Sarah Palin, GOP Decide Who's Pro-American
Tommy Christopher
Contributor
Posted:
10/18/08
The McCain campaign, headed by Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has embarked on a new strategy. Not content to simply make their supporters view Barack Obama as their enemy, they have widened their attack to include huge swaths of this country.
Palin, at a fundraiser Thursday night, advanced the notion that only certain parts of this country are "pro-themselves." From WaPo:
This appears to be a coordinated attack on most of America by the Republicans. As I reported earlier, the McCain campaign followed up by saying that northern Virginia isn't part of the "real Virginia," and McCain's brother called it "communist country."
Then, there's this clip, of Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachman, urging an investigation into "un-American" colleagues in the US Congress.
This kind of polarization worked for the GOP in 2004, but a lot has changed since then. People seem to have wised up to the dangers of the "with us or against us" mentality. Most Americans, I believe, will be unwilling to elect a candidate who's only willing to reach across the aisle to deliver a slap in the face.
Palin, at a fundraiser Thursday night, advanced the notion that only certain parts of this country are "pro-themselves." From WaPo:
Palin also made a point of mentioning that she loved to visit the "pro-America" areas of the country, of which North Carolina is one. No word on which states she views as unpatriotic.Ironic, considering that Palin is, herself, a secessionist-by-marriage.
This appears to be a coordinated attack on most of America by the Republicans. As I reported earlier, the McCain campaign followed up by saying that northern Virginia isn't part of the "real Virginia," and McCain's brother called it "communist country."
Then, there's this clip, of Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachman, urging an investigation into "un-American" colleagues in the US Congress.
This kind of polarization worked for the GOP in 2004, but a lot has changed since then. People seem to have wised up to the dangers of the "with us or against us" mentality. Most Americans, I believe, will be unwilling to elect a candidate who's only willing to reach across the aisle to deliver a slap in the face.
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