Ack. Why would I thank Mark Penn, the king of spin and sleaze? Because his tactics in the spring inoculated Barack against the coming onslaught.
When Mark Penn unleashed the 'kitchen sink' against Obama on Hillary’s behalf, in their desperation to stop the momentum of his (our) campaign, I was sick and disgusted. I was surprised and disappointed that Hillary’s campaign would stoop to the level that it did. It was a brutal period, but he weathered the storm. He did not panic. He stayed on target. Remember: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger....
And now we can say thanks and, in Palin’s lingo, give a ‘big shout out’ to Penn and the other toads in Hillary’s campaign that unleashed that stuff. Why? They inoculated him. He has had his flu shot for sleaze. McCain's shock troops may now, in their last desperate gambit, seek to slime Obama with character assassination, but it won't work. It's all old news. It won't work. The Obama campaign, reflecting the character of the man, will not panic and will not go off message or strategy. NO DRAMA OBAMA will prevail.
To top it off, it’s delightful to see the McCain campaign telegraphing sleaze as their final strategy. That sets the narrative and allows the MSM to call their stuff (a kind word) out for what it is. Our job is to keep Barack’s back and keep focused on what matters, and the work that we need to do to get over the finish line. November 4 is so close I can taste it.
Again – thanks, Mark Penn. Wow, I never thought I would write those words.