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To: tejek who wrote (411032)	8/27/2008 7:46:29 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577019

"But raw class envy played an important role in the attacks on Mr. Kerry, whom Rush Limbaugh described repeatedly as a “gigolo” with a “sugar daddy wife,” and G.O.P. supporters don’t seem to have experienced any cognitive dissonance." "But in the world we actually live in, pro-corporate, inequality-increasing Republicans argue that you should vote for them because they’re regular guys you’d like to have a beer with, while Democrats who want to raise taxes on top earners, expand health care and raise the minimum wage are snooty elitists. And in that world, stripping away the regular-guy facade — pointing out that everything Rush Limbaugh said about Mr. Kerry applies equally to Mr. McCain, that Mr. McCain lives in a material world few Americans can imagine — is only fair. Yes, Mr. Obama vacations in Hawaii — and Cindy McCain says that “In Arizona, the only way to get around the state is by small private plane.” The squealing from the usual suspects demonstrates how much the Obama counterattack has the G.O.P. worried. Back in 2004 Fox News described John Kerry as “one of the haves” with a “billionaire wife”; now it asks whether raising the issue of Mr. McCain’s houses is “bashing the American dream.” And the McCain campaign, after initially mumbling something about how Mr. Obama eats arugula, quickly resorted to its all-purpose answer: you can’t criticize the candidate because he’s a former P.O.W. Maybe the campaign hopes that the Obama people will fall into a reflexive cringe, the same way they did when Wesley Clark made the entirely reasonable point that having been a P.O.W., while it makes you a hero, doesn’t necessarily qualify you to become president. "

To: tejek who wrote (411032)	8/28/2008 7:33:18 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 1577019

Accentuate the Negative What would Rove do if he were advising Obama? Go after McCain's strength. The commander in chief thing. We know McCain has a anger problem. We know he is looking for revenge for Vietnam. We know he is getting maybe a little senile. We know he is the most hawkish guy in the world. We know he wants to bomb, bomb, bomb Iran. The Dems need to strongly characterize him as a dangerous war monger with a temper who will bomb first and ask question later; a guy who will fly off the handle at the least provocation. The last guy in the world you need with his finger on the nuke button. They need to 'Goldwater' him. That is the path to victory, and it's true. Obama is, and needs to become the 'safe' candidate in voters minds.