Thursday, October 23, 2008

Somehow I don't think this is a winning tactic

GOP Strategist On Palin's Clothing Allowance
Republican strategist Brad Blakeman, responding to a question about how John McCain could square his opposition to wasteful spending with the RNC shelling out over $150,000 on clothes and accessories for Sarah Palin, said that the real outrage is Barack Obama "taking a 767 campaign plane to go visit Grandma. Forget about the energy that is wasted, what about the hundreds of thousands of dollars to take a private trip when this guy should be humping his bags on a commercial plane or taking a smaller plane. Taking a 767 of campaign money from people who could least afford it is more of an outrage in my opinion."
"Barack Obama is using his campaign's plane to fly to see his dying grandmother!!! Where's the outrage? What's that? No I don't have any shame at all."

I advise you to go watch the video, it's quite remarkable. A guy tries to use Obama's dying grandmother to deflect criticism over spending three average American household's income on three months worth of clothes. It's good for just the bewildered David Schuster laughing and chiding him for a "nice try", not completely sure if he heard what he just heard. Maybe this is what'll put McCain over the top, people outraged at Obama visiting his grandmother in the hospital in elitist Hawaii. Maybe people hate grandmothers and love spending jags on clothes, who knows?

It does nicely sum up the entire McCain/Republican media response campaign: Responding to a mild and embarrassing charge of hypocrisy with hamhanded charges so over the top that people can scarcely believe you said them, resulting in coverage of the gutter you wallow in and the dignity you misplaced. Pride, take pride. I'm sure this'll teach Obama not to use his plane to visit his dying grandmothers anymore. He fears the impotent wrath of Brad Blakeman.

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