Need to whack the bridge to nowehere again, again and again

The DNC and Obama absolutely need to turn the community organizer gun around and point it right back at her.

Paint her as out of touch for not understanding the importance of community organizers. Point out some of the most famous organizers like... say... Martin Luther King Jr. Hammer it until it's dead. Make America realize a mayor from a town of less than 9,000 doesn't know what a community organizer is because her town is so small it doesn't need one.

What should come next? You guys should figure out a way for us to keep our avitars, so I know which assholes' opinions to skip. I kid.

Last night was nothing but bait, the republicans want Team Obama to pounce so the republicans can play the victim card and scream sexism. Keep our eyes on the prize, lets tie that noose around John McCain that is the Bush legacy. I'll say one thing, and I know this is just my inner John Grisham talking, but it would be great if Hillary would go on every talk show imaginable and mock the living shit out of Palin. I guess a guy can dream, huh?

It's never enough until you're sure it was enough. Axelrod's instinct is right. You have to paint her as a phony on this outsider/insider nonesense. I read yesterday she was trained by GOPAC. There's your lede. Link her to Gingrich and say she's a trained republican operative who learned Washington politics from the master of deceit. Never say her name without mentioning Gingrich. Everybody hates that guy, and if we can get him back on the news, it's a plus for democrats.

How about this:

"And besides, America doesn't want a pitbull in the White House. It could damage the furniture."

guys, we double posted, we're taking down the other one, so if you would keep thread here would be great

Axe has got it right. Acknowledge, ridicule, and dismiss.

As has been pointed out elsewhere, Mean Girls hate being laughed at.

I went into this election season considering the prospect of McCain melting down. I Axelrod and Plouffe play their cards right, we may get a meltdown two-fer.

I'll say this every single day - Palin is in over her head. This ain't Alaska, she's not running for mayor of Wasilla, and Obama ain't some small-time librarian that she can jack around.

The Smackdown is coming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE6_zdeJ79E

A must watch video

I would go after her mayor position, zero deficit to major deficit for a town of 5000k at the time. Also her dismal preparedness to take over on day one. There is just no way the Republicans can defend her on that, as McCain's age is THE issue here.

I would also, as an Obama spokesperson, point out all the Republicans that have voiced her ill-preparedness for the VP slot, there are several on record as saying so. An ad on this would be good.

I agree with Andrew Sullivan. He says treat Palin like a bug and just go and attack McCain.

I think that is correct. She is a distraction from the issues that Obama is trying to address.

Attack McCain and attack him hard.

My suggestion? Hammer on this:

Bridge to Nowhere

Bridge to Nowhere

Bridge to Nowhere

Bridge to Nowhere

Rinse lather and repeat

People will get it, trust me

John Stewart show was fantastic: http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=184086

Cultural ars dont work. They didnt work in 06 and since then the landscape has become even less favorable for them. McInsane is reaching for a trusted buoy in a storm the only problem is that has been replaced by lead weight called the economy

Sarah Barracuda has provided the inspiration for
Mel Brooks' next Broadway Musical:

SPRINGER TIME FOR REPUBLICANS AND THEOCRACY.

YUP! YUP!

Palin is the exact opposite of everything the McCain camp wants us to think she is.

She's a "reformer" who's currently under investigation for abusing her office.

She hates earmarks, except, no she really doesnt.

She claims to be a friend of families with special needs children, only she cuts programs that would actually help children with special needs.

the list goes on, i'm sure.

I'm just wondering when anyone will notice. But it appears the McCain camp has decided on a "hear no evil" strategy where they'll just pretend like none of that stuff is out there in the public and if they're ever asked about it they say the media is being "sexist".

But Sarah Palin killed Bullwinkle and ate him!!

When Palin debates Biden, she will be on her own. And she will undoubtedly resort to personal attacks when she is unable to handle issue-related questions in a neutral setting. Which will result in her looking and acting even more juvenile than she did last night. She did nothing but inflame the right-wing rabid Repub base last night. She blew her opportunity to at least sound sensible on mainstream issues.

Comments are still screwed up.

