Screw damage control! Obama should attack!

[anonymous171]

Obama, instead of going on the defensive, should instead go full offensive and attack Hillary on transparency issues and on her tax returns. He needs to milk this for all it's worth and attack her relentlessly until she releases her returns. Hopefully he will do it in some inflammatory way that will dominate the news cycle, pushing the wright problem to the back. My recommendation: Uncle Sam outfit.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. He's got enough troubles of his own right now.

[Yes We Did]

3. Yes... exactly why he should put some heat on "your girl"

[anonymous171]

5. That's the point. Attacking would deflect attention from his troubles.

The media will report anything, especially sensationalist BS like Obama or a surrogate at a press conference dressed in an Uncle Sam outfit.

[The_Casual_Observer]

15. RIght. It'll only get worse for him. He's really bad impromptu.

Particularly when he's lying or trying to slam somebody.

[tabatha]

6. Troubles?

Lordy, how spoilt Americans make mountains of molehills?

Spend one hour in Iraq and you will come back knowing what real trouble is.

[Yes We Did]

12. Yes we would. It would also help if MSM devoted more than 3% of air time to it.

[The_Casual_Observer]

Minimizing the shit that Obama got himself into this time isn't going

to help.

[anonymous171]

21. But exaggerating Hillary's shit would do in a pinch.

[The_Casual_Observer]

22. A uniter!

[LisaL]

2. You think he should put on a costume?

[rug]

4. You want Obama to wear an Uncle Sam costume?

[anonymous171]

16. Upon reconsideration, I think that would be a bad idea.

But a well known surrogate would do nicely.

[rug]

18. Lol, Reconsideration is good thing.

[Quixote1818]

7. The Wright story is almost off the News cycle but for some reason

is alive and well here. Mostly because about three posters keep posting Newsmax articles.

[Yes We Did]

8. I think that is what he's about to do anyway. He just re-released all his tax returns.

Where is Hillary's?

[Rageneau]

9. Why attack? I thought he had this thing won.

Why be nasty when there's no reason or need to be?

[babylonsister]

10. He's already doing it, but he's doing it his way. Give it a chance, and

then sit back and smile. Trust me. ;)

Edit to add: I'm listening to his delicious, smart wife on CSPAN right now, wowing a segment of PA. And yesterday, Barack gave a great speech in IN.

He's 'doing' it. From the ground up. And I love it.

[UALRBSofL]

11. If Obama is about Hope I don't think he will do that

Because if he did, I would assume Hillary would make ads using Wright sermons in them.

[Yes We Did]

13. She can't, neither can McCain. Only the 527s can do that.

Hillary and McCain have issues with religion... BIG issues.

[UALRBSofL]

17. That's true, but there are 527's for both Obama and Clinton

That would work.

[anonymous171]

14. He needs to take her out. She will continue to attack him and eventually kneecap him.

She needs to go. No other way about it.

[Window]

34. If Hillary keeps up her kitchen sink strategy, it's only going to hurt her.

If she keeps it up, the party leaders will have no choice but to intervene. She is vile, and not just to posters on a message board.

[JVS]

19. "Ma droite est enfoncée, ma gauche cède-tout va bien-j'attaque!"-- Foch

[Catherina]

20. Obama is better off ignoring her like most of the American people n/t

[sudopod]

24. I heart your sigpic. ^_^ nt

[Catherina]

27. Steal it ;)

I love yours too. I blush to think I was against Obama when he started running. It took the Clinton machine to wake me up.

Better yet: http://logobama.com

[sudopod]

23. Obama isn't part of a hate machine.

That's not how he rolls.

[anonymous171]

25. This wouldn't be a clintonian projection.

He has already released his returns, so why shouldn't she? It is a question of fairness, not a slime.

[Life Long Dem]

26. She goes into hiding when he attacks.

Hey!! You may be onto something here. The more he attacks the less we see her!!

[Breeze54]

28. Remind me not to hire you as my campaign advisor.

:crazy:

[Gore1FL]

29. He'd be better off

just responding, and then raising the discourse to what people actually give a shit about.

No body ggves a shit about wright.

People do care that their kids have a chance to go to college, have health care, aren't drafted, don't live in a declining nation, and can afford to eat.

[cooolandrew]

30. Works for me he is only demanding what has become customary and only fair seeing he showed his.

Barack realsed all the REQUIRED returns not some that HRC supporters have conjured up. It's in HRC's court now.

[DerekJ]

31. No, No and NO

He is gaining a lot more respect and sympathy from people by not attacking a democratic opponent. If this was McCain, it would be a different story. He is not gaining or loosing voters on this, he is just switching voters. You will start to see polls going up and down few percentage points because of that change.

[Hoof Hearted]

32. Yeah, I think he should give lots of press conferences.

I think he should bring Wright back over to help him out. He is his mentor, after all.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

33. Uncle Sam outfit? Not a good idea.....

n/t

[Hippo_Tron]

35. I'm glad the hounds are digging into him this early

April 22nd is more than a month away and that is almost an eternity in politics. Obama doesn't need to get negative, he needs to confront this thing head on and deal with it.