I posted this in another thread, but azmouse suggested I should put it up on its own.
Every time the GOP gins up another 'issue' against Obama, he and his team sticks to a plan that almost always guarantees that he'll come out of it as an even stronger candidate. I call it 'The Obama Template,' and here's how it goes:
Think of the Wright flap - that's the template.
1. The Repukes go nuts, thinking they've got an issue to kick his ass with.
2. Obama camp maintains radio silence, letting the pundits yap and the Repukes yammer until they put themselves in a position they can't backtrack from.
3. He lets the public get familiar enough with the issue so that there will be no misunderstanding him or wondering what he's talking about when he does respond.
4. At the right time, he drops the hammer. And wins the argument.
Wright-Gate. Bitter-Gate. And now, Britney-Gate. He's won those arguments by not responding right away.
We're used to responses occurring in blog-speed. But while O is very aware of what happens in the blogosphere, he plays his responses in the time frame of dead-tree media and public perception.
We can't be impatient waiting for him to respond. To paraphrase a wise old man that I knew when I was a kid - 'He may not respond when you want him to, but he'll always respond just in time.'
They know what they're doing. Every time one of these non-troversies pops up, I see people freak out because he doesn't fly off the handle like we would. that's why he's gonna be president and we're not. :D
Next time McThuselah or one of the RW shrieking heads thinks they've got Obama on something, pay attention. Unless it involves being caught in a men's room with Larry Craig or murdering puppies on live TV, Team O will go to The Template. So far, it's worked every time.
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