They Won’t Get Fooled Again….Or Will They?

This election will be a key test. We already know what the Republicans will do, for it is what they always do. Expect to hear a lot about Jeremiah Wright, and all the stuff that makes Obama sound “foreign”, elitist, and hence out of touch– his name, place of birth, the “madrassah” he attended, his supposed Muslim background. Expect to hear about flag pins and his wife’s feelings about America. Expect to hear of his association with Louis Farrakhan and some dubious 1960s-era wannabe-revolutionaries.

In short, expect to hear everything except the actual issues. This will happen. It’s already happening. This tactic destroyed John Kerry and left Al Gore mortally wounded. My hope is that it won’t work this time, though, precisely because the Obama groundswell represents a repudiation of this kind of politics. Because the result of focusing on phony issues and ignoring policy leads to….well, it leads to George W. Bush.