Comments on: Weep For This Country http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/10/weep-for-this-country Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:11:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: DrGail http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/10/weep-for-this-country/comment-page-1#comment-45249 DrGail Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:45:17 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=5979#comment-45249 At the risk of stepping on what is indeed a beautiful and eloquent post, I must say that you just don't get it. The McCain campaign has finally come up with its one-word slogan that encapsulates their entire strategy, and you won't even give them credit for it. They tried to go with "experience", but the selection of Sarah Palin as VP candidate pretty well blew that one out of the water. Then they tried to monopolize on "change", but that pesky fact that McCain voted 90% of the time with George Bush really put that one to bed. The next word was "reform", but the proliferation of lobbyists running their campaign turned the "Straight Talk Express" into "K Street on Wheels". "Maverick" just never caught hold either, probably because most people already thought that one had been done to death, and the rest of the folks kept wondering if they were the only ones who weren't exactly sure what the word means. But finally, finally, in the waning moments of the campaign, they have finally settled on their one word encapsulation of their case to the American people. This is the one word that the Obama campaign doesn't better represent, the one word that their supporters thoroughly understand, the one word that communicates so far beyond its immediate letters and simple meaning: HATE. At the risk of stepping on what is indeed a beautiful and eloquent post, I must say that you just don’t get it.

The McCain campaign has finally come up with its one-word slogan that encapsulates their entire strategy, and you won’t even give them credit for it.

They tried to go with “experience”, but the selection of Sarah Palin as VP candidate pretty well blew that one out of the water.

Then they tried to monopolize on “change”, but that pesky fact that McCain voted 90% of the time with George Bush really put that one to bed.

The next word was “reform”, but the proliferation of lobbyists running their campaign turned the “Straight Talk Express” into “K Street on Wheels”.

“Maverick” just never caught hold either, probably because most people already thought that one had been done to death, and the rest of the folks kept wondering if they were the only ones who weren’t exactly sure what the word means.

But finally, finally, in the waning moments of the campaign, they have finally settled on their one word encapsulation of their case to the American people. This is the one word that the Obama campaign doesn’t better represent, the one word that their supporters thoroughly understand, the one word that communicates so far beyond its immediate letters and simple meaning:

HATE.

]]> By: Kathy http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/10/weep-for-this-country/comment-page-1#comment-45243 Kathy Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:13:07 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=5979#comment-45243 Yeah, history is profoundly important. I was struck by that when I was reading your post, because of how you were saying all these terrible trends in our public life destroyed your sense of what the future would look like. I think a lot of people feel that way. But the more one learns of what has happened in the past, the more one realizes that that dreamed-of future never was as real as we thought it would be. That said, I do think this is among the worst periods in this country's history. Objectively, things are really, really bad. Yeah, history is profoundly important. I was struck by that when I was reading your post, because of how you were saying all these terrible trends in our public life destroyed your sense of what the future would look like. I think a lot of people feel that way. But the more one learns of what has happened in the past, the more one realizes that that dreamed-of future never was as real as we thought it would be.

That said, I do think this is among the worst periods in this country’s history. Objectively, things are really, really bad.

]]> By: Kyle E. Moore http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/10/weep-for-this-country/comment-page-1#comment-45241 Kyle E. Moore Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:06:09 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=5979#comment-45241 Thank you very very much Kathy. You know, I have the feeling that I'm eventually going to have to become a history buff. Thank you very very much Kathy.

You know, I have the feeling that I’m eventually going to have to become a history buff.

]]> By: Kathy http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/10/weep-for-this-country/comment-page-1#comment-45233 Kathy Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:05:55 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=5979#comment-45233 Kyle, what a post. Powerful. Beautifully written. That last line is perfect. Not just because it's powerful in and of itself, but because it ties what's happening now to what happened in the past. You've outdone yourself. Kyle, what a post. Powerful. Beautifully written. That last line is perfect. Not just because it’s powerful in and of itself, but because it ties what’s happening now to what happened in the past.

You’ve outdone yourself.

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