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August 13, 2008 at 05:37:28

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Strange to say, in this strangest of political years, Paris Hilton has shown the way. John McCain has to be taken down, and with ridicule. He is, after all, a ridiculous figure, spewing forth gaffes and errors almost daily, thus revealing his incompetence each and every time.. The McCain campaign, with its smears, innuendoes and outright lies, has given Obama the license to go negative. McCain has reversed himself on so many issues that his stand on any of them is not credible. So show video clips of McCain vs. McCain. He is tied to the despised Bush regime, so show those images of the Bush-McCain hug, and do so repeatedly as the media did with the Clinton-Monica hug at the rope line. Collect damaging video clips from You-Tube and let McCain speak his own refutation and condemnation. Then offer something better: an "audacity of hope."

Can Obama and the Democrats overcome a rigged voting system and a hostile corporate media?

Unlikely, but not impossible.

The public clamor for change combined with the widespread disgust with McCain, Bush and the Republicans, must become so enormous as to overwhelm the propaganda of the corporate media and the finagling of the voting machines. Recall that despite all the media slander of 2000 ("inventing the internet," "discovering Love Canal"), Al Gore received a half million more votes than George Bush. And there is good reason to believe that in 2006, the Democratic Senatorial candidates in Montana, Virginia, and Missouri overcame GOP "fixes" in those contests.


In short, to win at all, the Democrats must win big. A close contest within "The Diebold Zone" will likely go to John McCain.

And that is reason enough for progressives to stay in the fight and to redouble their efforts.

Copyright 2008 by Ernest Partridge

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Obama "a reformist" ? by Tony Forest on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 6:48:23 AM
Totally agree with you by Joel S. Hirschhorn on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 2:54:35 PM
The Vote Counters Are Their Guarantee by Dennis Kaiser on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 6:53:01 AM
Correct!!! by Joel S. Hirschhorn on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 2:56:41 PM
Meditation Upon a Hamster- Wheel by Nathaniel Heidenheimer on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 7:37:45 AM
Starting to like Obama by Roger Thomas on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:00:18 PM
The Fix Is In -- Again by Rolland Miller on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:00:22 PM
The Only Way............ by Dennis Kaiser on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:58:04 PM
As I have been saying on my site for a while... by scott creighton on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:59:42 PM
What-- by waldopaper on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 4:25:23 PM
the Fix is In by Jill Herendeen on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 5:27:36 PM
News by kwalsh on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 5:54:42 PM
scary but true by Joan Brunwasser on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 7:36:57 PM
Presidential politcs are a "good" cop, bad cop routine. by R. A. Louis on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 8:55:57 PM
Impeachment now by Nick van Nes on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 at 10:30:35 PM
flotsam and jetsam by martinweiss on Thursday, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:50:48 AM
Soros and Buffett by Ty on Thursday, Aug 14, 2008 at 9:28:02 AM
better focus by Bernie Brown on Friday, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:36:56 AM
Not a priority, with increased cost of living by im4unity on Friday, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:22:58 PM

 
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