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Obama's Strategy for Campaigning Against McCain-Palin, the POW and the Mom

Obama must penetrate motherhood-and-military armor the Republicans have devised

Posted September 12, 2008

"You do not do anything to degrade the Obama brand of a new kind of politics," he says.

One Democratic consultant not affiliated with the Obama campaign says that the Democrat's message should be simple—and can be boiled down to a 15-second ad: "Thanks, John McCain for your sacrifice. But no thanks for a third Bush term." And then, he said, beat that—and the economy—like a drum.

With only 53 days until Election Day, Obama, the strategists say, has to draw better character contrasts and break through the daily news cycle that has been dominated by the governor of Alaska since the morning after Obama's acceptance speech. And with the McCain-Palin roadshow showing no sign of slowing, that breakthrough needs to be tough and sharp. But Obama would be advised to leave the military and motherhood out of it.

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Don't look now!

Obamas' "War Room" is composed of young draftables & emotionally disfigured dwarves motivated by cowardice,envy or spite who have found fulfillment in the service of Axlerod & Co.-the "poor mans" Josef Goebbels.Can you visualise this mobile freakshow as they "rapidly respond" from their forward positions at public libraries or internet cafes etc.? Of course this gives "The One" plausible deniability while they slash / burn Gov.Palins' FAMILY & HACK into E-MAIL.Obama , prepared for the justifiable retaliatory response as Bin -Laden does hunkered down in a Pakistani cave ,looks over his shoulder wondering ...where is the MOLE?

Don't look now!

Obamas' "War Room" is composed of young draftables & emotionally disfigured dwarves motivated by cowardice,envy or spite who have found fulfillment in the service of Axlerod & Co.-the "poor mans" Josef Goebbels.Can you visualise this mobile freakshow as they "rapidly respond" from their forward positions at public libraries or internet cafes etc.? Of course this gives "The One" plausible deniability while they slash / burn Gov.Palins' FAMILY & HACK into E-MAIL.Obama , prepared for the justifiable retaliatory response as Bin -Laden does hunkered down in a Pakistani cave ,looks over his shoulder wondering ...where is the MOLE?

It's the Economy, Stupid!

This election is about the economy and the devastating years of Bush and Republicans in the White House. Let's have the Republicans spend this third term in prison, why don't we??

It's the Economy, Stupid! It's not about lipstick, or Tina Fey look-alikes. Do not be drawn to the man behind the curtain. Keep your eye on ONE thing...the economic state of this nation. Our national debt is twice as big as the amount China now has in assets. We should all be frightened of that. And the Republicans have done that for us. Spending money we don't have on a war that was brought about by lies and deception. Not another term unless it's in prison.

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