Wal-Mart Mom Takes “Heartbeat Away” Argument off the Table
Bill Kristol generally and typically has a lot of ludicrous, self-serving and, at times, incredibly silly stuff in his weekly New York Times column.
However, this morning’s column, “A Heartbeat Away,” takes the cake.
Not only does he ignore and contradict everything he has ever said about Barack Obama—in order to make McCain’s choice of Palin a little less aPalin’ (sorry, that should be appalling)—but he also uses the most pathetic examples, allegories and comparisons to try to make his “unmakeable” case.
For example, this is one of the great reasons—according to Kristol—that McCain picked Palin:
McCain did not just pick a politician who could appeal to Wal-Mart Moms. He picked a Wal-Mart Mom. Indeed, he picked someone who, in 1999, as Wasilla mayor, presided over a wedding of two Wal-Mart associates at the local Wal-Mart. “It was so sweet,” said Palin, according to The Anchorage Daily News. “It was so Wasilla.”
That is really “sweet,” and smart, too. To pick a Mom that allegedly shops at a store replete with right-wing policies and ideas; a store that matches Palin’s own extreme right-wing philosophy. Of course, McCain would not have picked a “Whole Foods Mom” (God forbid, an eco-friendly store…), or a “Ben and Jerry’s Mom,” (too much of that “community organizer” and community work crap there). One must also wonder if the chic pit bull ever bought her lipstick at Wal-Mart.
More on Kristol’s brilliant piece later…after I stop laughing.
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7 Responses to “Wal-Mart Mom Takes “Heartbeat Away” Argument off the Table”
Denigrating WalMart shoppers could be just the campaign strategy that Obama needs to put him over the top.
Once the majority of Americans realize how stupid, low class and un-cool they are, they will surely switch their votes to the party that cares about the little people.
You miss the point, jwest, being a WalMart Mom–or Whole Foods Mom–does not a vice-presidential candidate make.
And, concerning denigrating, anything to say about denigrating community organizers, etc.?
Oh, I think I got the point just fine, thank you.
From a political standpoint, denigrating community organizers will get you good laugh throughout most of the country. Denigrating WalMart shoppers will insure a humiliating defeat in November.
No, jwest, you didn't get the point. This was Dorian's comment on this blog. He was putting down Kristol's column and his excuse for reasoning. You are the only one who somehow equates that to a reaction from the Obama campaign. And I doubt there are that many “Wal-Mart Moms” that think of themselves as VP material.
jwest: “denigrating community organizers will get you good laugh throughout most of the country”
Well, jwest, that says it all. Thank you
I think technically, Todd Palin is the Walmart “mom.”
For all who are interested (or who are on the fence in this election), here's a chart of Obama vs. McCain on women's issues:
http://obama.3cdn.net/6255f7b15020963e6a_bbm6ii…
and family issues:
http://obama.3cdn.net/6255f7b15020963e6a_bbm6ii…