Published on Wed, 2008-05-07 17:52
Advice for Democrats (and their earstwhile supporters)
Last night seems to (finally) have cemented it for Obama. Black President here we come. For those of you who've been in the trenches, Mike Lux has some good next-steps laid out. For those of you waiting for this nomination process to be over, well, it may take a few more weeks before it's officially over, but you should start thinking about:
- How to explain to people that John McCain is a warmongering child of privilege who has no respect for women, no plan on healthcare, no grasp of economics, no idea how to address global climate change, and who's publicly stated he wants to pack the Supreme Court with more extreme conservatives.
- How to explain to people that Barack Obama is not a terrorist, or a communist, or even (too bad) the second coming of FDR with extra melanin, but might in fact be just the guy to prevent Miami from being underwater in 100 years, keep Wall St. from completely fucking over homeowners, do something creative about the 2 million people we're letting rot in jail, get some needy kids food and medicine (in the US as well as elsewhere), and prevent Comcast, Verizon and Rupert Murdoch from taking over the internets.
I have high hopes that Big O will close it out in Mighty Oregon. That would be solid.
Oh, and this:
Gooks
Thu, 2008-05-08 00:12 — Joe FeliceTo the best I can gather, McCain was saying "I hate Gooks", and defending it as his right because he was tortured (so he gets a lifetime misanthropy card) as recently as 2000. Is this true or not, and if so, why no story?
Yes
Thu, 2008-05-08 02:04 — Outlandish JoshYes, this is true: McCain is on record as saying he'll "hate gooks" as long as he lives.
But he's a straight-talker! So he gets away with it! It's a pattern. Very very little actual critical attention has been paid to McCain by promanent political journalists. I don't know if this will change. If not, it's his single most important electoral advantage.
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