Posted on 09/09/2008 9:03:15 AM PDT by bobsunshine
YESTERDAY'S Gallup poll had John McCain ahead of Barack Obama by an astonishing 10 points among likely voters. A Washington Post poll had that lead at only two points, but clearly showed a McCain surge - especially among women. This wasn't what Democrats were expecting when they left Denver - yet they have nobody to blame but themselves.
Obama's toughest challenge has always been to connect with working-class swing voters. So attacking the poster child for small-town values, Sarah Palin, was a bad strategy.
No, Obama didn't engage in the mass sneering at Palin - but he did fall into the trap of disrespecting her. When McCain chose her, the Obama campaign's first response was to ridicule the size of her town. Then the candidate himself began referring to her as a "former mayor" when she is in fact a sitting governor.
When she retaliated (justifiably) by mocking his stint as a organizer, the Obama camp was clearly rattled. Obama himself actually began arguing about the importance of community organizing. His supporters amplified this cry - claiming Palin's attack was a racist slur and passing around e-mails titled "Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor."
Meanwhile, the rest of the country was probably wondering what being a community organizer has to do with being president.
Lured by the McCain camp, Obama supporters engaged in an argument about who had more overall experience - the top of the Democratic ticket or the bottom of the GOP ticket. This diminished Obama.
Meanwhile, the media lit up in all their cultural-elite splendor.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
More evidence of “liberal” women, who possibly aren’t quite as liberal as they thought.
Political watchers will be jumping on a demographic realignment possibility if McCain / Palin gets elected. This could be a huge shift, over time, of women switching to the Republican Party.
She’s still young and very attractive. I forgive her!
An innacurate representation. The only thing Jesus organized was his campaign to save souls and institute a church which was of an entirely different sort. The closest he came to organizing a "community" I can think of is when he ordered his disciples to have the people orderly seated in companies of 10 when he performed the miracle of the loaves and fishes. He was for the most part, apolitical, except when he called Pilate? a sly old fox.
Pilate, another innacurate representation. Pilate may have been a governor, but he was appointed. He never won that position in a democratic (now some would say that I am saying that the Democrats ran the process, no I meant the other definition of democratic) election. Big difference.
give her time. ....................... I say guilty by association only.
An inaccurate representation.
What? Of course it is. Are you actually trying to insinuate that Sarah Palin isn't a governor? Or that Barack Obama isn't Jesus?
You're playing with heresy, friend. Now say 20 Hail Barrys and ask the lOrd for forgiveness. Open your wallet, er, heart, yes, heart, to the lOrd, and be saved.
NOT JEALOUS
It was only about a week ago that lib pundits were smugly reporting that McCain had only received a minimal bounce.
Heh...yep, took the bait, hook, line, and sinker! Then continued to diminish himself, demonizing McCain's VP pick at every turn. Yep, the Messiah openned the door all the way for Gov. Palin to help him remember who has the most experience! Priceless.
WOW and coming from a lib.
I’ve seen Kirsten discussing the lib attacks on FOX. She is clearly disgusted.
Aye. I think you were joking there, wasn't sure how to read it. Clever, Hail Barry, no way Jose! Hail Palin? Absolutely!!! Like in the context of a greeting. In modern parlance, the angel might have said "Hello, Mary." (the word hail may have had deeper significance, I don't know about that in their language, culture, and customs).
So I would say, "Hi, Sarah" or "Hello, Sarah", and likewise with almost anyone small or great if I encountered them in the great out there.
I read Obama is in trouble financially, which is neither here nor there because some PAC will come to his aid. So many have already paid their tithes to him, like $2300, and can't personally contribute any more. They are so scared they would contribute more if they could.
They can, again for the general election and to the DNC.
Decent people shouldn't live in Gotham City. They'd be happier some other place.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country was probably wondering what being a community organizer has to do with being president.
Bingo! There's nothing wrong with being a community organizer. But when the swing/undecided voter looks at what Obama did as one, I don't think they'll look too favorably at him.
Translation: Obama is more and more looking like the mouthpiece for the angry left and less and less like a serious Presidential candidate.
I can hear Baraq Hussein Abdal-Majid al-Illinoii shouting: Obama Akbar! Obama Akbar!
Then I can hear Omama(Michelle) mumbling: death to America!
You could define a “community organizer” as the person who led the Jews into the railroad cars.........
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