How about: “Good debate, now shake hands.”

“Mr. McCain, when will America be allowed to see the 36 propaganda videos you made for the VC?”

That should do it.

No you didn’t. There’s a damn good case to be made for the idea that Obama is doooooooooomed, even if his brain-washed worshippers don’t want to hear it.

What I’m wondering at this point is whether they’ll even admit they were wrong if Obama doesn’t win in November. After seeing so many of them eagerly adopt right-wing framing and tactics, I’d be willing to bet they’ll immediately switch from “Obama will win!” to “It’s all Hillary’s fault that Obama didn’t win!” without missing a step.

So what, p-shoppin McCain’s head onto Imelda Marcos or Sarah Jessica Parker? Or bringing Condi and her Katrina shoe shopping expedition in – something like “The real reason Condoleeza Rice was shopping for thousand dollar designer shoes while New Orleans was drowning, was to find the perfect gift for John Melanoma-Free McCain”.

I think the biggest stick is the fact that the McCain’s are fucking rich as a motherfuck. Maybe not quite Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild rich, but fucking wealthy none the less.

AND MCCAIN JUST GAVE US ONE BY WEARING $500 FARRAGAMO SHOES.

IT SHOULDN’T BE TO HARD TO COME UP WITH HUNDREDS OF JOKES, CUTS, INSULTS, ETC., BASED ON LIL’ LORD BBQ WEARING $500 LOAFERS.

(Sorry to yell, but this is the issue.)

And Obama? He’s picked his own line of attack on McCain. Laughing at JiSM3’s small-minded pettiness. It’s like political judo – use your opponents attacks against him. You don’t think “Politics of Change” is a winner and “Taking the Low Road” is a good attack? Take a look at it before you decide.

Obama’s Field Domination Plays Out In Local Press

Elections may play themselves out on the national stage but they are won on the ground– one of these candidates has a strong field operation and one doesn’t.

Some of us should worry less and get some sleep. (grin)

37% think Obama is arrogant (34% think McCain is arrogant.); 63% do not think Obama is arrogant. 44% think he’s acting as if he’s already won the election; 56% don’t. 72% think Obama cares about military veterans. 65% think Obama’s overseas trip was “appropriate.”

So far McCain’s approach doesn’t appear to be working too well– granted he’s trying to make that change and still could. But this is a pretty good baseline to start with. Let McCain go all ugly and dirty, accuse Obama of looking too presidential, it could very well backfire and make McBush look pathetic and desperate. Actuallly, those are the exact words that Obama’s surrogates should be using right now to describe McCain’s current strategy– PATHETIC AND DESPERATE. They should do it with a sad smile when they say it. Their goal should be to make McCain appear sad and pitiful, which will certainly piss him off.

I’d love to see Obama’s sense of humor used as a defense– it’s something that Kerry and Gore truly lacked when fending off GOP nasties. Think of Obama’s Hillary-as-Annie-Oakley riff. More of that, please.

He really doesn’t seem to be holding up too well, there are several interiews where he openly bristles at anyone asking him touch questions. I don’t think it would take too much open mockery for him to lose his shit. Obama needs to keep playing it cool and find ways to get in a few well-placed jabs and let his surrogates do the dirty work.

What I do find remarkable is that McCain is getting in the mud so early AND doing it himself. Before we all get too jumpy we need to see if this tack backfires– it might really undermine much of his appeal and credibility.

John McCain is none other than Charles Montomery Burns.

Now we just need a video of him tenting his fingers and saying “excelleeennnttt.”

Leaving aside ratfucking and I for one would like to see a Dem ratfuck for once. Isn’t the possibility that a foreign power may have blackmail material on a potential president sorta kinda important in its own right?

Of course Old John McSame and his ReThug cronies are taking the Low Road. They’ve been dead so long, even their bloodless corpses are starting to stink.

Yeah, it’d be nice if this country’s media were sane to do this. Get our sublimated rage right out there once and for all, a national catharsis for everyone left of center.

Guess what? If Obama suggests McCain’s old and mental, we’ll get our clocks cleaned in the national media. We’re beating up a nice old man, liberal oppression, blah blah blah.

We have to ply the high road. That’s that.

Oh, and fuck Hillary. I’m in no fucking mood for ‘coulda-beens’ about that right-of-center shit, especially less than a month after she drove every last one of us insane with anger as she leaned so far right her brain fell out.