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"Laughably Ignorant".. Seriously Josh?
"... But we're in the middle of a housing and credit crisis and she doesn't
even know what Fannie and Freddie are. It's an embarrassing level of
ignorance that would sink a candidate for house or senate."
I'd wager that the vast majority of Americans--and news anchors--have not idea what Fanny and Freddie are or what they do. Nor do they care, nor will "gaffs" like this have any impact on the election.
I have a handy way of knowing who's winning the race-I turn on the network and see who they show first. Sarah is winning, and McCain is hanging on for the ride.
They cut to Obama after 4 minutes and he's saying something witty and obtuse about the "bridge to nowhere." Yawn.
If this is all the Dems got, get ready for another disappointment. As Darrell Hammond, playing Bubba said on SNL.. "Next time, you best bring Kryptonite."
If Obama is going to win this thing, he needs to start living up to the label of Chicago Politician. Palin won't talk about her fundamentalist beliefs so fill the blanks-- Obama may be chided by the New York times for exaggeration, but nobody ever lost a national election pissing off the NYT. You know it's working if the next news cycle feature Obama saying it, and the Reps. reacting to it.
Here's some starters:
"Sarah Palin thinks the Earth is 4,000 years old, and oil was created by fairies."
"She wants to teach creationism in biology class, and then wonders why American kids have the lowest scientific literacy in the developed world. Not only it it unconstitutional, it's stupid!"
"She's the only hockey mom in America who could force a town to build an ice rink when it needed a sewage treatment plant and leave that town $22 million in debt even after taking $27 million in earmarks!"
There a million more. If the Dems try to out-wonk her, the Dems lose. She's a radical, right wing nut. Just point it out.
I'd wager that the vast majority of Americans--and news anchors--have not idea what Fanny and Freddie are or what they do. Nor do they care, nor will "gaffs" like this have any impact on the election.
I have a handy way of knowing who's winning the race-I turn on the network and see who they show first. Sarah is winning, and McCain is hanging on for the ride.
They cut to Obama after 4 minutes and he's saying something witty and obtuse about the "bridge to nowhere." Yawn.
If this is all the Dems got, get ready for another disappointment. As Darrell Hammond, playing Bubba said on SNL.. "Next time, you best bring Kryptonite."
If Obama is going to win this thing, he needs to start living up to the label of Chicago Politician. Palin won't talk about her fundamentalist beliefs so fill the blanks-- Obama may be chided by the New York times for exaggeration, but nobody ever lost a national election pissing off the NYT. You know it's working if the next news cycle feature Obama saying it, and the Reps. reacting to it.
Here's some starters:
"Sarah Palin thinks the Earth is 4,000 years old, and oil was created by fairies."
"She wants to teach creationism in biology class, and then wonders why American kids have the lowest scientific literacy in the developed world. Not only it it unconstitutional, it's stupid!"
"She's the only hockey mom in America who could force a town to build an ice rink when it needed a sewage treatment plant and leave that town $22 million in debt even after taking $27 million in earmarks!"
There a million more. If the Dems try to out-wonk her, the Dems lose. She's a radical, right wing nut. Just point it out.
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Love your examples. Send them to the campaign will you? Rec'd.
September 8, 2008 8:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think you're right. But Marshall has to throw red meat to the echo chamber. As a matter of fact, only the totally uninitiated think that Fannie Mae wasn't a government agency all along. It flew under the colors of a corporation, but no one would have bought its securities if they didn't know it was backed by the taxpayer. What's happening is what was supposed to happen all along. Private as long as it worked, public as soon as it ran into trouble. Even Greenspan said so. Playing gotcha politics with Sarah Palin is a losing battle. If they take her on, they should take her on over the biggest, clearest issue they can find. And it has to be one that matters to Independents enough to make a difference. Any attack on Palin is going to rally her base. The attack has to have some prospects of turning a lot of Independents off to be worth the candle.
September 8, 2008 8:44 PM | Reply | Permalink