Monday, January 28, 2008
Maybe Not the Best Idea
When slugging your press release, think twice before using the word "gangbang." Not that anybody gives a crap what those whiny, short-skirted b----es at NOW-NY think anyway.
Institution whose endorsement you might want in the Democratic primary but will wish you didn't have come election time: Ted Kennedy.
Institution whose endorsement you might want in November, but wish you didn't have for the Republican primary: the New York Times.
Obama's biggest challenge is to prove that he's not too black, and he's about halfway there. Challenge #2 is to convince the public he's not a stark raving pinko. In that regard, he needs Uncle Ted's endorsement about as much as Romney needs the governor of Utah's.
Likewise, McCain is very conservative on a host of issues where Obama would certainly be caught wearing pink cowboy boots and a tiara. McCain is a typical DC deal-broker on others, some of which (*cough* judges *cough* First Amendment) are far more important to a narrow group of conservative activists and intellectuals than to most GOP primary voters. But, quite a few of the hoi-polloi do take the NYT's editorial board's opinion quite seriously when voting on a candidate. They do the opposite of whatever the paper suggests.
Obama's track record is about as innovative as Kennedy's. In selling himself as something truly sui generis, Obama needs to maintain the illusion that his present rhetoric represents his presidential direction more than his past actions. Eventually all candidates start looking like themselves. Kerry was a dreary bore, while Gore was a sanctimonius scold. If Obama is at heart a liberal, then a liberal he will be, even if he is the first cheerful one we've seen in 45 years. And I just don't see this country voting for a liberal. ¶ 6:06 PM
When slugging your press release, think twice before using the word "gangbang." Not that anybody gives a crap what those whiny, short-skirted b----es at NOW-NY think anyway.
Institution whose endorsement you might want in the Democratic primary but will wish you didn't have come election time: Ted Kennedy.
Institution whose endorsement you might want in November, but wish you didn't have for the Republican primary: the New York Times.
Obama's biggest challenge is to prove that he's not too black, and he's about halfway there. Challenge #2 is to convince the public he's not a stark raving pinko. In that regard, he needs Uncle Ted's endorsement about as much as Romney needs the governor of Utah's.
Likewise, McCain is very conservative on a host of issues where Obama would certainly be caught wearing pink cowboy boots and a tiara. McCain is a typical DC deal-broker on others, some of which (*cough* judges *cough* First Amendment) are far more important to a narrow group of conservative activists and intellectuals than to most GOP primary voters. But, quite a few of the hoi-polloi do take the NYT's editorial board's opinion quite seriously when voting on a candidate. They do the opposite of whatever the paper suggests.
Obama's track record is about as innovative as Kennedy's. In selling himself as something truly sui generis, Obama needs to maintain the illusion that his present rhetoric represents his presidential direction more than his past actions. Eventually all candidates start looking like themselves. Kerry was a dreary bore, while Gore was a sanctimonius scold. If Obama is at heart a liberal, then a liberal he will be, even if he is the first cheerful one we've seen in 45 years. And I just don't see this country voting for a liberal. ¶ 6:06 PM
