I have decided to make contributions to Obama. To date, I am about $500 in. That certainly is more than some, and less than a whole bunch. However, it’s not enough to have any control. Of course, getting any response is very difficult. I email them, like hundreds of thousands every day, and get nothing back which is not surprising. The feeling of powerlessness is quite discouraging.
However, with this campaign like so many in the past, I feel again quite helpless in watching things. Yes, Obama has shown a pretty deft touch in the past. Yes, he has pulled out the Democratic primary as a winner.
He did lose the last 15 or so primaries. He did lose huge sectors of the populace.
What are we seeing, right now?
- We are still seeing the “tinky-winky” approach, where they praise McCain as an honorable man, at the same time McCain and Palin are calling Obama and Biden scum.
- I see no outreach to students. Yes, there is a program, but I don’t see a full-throated attempt to both register and get absentee ballots from Obama-Biden.
- I see no comments about Palin’s lies, McCain’s lies. I see an occasional half-hearted comment about McCain-Bush, but it is not enough.
I’m waiting for the knives to come out. When are these guys gonna realize that it is September, and things are trickling down the drain?
Until I see a MUCH MORE SERIOUS approach, where McCain is NOT praised by every third sentence out of Obama’s mouth, I just can’t imagine making more contributions.
Yes, I will make telephone calls (I go to a MoveOn party tomorrow night). I will do other things.
I am waiting for a serious attitude to come over the Obama-Biden campaign. I am waiting for some ads which address some of the issues with McCain. I see nothing new. How much are they paying for ads? I see the same ads, over and over. It’s a crappy strategy.