The RNC has a new television spot out today, perhaps appropriate for the rough seas the GOP has encountered this electoral cycle. “Storm” wonders why the nation would trust the helm to an ensign barely discovering his sea legs:
We choose Presidents to lead us through uncertain times. Rely on their background and experience to guide us.
Some now say this storm cannot get worse. Our nation is so off course that Barack Obama’s quick rise to power and inexperience should not matter.
But what if the storm does get worse? With someone who’s untested at the helm.
I used to have a framed Successories poster on my wall when I managed a burg/fire alarm call center. It showed a tanker plowing through rough water and stormy weather with the caption, “Anyone can steer the ship when the seas are calm.” It provided a little cold comfort during hectic moments and reminded me that there weren’t a lot of people who wanted my job on bad days.
This has the same feel, but I think it’s a wasted moment. With ten days left in the cycle, these arguments should be made more specific, not more indirectly. Why not just say explicitly that Barack Obama has no executive experience, no military experience, no foreign-policy experience, and only three years in national politics — hardly the resumé of a Commander in Chief at any time, but especially in the middle of a war? Talk about his radical record on abortion, or on spending, or on other specific issues.
The time for artistic analogies has passed. Voters want specifics now to back up these general themes.
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