Obama’s slime the opponent strategy has begun in full.
This will only get uglier.
No one gets to the Governors office without making enemies.
Ever try to run just a little group of people in the same city, or town? No one ever is liked 100%.
Putting doubts in voters minds is one thing that Obama is good at. We need to be very careful not to fall into his trap.
Bingo.
This is Dem “opposition research” teaming with the Slimes to bring down Palin. Good news is this won’t change any minds. They had about a two week window to define her. They have failed. Voters are prepared for the sliming.
Heck, I bring in two dozen Bagels to the office on my birthday, complete with butter, cream cheese, and Lox ... for everyone (its an office tradition, some bring in Bagels and some bring in Doughnuts on their birthday)
But I get a couple of Onion Bagels for myself and some others in the office who like onion ... turns out that some of the others feel that an onion bagel 'contaminates' the entire bunch with an onion flavor (they might be right, but its MY damn birthday, and I'm buying ... dammitJIM !!!! /laughs)
eeeenywees, I can just see the headlines if I ever ran for public office:
Will it only get uglier? Unless there are some shocking personal emails that the NYT alludes to that magically show up in their pressroom, I doubt it. I think the problem the press encountered with Dubya back in 2000 was that the opposition press (ie the press) ran out of dirt. By 2004, they had to create their own dirt, and that backfired in a big way both for the press and their candidate. Bush didn’t commit enough gaffes during either campaign for the press to tar and feather him to death. Even then, the press tried to maintain an appearance of objectivity. It’s totally gone now. Palin seems to learn fast. And when the press attacks the VP candidate instead of the top of the ticket, it comes off as being petty. Anyone notice any mention of the top of the ticket in the article? Turning the election into a common personal vendetta amongst the New York elite is going to come out well for them. It’s kind of like diving into the middle of the Atlantic and realizing that you’re out of oxygen once you get to the bottom.