May 09 2008
THE OBAMA STANDARD
If Barack Obama isn’t careful he’ll brand himself as the weaker candidate without even trying.
Anytime criticism is sent his way he calls it dirty politics, name calling, or anything else that allows people feel sorry for him. The problem with this tactic is that when he actually decides to criticize McCain on issue or character he won’t be able to. It would be considered a double standard right? Wait, that’s what just happened.
McCain simply says that he thinks it’s a justifiable topic that Hamas is supporting Obama. Obama comes back at McCain with, “For him to toss out comments like that, I think, is an example of him losing his bearings as he pursues this nomination.” Just as he cries dirty politics he slams McCain’s age and mental state in the same sentence. The Obama Standard.
This has been one of the problems all along with the Obama’s campaign. He has positioned himself as the “weak” candidate. Weak in that anytime someone criticizes him on issue, policy, or experience, he calls it mudslinging or name-calling. That to me is weak. Instead of coming back at McCain with a rational argument he bails out. If he can’t handle what little heat McCain has thrown his way, how are we to believe he can handle terrorists, Iraq, Iranian nuclear threats, or any foreign affair for that matter?
However, it was a good move on Obama’s part to begin the debate with McCain because it strongly suggests his victory over Hillary Clinton. Not to mention the media are covering it as if he’s already won.
The more people think Obama is going to win; the less likely they will vote for Hillary.
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You know what’s sweet? I’m pretty sure that Bill’s Wife and Obama are even in superdelegate votes. Again I say, Alan Keyes 2008…
This democratic nomination process is not over. Hillary will be in it until the end and will go down fighting until there are no more avenues for her to exhaust. Obama as well as Hillary has thrown out the their standard montra that you can’t pick on me and that the media has been tough on my candidacy. Although I am not a democrate, if it came down to having a democratic president, as much as I hate to say it, I believe Hillary would handle the heat and foreign affairs better than Obama.