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The Point is...

Submitted September 3, 2008 - 5:39 pm by Pamela Hilliard Owens

On the one hand, it is precisely because she seemingly wasn't vetted and was seemingly chosen so quickly that it speaks to McCain's judgment and temperment, and Obama spoke on those in The Speech. On the other hand, all of this talk about "experience", when Obama speaks of "judgment" goes two ways.Then of course, there is the human "need" for gossip and juicy tidbits...

But on the other hand, this election isn't about her, it's about Obama vs McCain; and the issues, not the personalities.

Hillary tried to make it about personalities because they were so close on most of the issues, anyway.  Even then, many said why doesn't Obama "hit her" with this or that?  Even then, he still took the high road and stuck to his strategic game plan.  We should have learned by now that all of the distractions meant nothing...besides, we saw how well that "experience" meme worked for her...

Obama has already jumped on the statement of the McShame's campaign that "the issues don't matter"...it IS about the issues...

I think we need to re-visit The Speech and realize that Obama called the Repubs out on every single issue and drew the "line in the sand" on each and every one...again fueling the speculation that *she* was picked as soon as they saw the transcript of the speech, and especially after they saw that the Dems didn't implode as they had hoped...

For a lot of women, including me, it's not the fact that her daughter is pregnant (as Obama said, his mother was 18; and quiet as it's kept, I was 19), it is the fact that *she* would put her daughter "out there" for her own political gain...but that is my opinion, best discussed in another venue. It is also the hypocrisy--and our anger that they all of a sudden cry sexism when they use racism as often as possible--of the Repubs that has our dander up...but again, those are secondary issues.

There is also the fact that after being so disappointed and royally screwed so many times, we are sensing victory and literally tasting blood.  But the game ain't over yet; and we CAN lose it with our own hubris.

Just as we know that there are only about 60 or so real PUMAs, the numbers of the extreme right are drastically reduced from past elections.  So...while there is lots to "talk about"...what we should really be doing is WORKING...it's GOTV, GOTV, GOTV.  Period.

As a matter of fact, maybe it's time again for the Jay-Z song...

OK, that was more that one point...

waterprise2 AKA Pam

Liberal with a Capital L!

 

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