Obamathink
It’s not all just panic and desperation … some of it is also delusional. Latest Obamathought roundup:
Poli Sci Prof Peter Dreier at the Nation: Youth vote will be Obama’s salvation. It’s different this year. Young people really, really care. They have iPods, and they care. Obama is electrifying, and is making young people care. There’s youth careage out there. Lots of it … electrified youth careage all over the place.
WPost’s E.J. Dionne: Playing the elitist card … it’s the oldest elitist trick in the book. McCain-Palin camp cynically tries to paint Obama as an elitist. Palin as “country and western hero” … ha ha ha! Sleazy McCain campaign of lies will fool no one. (Discussion topic: does the elitist scribbler perpetrate a sleazy lie by failing to address whether Obama has played the elitist card, told any sleazy lies?)
Dickerson at Slate, It’s the rank ignorance and political cluelessness, stupid …
TalkLeft: Speaking of which, Nutroots, come on down …
Harvard Law Prof/Obamist Cass Sunstein: McCain’s tacit support for the Dred Scott decision would make Whoopi a slave again.
WPost’s Richard Cohen: Lying liar lied about his lying.
NYT’s Brooks: Why experience matters … when it comes to Palin.
Marketwatch’s Jon Friedman on how Palin will fade when the media lovefest ends. Lack of irony alert.
OK, maybe there is some desperation in there with the delusion. Sorry, my mistake. Palate cleansers:
Harsanyi at Denver Post: Politics? Here, in the midst of the election? Shocking …
Goldberg at LA Times: Talk about inexperience …
Bret Stephens at WSJ, quick political history lesson for the political historians.
Prior panic and desperation. With thanks to RCP and Memeorandum on the roundup.
Topics: pols
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:13 am Comments (3) on Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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September 16th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the – Web Reconnaissance for 09/16/2008 A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day…so check back often.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:19 am
“…electrified youth careage all over the place.” Somebody really ought to clean that stuff up.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:29 am
“They have iPods, and they care.” If it’s an iPod/classic/nano/shuffle they may be caring but no voting. With a touch (or 2) it’s Internet-to-go and a reason to vote.
Cheers