Jimmy Carter, Please Resign From Life
Jimmy Carter says John McCain is “milking” the five-and-a-half years spent in a POW camp with broken limbs and eating bugs.
I say Jimmy Carter is milking life.
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Arrogance Factor
A fe months ago, only conservatives and Republicans were talking about Obama’s arrogance. Now, everyone’s noticing it.
Something about Barack Obama’s manner bothers Margaret Cowan.
“There’s something egotistical about him,” the Sheridan, Colo., retiree said. “It’s the way he struts around.”
Many swing voters here and throughout the country consider the presumptive Democratic nominee distant, pompous, arrogant, even elitist. [Kansas City Star]
Democrat consultants say Obama’s arrogance is a real issue that needs to be addressed.
How?
How you make an arrogant s.o.b. not arrogant? Or is it our fault? Obama likes to blame all of his troubles on the ignorance of the American people, the religious country bumpkins holding onto their shotguns and Bibles babbling racist epithets. In the KC Star story, Obama’s people seem to think so.
The Obama camp says that voters just don’t know its candidate well yet. As a result, spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, Obama shifted his campaign appearances this summer to smaller, less formal venues such as town hall meetings or unannounced diner stops rather than the giant arena orations he specialized in earlier.
Indeed. We’re too ignorant to figure out that Obama’s a regular Joe. So his holiness will stoop down to our level, pretending to be a mere mortal. (And the Word became flesh.)
What about authenticity? The Dems seem to think the arrogance factor is a matter of perception and appearances. Well, Frank Sinatra didn’t “appear” cool; Sinatra was cool. Likewise, Obama doesn’t seem arrogant; Obama is arrogant. Trying to hide will make him arrogant and phony. That’s a bad combination for a politician.
Look for the arrogance factor to make it to the MSM this week, particularly on Thursday. Even Harry Truman would appear somewhat arrogant during a modern convention acceptance speech. The messiah’s speech will likely favor a Tony Orlando curtain call.
Don’t Ever Question Joe Biden’s IQ
His IQ is higher than yours and mine, and he ain’t afraid to say so. (H/t Allahpundit on HotAir.com)
Wow. Smart, smart man. Only . . . most colleges don’t have an IQ requirement. George W. Bush has degrees from Yale and Harvard, but his IQ is, like, 28 according to Biden. I guess whatever schools Biden went to, they give diplomas based on IQ instead of credit hours. Interesting.
McCain Might Just Win This Thing
Do you remember the summer of 2007? Reporters found John McCain carrying his own baggage through an airport and looking defeated and dissheveled. In debt, at the bottom of the polls, and old, the MSM declared his campaign over.
They were wrong. So was I.
Somehow, McCain staged a masterful comeback, and I use the word “masterful” advisedly. His comeback was not spectacular or flamboyant or even memorable. It was quiet, consistent, and strong. Powerful, even. He beat my man, Fred Thompson, America’s mayor, and the slickest of slick politicians, Mitt Romney.
Immediately, though, he was behind. May and June 2008 might as well have been August 2007. The media declared Obama the next POTUS; McCain the happless loser.
Going to the the party conventions, McCain is the in front among likely voters in all polls. Moreover, he is outplaying Obama in the media.
McCain’s negative ads are tasteful, truthful, and effective. McCain’s war room response instantly to almost every word Obama utters. Today’s response was a thing of legend.
Obama, on the stump mocked McCain’s resonse to a reporters question about how many houses McCain owns: “I don’t know.” Barack’s rambling, semi-coherent stump speech isn’t worth repeating. But the McCain response is:
“Does a man who made more than $4 million last year, just returned from a vacation on a private beach in Hawaii, and financed his million dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to debate houses?”
Brilliant.
McCain is demonstrating the campaign skills of Bill Clinton’s 1992 team. He’s on message, he’s targeted in his attacks, and he’s winning every issue. A major believes McCain is more capable of handling the economy than Obama, for instance. That’s huge.
Moreover, the right has finally started attacking Obama’s same-skin relationship with the murderer Ayers.
A few months ago, I thought Obama would win a squeaker. Now I’m starting to think we’ve got a chance.
If the election were held today, McCain would win the Electoral Vote 274 to 264. That’s masterful.
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