The Wheels Continue to Come Off

The desperation on the left and in the Obama campaign grows more evident by the day. For two weeks Barack Obama’s campaign has been completely reactionary and it seems the problem grows worse by the day. The flap over Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” comment had the candidate address the issue this morning in a campaign speech when yesterday he had no intention of dealing with it.

No one can claim with credibility that Obama’s pig remark wasn’t ill advised. Whether it was an intentional attack on Sarah Palin is debatable but a strong candidate in control of the situation would have known better than to use the line in the first place. That Obama chose that particular line in light of Palin’s repeated use of the hockey mom and bulldog joke reveals his inability to correctly assess the situation in the present circumstances, which in my mind is a good indication as to how Obama might react in a genuine national emergency.

Prior to the announcement of Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate, the Obama campaign was very disciplined. They tightly controlled what was said not only by the campaign but by campaign surigates. That is no longer the case. Since that announcement the Obama campaign has been unable to stay on message. They have no control over the situation so that are reactive.

Meanwhile democrat leaders continue to make outrageous remarks out of pure frustration. Just today, as reported by Politico.com, South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler said that Sarah Palin’s, “primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.” I mean really, that’s pretty desparate!

So Obama is today reduced to accusing the McCain campaign of stooping to swiftboat politics. Rather than deal with the reality that, at a minimum, his choice of words was poor, Obama attempts to turn it around a attack the McCain campaign. While I can understand the tendancy to want to take that approach, it is clearly a counter productive approach. Indeed, with every attack, the McCain/Palin brand rises further.

Watching the TV interviews with various Obama spokespeople and surigates has really been entertaining! This afternoon on FOX News, Shepard Smith was interviewing someone with the Obama campaign. Smith pointed out that things have not been going well for the Obama campaign for two weeks and he asked what their plan was to get back on message. The spokeswoman first refused to accept that there was even a problem. Smith, with almost open scorn, asked the question several times, even bringing in the latest polls showing the large swing in McCain’s direction and she claimed that the two campaigns were essentially where they were before the two conventions! She said that with a straight face?

So the Obama campaign and the left continue to spin at a rate that will surely send them running for the nearest trash can. Perhaps they are just toying with us. Perhaps they have a grand master plan that will be apparent to all over the next few weeks, that will make sense. More likely they are twisting like contortionist desperately searching for a plan, any plan, that might deliver them from the hell they’ve found themselves in.

UPDATE:

From an NRCC email this evening

Today, on the floor of the House of Representatives, liberal Democrat Congressman Steve Cohen (Memphis) equated Barack Obama to Jesus, thereby furthering liberals’ absurd belief that Obama is the Chosen One sent to save the world. Then Cohen outrageously compared Sarah Palin to Pontius Pilate.

“If you want change, you want the Democratic Party,” said Cohen. “Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus, who our minister just prayed about. Pontius Pilate was a governor.”

Here’s video of the remarks.

It just gets better and better!

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Oh, nooooo, they never meant to liken Palin to a pig