blondeatlast
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Thu Jun-05-08 12:42 PM
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Glaring weakness in McBush's campaign: His campaign. |
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I'm certainly no expert on campaigning, but I have been represented by George W. McBush since even before I could vote and I've been a political wonk nearly as long, so take my comments for what you think they are worth.
We've already seen some head-shakingly stupid comments coming out of McBush--the invitation to have "town hall" type meetings with Obama is the most recent and obvious one I can think of. Utter stupidity--even the lazy, lapdog and even obviously corrupt media such as Fox addressed the stupidity of it. Even they know Obama will wipe the floor with McB.
DU, I can tell you, he's made plenty of utterly boneheaded statements before in his Senate races here in AZ--and yet he wins. And that's why this time, he's going to Epic Fail--and I can hardly wait to witness it.
The prevailing campaign strategy in AZ seems to be "don't let him speak, don't let him speak!" He's had tantrums in front of the press (the famous "c" incident which a friend in the local media swears he witnessed--take that for what it's worth).
Think about ANY Democrat campaigning in Chicago for a spot on the ballot--that alone sharpens your chops. Lots of competition just to get signatures to get on the ballot.
Now think of McCain in Arizona--RRRepublican stronghold, (until recently) older population, old-boy network politics with the local media and business an integral parts of it.
McBush has NEVER had to fight a campaign battle, not even after being fingered in the Keating scandal or the "Opiates for the Missus" scandal. His campaign advisors are lobbyists and the local RNC old boy farts--but until now, that's all he's needed. He rarely campaigns locally; the most vigorous campaigning he has to do is to appear at fundraisers given by Mrs. Hensley-McCain's old boy buddies--ninety percent of the time for OTHER candidates, not himself.
As clearly demonstrated just this week, his handlers and he are unequipped to think on their feet. McBush is already on the defensive regarding the Dem candidate and the fact that he can't tolerate being compared to W and his handlers haven't a clue how to deal with either. A smart advisor would shield a weak candidate like McBush from complaining that he's "unfairly" compared to Bush II. Nobody told McB not to, it seems--and now a GLARING weakness of his has been exposed.
Of course we can't let our guard down but we should exploit McB's public exposure as much as possible--it's entirely new territory for him and a major weakness. He just hasn't ever been really tested. It's McB's OWN INEXPERIENCE as a media subject that will bring him down.
Please, America--I've waited 30 damn years to see this! Let's send this bastard home to his pink living room on North Central Avenue!
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Thu Jun-05-08 12:45 PM
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Thu Jun-05-08 12:48 PM
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2. He doesn't know Shiite from Shinola |
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If Obama knows what he's doing, he should be able to make mincmeat of McShame.
If McShame tries to make foreign policy his strong suit, he will be in big trouble.
Two simple examples:
McShame repeatedly makes the idiotic claim that Shiite Iran is training Sunni Al Qaeda. Even Joe LIEberman couldn't take it any more and publicly corrected him.
McShame is to weak and too cowardly to to talk with our enemies.
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Thu Jun-05-08 12:50 PM
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3. If he can't talk to the media without being heavily prompted, he sure as hell can't |
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negotiate with with other countries or broker deals.
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Thu Jun-05-08 06:29 PM
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5. Kicking for the last time, thanks. nt |
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