The day before yesterday, I wrote a diary entitled the "Kossack Kompact." I tried to rally the troops to play nice, and boy was I wrong. I read the comments, and yes I Was PWNED. It was clear over and over how wrong I was. I've learned and now reworked how I will go after this, and hope others will as well...In honor of the greatest moment of the West Wing, I call my new outlook, "Game On"
I was mistaken in that we could keep this debate on the issues. Call it youthfull idiocy, call it simplicity, but I was wrong. Tonight was a wake-up call. Sarah Palin it is clear as Chris Matthews noted, wasn't on the ticket as an answer to Hillary, but to go after the Obamas on values. Her tone, insults and overall demenor made it clear, she is willing to open handed slap anyone who looks at her somewhat funny. We need to not stand back and take this, but instead, be on our toes and swing as wildly as possible.
HUH? you ask, well here we go. The attacks on Palin's record have been effective. They have kept the campaign from defining her on their terms, and instead having to whine about media bias. Oh, poor Sarah.....they portrayed it as big bad bullies attacking the poor backwoods woman....how dare they. She showed she can dish it out even worse. So what did we learn from this?
This is the FIRST time the McSame campaign has been able to put her story out on their terms. It was the very first time since her introduction they weren't reacting to a story. When the punches stopped for her to give her speech, she showed she is set to throw some of her own. So how do we take away this new weapon on the McSame campaign?
Easy, Non-stop punching. Keep digging, keep unearthing every angle of her past to show who she really is. Keep the campaign reacting. Do Not Let Up! Should we stop at her though?
By No Means! Digg on everyone remotely associated with the campaign. Aides, spokespeople, waiters, busboys, etc. Everything the campaign has to answer for is another news cycle they are forced to waste on rebuttals. How about a nice exploration of how Cindy McCain got off so easy for breaking the law in obtaining prescription pain killers? How about more on the Keeting 5? We need ammo, a punch a day, every day.
They will try to hook these "attacks" on Obama, just like the last round. I see now though, they will do that no matter what you say. I'm sorry for trying to play nice, it's time to be on the offense.
GAME ON!