I don't know about you, but someone might infer a slight hint of racism in John McCain's comments to one of his overstated crowds the other day.
"We're a couple points down, OK, nationally, but we're right in this game," McCain said to cheers. "The economy has hurt us a little bit in the last week or two, but in the last few days we've seen it come back up because they want experience, they want knowledge and they want vision. We'll give that to America."
"We're going to spend a lot of time and after I whip his you-know-what in this debate, we're going to be going out 24/7," McCain said.
WHIPPIN' BUTT
I don't know about you, but someone might infer a slight hint of racism in John McCain's comments to one of his overstated crowds the other day.
"We're a couple points down, OK, nationally, but we're right in this game," McCain said to cheers. "The economy has hurt us a little bit in the last week or two, but in the last few days we've seen it come back up because they want experience, they want knowledge and they want vision. We'll give that to America."
"We're going to spend a lot of time and after I whip his you-know-what in this debate, we're going to be going out 24/7," McCain said.
After that comment, McCain added, "I respect Senator Obama, we will conduct a respectful race and be sure everyone else does too."
WHIP HIS "YOU-KNOW-WHAT?"
Now that's what I call respectful! The McCain/Palin dynamic duo continue to foment sad right-wing anger in their crowds. On their crowds, it is sad that they have to resort to exaggerating the size of their crowds. You can be sure, usually based on factual things such as fire marshal estimates, that anytime they claim a crowd of tens of thousands, it's usually something well below 10,000.
But back to the point. The Republican team is tone-deaf to the noise emanating from their crowds - "kill him," "traitor," "off with his head." Personally, I have nightmares about what this says about the safety of Barack Obama after he wins the election. And every American, every person that is aware of their soul, that holds Christian, Jewish, Muslim or any other spiritual value set should shudder and condemn McCain, Palin, and the entire cadre of Republican denialists that embrace them.
Weeks ago, we all remember McCain's stated "turning of the page" with their campaign, essentially abandoning a dialogue of issues in exchange for personal attack.
A couple of points down in the race. Really. It's never over until it's over, as they say. But it sure seems like recent polls, both nationally and in so-called battleground states shows Obama extending double-digit leads. I wonder if McCain reads the same newspapers and magazines that Sarah Palin DOESN'T?
John McCain unveiled his clearly hurried economic stimulus plan yesterday, encouraging senior citizens to divest themselves of their retirement accounts at an accelerated rate, demanding that the federal government buy up BAD mortgages at face value and then renegotiate them, causing taxpayers to incur potentially huge losses. And last but not least, proposing to slash the capital gains tax in half. Now that's a winner! As Obama said after hearing about McCain's plan, who has capital gains? And it turns out that some 60 percent of capital gains taxes are paid by guess who? People that earn over $1 million a year. Now THAT'S real help for the middle class.
I doubt that Obama will take anything for granted in tonight's debate. It just doesn't seem to be in him. Will McCain toss in the towel and bring up scary names and the Republican's favorite card, the fear factor? And how would Obama respond? Issues, issues, issues, That is what is capturing American voters - solutions to real issues.
Tonight's debate will surely be "must watch TV."
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