tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post1519736959867394140..comments2023-10-16T06:10:24.969-04:00Comments on Julie Unplugged: Yes He Can: Andrew Sullivan on ObamaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00088119765077193302noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-22025116583842450412008-03-07T22:54:00.000-05:002008-03-07T22:54:00.000-05:00I read David Brooks' article earlier today and whi...I read David Brooks' article earlier today and while I agree with him in the essentials, I don't agree with him on the particulars. I agree that Obama should not go low (his calling out the worker over the "monster" term is a great example that he will not go to name-calling). But I disagree with the idea that calling for public accountability for a candidate is "negative politics." To me accountability, checking out your opponent's credentials and asking tough questions is entirely different than innuendo ("as far as I know" he's a Christian), lies (leaking a fradulent representation of the NAFTA deal with Canada), insisting on one's superior qualification in foreign affairs, when essentially she's had no more than Obama AND supported the war, and allowing for race to be a factor in the campaign. Hillary has done all these things.<BR/><BR/>Obama has asked for the release of tax records and white house papers. He's called her foreign relations experience into question. These are relevant to the campaign. I have yet to see him smear her, name-call or resort to innuendo about her character (though he could!).<BR/><BR/>So Brooks, to me, does what I think many conservatives who write well do... they plant a seed of doubt that your candidate is what you think he is... yet in this instance he does it without any support. Where is Obama going negative? What is he doing that is "business as usual"? Apologizing for a staffer's name-calling. That's about all I see. And that's exactly what I expect to see from Obama and team.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00088119765077193302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9684236.post-11870245609887826162008-03-07T22:40:00.000-05:002008-03-07T22:40:00.000-05:00I no longer fear the attacks of HRC -- with the de...I no longer fear the attacks of HRC -- with the delegate math already settled, it's good training for the general.<BR/><BR/>what i do fear, however, is the non-stop negativity coming out of the obama camp. someone wrote today, if you take away the hope and the unity and the promise of a new brand of politics, all you're left with is a one-term senator running for president.<BR/><BR/>We need to stay on message!Ed G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08870533414070848501noreply@blogger.com