In-A-Gadda-Levitre Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 wow, Frank Rich really lays into JMC As if the Palin pick weren’t damning enough, McCain and his team responded to the financial panic by offering their own panicky simulation of the Bush style of crisis management in real time. Fire the S.E.C. chairman and replace him with Andrew Cuomo! Convene a 9/11 commission to save Wall Street! Don’t bail out A.I.G.! Do bail out A.I.G.! Reacting to polls and the short-term dictates of 24-hour news cycles, McCain offered as many economic-policy reboots in a month as Bush offered “Plans for Victory” during the first three years of the Iraq war. Now McCain is trying to distract us from his humiliating managerial ineptitude by cranking up the politics of fear — another trademark Bush-Rove strategy. But the McCain camp’s quixotic effort to turn an “old washed-up terrorist” into a wedge issue as divisive as same-sex marriage is too little, too late and too tone-deaf at a time when Americans are suffering too much to indulge in 1960s culture wars. Voters want policies that might actually work rather than another pandering, cynical leader who operates mainly on the basis of his “gut” and political self-interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 wow, Frank Rich really lays into JMC IMO, what Rich is talking about will work for McCain in a certain way, and it will tighten the race and give the right hope, but it has very little chance of winning the election, and therefore not a good strategy. It's like being down two touchdowns and spending all of your efforts and timeouts to score one TD with two seconds left. Instead of going for the win. I'm not really sure what he could do now to win, but this isn't it. It will fire up a relatively small amount of people a ton, when what he really needs is to fire up a ton of people a relatively little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 IMO, what Rich is talking will work for McCain in a certain way, and it will tighten the race and give the right hope, but it has very little chance of winning the election, and therefore not a good strategy. It's like being down two touchdowns and spending all of your efforts and timeouts to score one TD with two seconds left. Instead of going for the win. I'm not really sure what he could do now to win, but this isn't it. It will fire up a relatively small amount of people a ton, when what he really needs is to fire up a ton of people a relatively little. What makes rich an expert? He should go back to reviewing plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 What makes rich an expert? He should go back to reviewing plays. He's a columnist. He's paid for his opinions. That's his job. I know you don't actually understand having an opinion of your own, so I can see how you would be confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molson_golden2002 Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 The latest Obama ad is great, with McCain standing there muttering he voted with Bush 90% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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