Liberal hate, venom, stupidity, and trutherism.

An example of Liberal hate tactics. (From Beccy.)

Probably the best thing the Democrats could have done to negate the impact of the Sarah Palin pick would have been to simply call it a bad choice shown some respect and sympathy for, say, “an inexperienced person thrown into the spotlight,” and dismissed her. Obama would have had to stay away from that one or anything like it as he has less experience.

Instead they launched a disgusting allegation that Trig was her grandson and that she and Bristol had swapped babies. They insisted that there was no evidence of a pregnancy before the birth, a story ruined by numerous photos of a pregnant Palin posted elsewhere.

When the news was released of Bristol Palin’s pregnancy a sensible way to approach it would have been to show empathy and understanding, after all aren’t the Democrats the touchy feely party of understanding and blamelessness.

Instead of this they launched into a rabid diatribe involving everything from bad mother to demands that Bristol should have had an abortion. One inane idiot even went so far as to announce that he was establishing a fund for the purpose of getting one for her.

Until the Palin nomination there were three main areas where McCain was having difficulties. The first was the libertarian wing of the party, who were twitchy about him and were looking seriously at voting Barr/Root. Palin has always had a good relationship with libertarians and the LP threat was reduced considerably.

The others were the religious right, and the conservatives, neither of whom really trusted him. Palin has good credentials among these people, but a teenage pregnancy could have been a problem. The outrageous reaction of the left threw them immediately into full support of the GOP ticket.

After a couple of weeks of this sort of thing and ever increasing ratings for McCain/Palin someone warned Obama that it wasn’t working and he told his people to lay off, as it was counterproductive. This didn’t work, and he himself has been as bad as the rest, making his ‘lipstick on a pig/old stinking fish’ remarks after this.

So at this point we have the situation where the left realize that it has been handled badly, so what do they do about it? Do they acknowledge that they are wrong and need to change course?

Not when there is a way to blame it on the Republicans with the help of good old trutherism.

The best example is a rather demented guy at ‘The Atlantic’ who says: -

It also occurs to me that in a way McCain and Rove have actually simply taken over the liberal blogosphere in some way. …….

McCain and crew realized early this cycle that they did not have a visible internet presence. So what did they do? They took over the liberal presence, they are manipulating the leading liberal blogs, just as they manipulate the MSM. All to their own advantage. And the blogs have all fallen for this hook, line and sinker. Does no one realize this?

They are all being played.
And Obama, god bless him, he gets it.

The difference between the elitists of the left and mainstream America (including mainstream Democrats) is so is so profound that Obamas crowd just totally fail to have any comprehension of it. In his own words: -

"In America we have this strong bias toward individual action. You know, we idolize the John Wayne hero who comes in to correct things with both guns blazing. But individual actions, individual dreams, are not sufficient. We must unite in collective action, build collective institutions and organizations."

OK, he admits the American ideal of individualism is strong, but still wants the collectivist rubbish to be the order of the day, ‘Up yours you yobs.’

Again, this comes from Patrick Conlon in his post “Clinging to God, guns and the Bible redux.” Quoting Obama: -

The one thing that I want to insist on is that, as I travel around the country, the American people are a decent people. Now they get confused sometimes. You know, they listen to the wrong talk radio shows or watch the wrong TV networks, um, but they’re, they’re basically decent, they’re basically sound.

And Patricks comment: -

Gee whiz, Barackstar! I'm so glad you think we're "decent" but "confused" dude. Now how about wiping that elitist snot out of your upturned patronizing nose?

This is what Obama is up against, and what he simply cannot understand, the Palins are mainstream America, as Todd Palin exemplifies in these clips: -



We see a working guy, no tickets on himself, in touch with the realities, probably a bit better off than most, but really a fairly normal family man. The next is his introduction of Cindy McCain showing a wonderful sense of humor: -



It is no wonder the Democrat elite just don’t get it, they have had no contact with this.