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Can Obama Set the Agenda?
McCain has supplied the country about 500 feet of lies in the past week but he will walk away from it if nobody calls him on it. It should be the concern of every citizen to understand that he has no credibility left to lead the country. It should be the concern of the Democratic Party to make it obvious that McCain has no credibility left.
Do not depend on the media to do it for you. For every AP story that calls McCain out on his lies there is another HappyTalk version of the story by another AP reporter. Guess which version gets printed in the local (but Gannett owned) paper the next morning? Ditto local TV news. Don’t depend on the media to let McCain hang for his lies.
Acting on this now is also a metaphor for presidential leadership. When Obama has a summit with Medvedev can he effectively set the agenda and deflate hegemonic rhetoric from Russia with a few choice words that end up framing the meeting for the world media?
That is what is being asked now; can Obama set the agenda, can he step into the credibility vacuum that Bush and McCain have created and lead the nation from this point forward?
First 15 seconds of the ad/viral video; simple and brutal example of McCain lie verified by trusted 3rd party. Second 15 seconds of ad/viral video; specific Obama proposal for change to improve the lives of struggling middle calss Americans. Strength and Optimism demonstrated over and over again.
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