It's Time To Smack This Punk Down - But Gently

I see Lunch Box Joe has picked up on the "say it to his face" meme. If nothing else, I can't recall seeing a more obvious ploy. Obama is worried and he has reason to be, more on that below.

ST. JOSEPH, MO – Joe Biden echoed the campaign’s response to continued Republican efforts to highlight Obama’s past associations, adding a personal touch to the idea that McCain wasn’t willing to make the attacks in person.

“All of the things they said about Barack Obama in the TV, on the TV, at their rallies, and now on YouTube … John McCain could not bring himself to look Barack Obama in the eye and say the same things to him,” Biden said this morning. “In my neighborhood, when you’ve got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.”

This is a dangerous ploy for Obama. They've been fearful of the angry black man thing all along. So why call out an old white guy now if he's so far ahead? Because he knows what's coming, how soft is his support and how quickly and easily this can be turned around.

As for the ploy, McCain simply needs to be prepared to deal with it in the last debate. Without anger, "Why yes, Senator Obama, given your long, curious history of associating with some troubling individuals, I believe that it's fair to ask you to address it. But it isn't me you have to convince, it's the American people, so talk to them." If McCain can pull it off without looking angry - he can win the point.

Were Obama gliding to victory he would not be using the "angry" card to try and undermine McCain's ability to be Commander In Chief. It makes no sense to make an aggressive move to take down someone you already know you are going to beat. It just isn't done. Obama would be making no waves right now were he confident of victory. That's unheard of in a political campaign. So, what's going on?

Think of it as a mounting narrative. Rezko, Ayers, Socialist Party membership - all played out over time to keep serious doubts about Obama in voter's minds. And unless there is even some new more troubling revelation, McCain already has his Ace in the Hole - Jeremiah Wright.

Bring Ol' Jerry I hates da white man Wright out on stage for the last two weeks of the campaign, while Obama's integrity and honesty have already been eroded, and it presents a problem he potentially can't solve. No one will believe he didn't hear that garbage for twenty-years, assuming they even believe that now. So, what does that do to the map?

The Red States will all but immediately come home to McCain and we'll be looking at a very typical Red State / Blue State election dynamic which isn't so bad for McCain. But it gets even better than that for McCain, which is why McCain is still playing so hard in Pennsylvania and in the Midwest. The states that rejected Obama for Hillary at the end of the Democrat Primary likely hold the key to this race.

If Wright shores up the Red States for McCain, turns Pennsylvania and who knows what else, this election is over. And Obama knows it. Otherwise he wouldn't be making any offensive moves this late in the game. I can't emphasis that enough. That just isn't done when you are comfortably ahead - keyword comfortably. And that's important because of the other tactic the Democrats are currently trying to play.

They want McCain supporters to think this thing is over, that their guy doesn't stand a chance. They do it every election when they are leading but are hitting it even harder this year. What's needed all around now is calm.

McCain simply has to stay poised and appear ready to lead. And Right-siders and anti-Obamaniacs need to remain cool and realize victory is not out of reach.

Comments

[Mark]

Jamie,
Please practice at least some level of literacy. Yesterday it was octaroon (misspelling yours) and now today it's "Coup de Gras". The correct term is "coup de grâce" which translates to "blow of mercy". "Coup de Gras" (capitalization yours) translates to "blow of fat". You would certainly think that one as worldly and educated as yourself would at the very minimum use a spell checker. Please.

[LogicalUS]

Idiot leftist...if this is no big deal why did the "messiah" lie about it.

Obama: "He is just a guy in my neighborhood"??? LIE. Obama: "His children go to school with my children" LIE. Obama children are pre-teen..Ayers children are nearly 30 years old? Obama: "I didn't know that my political sponsor was a drug-crazed Charles Manson-loving terrorist who advocated kids kill their parents" LIE Obama and Michelle worked with Ayers wife, Doern in their law firm in their middle 20's. The fact of the matter is Obama is a participant in the crazy world of Ayers' ongoing revolution. That is why he and Ayers are constantly turning up in the same town, boards and groups. Either the empty-soul Obama is as nutty as Ayers or Obama is the stupidest man alive.

Your little marxist is getting off to a wonderful beginning...Lie,,Lie, Lie, and when caught Lie some more...

PS. How the h*ll did Obama manage to burn thru 45 million dollars with the Annanberg challenge without helping the kid of Chicago at all? Is their anything Obama hasn't be a failure at?

Lawyer....Failed
"Community Organizer"....Failed
State Senator....Failed again(unless you consider funnelling money to his slumlord buddies and Ayers\Wright a success)
Congressman....Incomplete(Obama began running for his president as soon as he was "elected")

And you morons believe he is going to heal the Earth and reduce the ocean...Bahahaahaha

[North Dallas Thirty]

Ah yes, WPE, showing once again that Obama supporters can't explain why their Messiah supported the unregulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that led to the problems -- while McCain supported more and tighter regulation.

Example of simplistic leftist thought:

"And in 1996, he was one of only five senators to oppose a comprehensive telecommunications act, saying it did not go far enough in deregulating the industry."

Perhaps you preferred regulated telephones. Anyone remember the good old days when Ma Bell ruled the wires and phone charges for daytime calls were measured in dollars? Or how about those days back when mobile calls made airline phones of today look cheap?

Meanwhile, you didn't answer the question. Why do you claim McCain wanted the mortgage industry deregulated when he was calling for more regulation on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both of whom controlled the majority of mortgages in the United States? Better yet, why did Obama consistently deny that there was anything wrong with Fannie and Freddie, employ their ex-CEOs as campaign advisors, and take hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions -- after his screaming fits over lobbyists and whatnot?

[Jim Treacher]

"Nope, no worries at all. Looking forward to the Obama Victory Party next month."

Please crow about it everywhere you can. Thanks in advance.

"It just KILLS you all that you can't call Obama a nigger, doesn't it."

Obviously you have no such compunctions.

[Worst President Ever]

Trying to pin all the blame for the current mess on Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac is BS. It wasn't loans to poor folk that's brought us to the brink of a recession.

If McLame wants to find out about Fannie Mae, he can get a full history at his next staff meeting. He might ask his campaign manager Rick Davis - he took almost $2 million - 30,000 a month for five years - from Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac to fight off regulations. Or Wayne Berman who sucked up over a million. Or Arthur Culvahouse, Jr. Or Mark Buse. Man, those McCain advisors sucked up a lot of lobbying fees.

Too bad McCain never found the time to actually WRITE ANY LEGISLATION. I guess it wasn't a big enough problem to do actually do some work to fix it. Maybe all his buddies told him talking's fine, acutally doing something's not.

McLame's also said he'd run a honorable campaign that's now turned into the ugliest in memory.

Franklin Raines never worked for Obama, so that's a lie.