BBC Washington Diary: Pigs and Lipstick

[featherman]

Disgusted columnist is amazed by the superficiality of American politics with so much at stake but ends his column with:

"....But we should not blame pigs or lipstick or Republicans. If this is a crisis it is largely of Barack Obama's own making.
The brazen agent of change, the audacious interpreter of American dreams, the rousing rhetorician is sounding like an electoral actuary.
The Democratic nominee has been boxed into a corner, endlessly reacting to the outrageous slurs and arrows, unable to steer the conversation towards the issues and the future.
Ever since Sarah Palin has erupted onto the scene, Barack Obama has been caught like a moose in headlights.
He needs to rediscover his mojo, appeal to the voter's gut and not just their frontal lobe or he too will become Alaskan road-kill."

Full column at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/americas/2008/vote_usa_2008/7609440.stm

[dansolo]

1. It's not a crisis

Obama is getting positive coverage because of the McCain campaign knee-jerk reaction, and most people recognize how absurd it is because they know exactly what the expression means. The media is now laughing at them, when before they were cowed.

[MarjorieG]

2. Just panicky like the rest of us.