Comments on: Obama And The Democrats Play The Class Warfare Card http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/08/21/obama-and-the-democrats-play-the-class-warfare-card/ I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:31:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dollface http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/08/21/obama-and-the-democrats-play-the-class-warfare-card/comment-page-1/#comment-234849 Dollface Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:01:21 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/08/21/obama-and-the-democrats-play-the-class-warfare-card/#comment-234849 I guess it's interesting to me that John McCain has 7 houses, but it doesn't make me hate or like him any more than I already do. However, I think Obama's campaign ad will appeal to many voters. McCain has been trying to paint Obama as out of touch with the average person (by claiming he's a celebrity and has a big ego), but this ad effectively shows that McCain is not just another guy from Arizona, but rather a rich, well-connected person. I would agree though, that Obama and McCain need to get ads out there that focus on the issues. I guess it’s interesting to me that John McCain has 7 houses, but it doesn’t make me hate or like him any more than I already do. However, I think Obama’s campaign ad will appeal to many voters. McCain has been trying to paint Obama as out of touch with the average person (by claiming he’s a celebrity and has a big ego), but this ad effectively shows that McCain is not just another guy from Arizona, but rather a rich, well-connected person.

I would agree though, that Obama and McCain need to get ads out there that focus on the issues.

]]> By: KipEsquire http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/08/21/obama-and-the-democrats-play-the-class-warfare-card/comment-page-1/#comment-234845 KipEsquire Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:32:15 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/08/21/obama-and-the-democrats-play-the-class-warfare-card/#comment-234845 <blockquote>If you're attacking the men because of their ideas, that's one thing. If you're attacking them merely because they, or their spouses, are successful, that's quite another and its a sign of the kind of envy that, in the end, can come of no good.</blockquote>I don't think that's the Dem's fundamental thesis. I think it's more: (1) McCain is not the "local boy does good" that he portrays himself to be (cf., the Harley bikers and the German restaurant). It's one thing to be rich; it's another thing to be rich and insist that you're not. (2) His mental state, which is surely fair game after his "Iran is training al Qaeda" and "the Iraq-Pakistan border" misstatements. On a tangent: Much as a sports franchise retires a superstar athlete's number, so too should we, in a post John Edwards world, retire forever the term "class warfare candidate." However bad his proposals may be, Barack Obama is no John Edwards.

If you’re attacking the men because of their ideas, that’s one thing. If you’re attacking them merely because they, or their spouses, are successful, that’s quite another and its a sign of the kind of envy that, in the end, can come of no good.

I don’t think that’s the Dem’s fundamental thesis. I think it’s more: (1) McCain is not the “local boy does good” that he portrays himself to be (cf., the Harley bikers and the German restaurant). It’s one thing to be rich; it’s another thing to be rich and insist that you’re not.

(2) His mental state, which is surely fair game after his “Iran is training al Qaeda” and “the Iraq-Pakistan border” misstatements.

On a tangent: Much as a sports franchise retires a superstar athlete’s number, so too should we, in a post John Edwards world, retire forever the term “class warfare candidate.” However bad his proposals may be, Barack Obama is no John Edwards.

]]> By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » Obama And The Democrats Play The Class Warfare Card http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/08/21/obama-and-the-democrats-play-the-class-warfare-card/comment-page-1/#comment-234838 Donklephant » Blog Archive » Obama And The Democrats Play The Class Warfare Card Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:52:56 +0000 http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/08/21/obama-and-the-democrats-play-the-class-warfare-card/#comment-234838 [...] Cross-Posted From Below The Beltway This entry was posted on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 and is filed under 2008 Election, Barack, Cindy McCain, Elections, McCain. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [...] [...] Cross-Posted From Below The Beltway This entry was posted on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 and is filed under 2008 Election, Barack, Cindy McCain, Elections, McCain. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [...]

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