Why is the current meme that Obama has to prove that he's not a risk?

I heard that on no less than Bill Press this morning. Where is this meme coming from?

Why is Obama any less of a risk than John McCain? What relevant experience does John McCain have that makes him a "sure thing", whatever that's supposed to be? What consistency does McCain have anyway? Consistent with what?

It seems to me that someone who was connected to a Keating or an Abramoff would present some kind of a risk. What am I missing?

Finally, what could possibly be more risky than the course set out by the Bush Administration, which course McCain has pledged to continue?

I guess there is no risk at all, if you're in the top .1%. But what's in store for the 99.9% of the rest of us if McCain has his way? And how about for those of us who value things like our civil rights, our Constitution, . . . Or how about for those in the military or with loved ones in the military?

Grrrrr. We should start a meme of our own regarding the risks posed by John McCain.

...and after the first debate, America was able to envision him as a President.


Anytime anything "new" comes along... no matter on which end of the political spectrum... the "conventional wisdom" says that it is "risky".

they need to portray McCain as a risky war mongerer. Give him a gun and he'll shoot it at the first thing he sees.

I didn't stress that point enough in my opening post but that was a big part of what I was alluding to with the staying of Bush's course.

continued by McCain and the media.

I think someone needs to start exposing the truth about McCain (that he is the biggest risk of all).

I mean isn't it obvious? More war, less taxes? Where has that brought us today? I suppose we could do worse than an equivalent decline from 2001 to today, but Geeeez Louise. I'm just sayin.

I see that as purely and simply suspicion that it wouldn't be "right" to have a black president. I also hear that meme with regard to Michelle i.e. "I just can't warm up to her!" (as if anyone in their right mind could warm up to Cindy the Homewrecker!). A black First Family? Eek!!!

but I guess for most that see him as risky it is simply because he has not been around for long. The judgment vs experience thing. Experience is not the beginning and end of everything but it does matter. For some more than for others.

in his right to have achieved everything he has and to deserve fully to be right where he is, thank you.

showed that a majority of those polled considered Obama to be a greater risk that McCain for the presidency, but he was still leading McCain by a few points overall. I don't know how the question was phrased, but it apparently concerned experience, inexperience.

This might give some insight:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-06-22-poll-edge_N.htm

What do you think the result would be?

the word "risk" in regards to Obama.

:shrug:

Since Obama has won the nomination, he's come up with a flood of well-thought-out policy statements, emphasized security, and showed his gravitas on the international stage. That's what you would expect.

McCain has a different challenge, but a challenge nonetheless to show he would be a safe choice and a good president. He has not yet met that challenge.

There will never be any critical examination of ANYTHING about McLame because the MSM will not allow it on the air.
They will continue to protect him from any and all criticism.
We are running against the Mighty Slime Machine, not against McLame.

and he's not doing it. Obama is giving nothing -- nothing -- that can be used to destory him.

They make sh*t up.

They are trying hard to find something on Obama, but he is still standing. :)

:nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke:

I think we should run an updated version of the "Daisy" ad!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKs-bTL-pRg

of trying to get him prove a negative. Not gonna happen.

It irks the hell out of them that Obama has been approaching this election from a positive stance. They keep trying to put him on the defensive and get him to run in defensive mode, but it hasn't happened.

He points to being a newcomer vs. McCain being around for twenty odd years.

http://thepage.time.com/video-obamas-interview-with-nbc-news-from-berlin/

In the interview he did with Brian Williams, he said, "Look, I'm a fairly new face in American politics--of course many will view me as a risk. John McCain's a pretty familiar face--he's been around 25-30 years."

The debates will clear much of this up and McCain will be exposed for the fraud he truly is.

The recent poll showed that the country has agreed with the policy points of Senator Obama - he has won the intellectual argument.


But he is a first term Senator that most Americans never heard of before 4 years ago and knew very little about a few months ago.



He does not have a substantive record to promote (or defend).



You could either be in a situation where people are emotionally connected to you but disagree or that they intellectually agree with you but are not yet comfortable.


I think the Obama campaign must be delighted with these numbers - including the one that you refer to. It simply is a lot easier to get people to know you and feel more comfortable with you than to have an argument and get them to change their policy point of view.

"getting to know you" phase, where they still are with Obama.

The primaries didn't expose him to as many people as we would have liked. If opinion hardens against you then you've got problems, but as long as Obama doesn't do anything particularly reprehensible he should be OK.

All I know is that there are rumors about Obama :shrug:

people turned into a mediawhore or something equally as repugnant.