Wednesday, July 30, 2008

New York Times: Low-Road Express

On July 3, news reports said Senator John McCain, worried that he might lose the election before it started, opened his doors to disciples of Karl Rove. In recent weeks, Mr. McCain has been waving the flag of fear (Senator Barack Obama wants to “lose” in Iraq), and issuing attacks that are sophomoric (suggesting that Mr. Obama is a socialist).

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have been thinking the exact same thing in the past month. It seems to me that McCain is struggling to set the agenda of the debate; he has been on the reactionary, losing end of agenda-setting thus far. All he has done in the past month or so is complain about what Obama says and does, rather than telling voters what he'd say and do when he is President. Instead he comes across sounding like a whiner and a bully.

Lynniechan said...

I'm still trying to figure out why it's such huge news when Obama is called out for flip-flopping, when McCain's months of 180s merely draws yawns. It was the same with Dubya and Kerry.

Lynniechan said...

At the risk of sounding like an ageist, I have a problem voting for someone as old as McCain. He dodders and is forgetful NOW -- if he's elected, how will he be 3 years from now? In a scooter? (Or worse, dead from cancer?) Do you really think the next president of America should be in a scooter? (FDR had crutches, but he had polio and tried to hide his disability for fear of appearing weak). I know this sounds elitist, but you have to remember we're stuck with whomever is elected for four years.

Anonymous said...

You can sound as ageist as you want, I'm totally with you. Only my beef with the age thing has less to do with his appearance and more to do with the fact that I don't trust any one who is a baby boomer or older to run this country anymore. The boomers have been running this country into the ground for decades... it's time for the selfish bastards to retire already and bankrupt Social Security as their last swan song.

Times have changed, people's attitudes have changed, priorities have changed, and so our leaders need to change too.