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Saving grace, perhaps?
This afternoon Sen. McCain addressed a rally in Minnesota and, evidently, the scary tenor of the crowds attending his events finally got to him. A woman, quivering with emotion, said she was scared of Obama because he was an “Arab!”
McCain gently told her she was mistaken and defended Sen. Obama’s character. He also told the crowd that they didn’t have to be scared by the prospect of a President Obama. He then brightened and asserted he would be a much better president than Obama, and that’s why he was running so hard.
Thank you, Senator John S. McCain.
Bad Moon Rising
In the aftermath of Tuesday night’s Presidential Debate, I thought the campaign was going to get really nasty as it appeared Senator McCain hadn’t scored a tremendous victory.
I don’t want to be snide, but wasn’t the Town Hall style forum supposed to be his sweet spot? To be fair, it wasn’t much a forum for there was no free flowing discussion to be heard. Senator Obama displayed grace and balance as he deftly navigated a “Fence Walk” – determined to give no ammunition to his opponent. Anyone tuning in for scintillating debate surely tuned out in disappointment.
Senator McCain was supposed to nail this one and halt his slide in the polls as it becomes more evident the financial crisis is full on and the fundamentals of the economy are not strong. In times like these, times of crisis, the incumbent party usually gets the heave ho. Not good for the GOP.
Over the last 30 years the GOP has developed a scorched-earth style of campaigning that has devastated the political process. When they couldn’t defeat Bill Clinton at the polls or outmaneuver him on legislation, they impeached on grounds of lying about his marital infidelity; effectively neutering his influence on the 2000 election.
You know the history of the last two presidential elections and if you don’t, go look it up… and make sure to get info and opinions from all sides. You will find the GOP gets down and dirty when the time comes to win… just ask Senator McCain. Truthfully, I wouldn’t have voted for him against Al Gore in 2000, but I was a fan. When Kerry allowed the notion of McCain as a running mate to be floated in 2004, I would have been cool with that. But this isn’t the same John McCain that I respected and admired in the old days.
Today, the same guys who smeared McCain in South Carolina back in 2000 are running his campaign and they have no important issue with which to win. So where do we go from here?
A writer with The Guardian sees a stark tone setting in on the McCain campaign that appears to have Senator McCain’s tacit approval. The title of his post? “Now it Gets Nasty”
The crowds attending these events seem to be catching onto the vibe.
Something is in the air, and it doesn’t bode well.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/oliverburkemanblog/2008/oct/07/uselections2008.johnmccain
“Shoeless Joe” Hardy or the Whine of the Ancient Mariner?
Oh, I was gonna write something pithy this evening about how John McCain has changed so dramatically since the 2000 campaign, but Barry Dunsmore beat me to it by a couple of weeks. Dunsmore, a retired ABC News reporter, is a columnist for the Rutland (VT) Herald, wrote:
“Question: What do Dr. Faust, Joe Hardy and John McCain have in common?
Answer: The first two are fictional characters — the third is a candidate for president.
Question: Yes, but what do they have in common? You be the judge.”
They all sold their souls to the Devil.
I was gonna go with the Joe Hardy from “Damn Yankees” theme. Old guy loves the Washington Senators but they suck. He wants them to win so badly he sells his soul to the devil and becomes “Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, MO” a star baseball player who helps the Senators challenge for and win the pennant.
In the end, Joe beats the devil, thanks to the powerful love of his wife.
But Dunsmore got to the Faustus analogy first. So, I’ll go with something completely different; “The Whine of the Ancient Mariner.”
Voters, voters, everywhere,
And yet the polls did shrink;
Voters, voters, everywhere,
Too bad they’re apt to think.
Some dems just can’t vote for Obama…
Interesting article in the LA Times. Folks in Appalachia may be feeling the pain of the economic situation, but before they vote for a black man, they just won’t vote at all. Be sure to check out the column by a local guy in rural Virginia who just happens to be a GOP big shot in their community.
Mental Head Slap!
Actually, I literally slapped my forehead when I saw the photo accompanying this piece. I wondered what this chick was thinking… and then I saw her photo. Anyone in 2008 who would get that haircut AND go on TV may just be… nah. I won’t go there. Don’t get me wrong, I understand her sentiment but for cryin’ out! Didja ever consider your timing might just be a tad off?
Lady, a Black man, an African-American is the Democratic nominee for President of the United States! The Black National Anthem? In 2008? Hell, in 1968 it was still the Negro National Anthem.
My point is: Obama’s campaign needs to have states such as Colorado in play this November. If he can change the electoral map he can defuse the GOP’s general strategy of SCARE THE HELL OUT OF THE WHITE PEOPLE and they will vote against their own self-interest every time. I am talking about the “hard working middle americans” “mom, pop and apple pie americans” etc. The ones in Ohio who voted for Bush because… well, just because!
The folks in Colorado will now have the image of a bunch of uncomfortable politicians wishing they were anywhere else on earth than in that gathering as Ms. Rene Marie warbled James Weldon Johnson’s Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing to the tune of the Star Spangled Banner.
Between the Left hollering because Obama has moved to the center on the issues the GOP will seek to bash him with in the fall and dumb Negroes pulling Stoopid-Ass stunts like this we are gonna end up on the morning of Jan 20 asking, “What the fuck happened?”