Obama: “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun”
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It looks like Obama has heartily embraced Chicago-style campaigning, and I couldn’t be happier. I’m not one of those people you will hear calling for more civility, comity, and gosh-golly-can’t-we-all-just-get-along-ness in my politics. We’ve had eight years of Democrats sitting by meekly while the Bush regime has committed terrible crimes and been feted by a compliant media and a somnolent public. If there was ever a time to stand up and fight, this is it.
I was talking with a member of Donna Edwards‘ campaign staff not long ago, and we agreed that “you can be right when you win.” When you’re in the thick of it, your job is to distinguish yourself from your opponent and do whatever you can to make yourself stick stronger in the mind of the voter than they do. That means hitting hard, hitting fast, and aiming for every weak spot you can find. Once you win, then you can start taking the high road. There’s a time to be Wolverine and a time to be Superman. Right now, Obama needs to have the Adamantium claws out.
Obama has managed to combine an above-the-fray mentality with the strategic sense to know when to hit hard and hit below the belt. He gave as good as he got against Clinton, who knows how to fight dirty as well as anyone, and now he’s put McCain on notice that he can expect the same treatment. If trading barbs in the press and slinging mud in the debates means we’re one step closer to the end of American soldiers coming home in caskets, prisoners disappearing behind Gitmo walls, and our rights being steamrolled by a complacent, corporatist Congress, that’s a trade I can live with.
Click to viewIt looks like Obama has heartily embraced Chicago-style campaigning, and I couldn’t be happier. I’m not one of those people you will hear calling for more civility, comity, and gosh-golly-can’t-we-all-just-get-along-ness in my politics. We’ve had eight years of Democrats sitting by meekly while the Bush regime has committed terrible crimes and been feted by a compliant media and a somnolent public. If there was ever a time to stand up and fight, this is it.
I was talking with a member of Donna Edwards‘ campaign staff not long ago, and we agreed that “you can be right when you win.” When you’re in the thick of it, your job is to distinguish yourself from your opponent and do whatever you can to make yourself stick stronger in the mind of the voter than they do. That means hitting hard, hitting fast, and aiming for every weak spot you can find. Once you win, then you can start taking the high road. There’s a time to be Wolverine and a time to be Superman. Right now, Obama needs to have the Adamantium claws out.
Obama has managed to combine an above-the-fray mentality with the strategic sense to know when to hit hard and hit below the belt. He gave as good as he got against Clinton, who knows how to fight dirty as well as anyone, and now he’s put McCain on notice that he can expect the same treatment. If trading barbs in the press and slinging mud in the debates means we’re one step closer to the end of American soldiers coming home in caskets, prisoners disappearing behind Gitmo walls, and our rights being steamrolled by a complacent, corporatist Congress, that’s a trade I can live with.