http://www.medicineagency.com/blog/archives/1198 fear of a democratic planet Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:20:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.medicineagency.com/blog/archives/1198/comment-page-1#comment-7876 Hassan Chop Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:34:41 +0000 http://medicineagency.com/blog/archives/1198#comment-7876 No doubt that the GOP will use fear-mongering and the "Obama is an anti-semitic Muslim" attack. I think that this line is only going to work IF Obama pulls a John Kerry and ignores it, thereby allowing it to take hold in the public consciousness, until it's too late. I just can't see him making that mistake. I know he's never faced the GOP attack machine, but he saw firsthand what it did to Kerry and what it will try to do to him. His campaign has always been quick to counter these baseless accusations, and I think they'll be prepared in the general election. It's true that these attacks are getting some play in the media right now, but I think that is more a function of the fact that we've had two weeks of dead airtime between primaries. If Obama wins either TX or OH, or both, then you know all we'll read will be Clinton's obituaries. McCain and the GOP can go the fear-mongering route if they wish, but I don't see those attacks taking hold because I don't see Obama being a shrinking violet. That, plus looking at the record Democratic turnout this year, I'm becoming more and more convinced that there will be more Dems voting this year than Republicans. Plus, it also won't be hard to label McCain as George W. Bush II. No doubt that the GOP will use fear-mongering and the “Obama is an anti-semitic Muslim” attack. I think that this line is only going to work IF Obama pulls a John Kerry and ignores it, thereby allowing it to take hold in the public consciousness, until it’s too late. I just can’t see him making that mistake. I know he’s never faced the GOP attack machine, but he saw firsthand what it did to Kerry and what it will try to do to him. His campaign has always been quick to counter these baseless accusations, and I think they’ll be prepared in the general election. It’s true that these attacks are getting some play in the media right now, but I think that is more a function of the fact that we’ve had two weeks of dead airtime between primaries. If Obama wins either TX or OH, or both, then you know all we’ll read will be Clinton’s obituaries. McCain and the GOP can go the fear-mongering route if they wish, but I don’t see those attacks taking hold because I don’t see Obama being a shrinking violet. That, plus looking at the record Democratic turnout this year, I’m becoming more and more convinced that there will be more Dems voting this year than Republicans. Plus, it also won’t be hard to label McCain as George W. Bush II.

]]> http://www.medicineagency.com/blog/archives/1198/comment-page-1#comment-7874 Ray LeMoine Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:53:34 +0000 http://medicineagency.com/blog/archives/1198#comment-7874 Kenyon, well done. All day I watched Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN---not to mention reading all the web's fruits. The Obama Hate Machine has arrived and it is a Clintonian-Rovian spawn: Fuck this black Huessein and the corrupt Kelzo (sp?) he rode in on! Who says he can answer red phones and not send questionable NAFTA memos to Canadian officials---oops he did? Kenyon, well done. All day I watched Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN—not to mention reading all the web’s fruits. The Obama Hate Machine has arrived and it is a Clintonian-Rovian spawn: Fuck this black Huessein and the corrupt Kelzo (sp?) he rode in on! Who says he can answer red phones and not send questionable NAFTA memos to Canadian officials—oops he did?

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