Say No to Sycophantism

1. Obama should not directly engage Palin. Brings him down to her level,
which is really no level at all. Female surrogates should go after Palin
with the heaviest kitchen sink they can find. Doesn't matter if they cry
sexism or meanness or whatever, it won't matter with the voters. Voters
don't like whiners, as Hillary Clinton found out at the end of her primary
campaign.
2. Palin is a distraction. The election is not about her. It's about John
McCain, and what an irresponsible, incompetent, lying sack of shit John
McCain is. Let's drill that message. For example:
a. John McCain says Barack Obama is "elitist", but he's the one who owns
7 houses and a private jet.
b. John McCain says Sarah Palin sold a government-owned jet on eBay and
made a profit, but she actually didn't sell the jet on eBay, she sold it to
a businessman at a $600,000 loss to the state.
c. John McCain says he will reduce your taxes, but he will really reduce
rich people's taxes. You? not so much. John McCain doesn't care about you.
d. John McCain says he will tell the lobbyists that change is coming.
Somebody ought to tell John McCain that his campaign employs over 100
lobbyists, including chief strategist Charlie Black.
e. The DNC ads tying John McCain to George Bush with the 90% voting
record are excellent. They should be playing non-stop in every swing state:
VA, NC, OH, PA, FL, CO, NV. I have to be honest, here in NC I've been seeing
a lot more McCain negative ads than Obama ads. This has got to change. I'm
hoping that there's a strategy behind this, and the Obama people are just
waiting for the right time for a knockout punch.

Bottom line: the campaign is about the economy, and about what a lying sack
of shit John McCain is. Let's not get distracted by Ms. Congeniality.