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Video: Michelle on lefty rage and taking off the gloves

posted at 11:15 am on October 13, 2008 by Allahpundit
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108 trackbacks and counting for her summa on nutroots anger, written a few hours before the photos of the Palin C-bomb shirts started circulating. The difference, allegedly, between the examples she cites and the vitriol at the McCain rallies is that the former are freelance haters whereas the latter are a product of demonization by political leaders. See, e.g., John Lewis comparing McCain to George Wallace this weekend, Sebelius calling Republicans racist on the stump a few weeks ago, or The One himself accusing Team Maverick of having issues with him not looking like the other presidents on the currency this summer (an unusually overt display but not out of character) for just a few instances of nuance on that point.

That said, I’m not sure what McCain’s supposed to do at this point to satisfy the “take off the gloves” contingent. Campaign solely on Ayers for the next three weeks? Hasn’t worked so far, as Bill Kristol reminds us this morning in the Times. He could double down by bringing Wright into it — The One’s favorable ratings took a big hit when the news first broke in March — but that story was so widely covered at the time and has been out there for so long that I’m guessing most of the impact’s already been priced into the polls. Exit question: What would constitute “fighting”? Pounding The One and the Dems on Fannie/Freddie? I’m all for that.

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Maybe a little lesson in role reversal!

jerrytbg on October 13, 2008 at 5:17 PM

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-mk-bd-12-oct12,0,5393672.column

Another radical association

reshas1 on October 13, 2008 at 5:49 PM

Y-not, I’m not a hater, but you’re right in that I believe all three of the folks you listed are reflective of the mess that the conservative movement has become. Malkin is smarter and less of a buffoon than the other two, but she’s no more of a true conservative than you are. Are you a religious fundamentalist, an authoritarian populist, or both?

dakine on October 13, 2008 at 6:39 PM

Who is that idiot blonde? What was up with her throwing in the “it happens on both sides” crap at the end? Moral relativism is a venereal disease and it sounds like she picked up a nasty case Friday night.

peacenprosperity on October 13, 2008 at 6:41 PM

Look up “disingenuous” in the dictionary,

There’ll be a picture of Michelle Malkin, sitting on her daily ankle-biting snark-bomb against John McCain.

franksalterego on October 13, 2008 at 7:22 PM

WHERE IS OUR NANCY PELOSI???? So, remember all the press conferences with the libs taking it to the Republican house “culture of Corruption” 2 years ago? Where are the damn republicans making noise about the lib do-nothing congress, the scandle of jefferson, the hush money and affair of foley’s replacement…..et all. WHY IS OUR SIDE ALWAYS SO LAME! Hey, take it from your new leader…….FIGHT! I haven’t seen one republican in front of a mike and we will never go forward if they don’t scream from the mountaintops like the libs.

texaninfidel on October 13, 2008 at 7:31 PM

I’m so upset with John McCain with being a wimp. Dammit John get a set of stones between your legs and act like a alpha man for Christ sakes and put this guy away. It only takes a man to state the truth, no biggie, just say the truth if you have the intestinal fortitude to act like a man. Is that asking so much for a man that wants to be the POTUS. I sincerely wish I could talk to you man to man. I’m furious about how you are such a pushover.

mixplix on October 13, 2008 at 8:20 PM

Excellent (as always) Michelle!

McCain needs to take off the Hello Kitty mittens and start swinging. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be good targets to start with.

Zorro on October 13, 2008 at 9:26 PM

What McCain should really do is link Obama with Jimmy Carter. That is, Jimmy Carter was a failed president, and Obama wants to be just like him. The only Democrat elected president since Carter was Bill Clinton, who took care to distance himself from Carter. Jimmy Carter policies are not popular. People voted for him because he was a fresh face, but his policies stunk. Exactly the same as for Obama now.

Carter’s economic policies gave us double-digit inflation, interest, and unemployment. They even invented a measurement called the misery index to describe just how bad it was.

Carter’s foreign policies gave us — surprise — Iran, the hostage crisis, weakness before the Soviets, and complete embarrassment in Afghanistan. Sound familiar?

The key here is that Obama will try to solve these problems with the same solutions that Carter tried. He’s throwing away everything we learned from Reagan. Everything Obama is pushing flies in the face of Reaganism, and linking Obama to Carter allows drawing that contrast. Then you can refer to Obama’s “change” as “recycling the failed ideas of Jimmy Carter, and rejecting the proven ideas of Ronald Reagan.” Such as, strength in foreign policy, confidence in America, tax cuts to stimulate the economy — which we need more now than at any time since the Carter administration.

John McCain needs to run as Ronald Reagan to Obama’s Jimmy Carter. He can still refer to all his maverickness to prove he’s capable of working with Democrats, but he needs to only bring that out occasionally, and concentrate on what he — and we — can do for this country.

Besides, I’d love to see how they play the race card against being compared to Jimmy Carter.

theregoestheneighborhood on October 13, 2008 at 10:31 PM