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The answer, for Obama, is not to "STOP BEGGING"...
Corrente — … for McCain to stop attacking him, as WKJM would have it — and yes, in ALL CAPS. In fact, I don’t know what the answer is. But I do know the question. The question has been the same since June. It is:

Almost True
Eschaton — Josh is right that Democrats look bad when they say "stop being mean to me!!!" But that's largely because they lack the knowledge and infrastructure to choreograph and perform The Grand Hissy Fit that the Republicans have perfected over the years. ...

More Free Advice
Open Left - Front Page — Josh Marshall has some free advice for Obama that he describes as "worth every penny." I actually think it is rather good: Don't ever demand someone stop attacking you. Doesn't work. Don't do it. Sounds weak. Sounds pathetic. And a lot else. Makes sense. Growing up a nerd, I never found that complaining about being picked on made me more popular. Doubt that it works among adults, either. Let me offer Obama some more free advice of my own, also worth every penny: Don't defund the 527's. I know that this is an old one, and ...

DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News — ... meanwhile points out that the schedule does little to highlight current GOP leaders, especially House and Senate leaders. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] Some Free Advice - Josh Marshall, TPM [image] ...

Josh Marshall laments the lack of independent groups -- and offers some free advice
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — First, the free advice from Josh: Don't ever demand someone stop attacking you. Doesn't work. Don't do it. Sounds weak. Sounds pathetic. And a lot else. Then this from Josh: A friend of mine just wrote in arguing, essentially, that the McCain character narrative is unstoppable. You can change the terms of the debate. But there's no way you're going to change people's minds about McCain, warrior, tough guy, maverick, going to protect your family no matter what. My answer would be, with some people, especially a lot of them in DC but ...

Say. This. EVERY. DAY.
The Reality-Based Community — [image] Say. This. EVERY. DAY. ...and in every statement. John McCain is George W. Bush. Blue Blogistan is in, well, a blue period about the recent poll movements . It should be, although I think it can be vastly overstated. There is, of course, ample reason for criticism of the Obama Campaign, in its failure to come up with a consistent, overwhelming line to define John McCain. I fail to understand why they don't, because it is easy to do. Georgia? "In the same way that George W. Bush went to war in Iraq without thinking through the consequences, now ...

Sex Sells
The Poor Man Institute — ... .  Seriously.  This is starting to piss me off.  FIGHT.  Get off the fncking mat and F.I.G.H.T.  Our country is this close to ushering in the Rapture come November and all the Obama people want to do is tut and tut. ...

8/21: Turning A Corner?
Blogometer — ... , Marshall thought that Obama's response was weak, and he offers Obama some "free advice": "Don't ever demand someone stop attacking you. Doesn't work. Don't do it. Sounds weak. Sounds pathetic. And a lot else. Look at John McCain attacking my patriotism. It's sad what he's become. He'll do anything to get elected. Attack my patriotism. Change all his positions. Get in bed with the same people he used to say were the worst thing in politics. He'll do anything to get elected ... Or Look at John McCain. He knows people are fed up with the politics he and George Bush support. ...

Temper, Temper
Obsidian Wings — ... So what to do about Rezko? I totally agree with Josh Marshall that it's time to just stop complaining about being attacked. It doesn't work, and it just looks weak. When you're dealing with people like this, the only thing to do is to attack back. So I was heartened by ...