A Campaign Without Ideas (Eugene Robinson)

Posted on Sep 11, 2008
By Eugene Robinson

There was a time when Republicans campaigned on their ideas, programs and values. This year—lacking ideas, programs or values—John McCain and Sarah Palin are running for the White House on an elaborate fictional narrative of victimhood. Their supposed persecutors are Democrats and the news media, and the aim of this whole charade is to keep Americans from talking about ideas, programs and values ...

As long as people are talking about barnyard beauty tips, they’re not talking about substance. Any day spent arguing about meaningless ephemera is a small but significant victory for a campaign that has nothing to say.

It’s not in McCain’s interest to talk about the 46 million Americans who don’t have medical insurance; Obama has a plan to get most of them covered, while McCain promises a modest tax credit and his best wishes for good health. It’s not in McCain’s interest to talk about the economy; Obama wants to renew our sense of shared enterprise and responsibility, while McCain is happy to stick with the Republican philosophy of “I’ve got mine, suckers.” It’s not in McCain’s interest to talk seriously about the occupation of Iraq; Obama was prescient in calling for a withdrawal date, while McCain outdoes even George W. Bush in insisting that our troops stay where they are no longer even wanted.

The most important fact about the political landscape this year is that 80 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that McCain’s only chance of winning is to obscure the fact that on the issues voters most care about, he essentially proposes to stay the course ...

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080912_a_campaign_without_ideas/

In other words, McCain is running a campaign about nothing.

tweety said that? well i guess that proves if you throw enough words out there, eventually you'll put together a keeper!

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K & R

The moderators tend to ask real questions. Well, they make sure they slip a few real questions in anyway.