Thursday, October 9, 2008
I came across this posting in the Washington Post today and I think it is a good one. The Washington Post thus far has mostly been pro-Obama, and still is for the most part. However, this article takes a look at how the campaign has now turned into more of a war of the words, both McCain and now Obama are focusing more on blaming their opponent and smearing the others name, rather than focusing on the real issues here. I think Obama has many, many good ideas for our country and I think he is getting lost in McCains tactics here these past couple of weeks. Instead of solely focusing on bad-mouthing McCain, he needs to tell us what he is going to do to bring this change he talks about. Now is when we need to hear it the most, especially with the state of the nation and so little time before elections. He needs to show us what we loved about him before all this bogus fighting between the parties started. If not, we still face the scary fact of McCain/Palin gaining back speed.
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The campaigns have deteriorated into a war of words. The rhetoric has gotten ugly, and will likely get uglier. Obama is buying 30-minutes of prime time on CBS and NBC six days before the election to try to drive up the popular vote across all 50 states. His attempt to win a significant plurality addresses the concern that Balz leads with in his article.
People following the campaign up to this point have been inundated with words. It becomes difficult to separate the smear from the issues because these men have worked together and know each other's records. McCain calls Obama's voting record liberal, and Obama says he's a copy of Bush. They fight about why they voted a certain way on energy bills, and all the time the stock market is tumbling down a slippery slope. Everyone wants them to focus on the issues. I thought it was good that Obama said in the debate to one woman's question that no one wanted to see them continue pointing fingers at each other.
The problem is, McCain continues to point the finger, as we saw in the debates again, and Obama can either let him get away with it and be above that, like he is, or not, and point the finger back. It's unfortunate that to get the number of votes he needs to get into the White House, he does need to point the finger a little just to keep McCain from being a slime ball.
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