Jon Stewart was brilliant last night - do yourselves a favor and catch his first two segments. I don't know how to link to the show, but a Kos diary has the vids I believe -http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/4/112427/7366/516/586295

Fred Thompson as Foghorn Leghorn and Lieberman as Droopy Dog, has Rove clip praising Palin for her mayoral experience "of the second biggest city in Alaska" and hen the clip where he denigrates Kaine's experience as mayor of a town of 200,000. He had an O'Reilly clip defending Palin and pregnant teenage daughter juxtaposed with a clip of O'Reilly slamming Jamie Lynn Spears parents for being bad parents because their daughter was knocked up. Dick Morris condeming the blatant sexism of the media side by side Dick Morris slamming Hillary Clinton for hiding behind apron strings every time she was criticised. She had a top McCain aid doing the same thing, condemning treatment to Palin after slamming Hillary Clinton for her complaining about the issue during the primary. Finally he used Palin against herself on the same topic.

First two segments might have been the best coverage during this election campaign.

"""I know we'll be accused of sexism for pointing this out, but when Governor Palin talks about the bridge to nowhere, it's important for people to realize that she was most definitely for it, and took the money for it, but is claiming now that she was against it.""

Brilliant CT Voter, thats what I've been thinking.

Hit McCain's judgment again and again. When referring to Palin, be sympathetic. She didn't realize that now with the Internet, all her contradictions and false claims (Bridge to Nowhere) can be proven within minutes. She may have gotten used to firing people without just cause in Wasilla, but she didn't understand that governors can't go on witch hunts. Even though, for understandable reasons, this pit bull in lipstick was just trying to protect her family. She had no idea that in the big leagues, there are no conspiracies of silence, it's all under the microscope.

"maybe that's what she was told" is such a brilliantly subtle diss. Love it.

Financial markets don't appear to like Palins speech...dow down 300 points

Right on, CT Voter --

a noun, a verb and sexism.

I still don't get why the Obama campaign is out there hammering on two things about McCain:

1) His campaign is run by lobbyists, therefore he is anything but a reformer. That goes equally for Ted Stevens crony Palin.

2) His track record on foreign policy is appalling, from his "timetable" flip-flopping to his not knowing that Iran is Shia/Al Qaeda is Sunni. And any incompetence on this topic goes even more for Caribou Barbie.

If there is one lesson to be taken from Rove, it is attack your opponent on his perceived strength. When the perceived strengths are lies, that makes it even easier!!

But the Dems can't stop talking about McCain the honorable war hero. Sheesh.

Another thing about McCain's judgment: he seems to be thriving on the adrenaline rush that happens when an addict gets a hit. The guy belongs in Gamblers Anonymous.

Can't wait to hear what Hillary & Bill have to say about all this.

I frequently argue via e-mail with folks from the Motherland (south-central lower Michigan, in other words, a drained swamp), and the Palin speech has them frothing at the mouth. However, they also quite realize it's a sham, but by god it's THEIR sham! Seriously, they freely admit it's not about the issues any more for them.

There exists a potential Masters Thesis on the connection between this development and the shared physchosis known as "The Rapture."

The inability to connect Sarah Palin to any issues is what will doom her.

Pax,
M.

DON'T ATTACK PALIN, it is a loosing proposition! This is the right response, just more of the same from a new face. The attack needs to be on John McCain, over and over again. To the rare extent Palin is mentioned, she's only important in that it shows McCain is a gambler with this nation's governance and security. Gambler should be a new line of attack: "Senator Obama has no intent of gambling our nations , while McCain has shown he will." Add this to the "same as Bush" line and the "what happened to the centrist McCain we all once admired and respected" line (that last delivered by surrogates) and we get beyond Palin. Lets face it, he got a rush bringing her up there, got hammered for 4 days which pushed them into the Right corner where they could count on party Faithful, and now he's positioned as SuperBush! Hill's voters are unimpressed generally (Chaos voters excluded) and the further shift Right only tarnishes the 'Maverick' label and allows "Gambler" to take its place.

THIS IS GREAT NEWS, FOR MCCAIN!!!!

In her first 100 says, she'll have McCain killed, shave her head, sell California to Dubai, move the White House to Las Vegas, and make Putin wear latex.

Bill O'Reilly will be her personal eunuch.

McCain is a goner.

