Willie Brown: Team Barry In Deep…You Know
Former SF Mayor Willie Brown has a message for Democrats that’s akin to Ed Koch’s in 2004: the Democrats’ nominee is in trouble. Here’s Willie’s thinking:
From taxes to oil drilling, Democrats are now going to have to start explaining their positions.
If you’re on the right side of issues, you can turn things into an offensive. When you’re on the wrong side, like Democrats are on taxes and drilling, it isn’t fun. It only gets worse from there:
I actually went back and watched Palin’s speech a second time. I didn’t go to sleep until 1:30 a.m. I had to make sure I got the lines right.
Her timing was exquisite. She didn’t linger with applause, but instead launched into line after line of attack, slipping the knives in with every smile and joke.
If anybody’s an expert on “slipping the knives in”, it’s Willie. He’s one of the savviest at the hand-to-hand combat that’s every walked the planet. He’s saying that Sarah Pali was focused on delivering a withering attack, that she recited her lines flawlessly and, most importantly, her attacks were substantive, not stylistic. If you think that’s bad news for Team Barry, it gets worse:
She didn’t have to prove she was “of the people.” She really is the people.
This is the Democrats’ worst nightmare. She doesn’t talk like a politician. Her story reminds us of most accomplished professional women, balancing career and family and being good at both. Herre’s the worst news for Team Barry:
If she can answer questions like she handled herself at the convention, Palin will turn out to be the most interesting person in all of politics, and the press will treat her like they treated Obama when he was first discovered.
That’s really gotta hurt Barry. He’s gotten used to being treated like royalty. If the media start treating Gov. Palin like royalty, it’ll be adding the final insult to his worst injury.
That’s what can happen when you’re attacked by a barracuda. If you swim with the barracudas, you’re gonna get bit.
Technorati Tags: Willie Brown, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Barracuda, Acceptance Speech, Taxes, Drilling, Campaigning, Media, Election 2008
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
September 7th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
didn’t the democrats accuse the republicans of staying away from the issues.
September 7th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Sarah Palin was for the the bridge to nowhere, but when Congress shut it down, she went against it. “Thanks, but no thanks. But seriously, thanks for the money.” Change we can believe in.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Dems. accused Reps. of not using the term “middle class”.
If Gallup is right this AM, Id say the Reps. didnt have too!