A seemingly simple question for all you Kossacks:
What are the Democratic/anti-McCain talking points?
In reality, there is only ONE answer to this question...
THERE ARE NONE!
The last 5 days or so we have seen the Republicans DOMINATE the media cycle coming out of their otherwise lackluster convention. The Repuglicans are pulling out their Big Guns. They're smearing Obama and outright lying through their teeth. They accomplish this by putting out soundbites and sticking to the message HARD.
They do this because the simple minded liberal media LOVES not having to do any of that pesky journalism and fact checking when they can just parrot little snippets, regardless as to whether or not there's any reality behind them.
What are the GOP talking points? Just turn on your TV and you'll hear them. Go ahead! Turn on any news network...from the liberal MSNBC to Fox. I'll wait.
• Obama has not authored a single piece of legislation
• Pit Bull With Lip Stick!
• They're Mavericks! And Change Is Coming!
• Barack Obama is against the successful surge!
• The Liberal Media Is Sexist!
Those are just off the top of my head. As infuriating as they are to those of us who know better, though, they're effective.
Unfortunately, I can't think of ANY Democratic or anti-McCain talking points. It seems to me that the best we've come up with this campaign season is "McSame" and Housegate. This is it, people! The final stretch...it's make or break time. The Democrats and their allies MUST fight fire with fire.
We MUST come up with our own handful of snippets that people will remember. Some of them need to hit McCain/Palin and others have to advance the Obama agenda.
I don't have the ego to suggest that I have all the answers or talking points, but I'm sure in the comments section, we can come up with our own and maybe even forward them around!