And I still think Palin is going to bite them in the ass. Her record's got a lot of holes, and I'm not talking about inexperience. I'm talking about actions that go completely against what she says she's for because she thinks she can get away with it.
You may be right about that. We'll have to wait and see. I suspect though that she's not anymore guilty of doing this than any other political candidate out there. They all talk out of both sides of their mouths.
But there's more to this election than the VP choices (though you wouldn't know it from the last week). The two campaigns are running two different strategies. They were exemplified in the convention speeches. Obama sounded like he was giving a State of the Union address. McCain sounded like he was reading a chapter of his memoir.
Agreed that there's much more going on than the VP picks. And also agreed that McCain dropped the ball on his own speech, which among other things, really freaking boring.
(By the way, did you notice that Sarah Palin said something derogatory about prisoners' rights and people who write memoirs? Has she met John McCain?)
Lol yeah I did see that. That's certainly the kind of thing the Democrats and their supporters need to be focusing on.
But the Republicans didn't really have a choice because given the state of the country, the Democrats have the ideology and issue side locked up. If they stay on message (like they did at the DNC), especially about the war, I think they'll be fine. Because there are plenty of flaws on the issues on the Republican side.
Personally, I think there are plenty of flaws in the ideology of both sides, and I really don't think it's a slam dunk for Democrats there. However, I do think that the state of the economy at the moment makes their Democrat arguments more attractive - which is why they really need to stay on point and not get sucked into a class war.
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Date: 2008-09-05 07:49 pm (UTC)You may be right about that. We'll have to wait and see. I suspect though that she's not anymore guilty of doing this than any other political candidate out there. They all talk out of both sides of their mouths.
But there's more to this election than the VP choices (though you wouldn't know it from the last week). The two campaigns are running two different strategies. They were exemplified in the convention speeches. Obama sounded like he was giving a State of the Union address. McCain sounded like he was reading a chapter of his memoir.
Agreed that there's much more going on than the VP picks. And also agreed that McCain dropped the ball on his own speech, which among other things, really freaking boring.
(By the way, did you notice that Sarah Palin said something derogatory about prisoners' rights and people who write memoirs? Has she met John McCain?)
Lol yeah I did see that. That's certainly the kind of thing the Democrats and their supporters need to be focusing on.
But the Republicans didn't really have a choice because given the state of the country, the Democrats have the ideology and issue side locked up. If they stay on message (like they did at the DNC), especially about the war, I think they'll be fine. Because there are plenty of flaws on the issues on the Republican side.
Personally, I think there are plenty of flaws in the ideology of both sides, and I really don't think it's a slam dunk for Democrats there. However, I do think that the state of the economy at the moment makes their Democrat arguments more attractive - which is why they really need to stay on point and not get sucked into a class war.