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what brought the change in the tradmed ? Although there are still significant parts of the TM carrying McCain water, it's like something happened and they realised the emperor is wearing no clothes.

Is is just the Obama International Pre-Coronation Promenade ? Or did McCain make one mistake too many ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 23rd, 2008 at 05:27:52 PM EST
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The Obama International Pre-Coronation Promenade.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Wed Jul 23rd, 2008 at 05:30:10 PM EST
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Well, I think Maliki had a great deal to do with it.  That moment seems to have been a transformational one.  It really fucked up McCain.  His message has been incoherent ever since, and it wasn't very strong to begin with.

Add all of the world leaders, even in Israel, rolling out the red carpet, and it rewrote the whole narrative.

Add, too, that we now find McCain spending money like drunken sailor of leave, and it compounds the problem.  He's spending three times what Obama is, despite being outraised over two-to-one.  And he's got nothing to show for it.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Jul 23rd, 2008 at 06:35:33 PM EST
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i think they were encouraged to back mcpain, but whereas his campaign continues to suck eggs on a daily basis, obama's narrative is writing itself.

you can see the grudging admiration for the candidate who's giving them a story to sell, whether they agree or not, they'd look even more out of touch (difficult, i know) if they continued to try downplay it, or let their bias show too flagrantly.

so late to the truth as always, they are flocking to their new icon, whether to try trash him a la bill kristol or bill o'reilly or hannity, or to grudgingly acknowledge his consummate political and rhetorical skills, a la most other reporters who aren't his natural enemies, but as good little strumpets, would just as happily boost mcsame if obama faded away, or if mccain actually did or said anything remotely interesting, unpredictable, or even newsworthy at this point.
but he doesn't...

they can't be too obvious, can they? besides, they're only letting him rise, the better to take him down later, the higher they fly, the harder they fall, the thicker the plot, the better the sales.

there's a tad of drew's magic space-bama going on too. i', reminded of the sensation in european salons when the first exotic savages were dressed up like lord fauntleroy, taught language and manners, and paraded around the salons of the nobility like dressed up monkeys....look, it walks and talks just like us!

leetle problemo...he walks (a tightrope) better than most walk a garden path, and he talks like a true orator, the likes of whose talent in this regard leaves every other western, english-speaking leader in the dust.

it's kinda fun, watching him take this cognitive challenge further each day, by not misstepping too badly, in a more politically loaded minefield than anyone can remember in recent history.

splitting differences, focussing on unity and intelligent (whoa nellie) solutions to fostering peace.

watching his reception with world leaders is a thing of media beauty, they're all so blatantly relieved to have such a contrast to the present situation!

it's almost too good to be true...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Jul 23rd, 2008 at 07:03:59 PM EST
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heh, McCain is the republicans' one mistake too many, lol

maybe some vigorous brush-cutting sessions are in order...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Jul 23rd, 2008 at 07:59:17 PM EST
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