Posted by
TOTA on Saturday, September 06, 2008 5:44:55 PM
Obama's latest verbal blunder came at the opulent NJ home of aging rocker Jon Bon Jovi. Obama told the $30,000/plate(!) diners that he didn't believe in coming in second, and he "won't be bullied". The blunder is that the latest hammering he's taken has been at the hands of Sarah Palin. It makes one want to ask, "Iz da big bad wady hurting Bawack's wittle feewings?" Pathetic. It would not be beneath these _hyper-sensitive_ cry-babies to try to neuter Palin in the press by painting her as a bully.
But the public gets it - she's tough and direct, not a bully. Almost as many people watched her speak as watched Obama speak. This amounted to an invaluable 40 minute end run around the old media. From him, the viewers heard a lot of whining and complaining, the same old tripe we always hear from these people, and more government is always the solution. From her we heard genuine compassion, and hope. Hope always sells better than bitterness unless the population is in dire straits - and they are not. Remember how the economy, according to Kerry, was the worst it had been since the depression? Similarly in 1988 and 1992. It doesn't matter that it wasn't true, it fed bitterness and angst about inequality. Our message sells when we have an effective spokesman or woman - and we have one now. Obama is a good salesman, but the people won't trust him enough to trust him with the country's future.
TOTA