It is more like watching a machine rust itself into rumble on fast forward...
On Sep 22, 3:54 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
