By Brandon Whitney
Obama doesn’t have to fight dirty, he just has to fight. I believe he’s doing so. When he directly addressed the McCain campaign’s false outrage at the lipstick comment, he took on a Republican machine that as successfully changed American politics into the dozens. Obama has thus far managed to energize the American public, teach Democrats how to run a successful campaign, and generate policy discussion. The last great task is to overcome the Republican guerilla tactics that have brought them to power. Obama is now the head of the counter insurgency against destructive conservative political fundamentalism.
Calling a spade a spade is powerful medicine. Obama pointing out the McCain campaign’s attempts to make the Democrats the anti-woman party as cynical partisan politics is a stroke of genius. It is engaging the enemy. Enemy may seem like a harsh title to give to a political opponent, but the tactics that McCain is engaging in, his Rovian politicking is not just destructive to the two political parties, it hurts America. A person who hurts our country for political and economic power is an enemy of the our nation and they have to be attacked aggressively.
The Democrats can win this election and by losing so can the Republicans. A small minority of conservative extremists has been running the GOP and have decimated what it once stood for. Lincoln was a Republican. African Americans, in one part of our history, supported the Republican Party. It is not an innately selfish and destructive party; it has been made that way. We cannot afford a President Palin, which is likely if McCain win’s considering his age, history of cancer, and the shorter life expectancy that being a POW has given him. We cannot afford four to eight more years of crony politics that apes the worst of third world governments. We cannot afford to be blindly led by our prejudices to elect the wrong candidate. Obama and the Democrats can stop all of this by fighting with fist and feet, knees and elbows, against the destructive politics of the right.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Richard Hertz // Sep 11, 2008 at 8:57 pm
It’s Obama’s race to lose at this point. He’s got to get more assertive without scaring the white folks by being threatening (I’m sure that’s what his advisors have warned him way too much). For example, “lipstick on a pig” is a business term, or something you do when you want to sell something that you’re having trouble selling ‘as is’. It’s not sexist AT ALL. He needs to say this, and then ram it back down their sneaky throats as “more of the same Rove BS.”
2 vlicious1ady // Sep 12, 2008 at 9:31 am
I’m glad Obama has made his comment and is refusing to back down from it. McCain has twisted every little thing that Obama may have said in the past to add his little spin on it. So McCain needs to take his licking like a man since he started this mudslinging. It is just hard for me to imagine that some women are willing to forget everything that the Bush Administration has done to mess up this country within the past 7 years, and instantly throw their support behind McCain/Palin just because Palin is a woman (who doesn’t even share the same values nonetheless!). And the polls no longer matter to me since it is obvious that they are only polling white women…. I haven’t heard any polls regarding African-Americans, Hispanics, or any other minority/nationality as of late.
3 Drevelyn Minot~Dallas, TX // Sep 14, 2008 at 4:07 pm
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
Obama and Biden: Two Qualified, Brilliant, Wise and Intelligent Men working their way to Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Democratic Party Members and other U S Citizens please cast your VOTES for “CHANGE!”~~ Let’s make sure Obama and Biden make it to the White House! ~~~~
My Brothers and Sisters of all Nationalities what I am saying is, “Do not allow “RACE” to be the deciding factor in casting your Votes! ~~~~~~~~~~
Obama ~ a Black/White Man is fit to run our country. (It’s Time) ~~~~~~~~~~
Obama ~ a Black/White Man is fit to lead this country to the true light. (There is a Light at the End of the Tunnel) ~~~~~~~~~~~
Obama ~ a Black/White Man is fit to lead meetings and live in The White House (Designed by A Black Slave) ~~~~~~~~~~~
Obama ~ a Black/White Man is fit to put programs in place where everyone can afford Health Care, College, etc… ~~~~~~~~~~~
Obama ~ a Black/White Man is fit enough to create and design a plan to bring all this unnecessary and worthless fighting between countries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Obama ~ a Black/White Man is fit and well qualify to fill the shoes of a Bad President ~ G W. Bush!. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Benjamin Banneker ~A Black Man created an instrument “CLOCK” that all people use to tell time? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lewis Latimer ~ A Black Man created a tiny piece called a filament “ELECTRIC LIGHT” that allows people to see in the dark? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Phillip Reid (a slave) ~ A Black Man “DESIGNED” a place for our Nation Elected Officials of the highest authorities to meet in and a place for the president to live in “The Capital and the White House” ~ Pierre L’Enfant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr. Charles Drew ~ A Black Man was brilliant enough to do the first “OPEN HEART SURGERY” and show the world how to get and preserve “PLASMA” ~ (Dr. Daniel Hale Williams) ~~~~~~~~~~~
We were “Good Enough” ~ Smart Enough ~ Creative Enough ~ and Bold Enough ~ then, so let us all give Senator Obama the chance to show that we are still Brilliant and more…………. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Let us not forgot our past, which led us to our present and can definitely be the backbone to our future. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We all are as strong as our weakest link, so “DO NOT” be that “WEAK LINK” that denies American Citizens the chance to stand together, and to overcome the problems that faces many of our American Families today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Yes We Can!” ~~~~~
God Bless America! ~~~~~
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Republicans: Some Silly People will only Boycott OPRAH WINFREY at (ABC) and they will not win! ~~~~~~
Ordinary Peoples can call for many other “Boycotts” ~ Remembering, Ms. Rosie Park and others…. ~~~~~~~~~~~
One must be very careful, the Community Organizers will rise and show you Republicans how Strong and Important we are. ~~~~~~~
“Yes, We Can and We Will!”
Drevelyn Minor ~ Dallas, TX
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