There are no words that can express this as well when John McCain says he has Barack Obama right where he wants him (Silly Person):
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Every night, when I watch Countdown or Rachel Maddow, there is always a McCain rally clip. Inevitably, there are at least a dozen or more people who, aside from screaming out racial epithets, xenophobic anti-Arab or anti-terrorist rants, just look white, scared, and sadly, not too quick on the draw.
This is a country made up of rich and poor, black and white and brown and whatever, but it is also a country that has a deep divide that we never seem to like to talk about: Intellect.
There are people who have degrees from fine universities like Harvard, and there are people who can barely figure out how to get up in the morning and tie their shoes, and everyone in between.
Meaning absolutely no offense to these people, many of whom are really caring, giving, hard-working folks, but they are not deep thinkers, and they rely on other people for answers to complex problems who often prey on their lack of understanding of the bigger picture.
The "Can I have a beer with this guy" litmus test of the Bush days has to end. You want these people to be afraid of anyone in the Oval Office not a whole ton smarter than them.
Such was the case this week as McCain and Palin splashed oratorically racist gasoline on the electorate and lit the match.
The result was a...
The White Anxious Slander Party. This is where the Republicans have taken what is left of the GOP. Not the party of Lincoln. Not the party of even Reagan. The party of no-holds-barred fear, xenophobia, religious zealotry and racism has set itself into a new realm of gutter depravity.
Someone in the McCain campaign seems to have missed the significance of the rays behind a political figure in the history of political poster propaganda. Eerily ironic, isn't it?
Out here in the political Wild East of Florida, you hear just about every nifty Republican rumor. There was the last summer there was the choice "Obama gets his money from a secret slush fund of Arab countries," myth that was popular amongst our elder Jewish neighbors. My current fave, though, is our Halloween special: Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac as the financial bogeymen.
If you didn't stay for the end of the debate, you missed the crushing victory. As Obama and his wife Michelle and Tom Brokaw went around shaking hands and taking pictures with the town hall participants, McCain and wife Cindy had left the building.
In its subtle way, it highighted yet again that Obama walks the walk,and McCain talks the talk.
My friends, McCain couldn't find a geniune bone even if he received a transplant from Barack Obama.
Dear Republican Voter:
I will hope that if you are voting for John McCain, it is for a reason other than he's the white guy. Many of you will vote the party line no matter what. I can appreciate that. Many democrats are the same way. Still, you have to be a little mad at your party, possibly as much as many of us weren't too thrilled with John Kerry as our party's guy back in 2004. The Republicans, in serving up John McCain amongst the lesser lights who ran this go-round, have not only put lipstick on the pig, but a wig, a dress, and high heels.
I know that if I mention the magazine Rolling Stone, you either have never read it, or remember it from the misspent days of your dope-smoking youth as the thing you thumbed through in the barber shop to look cooler than the old guys.
There is a piece in this month's issue called "Make Believe Maverick" by Tim Dickinson. I will be totally honest: At ten pages, it is a long read. I hope you read it, but even if you don't there are some things that you should know about your man John. If you are a moral person, if you believe in less government, you should check out these seven effective highlights from the article to see if John McCain is still the man for you.
You always save the the most obvious for last, I suppose, in the political news game during the waning days of an election cycle. As some of the media outlets smell blood in the water, it is safer to start dropping a few of John McCain's political skeletons into the news stream.
While McCain may not have created the Internet, he is the father of modern gambling in America...
In the midst of the obsession of the mainstream media to watch every McCain grimace, and count the number of times that Obama agreed with his opponent, or catch the few McCain gaffes on names and facts, thus far I see that no one today has said much about his idea to create a league of democracies that will apparently move across the globe like the Fantastic 4 thwarting evil-doers like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pronounced AK-Ma-DEEN-ah-JAD, senator McCain).McCain's idea of international diplomacy seems to sadly be...
Chris:Talk about old school spin, what the heck were you thinking dicing up Obama's "I agree..." clips to try and turn this into some point of weakness, when, even as the CBS sample poll figured out, it was a point of strength. Your hacks edited out the BUTs.... , and you missed the bigger point.Do we want another George W. Bush who is digging his heels in and can see no common ground with people across the aisle? NO. True statesmanship, versus third-rate debate gamesmanship, is shown when you can...
McCain revealed a new plan tonight, to bypass the United Nations and develop something, like the Super Friends of cartoon days gone by, a super-special club of the world's kick-ass democracies who will go and thump those naughty countries like Iran and make the world safe for democracy.
Quoth Scooby-Doo: Huh?!?!?!
While Obama didn't dig into that one, other than to point out that small countries like Russia and China hold more sway with Iran than any of our European friends or we do, this is the guy that knows the world?
While I wish that Obama had said...
You can excuse John McCain for being a bit testy. After all, he was up late prepping for the debate after a busy day of suspending his campaign and grandstanding at the White House. The most clever thing you notice...
John McCain wanted a media event. He got a media circus. He sat idly as the House Republicans proposed a new, and possibly not a bad, idea to resolve the financial crisis that was totally off of the line of what was to be agreed upon at the big White House lovefest yesterday.
Did John the Contortionist back the renegade plan?
Three things that were in New York yesterday are scheduled to implode in 2008: Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, and John McCain. All of them are old and have outlived their usefulness The only big difference is that, after last night, McCain will be crumbling faster than any building or bridge in the Big Apple.
Not that the hardcores will ever fall out of love with their "Maverick", although personally I liked James Garner in the role much better, but independents have to be looking at John McCain a bit differently this morning.
Not only did he show poor political leadership yesterday...
In an effort to look "statesmanlike," John McCain says that he should forego the debate on Friday to concentrate his vast economic prowess on resolving the $7 Trillion corporate welfare plan for Wall Street. The move is supposed to make him look more statesmanlike.
"It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who, in approximately 40 days, will be responsible for dealing with this mess," said Barack Obama, in Clearwater, Fla., yesterday. He added: "it is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at a time."
Why is McCain running to Washington...
