Onus on McCain to turn presidential race his way

saltwn · #1 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008, 03:24 PM

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One month before Election Day, Barack Obama sits atop battleground polls in a shrinking playing field, the economic crisis is breaking his way and the Democrat has made progress toward winning the White House.

The onus is on Republican John McCain to turn the race around under exceptionally challenging circumstances - and his options are limited.My Way News - Onus on McCain to turn presidential race his way

What in your estimation, must McCain do to win? Should he have pulled out of Michigan? Should he step up the attack ads? Or would that hurt him? Should he
stick to the issues-keep hammering his platform? Do something bold and new?
Explain what you think will and will not help him get back in the lead.

Mikeyy · #2 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by saltwn

What in your estimation, must McCain do to win? Should he have pulled out of Michigan? Should he step up the attack ads? Or would that hurt him? Should he
stick to the issues-keep hammering his platform? Do something bold and new?
Explain what you think will and will not help him get back in the lead.

This is why McCain will lose. And its too late to change it.
I have said before that the only reason McCain and Obama got the nomination from their parties is because people are tired of the partisanship. McCain was promising a new kind of campaign. But guess what. He lied. He has decided to play old politics. I was afraid people might follow like sheep. Like they have again and again. But I am happy to say that they have wised up.

Now Palin says Obama hangs with terrorists. Too sad. Here comes the trash from McCain and his friggin thugs.

saltwn · #3 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008, 05:23 PM

I think he has a good chance to bring the numbers closer together. In a way it is a bold new plan that he needs-not concerning his views- but in the way he presents them. Lay out his plans for each issue and hammer away at that. Maybe even announce in one or two ads that he will not engage in underhanded tactics, just talk about the issues. This will negate whatever negatives Obama throws out and win a few votes for McCain. Republicans need to work on voter registration and getting out the vote. There are people out there who believe everything he says but may not vote. He needs to get those people to the poles if he has to carry them himself.
And he needs to can the rhetoric and talk straight to the people in the upcoming debates. He is good at straight talk and now is when it will come in handy!

cnredd · #4 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008, 08:53 PM

I chose "step up the attack ads", but not "attack" as in "malicious"...

There are SOOO many issues that the media REFUSES to touch on which would show Obama's true alliances...

This man actually gave grants to a terrorist who STILL believs the deaths and atrocities he and his group caused were't wrong...and in one case said he didn't go far enough...And Obama gave grants to him when he was the HEAD of a charity in which the terrorist himself founded!...AND the grants are for the terrorists radical schools which plan to indoctrinate towards his way of thinking to create his version of a socialist world...

If McCain worked with someone found to have bombed an abortion clinic, he'd be on page 1 of every paper in 20 seconds and his chance of the presidency would be less than nil...But it's Obama, so it get's regulated to one story every 2 months that smooths things over and tries to make the reader come to the conclusion that it's no big deal...

This, in itself, is a tragedy...

But ADD to that Wright, Pfleger, Resko, Raines, Johnson, and a slew of others that Obama has sold his soul to in order to prop himself up in the world of politics and you've got nothing but a total farce of a man who leans on nothing but false beliefs and sweeping rhetoric...

If the media and the public paid attention to the people behind the curtain Obama wouldn't have gotten out of the primaries with any more votes than Biden got...

Adept1 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikeyy

This is why McCain will lose. And its too late to change it.
I have said before that the only reason McCain and Obama got the nomination from their parties is because people are tired of the partisanship. McCain was promising a new kind of campaign. But guess what. He lied. He has decided to play old politics. I was afraid people might follow like sheep. Like they have again and again. But I am happy to say that they have wised up.

Now Palin says Obama hangs with terrorists. Too sad. Here comes the trash from McCain and his friggin thugs.

Mikeyy........Palin might have said it recently but I have been telling you the same thing for MONTHS. Do some research into his past and see WHO he has been associated with. How else does one get into "Chicago-thug" politics? Don't just automatically call it a "swift-boat attack" because as has been proven many times Kerry never could directly confront them and even discuss the issues they brought up because they were right (ALL 250 of them that signed the AFFADAVIT (legal document)) attesting to their side of the story. I still don't recall the defamation suit against them were Kerry got his reputation back.

Mikeyy · #6 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Adept1

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Mikeyy........Palin might have said it recently but I have been telling you the same thing for MONTHS. Do some research into his past and see WHO he has been associated with. How else does one get into "Chicago-thug" politics? Don't just automatically call it a "swift-boat attack" because as has been proven many times Kerry never could directly confront them and even discuss the issues they brought up because they were right (ALL 250 of them that signed the AFFADAVIT (legal document)) attesting to their side of the story.

I've answered this in several threads today just take a look

saltwn · #7 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008, 09:47 PM

I hope this all comes out in the debates.

cnredd · #8 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by saltwn

I hope this all comes out in the debates.

YOU may say that, but we ALL KNOW that when it does, Obama supporters will cry "racism" and "lies" and phony" and "smear" and pretend it's all fabrication...

Anything to protect the Anointed One...

saltwn · #9 (**permalink**) 10-04-2008, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

YOU may say that, but we ALL KNOW that when it does, Obama supporters will cry "racism" and "lies" and phony" and "smear" and pretend it's all fabrication...

Anything to protect the Anointed One...

Why would I think anyone would cry racists to bring up the Ayers story? If it comes out Obama can answer it.
Therefore YOU KNOW McCain won't bring it up.

cnredd · #10 (**permalink**) 10-05-2008, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by saltwn

Why would I think anyone would cry racists to bring up the Ayers story?

Because that's what they do...

Mention anything about Obama and it becomes a game of "6 degrees to racist smearing"...

Analysis: Palin's words carry racial tinge

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"The four weeks that are left are an eternity. There's plenty of time in the campaign," said Republican strategist Joe Gaylord. "I think it is a legitimate strategy to talk about Obama and to talk about his background and who he pals around with."

Palin's words avoid repulsing voters with overt racism. But is there another subtext for creating the false image of a black presidential nominee "palling around" with terrorists while assuring a predominantly white audience that he doesn't see their America?

In a post-Sept. 11 America, terrorists are envisioned as dark-skinned radical Muslims, not the homegrown anarchists of Ayers' day 40 years ago. With Obama a relative unknown when he began his campaign, the Internet hummed with false e-mails about ties to radical Islam of a foreign-born candidate.

Whether intended or not by the McCain campaign, portraying Obama as "not like us" is another potential appeal to racism. It suggests that the Hawaiian-born Christian is, at heart, un-American.

Most troubling, however, is how allowing racism to creep into the discussion serves McCain's purpose so well. As the fallout from Wright's sermons showed earlier this year, forcing Obama to abandon issues to talk about race leads to unresolved arguments about America's promise to treat all people equally.

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Originally Posted by saltwn

If it comes out Obama can answer it.

He's altready tried to answer it...by calling Ayers "some guy who lives in my neighborhood"...

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Originally Posted by saltwn

Therefore YOU KNOW McCain won't bring it up.

The "attack dog" is traditionally the VP candidate's roll...

View Poll Results: What should McCain do to retake the lead?
Step up the attack ads	1	33.33%
Try something bold and new (explain)	1	33.33%
Stick to issues where Republicans are generally favored	0	0%
Other (explain)	1	33.33%
Voters: 3. You may not vote on this poll

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