Arianna: Sarah Palin: A Trojan Moose Concealing Four More Years of George Bush

[babylonsister]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/sarah-palin-a-trojan-moos_b_124867.html

Sarah Palin: A Trojan Moose Concealing Four More Years of George Bush
Posted September 8, 2008 | 03:28 PM (EST)


Did Sarah Palin wrongfully push to have her ex-brother-in law fired? Was she really against the "Bridge to Nowhere?" Did she really sell Alaska's plane on eBay, or just list it on eBay? Did she actually have any substantial duties commanding the Alaska National Guard?

The correct answer to all these questions is: who cares? Which isn't to say these aren't valid questions, or that Palin and the McCain camp aren't playing it fast, loose, and coy with each of them. The point is that Palin, and the circus she's brought to town, are simply a bountiful collection of small lies deliberately designed to distract the country from one big truth: the havoc that George Bush and the Republican Party have wrought, and that John McCain is committed to continuing.

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Contrary to what we're hearing 24/7 in the media, the next few weeks are not a test of Sarah Palin. The next few weeks are a test of Barack Obama.

He needs to dramatically redirect this election back to a discussion over the issues that really matter -- the issues that will impact the future of this country. A presidential campaign is a battle and this is the time for Obama to show some commander-in-chief skills. I'm not talking about calling Palin out for lying about his record and demeaning community organizing. I'm talking about grabbing the political debate by the throat. The country is already angry about what's happened over the last seven-plus years -- he shouldn't be afraid to give voice to that anger. Obama has spent years adopting a non-threatening persona; but he can't let his fear that appearing like an "angry Black man" (a stereotype not-too-subtly fueled by Fox News) will turn off swing voters keep him from channeling the disgust and outrage felt by so many voters --swing and otherwise.

McCain's team, in an effort to distract, is going to keep doing what they're doing -- diverting voters and the media with a tantalizing combination of personal trivia and small lies. It doesn't matter if they're caught in them -- in fact, all the better. Because they know there is no way in hell they can win if this election is about the big truth of the Bush years.

McCain's real running mate is George Bush and the failed policies of the Republican Party. Even if they are dressed up in a skirt, lipstick, and Tina Fey glasses.

[rubberducky]

1. "A Trojan Moose"???

:rofl:

[Vincardog]

2. Too true. Obama needs to grow a pair and make the Media and the GOP talk about

the raping of our economy by the Parasitic Corporations and their RW enablers.

[colonel odis]

3. perhaps palin is the one the bushies have picked to keep an eye on mccain,

lest he show he has some conscience or moderate tendencies buried beneath his bush butt-smooching.

or maybe they know mccain's got, maybe, a year left in him before health issues cast him aside. and palin is the one they've picked to carry on the cheney/corporation-ocracy this country has turned into.

[democracy1st]

4. K & R