Comments on: McCain’s Campaign Reduced to Whining: Straight Talk Redux

By: Ames

Ames — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:16:18 +0000

Ah. Good point. I meant it as “denial of battle” – like, refusing an army refusing to engage in combat.

By: Philip H.

Philip H. — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:59:57 +0000

One caveat – while you are correct that the Obama campaign has been denying the McCain campaign news air time, let’s not use the term “an astonishingly successful campaign of denial” to describe this. Such a turn of phrase brings up too many unpleasant memories of Holocaust deniers, climate change deniers, and father’s rights deniers. Instead, call it what it is – an honest campaign that is touching on the issues Americans want to hear about in ways we can identify with. That, and Obama isn’t Bush.

By: oneiroi

oneiroi — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:59:57 +0000

I feel like one huge problem for Hillary during the primaries was that she started complaining too much. It doesn't seem presidential to start going, "Pay attention to me!", or "This isn't fair!". It's just a bad move in general. So while McCain is complaining at homein a golf cart, Obama is on television talking to world leaders and visiting troops. It's bad from a PR point of view. But I am personally relishing how McCain's push for Obama to go over to the Middle East has backfired.