My only problem with that is that any kind of sustained response to Gov. Palin's speech plays into the McCain strategy of making the race as much about her . . . thereby reconstructing a crucial dynamic of the Democratic primary contest that the Repugs hope to score off of . . . and takes much needed focus away from McCain's temperament and leadership abilities (or lack thereof), two themes Obama generated in his address last week.

Last night is likely the best (possibly the only) shot Palin will have until the VP debate. Unless she decides to start giving interviews or takes out after OBama in increasingly strident, self-discrediting rhetoric, there's little chance of her attacks enduring in the public memory (they're hardly fresh, you see). I mean, just because Republicans said her speech was a home run, that doesn't mean it really was.

I think they've got just the right tone for now. Just keep holding up the mirror of truth, and she'll go slip-sliming down.

I think her speech last night fired up the 28 percenters who still think Bush is just fine and dandy, but I don't think she did herself any favors with the people in the middle. She didn't do anything to truly sell herself. She was just seemed mean and nasty and snarling and smirky, and that's going to turn a lot of people off.

In her first 100 says, she'll have McCain killed, shave her head, sell California to Dubai, move the White House to Las Vegas, and make Putin wear latex.

Bill O'Reilly will be her personal eunuch.

McCain is a goner.

I would not "mis-underestimate" this VP candidate just as we shouldn't have "mis-underestimated" GW Bush as far as running a campaign is concerned.

Or more to the point, we should stop "over-estimating" the audience.

Sad, but true.

I would not "mis-underestimate" this VP candidate just as we shouldn't have "mis-underestimated" GW Bush as far as running a campaign is concerned.

Or more to the point, we should stop "over-estimating" the audience.

Sad, but true.

I think Palin sounds more like a Washington political appointee: Well spoken, earnest, energetic, young,unqualified and corrupt. You know, a loyal Bushie. Think Goodling, or Sampson. This really is more of the same.

I need AD'S AD'S AD'S. Ad's help control the narrative, why do you think the McCain camp creeped closer in the race, the controlled the narrative of the day by having new ad's everyday.

Halfway through Sarah Palin’s speech tonight at the RNC, people following the speech noticed she was deviating from the prepared text.
According to sources close to the McCain campaign, the teleprompter continued scrolling during applause breaks.
As a result, half way through the speech, the speech had scrolled significantly from where Governor Palin was in the speech. The malfunction also occurred during Rudy Giuliani’s speech, explaining his significant deviations from his speech. Unfazed, Governor Palin continued, from memory, to deliver her speech without the teleprompter cued to the appropriate point in her speech.

Contrast this to Oilbama, called so for his vote for Dick Cheney's Energy Bill, who, when last his teleprompter malfunctioned, was left stuttering before a crowd unable to advance his speech until the problem was resolved.

Halfway through Sarah Palin’s speech tonight at the RNC, people following the speech noticed she was deviating from the prepared text.
According to sources close to the McCain campaign, the teleprompter continued scrolling during applause breaks.
As a result, half way through the speech, the speech had scrolled significantly from where Governor Palin was in the speech. The malfunction also occurred during Rudy Giuliani’s speech, explaining his significant deviations from his speech. Unfazed, Governor Palin continued, from memory, to deliver her speech without the teleprompter cued to the appropriate point in her speech.

Contrast this to Oilbama, called so for his vote for Dick Cheney's Energy Bill, who, when last his teleprompter malfunctioned, was left stuttering before a crowd unable to advance his speech until the problem was resolved.

i really think mccain camp do not wanna f#ck with axelrod,dude is a straight up beast,also this female political pundit today called sarah palin trailer trash and she the female version of ted nugent and dan quayle combine together,also joe biden is gonna rip palin apart,but u know who i think is gonna destroy palin?HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON,dont think for a second hillary havent forgot what palin said about her earlier this year,palin said i cant stand the clintons they r a bunch of whinners,dont ask whut u wish for because its gonna come back and bite u in the ass!!!!!OBAMA/BIDEN08!!!!

DemBillC,
Where did you learn that, Faux News?

It's not true. http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/The_teleprompter_did_not_break.html

Dem BillC,

Where did you learn that? Faux News?

It's not true:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/The_teleprompter_did_not_break.html