Here's what the Obama campaign should do at some point -- maybe not now, but at some point, especially if the Clintons, aided by Geraldine Ferraro, keep their racist kneecapping going as crunch time comes. Especially in light of the Spitzer meltdown.
He should say, in that inimitable comic way he has when he refers to himself as Cheney's cousin -- he should say:
You know, people keep asking me if There's no basis for that.
He, or his surrogates, should just use line, in this context, at every opportunity. In a comic way.
As far as I know.
People will get it. Saturday Night Live will pick up on it. They are feeling guilty. As they should.
All men dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty
Recesses of their minds
Awake to find it was vanity;
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men,
That they may act their dreams with open
eyes to make it possible.
Senator Obama has given us a new dream; it is called hope. He has pulled more new voters to the ballot box then any presidential candidate since Jack Kennedy. I believe Senator Obama is the man who can make our dream of a new kind of country possible.
Question for all voters - would you vote for your candidate if they were different race or gender? Is your vote based solely on facts, research of candidates history, character, etc.?
I respect Obama for his attempting to keep 'old political tricks and smears' out of this election. I've lost respect for Hillary. It's become apparent she has one set of standards for her and her minions, but quite another for everyone else.
Even though you Obama lovers are becoming more totalitarian by the day in your outlook, believe it or not, Ferraro is entitled to her opinion.
In my opinion she happens to be correct. Obama has spent this entire campaign pole-vaulting on his race. Without it, he'd be just another obscure freshman senator from a Midwestern state with a penchant for spouting soppy mush, in lieu of real ideas.
Guess what? I don't like Hillary's health care plan. I think it's bogus and should she even pass it (I mean, I know Republicans have always gone out of their way to get things done for the Clintons, but still), I can't imagine her coverage being all that great. Making everyone buy healthcare and providing everyone with health care is a very big difference. Frankly, I'd rather just have it be affordable than have it be like car insurance in my own state of New York.
I mean, really, can we cut a swathe through the talking point bullshit. What exactly are these "real" ideas and "real" solutions? I'm not saying she doesn't have them, because actually, Obama and Clinton are the same on most positions. But can you stop with these farcical smatterings of Clinton spin? Clinton claims she has experience. Whatever she has, it's most likely exaggerated, but even beyond that, what difference does it make? Do we really need someone ready to "act" on day one? She hasn't shown especially good judgement, and I'm not even talking about Iraq. I'm talking about her destroying health care the only time she was actually responsible for something. I'm talking about how she has run this limping campaign of hers--dirtily, detached, capriciously, and expediently. You know, in logic, one of the major fallacies of argument is called "appeal to authority"--like, I don't know, get a bunch of high ranking military brass to say you can run the country. It makes no difference. Clinton hasn't really been crisis tested. Neither has Obama. But Obama has shown an intelligence and consideration in his decisions that she hasn't. Maybe you can debate that, but I don't see it in her. I'd feel a lot safer with Obama at the helm if this country was attacked than the saber-rattling Hildebeest.
Point is: Obama makes people feel positive about the future, he imbues all who support him with a sense that we can make some kind of difference, that we matter. Hillary tries to make people feel stupid and cynically hopeless by trying to tear down what she can't match. I don't like being belittled and told why I'm doing something or what I am. And that's why I'll never vote for Clinton.
Example of talking point: Hillary has detailed plans, Obama is all about emotion.
It's not actually TRUE. It's just a slogan. A campaign tactic.
And, apparently, it works with certain people.
Stick to the facts.
Use them.
OBAMA WINS DELEGATES!
HILLARY WINS IN FOULS, DISTORTIONS AND MIS-CHARACTERIZATIONS!
Hillary’s recent non-response to Ferraro’s despicable comments prove something very substantial about why she would be a deadly choice for President.
Her choice not to denounce and repudiate these comments can only mean one thing. She doesn’t choose to.
Integrity? She doesn’t have it.
Last week we saw Clinton’s response on 60 Minutes where she told us that she takes Obama at his word that he's not a Muslim and rejected rumors that he is, by saying, "As far as I know."
Arianna’s response in her editorial was, What's next, "Obama is a human being... as far I know"?
I find her candidacy unacceptable based on that one alone.
Obama has run a decent campaign, but the Clintons have really been scrapping the bottom of the barrel for some time now.
So while everyone is counting the delegates, I’m also counting the fouls. the mis-characterizations, the distortions and offensive behavior.
Obama is winning in delegates. Hillary is winning alright, but not in delegates.
She is has got him beat on the fouls.
If this were a prize fight, she’d be out of the ring by now!
But the other side is constructing issues to appeal to the fears, prejudices and bigotry of people
I hope Obama finds a way to respond strongly to this.
He's still got a huge edge when it comes to running the campaign in an honorable way.
No matter what he does from here on end, he won't lose that edge.
She is way ahead in Dirty tricks.