Its not even the high road I am thinking about, its bad strategy. There are plenty of ways to ridicule the President more effectively.
I wouldn't dress up as an Obama clown either.
Not my way of doing things.
But I keep hearing this refrain: Its (actually "it's") bad strategy.
It's bad strategy to oppose health care during the budget talks.
It's bad strategy to oppose amnesty when the Mexican vote is already going 60% to the Democrats.
It's bad strategy question NSA surveillance when our safety at home and abroad (traditionally Republican turf) depend on it.
It's bad strategy to hit the issues of race and welfare and dependence and crime and dissolution head-on because our half-black President will only out-flank and one-up us on these matters, and make us look bigoted.
Well I say bull$h!+. We are caving on every front and giving ground by doing so. If we are going lose the country to the rabble and the elite martinets--in other words to the enemy within--then I'd rather do it with fists, teeth, headbutts and kidney punches than by worrying about my appropriate "strategy".