That is the Obama campaigns response to McCains surprisingly (in their mind) strong performance in last nights Saddleback Civil Forum on Presidency
McQ finds the charge another in a long line of examples of misunderestimation by Democrats. I like this line from McQ:
First, you have to love the reemergence of “nuance”. Barack Obama was too nuanced for you rubes to understand.
Here is the key quote from Andrea Mitchell’s enabling of this childish display of arrogance:
SEN. JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ): Defeat it. Couple of points. One, if I’m president of the United States, my friends, if I have to follow him to the gates of hell, I will get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice. I will do that and I know how to do it. I will get that done.
(End videotape)
MR. GREGORY: Andrea Mitchell, that’s a pretty clear contrast.
MS. ANDREA MITCHELL: Oh, absolutely. And, you know, there was the crisp, immediate, forceful response by John McCain, clearly in a comfort zone because he was with his base. And Barack Obama, taking a risk in going there but seeing an opportunity. And a much more nuanced approach. The Obama people must feel that he didn’t do quite as well as they might have wanted to in that context, because that – what they’re putting out privately is that McCain may not have been in the cone of silence and may have had some ability to overhear what the questions were to Obama.
MR. GREGORY: Right.
MS. MITCHELL: He seemed so well prepared.
I thought that was kind of the point of the event, to see how prepared the candidates were. Does that mean Obama wasn’t?
About Lance
I want to thank everybody who has encouraged me over the past few years to do this. I doubt it will hold but a few people's interest, but that is okay with me. Special thanks go to Peter over at http://www.liberalcapitalist.com.
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I have no great or imposing academic background, my grades varied from high enough to get invited to an honors program at my university to frustrating enough to cause my father great grief. My major was history, with a minor in ethics. My main interest towards the end was in the history of economic ideas before life took a turn and I ended up never going on to graduate school. However, I have a fair knowledge of history, economics, investing and would probably be considered well read. My tastes are eclectic and I pretty much find the entire world interesting.
I have an enduring interest in how people learn about and analyze the world; my posts here will examine this topic in detail over time. I make no claims to be above the very biases and errors I see in others, in fact it is my belief that we are incapable of escaping them, only moderating their control over us.
I am a member of no political party, but I would broadly consider myself a man of the right. I am inclined to free market economics, limited government and a fairly narrow view of the role of the state. A small L libertarian if you will. However, if you are looking for broad based "the left believes..." or "wingers are so...." types of attacks on liberals, conservatives, neo-cons or whatever enemy you want to slam, look elsewhere.
Lance
See what Frank Rich has to say about the “rubes”
Several of the key questions were provided to both men in advance. I believe that “what was your most difficult decision” question was one of those . . .Obama’s most difficult decision was about going to war in Iraq, except he didn’t really make that decision, since he was a state legislatur when that decision was made . . .
I’ve often thought that the singular attraction of “literature”, “fine art”, certain sorts of food and any number of things that identify someone as having “good taste” is that the “rubes” don’t care for it. It’s automatic superiority to have an appreciation for the message and nuance and what-not, that simple minded hicks lack.
But seriously… ugly art is ugly art. Food that is bitter or otherwise unappealing is not as good as a good pizza, no matter the numbers on the bill. And depressing, artless, literature is depressing and artless.