The odious Obama reelection stragety has been on full display this past week. His advisers know, even if the delusional president does not, that if the election turns into a referendum on him and his administration, he loses. Like gay marriage, obama polls far better than his support actually is. People say they "like" him because they don't want to appear racist or uncool. One need only read the comments sections in even liberal websites to get a truer picture. There is a deep and unrelenting hostility to him, his wife and his agenda.
So the obvious strategy is to turn the focus from where it should be, on the incumbent, and put it on the challenger. Step one, create a negative public persona for the challenger. Make him appear personally unlikeable and even loathsome. Step two, tear down his legitimacy by attacking his accomplishments. Step three, paint his policies as dangerous, harmful and unfair.
We have seen Step One in full bloom with the wall to wall media coverage of a largely fictional story about Romney, a bit of a mormon choir boy in real life, somehow transformed into the campus bully. And don't forget the incident with the poor dog, sentenced to ride on the roof. And the woman who said Romney, as a Mormon elder, counseled her to consider giving up her baby since she was an unwed teen and unable to care for it.
If you think these stories just appear randomly in the media as a result of diligent reasearch or just luck, you really have not been paying attention. The major media is a subsidiary of the White House Press office and editorial decisions are made by the obama campaign.
Obama has one success, the killing of OBL. Unfortunately, he has already worn that out and upset a lot of people by his unseemly handling of it. He really has nothing else to talk about. So expect the next five and a half months to be an all out assault on Romney.
So the obvious strategy is to turn the focus from where it should be, on the incumbent, and put it on the challenger. Step one, create a negative public persona for the challenger. Make him appear personally unlikeable and even loathsome. Step two, tear down his legitimacy by attacking his accomplishments. Step three, paint his policies as dangerous, harmful and unfair.
We have seen Step One in full bloom with the wall to wall media coverage of a largely fictional story about Romney, a bit of a mormon choir boy in real life, somehow transformed into the campus bully. And don't forget the incident with the poor dog, sentenced to ride on the roof. And the woman who said Romney, as a Mormon elder, counseled her to consider giving up her baby since she was an unwed teen and unable to care for it.
If you think these stories just appear randomly in the media as a result of diligent reasearch or just luck, you really have not been paying attention. The major media is a subsidiary of the White House Press office and editorial decisions are made by the obama campaign.
Obama has one success, the killing of OBL. Unfortunately, he has already worn that out and upset a lot of people by his unseemly handling of it. He really has nothing else to talk about. So expect the next five and a half months to be an all out assault on Romney.
