Watching the Obama Campaign, for Democrats, must be a lot like watching Rome burn as you "Fiddle"...
On Sep 22, 7:23 am, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obama should listen, instead he will stey the course using his > standard Chicago Politics as usual model... > > http://jaltcoh.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-obama-lost-me.html > > >>> So in what sense did he "lose me"? As with my mom's "How Kerry lost me," > >>> I haven't gone from supporter to non-supporter. What I mean is that I > >>> used to hold these beliefs: > > * I thought he was clearly, dramatically preferably to Hillary > Clinton. > > * I thought he was virtually the dream candidate for 2008, with > the obvious but overlookable exception of his thin resume. > > I now believe that I was wrong. Specifically: > > * He's probably better than Hillary would have been, but it's at > least really close, and I'm even open to the idea that she would have > been better. > > * I still support Obama, but not particularly more strongly than > I'd be supporting any other mainstream Democratic candidate who was > the nominee. > > * He's just not a good enough candidate. Democrats are entitled to > feel very disappointed about this. > > It's taken me a long time to get to this point because there's no > single issue or moment that decisively turned me off from him. > > Rather, it's a long list of things that add up to the "He's not good > enough" conclusion. Here are the ones that most stand out to me: > > 1. "It's not surprising that they get bitter. They cling to guns or > religion or antipathy towards people who aren't like them or anti- > immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment, as a way to explain their > frustrations." (#28 in my list of campaign moments, by the way) > > 2. His answer about "evil" in Rick Warren's Saddleback Forum > > 3. Saying he would personally meet with dictators in his first year > without preconditions > > 4. I think he got a bad rap for supposedly flip-flopping and moving to > the center immediately after he clinched the nomination, but his > timing and PR could hardly have been worse. > > 5. The Palin pick seemed to catch them utterly by surprise. > > I have more points to add to this list -- about race, foreign policy, > and the idea that he hasn't given enough specifics on policy. But they > won't all fit in one blog post, so I'll have to continue the list > later this week. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
