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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Sticks and stones Democrats
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So far Democrats are getting no real bounce out of their convention or of the selection of Joe Biden as vice president. Efforts Wednesday night by Bill Clinton and Biden to rough up John McCain help explain why.
The Democrats’ campaign theme is that McCain represents another four years of the Bush Administration. The problem, however, is that they first have to explain that McCain’s not a Bushie or somebody unqualified to be President, which is a persistent doubt about Barack Obama.
Clinton tried last night. “They actually want us to reward them for the last eight years by giving them four more,” he said. But “them” is a maverick who wasn’t in power for eight years and furthermore, as Clinton explained, is “a good man who served our country heroically and suffered terribly in Vietnam.” And, acknowledged Clinton, “as a senator, he has shown his independence on several issues.”
From that platform, he then goes on to try to make the case against McCain. Biden, speaking afterwards, attempted the same. Does it work? I don’t think so. Hating Bush is fine for partisans, but America’s more balanced.
Democrats had better have something more convincing or else this election becomes a referendum on Obama’s inexperience and his liberalism.
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