The presidential past needs to stay there
Political strategists have always been tempted to invoke images of past Presidents to bolster the image of their candidate. None more strongly than the notion of the Reagan Republicans, but in the present election such ploys just seem out of place and petty. In this post by David Weigel he discusses that latest quip fired back comparing Obama to Carter. The overwhelming rhetoric for this campaign has been change and that’s exactly what we need to be focusing on. We can argue for the next hundred the Presidency of George W. Bush and entering into the war in Iraq. But guess what people IT DOESN’T MATTER. Really it doesn’t matter anymore, that one thing I wish people we get through their heads. It doesn’t matter it a reality and we need to deal with it, plain and simple. As a nation we can’t move forward without letting go of the past. So when people say they want change the campaign season I think that is what the people deserve. The Obama campaign was the first to strike such a blow saying the McCain would be Bush’s third term. Does anyone actually believe that? And really we should be basing our decisions this year not about clever sound bites and impressions of past images, we should be better than this. Unfortunately we are getting sucked back in as McCain fires back at Obama
