Obama's Latest Right-Wing Talking Point
Wed Jan 02, 2008 at 06:19:29 AM PDT
Driving into work today, I had the news on and it cut away to the inevitable update from Iowa. Senator Obama was featured in a sound bite from a rally last night, and frankly, I couldn't believe my ears.
He told the cheering crowd how he looked forward to November and said the following:
"I want to whoop 'em so good so that the election won't be close and they won't be able to steal it again."
I was shocked, I tell you, shocked.
I mean, how dare he latch onto a message many of us have been saying for years now? How dare he look to run a national campaign for the hearts and minds of the American people?
Of course, put into context, that statement about how he doesn't want Democrats to be in the same position as 2000 or 2004 makes a little more sense.
See, herein lies the problem of latching onto any one single statement of any candidate and claiming it as a "right-wing" talking point. Because such statements can be twisted out of context to the extreme. Sort of like Al Gore inventing the Internet. Or John Kerry being for it before he was against it.
Frankly, I get tired of that sort of nonsense. The MSM perputates that sort of binary thinking, and we're suckers to fall for it without looking at the big picture. We do a disservice to all of our fine candidates by doing the Republicans dirty work for them.
Vetting candidates is important, but let's base it on the facts...not on the spin.
Thanks.
