On Oct 16, 2008, at 9:25 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7671116.stm
>
> scroll to the middle of the article to see McCains monkey face.
Fuller context: <http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//081016/ids_photos_ts/r1772410910.jpg/
>.
> That aside, I was disappointed by Obama inability to effectively
> counter the right wing framing of issues spewed by McCain.
>
> When McCain accused Obama of "excessive spending" - Obama should
> have pointed out that nobody talks about "excessive spending" when
> families buy expensive homes and gadgets to improve what they see as
> quality of thier lives, or when businesses buy new facilities and
> technologies to expand and imprive what the see as quality of thier
> services - but then we sudenly talk about "excessive spending: when
> we talk about governmetn trying to improve the quality of its
> services it its citizens. This right wing canard, based on visceral
> hatred of the gummin't is easy to "deconstruct" and rebutt - but
> Obama failed to do so. Instead he seemed to accept the right wind
> framing of the issue and went on the defensive of his talking point.
Sorry to say it, Woj, but this is why Obama "won" the debate, and looks to be winning the election.
