Posted on 09/11/2008 10:34:14 AM PDT by NoRedTape
Of all the advantages Gov. Sarah Palin has brought to the GOP ticket, the most important may be that she has gotten into Barack Obama's head. How else to explain Sen. Obama's decision to go one-on-one against "Sarah Barracuda," captain of the Wasilla High state basketball champs?
It's a matchup he'll lose. If Mr. Obama wants to win, he needs to remember he's running against John McCain for president, not Mrs. Palin for vice president.
Michael Dukakis spent the last months of the 1988 campaign calling his opponent's running mate, Dan Quayle, a risky choice and even ran a TV ad blasting Mr. Quayle. The Bush/Quayle ticket carried 40 states.
Adlai Stevenson spent the fall of 1952 bashing Dwight Eisenhower's running mate, Richard Nixon, calling him "the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, and then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation." The Republican ticket carried 39 of 48 states.
If Mr. Obama keeps attacking Mrs. Palin, he could suffer the fate of his Democratic predecessors. These assaults highlight his own tissue-thin résumé, waste precious time better spent reassuring voters he is up for the job, and diminish him -- not her.............
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When a sexist pig has lipstick envy, it is just not appealing. Once again, the orignial pic was Obama looking down his nose to Hillary in debate.
Obama's words toward Palin are definitely devisive. So much for uniting the country.
So Rove, the magnificent bastard, is giving out this free advice to the democrats for what reason?
Because he wants to make sure they DON’T do any of these things? “Please, don’t throw me in that briar patch!”
“Ouch, Karl, that hurt!”
Great pic!!
Luckily for us, I don't think they can succeed at what they need to do. McCain is in Obama's OODA loop, and Palin is making him even more loopy.
Do you really think the left can stomach taking advice from Karl Rove? I don’t think so.
History is littered with conquered warriors who let pride get in the way of sage advice. It won’t be any different here.
No. These guys are deep in it. And I believe their internal numbers are neccessitating this “everything-but-the-kitchen-sink” gameplan.
I have more news for you. Hillary’s likely seen the numbers, too. And she’s refusing to take the stage to perform in a play that ended during Act II.
So much for “post-partisan” politics.
I wonder if marathoner Palin could take smoker Obama one-on-one on the b-ball court.
Well there's lots of room in there for her and her large (and getting larger!) family.......
This is great. Rove is telling Barry exactly what to do, and now Barry can’t do it because it came from Rove.
I suspect McCain and his strategists have already figured out what Obama’s next attacks will be now that Obama is finding his attacks on Palin are getting him nowhere.
There is a game called Chess and McCain will soon be announcing to the world: CHECKMATE!!!!!!!
Probably.
And she could certainly “take him” on a moose-hunt.
I have more news for you. Hillary’s likely seen the numbers, too. And she’s refusing to take the stage to perform in a play that ended during Act II."
Yep. Hey, speaking of Billary.............WOW, they've certainly been quiet lately. I thought she was going to "support" NObama? LOL.
“This year is a little different than the past races that Rove cites, and I think Obama is right to try to bring Palin down. She both unites the party from the conservative side, and brings in votes from the middle due to her compelling story, personality and the fact that she is a woman. Their only hope is to destroy her, bring the center back to them, and hope that the right becomes less enthused by election day.”
But why is it BO who is the one (no pun intended) who is out there trying to bring her down? Leave that to surrogates and let him stay on his “message of hope”.
He’s a fool for trying to knock her off himself. I can not think of any POTUS candidate who was successful in doing that mud slinging himself. Besides, it is a male attacking a female, something that is very difficult to pull off without having it backfire on you. (See: lipstick on pig)
Can you imagine Reagan attacking Ferraro the way that BO has been obsessed with Palin?
Rove’s on the money here. Obambi’s making the biggest mistake of his short political career by running against Sarah Palin when he needs to be running against McCain.
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