KUMBAYA/PATTING OURSELVES ON THE BACK/HOW TO LOSE THIS ELECTION! by thedaybeforeyesterday
Sat Sep 06, 2008 at 02:45:59 PM PDT
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/6/171825/2855/505/589365 Excerpt:Today I spent over 3 hours registering voters. And I must say it is getting crazy out there. For as much as we despise Palin, she has become the hottest name in america. For as much as we want to see her destroyed personally, many people I talked with today were impressed with her tv speech. I couldn't believe it! AndUsually, over the last 3 months there was a resolve. Something hit these people. And I think it was Sarah Palin. Even though it energized many of us.. it sent shivers down many peoples spines. People are nervous now. It is my understanding a society has multi-levels. In order for it to effectively function, all of the levels must function to its maximum according to its mandates. In our America society, we have the three branches of government and the fourth estate which is the Mainstream Media. Each has its own unique and distinctive functions to perform assuring “a more perfect union”. When one or more of the functions does not do its job, the whole structure is in peril as we find ourselves today.
Up to and until the ‘06 elections, most of us knew there was a serious breakdown in our structure due to criminal behavior in several branches of our governmental structure. We managed to isolate the problem and with vociferous voices as angry citizens demanded justice. I read many passionate “Handwriting on the wall” blogs. Many of them very passionate, many emotional and some groveled.
We knew the breakdown would produce a domino effect. We knew the serious damage to our society if criminal behavior were not immediately checked and called for impeachment hearings. After “impeachment was taken off the table”, our biggest fears of a dysfunctional society escalated with an “in your face” disrespect and the other functions of our government, most especially our Mainstream Media, crumbled like a house of cards, as it now stands.
Unfair burdens have been mis-placed and scattered into areas of our society not qualified to deal with certain issues. Our society fragmented and began to un-successfully over lap due to necessity. One of the areas not fully qualified I would identify as some areas of the blogosphere. There are areas of the blogosphere dealing exclusively with health issues, political issues, financial and many other issues. Also existing in the blogosphere are sites for personalities, the language of the people. In my opinion, the language of personality is the weapon of the people and in many cases, the only weapon at our disposal and efforts to take that away, to modify it, threaten it or to chastise it is not a wise decision.
People should be encouraged to talk. People make up a society. You may not like what they have to say but talk they should. They must! As much as Sen. Obama wishes otherwise, all campaigns are personality driven. If it were otherwise in this Presidential election, his poll numbers would be much higher if people dealt with substance.
So it is some blog sites are being asked to bare the burden of our dysfunctional government else we will lose this election. No fare, I say. The task is too great and blog sites can not only make laws nor can a site enforce them regardless of the participants. I do not agree a web site can compensate for the incompetence of our Democratic congress, for the ashes we see in our Mainstream Media fire pit and special laws passed to arrest people “conspiring to riot”. We just can not do it. Impeachment WAS the thing; it was the launch pin to have prevented these catastrophic conditions in which we find ourselves. At this point, more and more dye has been cast. Sad.
Finally, and I reiterate in summary, it is not fair to accuse a web site of having the power to lose an election. It simply is not true. The site can only be a factor. We are all frustrated at this point and just have to wait to see what the end will be. Enough said.
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span, The National Enquirer and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
(Update) Obama wins on the issues and personality (2+ / 0-)
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Comment:The experts say, we win this campaign on the issues. If it becomes a campaign of personality, we lose.
Screw the experts. The answer is highlight the issues but never, ever, ever yield that McCain's personality trumps Obama's when it comes to being better suited to being President. The opposite is the case and we should be shoving it back in their face.
Many, many Americans care about personality. That's a fact. We can't ignore it. We can't expect to overcome the "personality" debate through the drumbeat of "issues" alone. It's not enough. We need to attack on issues and personality because Obama can win both, or at least neutralize the personality factor in the undecided voter's mind.
I don't need to get into the issue debate. Anyone of us could disagree with Obama on a handful of issues. We all know Obama and Biden are simply light years ahead of McCain/Palin on the issues.
The dirty little secret that no one in the MSM wants to publicly admit is that Obama is also light years ahead of McCain in terms of personality fit for this job. Age has nothing to do with it. Look at how Obama held it together and kept a steady hand over his campaign in his primary season match-up with the formidable Clinton machine. Obama beat one of the strongest candidates either party has had in years. He was able to steer his ship when he was an underdog and when he became the front runner during the primary season. Confident in himself, he did not shy away from selecting a VP with a strong presence. He did so, not because he needed to "secure the base" or because it would lock down his VP pick's home state. He would have looked in another direction if that were the case. Obama picked Biden because he will be a credible and valuable asset in his administration.
Look at McCain by contrast. Prone to outbursts, he is temperamental and the opposite of a steady hand. Quite simply, he's a hot-head. Not the type of person one would want running the show. He allows his campaign to overreact to everything. "We're not talking to the media." Are they kidding?
Holding out far too long on his VP choice because he wanted his "friend" Lieberman, he had to scramble to find someone. This is not someone you want in charge when difficult decisions have to be made.
McCain: prickly
McCain: temperamental
McCain: not strong enough to explain his policies to the public
McCain: not confident enough in his choice of VP to allow her to face the media while she gets remedial classes in foreign and domestic issues
McCain: flip-flops on issues he claims to care about
This is someone to elect President of the United States? No.
By * Murchadha on Sat Sep 06, 2008 at 09:50:30 AM PDT
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/6/9588/89678/962/588892
