Political ponderings
I have been thinking about this election cycle, and there is one thing that keeps coming to mind. Barack Obama has a huge war chest, a sycophantic media, throngs of worshippers who undulate orgasmically every time he blows his nose, and is campaigning against an immensely unpopular incumbent party, yet he cannot seem to put down the crotchety old guy that nobody seems to like.
With almost all the variables stacked in his favor, Obama should be the clear leader in all the political polls. However, despite his huge advantage, he remains in a statistical tie with his opponent. And, as time passes, Obama seems to lose more ground every day.
There is no reason to explain this phenomenon other than to assume that Barack Obama is the quintessential “paper tiger”. He appears to be carried by his followers, not by his own substance.
Conversely, John McCain is gaining ground on his Democratic rival, despite the fact that the presumptive Republican nominee is often at odds with his own party. Unlike Obama, who enjoys the adulation of the majority of Democrats and other liberals, McCain is not in the good graces of many Republicans and conservatives. In fact, many Republicans intending to vote for McCain are doing so while holding their noses, thinking that he is the lesser of the two evils.
Seeing as I have harshly criticized Obama in the past, I have decided to give some advice to the Obama campaign in the spirit of fairness:
- Lay off the Race Card. It is old, it is tiring, and it is doing massive damage to your credibility. While there will always be those on all sides of the political spectrum who will always see race as an issue, the overuse of the Race Card is turning moderate voters away from you.
- Find a position and stick to it. Seriously. You’re waffling more than John Kerry and John McCain combined; an astonishing feat in and of itself! You are trying to be everybody’s friend. This tactic does not work in real life, and it especially does not work in politics. Ask George W. Bush how far trying to be everyone’s best friend has gotten him.
- Lose the arrogance. You come across as someone who thinks just a little too highly of himself, and that the election is merely a formality to be observed on your way to the White House. Ask Hillary Clinton how far her sense of inevitability has gotten her.
Also, you tend to speak over people and not to people. This feeds the impression of your arrogance and it leads people to believe that you are disconnected from mainstream America. - Learn to speak extemporaneously. Good grief, man! Away from your teleprompter and rehearsed speeches, you gaffe like George W. Bush! Like Bush, when you stutter and stammer, you come across as insincere, unprepared, and/or in way over your head.
I offer these suggestions in the interest of fairness, even if it does cut down the amount of entertainment that I am getting from this election cycle.
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IMO, this guy doesn’t stand a chance of becoming President, precisely because he’s been wrong on Iraq from the very of our invasion / occupation from the beginning. If he flips on this position now, how idiotic is he going to look to most Americans?
I don’t care what the Media says about him. Wrong is wrong no matter how it’s offered.