Two more words he hardly EVER uses: "Democratic" and "Republican."

This has GOT to stop.