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A week of petty though typical attacks on Obama produced nothing
Will the 2008 election be dominated by the same type of small-minded, petty distractions that have characterized the last several decades of elections?
Glenn Greenwald [2008-02-20]

  • Obama MUST maintain discipline; Stay above the fray

    I saw an article by Johnathan Martin over at the Politico, bemoaning the "fact" that Obama has been "dangerously slow" to "counterattack" in response to these mudslinging incidents.

    It is obvious why Clinton has turned to this tactic of diversion-by-personal attack over the inconsequential. Because she has no shot when it comes to issues, and her relative insincerity in expressing them.

    Whoever runs against Obama has no chance unless they can drag him into the mud for an extended feces-throwing contest. The inspiring candidate with the soaring rhetoric must be knocked off his center, and lured into the mud, so they can fight on more even terms.

    So long as Obama continues to run and speak out of genuine concern for the country, the "old politics" will have little to no lasting effect. He just needs to keep that focus, and leave his ego wherever it is he left it at the start of the race.

    I'm going to enjoy watching his opponents turn purple with frustration as they try all the "tricks" to "get to" Obama, not understanding why none of it works.

    -- TheRedSnapper
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    Wednesday, February 20, 2008 04:17 PM
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