Random Reaction

I an sensing a lot of using going on.
McCain using Palin as a puppet. Stand up there look good and deliver the lines that he is unable to. Does any one think for a second that Sarah Palin would say to McCain and his handlers no I don't feel comfortable saying that.

This feeling may be a result from the fact that the words seemed too scripted. They seem not to carry any weight. Now admittedly she did a wonderful job delivering them. However, it has been reported that the essence of the speech was written prior to her selection and then adjusted after her selection. This came through the in the speech.

The base is energized times two. She was effective in bringing to life the rightwing but also she woke up the already energized left wing as well. The numbers being thrown around are 10 million dollars in 24 hours for Obama.

Her sarcasm is going to be very effective to those who are sympathetic to her, McCain and the right. It will be very grating to the left. The question is how will it play in the middle. The longer I contemplate and read the more I think it will generally annoy more than it will draw people to her. This comes back to the fact these words weren't necessarily hers. The speech would have been much more effective had it been delivered by someone who has earned the stature to question another. She simply is not there to those in the middle. The condensation, the mocking, the pettiness all come off bad. This brings me back to the fact that she is being used by the McCain camp. They don't have any use for her other than what it gains them. If she ends up damaging her image, her reputation what do they care.

Even though they are using her she is using them right back. Whether she has gotten in over her head or not is to be found out as the clock winds down to election day. However, she has jumped at it whole hog. She has sold her family down the drain for her chance of jumping to the front of the line of Republican pecking order.


The McCain camp is up to something with the belittling of the community organizer. Not completely convinced what. A couple of possibilities it could be an attempt to draw Obama into a passionate defense and a back and forth with Sarah Palin. Any time he or the campaign spends in a back and forth with her it lowers his status down to her. McCain wins in this scenario regardless of the outcome. The other option could be the dog whistle approach to politics. Are they calling attention to something unspoken? If they are it is one of two things. First and most direct is a racist cultural exchange. Community organizer, if you think about it what communities do people automatically assume need organizing. It immediately draws peoples attention to urban poor inner city (black) neighbor hoods. The other more charitable bait could be left wing bashing. What kind of people spend their time community organizing.

Regardless considering the true lack of policy in the speeches it is evident that McCain's handlers have decided (since it is uncertain if McCain is making any of his own decisions anymore) to turn this election into a culture war circa 1988 or 2000.

Obama's job is to keep it's focus on the economy and judgement. My belief is that the Obama camp has shown enough intelligence and discipline to keep a laser focus on the economy, judgement, and need to change things for a better. They will continue demonstrating their political jujistu and turn this back against McCain.