What a Week!

Earlier this week I was downright giddy with the apparent crumbling of the McCain-Palin campaign (or is it Palin-McCain?) But there are quite a few days left before election day, and McCain’s operatives are some of the most deft at the black arts. Witness Karl Rove, who still maintains that he’s not working directly for the McCain campaign, so that he can continue to spout his pearls before swine on the Faux News Channel. Today, after the disastrous week on Wall Street, McCain actually had the nerve to blame Barack Obama for the crisis. He claimed that Obama has been in the center of Washington, caving to the pressure of lobbyists. This coming from the guy whose campaign is run by lobbyists! It was just yesterday that he didn’t seem sure where Spain was. It’s mind-boggling at this point that any sane individual could cast a vote for the John McCain, but for decades the Republican party has depended on the fact that most Americans are more concerned about the latest missing child reports, and whether O.J. will actually go to jail for his latest act of stupidity. They think we’re dumb enough not to realize what party has had it’s hand on the tiller for the last 8 years. I switched on C-SPAN today just in time to see Senator John Cornyn (another fake cowboy from Texas) still endorsing tax cuts for corporations, because those corporations would then choose to stay in the country creating jobs here rather than going overseas to rape and pillage. The rich are still touting that "trickle down" theory of economics. The poor get the crumbs that fall from the table. When he asked for another three minutes to continue his bullshit I turned it off.

The first presidential debate is a week from tonight and I am waiting with bated breath. I am hoping that Barack Obama will kick some serious political ass. The topic of the debate will be foreign policy and national security, supposedly McCain’s strong suit. The first question: can you locate Spain on a map? Maybe John McCain will skip his meds that night and will demonstrate that infamous temperament of his.