Voter Anger and McCain's Mistake
By Monte Kuligowski (10/13/08)
Audience members at recent McCain campaign rallies have not been holding back their feelings about Obama, having shouted out that the Democrat is a socialist, traitor, liar and an Arab, among other things. On Oct. 10, in Minnesota, Sen. McCain responded with shockingly defeatist and counterproductive words to an angry audience member who called Obama a socialist. McCain described Obama as a “decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States.” After a woman said that Obama is an Arab, McCain said, “No, ma'am. He's a decent, family man, citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with (him) on fundamental issues and that's what this campaign is all about.” (The “citizen” word choice is curious in light of Philip Berg’s unresolved lawsuit.)
Rather than dismissing legitimate concerns of voters and serving as an Obama spokesperson, McCain needs to separate the wheat from the chaff. McCain doesn’t need to go so far as to describe a person who sat in a racist Church for 20 years and allied himself with an unremorseful U.S. terrorist as a “decent” person. But neither should he allow false claims to remain viable. For example, Obama technically is not a socialist, but certainly his leftist ideology would lead to socialist-type policy which would be bad for America. An Arab he is not, but describing Obama as one who actively hides the truth of his past (and current ideology) is accurate and supports the claim of “liar.”
McCain must focus on his point of strength over Obama – it’s the distinction of having proven character and time-tested honor with nothing hiding in Chicago closets.
The conservative base is rightfully angry over the news media’s perpetration of the greatest fraud on the American people in U.S. presidential election history. Acting as an arm of the Obama campaign, the media have actively campaigned for Obama under the guise of news coverage, holding out an image of a moderate, electable Obama while hiding the record and alliances of the real Obama – an unelectable radical leftist. To put it mildly, Obama is a con artist and many people know it. Reagan was an actor turned politician. Obama is a Chicago-machine-Democrat politician turned actor. He is acting as though he is a just an average everyday American, a moderate and a fiscal conservative who will cut your taxes to boot!
By properly addressing the anger of his perceptive base, McCain would be speaking to undecided and Obama-leaning moderates as well. McCain doesn’t need to get all angry about it, but firmly exposing Obama for whom he really is will send many moderates running away from Obama and over to the more traditional, secure and comfortable place of camp McCain.
Let’s hope McCain’s above response to the audience was merely an unthinking, extemporaneous moment; because, on the contrary, McCain’s message should be one of reminding voters that an Obama presidency is a very scary thought; one that must never materialize for the sake of the country. So what if Obama is a “family man?” So are Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chavez (both of whom are Obama supporters I might add). Of course Obama is personable and neighborly; it’s his amoral, relativistic, leftist ideology that, once exposed, will rightfully scare most Americans.
If McCain could draw a big question mark on a chalk board that illustration would say it all with respect to appropriate voter apprehension over Obama.
Thanks to the so-called mainstream media, many voters still don’t know who the real Obama is. With only weeks away from the election the media are finally getting around to mentioning Obama’s history with William Ayers, the America-hating leftist and former domestic terrorist (or “former radical” as referred to by the press). If McCain had a working relationship with a terrorist responsible for bombing the Capitol and Pentagon, I wonder if the media would have waited to cover the story? Any other candidate would have been disqualified before reaching the primaries. What about Tony Resko? Will the media get around to mentioning Obama’s alliance and real estate-deal with his pal who was convicted in June on 16 counts in a corruption trial? (Considering it took this long to bring up Ayers, I sort of doubt it.) What about Frank Marshall Davis, Rashid Khalidi, Emil Jones, Jr., and Khalid al-Mansour? Will the public ever know what exactly Obama did as a “community organizer,” or why his campaign contributed $832,598.00 to ACORN?
Obama could appoint Rev. Wright as his spiritual advisor, Tony Resko as his economic advisor and William Ayers as head of homeland security and many Americans wouldn’t know enough to even blink an eye.
Once brought to full light, Obama’s total package of radical anti-American alliances (not mere associations as Thomas Sowell astutely notes) are beyond belief and will send his fraudulent candidacy to the bottom of the political ocean – where it should have been a long time ago.
That’s why McCain shouldn’t repress the rough-and-tumble free speech of politics and should not hesitate to use “straight talk” when it comes to exposing the clear and present danger of an Obama presidency. If McCain gives in to the ridiculous notion of his opposition that revealing the actual history of Obama amounts to “negative attacks,” the election is over. Obama’s alliances are negative (and despicable) by nature and speaking of them is not attacking The One, but vetting the un-vetted for the American people.
Monte Kuligowski
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