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A Thought for Today
Courage has a clear head and is not
afraid of making friends.
TO BEGIN WITH
In the latest episode of As The Worm Turns, McBush and Tondelaya are
behind in nearly every political poll taken in recent days. Depending on
which one you read Obama leads from three to fourteen points. Do you
suppose this has anything to do with today’s breaking news and the
resulting column?
NOBODY ASKED ME BUT . . .
DON’T DELAY THE DEBATES
Presidential candidate John McCain today proposed that he and Senator
Obama postpone Friday’s scheduled debate because of the country’s
financial crisis. Where the hell has he been since March; that was the
month Obama gave a well reported speech in which he asked for a major
overhaul of the financial regulatory system. That month and as late as
nine days ago McCain continued his mantra that “the economy is basically
sound.”
Taking the temperature of the country, as he seems to do every 20
minutes, and finding there is an overwhelming outrage by the American
people against the seven hundred billion blank check –– with no strings
–– being offered to Wall Street as a bailout, McCain earlier today
announced he was suspending his campaign to return to Washington to
insert himself in the mix. A faulty ideology brought about this
financial crisis it didn’t happen by accident or bad luck. How can
McCain suddenly be part of the solution when for a quarter of a century
as a Washington insider he has been part of the problem?
McBush Goes to Washington
Here we go again, you thought the selection of sock it to ‘em soccer mom
Palin as his vice presidential running mate was a cynical move to grab
headlines and divert attention from a scattershot no win campaign? That
was romper room stuff compared to this transparent ploy from a senator
who more than once has admitted to a lack of understanding of financial
matters. Keating Five, anyone?
It’s called coattails folks. If a bi-partisan compromise on the bailout
is reached on a financial rescue plan McClain will take credit for it by
merely having been there when the details were ironed out, If an impasse
continues into Friday he’ll cry “I have to be here to help, how can I
possibly go off and indulge in something as inconsequential as a
debate.”
Postpone the debate so he can postulate and propagandize in Washington
instead of Kansas City? I don’t think so. A debate is exactly what we
need now. What do these candidates stand for? Where will the winner lead
us after eight years of war, an unprecedented deficit, a job, housing
and education crisis, not much attention being paid to global warming
and now a major financial blowout that without the right leadership
might easily lead to an all out depression?
Two presidential debates this late in the game is bad enough, but left
in McCain’s hands they could be postponed and rescheduled into oblivion.
On the other hand if the 2 presidential debates are delayed often enough
could that mean there will be no time for the single scheduled vice
presidential debate? Or is that the plan? Just asking.
To show you just how serious he is about becoming involved in fidgeting
with finances & not sweating the small stuff McCain canceled a scheduled
appearance on Letterman tonight (while taping an interview with Katie
Curic in an adjoining CBS studio) saying he had to leave “immediately”
for DC; this despite the fact that he doesn't leave for the capitol
until tomorrow.
Letterman’s answer to this last minute cancellation? He replaced the
missing McCain with one of his most vociferous critics MSNBC commentator
Keith Olberman. Letterman had the final word and laugh by exposing
McCain’s outright lie by interrupting his taping of the show by
inserting a direct feed of the Curic interview into his own show and
asking McCain ‘live’ if he needed a ride to the airport.
FLASH: To prove just how much it's GOP politics as usual, late this
afternoon President Bush invited both McCain & Obama to Washington for a
congressional meeting on Friday. Thus covering McCain's butt in what
Senator Barney Frank called “The greatest Hail Mary pass in the history
of Hails or Mary's.” “We don’t need McCain’s help,” he reportedly added,
“we’re well on our way to a solution.”
RM 9/24/08 First Publication.
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