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We Need John Kerry NOW!
No, not the one from 2004--I think Obama is doing a flawless imitation so it would be redundant.
We need the Kerry who gave this speech at the DNC. If Kerry had given a speech in 2004 with that kind of anger and balls, he might be President Kerry today.
The reality of American politics in the first decade of the 21st Century is that the average voter is dumber than a bag of hammers. They will vote for a party that has screwed them for eight years if the alternative looks like a nice, thoughtful constitutional law professor or windsurfing elitist.
If Obama spends its time smugly pointing out that his opponents are liars, he's losing. He's reacting to their message, and they own the news cycle.
To put it bluntly, it's time for Obama & Friends to start telling some whoppers of their own. Make THEM respond. Make the media and the pundits analyze and dissect YOUR exaggerations and distortions. Lose the happy, cute, ironic music from the ads and hit them in the head with a freakin' rhetorical sledghammer.
We need the Kerry who gave this speech at the DNC. If Kerry had given a speech in 2004 with that kind of anger and balls, he might be President Kerry today.
The reality of American politics in the first decade of the 21st Century is that the average voter is dumber than a bag of hammers. They will vote for a party that has screwed them for eight years if the alternative looks like a nice, thoughtful constitutional law professor or windsurfing elitist.
If Obama spends its time smugly pointing out that his opponents are liars, he's losing. He's reacting to their message, and they own the news cycle.
To put it bluntly, it's time for Obama & Friends to start telling some whoppers of their own. Make THEM respond. Make the media and the pundits analyze and dissect YOUR exaggerations and distortions. Lose the happy, cute, ironic music from the ads and hit them in the head with a freakin' rhetorical sledghammer.
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Lol do Dem's REALLY panic this much? I know we will win these lies just have me mad, but not panicky. Calm down bro this race will play out in the ground,
September 9, 2008 11:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Did you just call Obama "it"?
September 9, 2008 11:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Doh! Stupid fingers... sorry about that.
This diary entry was prompted in part from a good rant by Adam McKay at HP:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-mckay/were-gonna-frickin-lose-t_b_124772.html
"... there is no more functioning press in this country. And without a real press the corporate and religious Republicans can lie all they want and get away with it ... Four corporations own all the TV channels. All of them. If they don't get ratings they get canceled or fired. All news is about sex, blame and anger, and fear. Exposing lies about amounts of money taken from lobbyists and votes cast for the agenda of the last eight years does not rate. The end."
Adam then takes the high road and recommends a tighter message. Screw that--recognize that the press is dead drive the news cycle.
September 9, 2008 11:47 PM | Reply | Permalink