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prisoner_24601) wrote2008-09-12 08:12 am
prisoner_24601) wrote2008-09-12 08:12 am
Oh, Democrats... Part 2
You're still killing me. There seems to be three more simple ideas that you fail to grasp:
1. Sarah Palin isn't the one running for President, so stop wasting time and resources on her. Every time you go through the minutia about what may or may not have happened with "troopergate," "bridge to nowhere," or whatever, I start banging my head against my desk. She's like Teflon. Even if everything you're ranting about is actually true, none of it's going to stick. You already lost your credibility when it comes to her with the stupid ass attacks on her family so even if you have anything legitimate to say (which you probably do), people have tuned you out. The more Democrats and the media attack her, the more people like her.
Besides why focus on her when you have John McCain who was one of the Keating Five to rake over the coals? The dude should have gone to prison over that and probably would have if he wasn't a war hero. And now he's running as fighting corruption and bringing reform to Washington and none of you bring this up? WTF? Stop with the stupid cracks about lipstick, the bullshit about her qualifications and all the other stuff and focus on the guy that's actually on the top of the ticket.
2. The attitude of "OMG rednecks, why don't you know that we're best for you, you stupid assholes? Vote for us now, plz!" is going to alienate more people than it will win over. This kind of condescension and class warfare is why you lost the last election.
3. Hollywood stars ranting and raving on your behalf only reinforces the idea that Hollywood/blue states/liberal media/Washington are out of touch. Explain to them that they are not helping and put a freaking muzzle on them.
Stop dicking around. You're missing the forest for the trees and it's painful to watch.
1. Sarah Palin isn't the one running for President, so stop wasting time and resources on her. Every time you go through the minutia about what may or may not have happened with "troopergate," "bridge to nowhere," or whatever, I start banging my head against my desk. She's like Teflon. Even if everything you're ranting about is actually true, none of it's going to stick. You already lost your credibility when it comes to her with the stupid ass attacks on her family so even if you have anything legitimate to say (which you probably do), people have tuned you out. The more Democrats and the media attack her, the more people like her.
Besides why focus on her when you have John McCain who was one of the Keating Five to rake over the coals? The dude should have gone to prison over that and probably would have if he wasn't a war hero. And now he's running as fighting corruption and bringing reform to Washington and none of you bring this up? WTF? Stop with the stupid cracks about lipstick, the bullshit about her qualifications and all the other stuff and focus on the guy that's actually on the top of the ticket.
2. The attitude of "OMG rednecks, why don't you know that we're best for you, you stupid assholes? Vote for us now, plz!" is going to alienate more people than it will win over. This kind of condescension and class warfare is why you lost the last election.
3. Hollywood stars ranting and raving on your behalf only reinforces the idea that Hollywood/blue states/liberal media/Washington are out of touch. Explain to them that they are not helping and put a freaking muzzle on them.
Stop dicking around. You're missing the forest for the trees and it's painful to watch.
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Most of my TV stations are based in PA, which must be a total battleground state.
I swear every commercial break it's Obama being all Hopey-Changey, followed by McCain being all ... Old-Experiencey or something.
Is it like that everywhere with the ads, or just the dreaded battleground states?
I really don't get Obama's pick of Joe Biden. I'm close enough to Delaware to be slightly familiar with him, and he always struck me as a bit of a blowhard. Real Old school politics man, not my idea of hopey-changy at all.
While Hillary as a possible VP pick had good-idea/bad-idea issues, Joe Biden? WTF? Even if he decided no Hillery, he couldn't find someone else besides Biden?
But back to your topic - The Palin attacks and the whole "OMG dumb Rednecks" attitude coming from the Dems is mind boggling to me. They really don't seem to get it.
Why haven't they hired you yet, Pris?
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Yeah it's like that here too, and it's non freaking stop. This is a totally new experience for me. Michigan generally misses out on presidential ad fights altogether since we're usually so pro-Democrat. I mean heck, the last time this state was in play, I was 13 years old lol... so it's totally crazy to see all these ads all of the sudden as well as the personal appearances of the candidates popping up in our state everywhere. All I can say is that I'm so glad I don't have a land line phone (cell phones ftw!). I have friends that get harassed by pollsters and those automatic campaign messages non freaking stop.
While Hillary as a possible VP pick had good-idea/bad-idea issues, Joe Biden? WTF? Even if he decided no Hillery, he couldn't find someone else besides Biden?
Yeah, I have to agree with this. I totally don't understand the reasoning with that pick, especially when the whole entire theme of your campaign is "Change." When the one executive-like decision that you get to make (picking the VP) is to pick one of the oldest, left wing, dudes in the Senate, it kind of undercuts that message that you want to shake up the establishment. I think this is why McCain has been able to co-opt Obama's change message so well, because he actually did pick a new face and outsider.
I mean, I get why Obama didn't pick Hillary (because let's face it, having two Clintons to manage during a campaign would be like herding cats), but you'd think he would have picked someone younger like Evan Bayh or female like Kathleen Sebelius.
But back to your topic - The Palin attacks and the whole "OMG dumb Rednecks" attitude coming from the Dems is mind boggling to me. They really don't seem to get it.
No they don't. I thought they'd learned their lesson from the Kerry campaign. Obama was doing really well staying out of the class warfare until Palin was announced, and then the press, the blogosphere and the Obama supporters went batshit crazy. It's like they saw that she was from Alaska, was a mom and hunted moose and just couldn't stop themselves from being total jackasses.
Why haven't they hired you yet, Pris?
LOL, I suspect that I'd be too middle America/rednecky for them.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpHBPQyoYXQ
;)
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My favorite part.. "His first words are going to be 'where's my momma?"
*dies*