The Perils of Pinata Politics

[PatSeg]

This is the perfect description for the insane, haphazard campaign McCain has been running:

<Have you ever been to a child's birthday party in which there's a pinata? It's a pretty straightforward exercise -- the birthday boy/girl gets blindfolded, is handed a big stick, is spun around to cause minor disorientation, and is then encouraged to swing the stick wildly in every direction, in the hopes of hitting a target and getting a prize.

John McCain's campaign has been operating under a similar framework for quite a while now. Under McCain's version of Pinata Politics, the senator and his team swing wildly in every direction, hoping to hit Barack Obama. There's no real consistency to the attacks -- and there's even less honesty and integrity backing up the attacks -- but McCain appears to be blindfolded, allowing Karl Rove's operation to spin him in circles.

Want to read something funny? I mean, genuinely hysterical? Take a look at the memo distributed by the McCain campaign in early March, immediately after the Arizona senator officially secured the Republican nomination.>

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-benen/the-perils-of-pinata-poli_b_116310.html

[XemaSab]

1. "Degrading our civics?"

Dude, there's one person in this race who is degrading our civics, and it's not my man Barack. :P

[PatSeg]

2. Glad they didn't resort to "overheated rhetoric"

<The memo added that "overheated rhetoric and personal attacks" only serve to "distract" us, and that it was imperative that the campaign hold itself "to the highest standards.">