As people are slowly realizing that it is not just the conventional bounce in polls after RNC Nomination Convention, but the real possibility that McCain – Palin can win this election; it is clear that Obama and Democrats are in the middle of unfolding ‘swift boating’.
Tom Friedman wrote it excellently in NYT how Obama is swift boated: McCain – Palin are also for ‘change’ and then Obama’s ‘change’ strength gets maligned. That is classic swift boating. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/opinion/10friedman.html?hp)
What Friedman calls ‘politics of guts’; it means Obama essentially needs to ‘paint’ his vision of America without reference to McCain and Palin. People need to get the sense of what American Conversation Obama wants to have to lead forward. Typically, rendering of such a vision would take today’s problem and best of American Tradition to rouse voters. It is as if Al Gore is running on the platform of Global Warning and invoking JFK’s exhortation to go to moon in challenging Soviet Union – that zeal and energy is needed. As Richard Cohen, Tom Friedman and host of other commentators are pointing, it looks as if Obama has suddenly gone too cold.
Then the second part will be pointing fallacies with the opponent – reminding people how McCain – Palin will be same of Bush (examples?), how Palin is simply refusing her basic duty of facing people and not explaining policies, how she is using ‘Motherhood’ as politics, how McCain has been flip flopping all the time (similar to Hillary’s Bosnia video tape, can we have tapes about McCain or Palin?) and how that ticket is blatantly lying.
But the second part can not undercut the message of the first part – ‘Obama’s Vision for America’.
Third, Democrats need to understand that the situation is not ‘let Obama fight his wars’. They must come together and start blasting their guns in unison towards GOP. Ed Rendell, Pen. Governor, is doing his part when he pounded the GOP ticket today. We need Bill Clinton, Hillary, Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, Al Gore, Pelosi; all these Dem Guns firing all over America.
Finally, what needs to be demonstrated that there are so many ‘liberal’ folks who live equally ‘moral’ life and who live far more prudent life when it comes ‘birth’. It is this image that liberals mean those who have undertaken ‘abortion’ all along. But that is not the case – there are large numbers of Democrats who are equally ‘pro-life’ but out of respect to others, honor the rights of ‘pro-choice’ folks. To demonstrate means to highlight, to bring on stage mothers who conduct own life ‘pro-lifer’ but are ‘pro-choice’. That is one way to ‘swift boat’ cultural wars of Republicans.
Unless this happens, Obama Campaign will be reduced to 2004 Dem race – squabbling for ‘blue state and red state’ and how to just reach 272.
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