As Jonathan Alter explained, several GOP strategists have convinced John McCain that "If you don't turn into an attack dog, and rip Barack Obama and try to depict him as unpatriotic.. You're gonna lose!".
Well, turns out the Straight Talk Express is seeing it's cars derail one by one as each day passes. Attacking Barack for not politicizing troops in Germany, running ads that blame Barack for gas prices.
It's a certainty that this trend will continue and the crescendo will see full climax as November fast approaches.
So.. hrmm.. what to do about it.
Hal Brown has the right idea, though his labels are a little off.
You see, General Clark isn't an "Attack dog". It might feel that way to the political liars and smear artists, but General Clark uses those long forgotten things called facts, and he calmly, carefully and deliberatively.. kicks people's ass. :D
From Hal Brown in today's post at Capitol Hill Blue:
General Wesley Clark supposedly ruined his chances for the Veep selection with his remarks about McCain fighter jock experience and POW years not qualifying him to be president. Apparently a tendency to bluntly tell the unvarnished truth was deemed a trait not suitable to make the "short list". But now McCain is playing dirty, so maybe Obama needs a straight shooter who really knows how to shoot.
Before Al Gore and Dick Cheney demonstrated that a vice president can be more than a president in waiting, there were two criteria for selecting a running mate. The vice presidential candidate had to be seen has to be readily able to assume the presidency and ideally would be likely to help win one or more swing states.
This election we see the V.P. candidate as possibly making up for perceived deficits in the presidential candidates resume.
Yup.. mmmhhmmm.. check, check and check.
The man who promised a dignified and truthful campaign is now running a campaign that belongs in the sewage running in gutter of a third world road. The New York Times doesn't exactly say this in the title of their main editorial today but with "The Low Road Express" (LINK) comes close enough.
Maybe West Point valedictorian, Rhodes Scholar and wounded combat veteran General Wesley Clark would be the perfect person to return fire for Obama.
Read Clark's impressive resume.
Ref: http://www.capitolhillblue.com/...
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To paraphrase the Clarkie goddess Donna Z: Any Veep choice can argue, but Clark can tell McCain to sit down.