Comments on: What’s up with the polls? http://www.thoughtcounts.net/2008/09/whats-up-with-the-polls/ critical analysis and interesting ideas Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=8572ca0c7489aa87b9e3e0092a9a6b87&size=48&default=http://www.thoughtcounts.net/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/bfccdb62ed3a627.png" alt="Z Identicon Icon" height="48" width="48" /> Z http://www.thoughtcounts.net/2008/09/whats-up-with-the-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Z Identicon Icon Z Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:30:03 +0000 http://www.thoughtcounts.net/?p=127#comment-424 Maybe the Obama campaign shouldn't be attacking Palin. I don't know about all the finer points of election strategy. But clearly someone should be pointing out all the ridiculous lies, and that someone might as well be us. I don't really care if "someone somewhere" thinks I'm just picking on her. "Someone somewhere" could easily be wrong, and in this case, certainly is. Talking about Palin is a certain type of talking about McCain, though I think you're right insofar as the connection isn't always made clearly enough. McCain picked Palin and didn't vet her sufficiently. He talks up his anti-earmarks agenda and encourages her to lie about her role in Alaska's earmarks so that he doesn't look as foolish as he really is. And most importantly, the oldest person ever to run for a first term of the presidency has picked someone as his understudy that is unqualified to take his place should something happen to him in office. This definitely says something about his judgment and qualification for the job. Maybe the Obama campaign shouldn’t be attacking Palin. I don’t know about all the finer points of election strategy. But clearly someone should be pointing out all the ridiculous lies, and that someone might as well be us. I don’t really care if “someone somewhere” thinks I’m just picking on her. “Someone somewhere” could easily be wrong, and in this case, certainly is.

Talking about Palin is a certain type of talking about McCain, though I think you’re right insofar as the connection isn’t always made clearly enough. McCain picked Palin and didn’t vet her sufficiently. He talks up his anti-earmarks agenda and encourages her to lie about her role in Alaska’s earmarks so that he doesn’t look as foolish as he really is. And most importantly, the oldest person ever to run for a first term of the presidency has picked someone as his understudy that is unqualified to take his place should something happen to him in office. This definitely says something about his judgment and qualification for the job.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=f70a488e71be5b0aeff12acd62222006&size=48&default=http://www.thoughtcounts.net/wp-content/plugins/wp-identicon/identicon/0dfaa63992d9819.png" alt="Progressive Conservative Identicon Icon" height="48" width="48" /> Progressive Conservative http://www.thoughtcounts.net/2008/09/whats-up-with-the-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Progressive Conservative Identicon Icon Progressive Conservative Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:20:45 +0000 http://www.thoughtcounts.net/?p=127#comment-414 Every word uttered against Palin hurts Obama. It is a minute spent focusing on the bottom of the Republican ticket instead of the top. It is a minute where someone somewhere will think she is being picked on. It's a losing strategy. If I was Obama's campaign manager I would just pretend she doesn't exist. I also wouldn't even focus that much on McCain. I would be spending 24 hours a day talking about my plans. The only problem with that is that his energy plan can't be rolled out under high gas prices because it does nothing to decrease the price at the pump and he's even mentioned he's okay with higher prices in the long run. His economic plan is also going to whither under scrutiny because he is going to do things like raise the payroll tax, which affects everyone and give tax refunds to people who don't actually pay taxes. He's in a difficult spot right now. That's why I think the negative ads by mcCain are unnecessary. They can be Obama without them. Every word uttered against Palin hurts Obama. It is a minute spent focusing on the bottom of the Republican ticket instead of the top. It is a minute where someone somewhere will think she is being picked on. It’s a losing strategy.

If I was Obama’s campaign manager I would just pretend she doesn’t exist. I also wouldn’t even focus that much on McCain. I would be spending 24 hours a day talking about my plans.

The only problem with that is that his energy plan can’t be rolled out under high gas prices because it does nothing to decrease the price at the pump and he’s even mentioned he’s okay with higher prices in the long run.

His economic plan is also going to whither under scrutiny because he is going to do things like raise the payroll tax, which affects everyone and give tax refunds to people who don’t actually pay taxes.

He’s in a difficult spot right now. That’s why I think the negative ads by mcCain are unnecessary. They can be Obama without them.

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