It’s a given that 25-30% of the American population—the same knuckle-dragging 3G (God-Guns-n-Gays) crowd that still believes George Bush is doing a bang-up job on the world stage—is going to vote for John McCain no matter what. They’re a lost cause, and no amount of intellect or reasoning with them is going to change that. They’re that part of our populace that fears change, distrusts the “other,” and is incapable of thinking independently. In short, they’re the bobble-head contingent that Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and the rest of the hate-mongering right wing feeds upon. Fortunately 30% does not win elections, even with the vote tampering and voter suppression that we all know is going to happen via loyal Rethuglican party members in November. It’s a sad commentary on our democracy that these things are now expected to occur, but as the Republicans have shown again and again over the last eight years, they can’t be trusted to play fair. If you can’t win, cheat.
A corollary to that is lie. Since Barack Obama is rightfully being treated as a rock star on the world stage—a breath of fresh air after the last seven and a half years of the putrefying stench of the Bush Presidency—and the Republicans have nothing to counter with but an obviously tired, mired-in-the-past senior citizen more suited to a retirement home than the White House to run against him, lying and obfuscation are the only things they’ve got left. And what happens when they’re caught in their lies? They lie more! And if that doesn’t work, in the Orwellian pineapple upside down cake world of the Reich Wing, they just fuckin’ make stuff up and throw it out to see what sticks! Have you ever seen a candidate so twisting the English language to cover his repeated “misstatements” in regards to everything from the time line of events in Iraq to European geography? Just when you think McCain can’t get any more pathetic, a new day dawns and we’re treated to even more entertainment from the “straight talk express!” I’m still waiting for the moment John McCain jumps the shark completely and his infamous temper is caught on camera, treating us all to a meltdown that will no doubt rival Chernobyl.
But seriously folks, when are his advisors going to just take him aside and say, “John, you can’t ad lib. If it’s not in the script, just shut the fuck up.” And why, oh WHY does the so-called “liberal” (yeah, right) media continually give him a free pass on these “misstatements?”
Just when you think that no one can be more inept, more clueless, more vile, and more unfit to lead these United States than George Bush, along comes John McCain.
Eh, McCain is essentially running with the same failed tactics that Hillary used: keep attacking and see if something sticks and blame the media.
People are real stupid and think that the Repuglicans will keep them safe.
The “liberal” media did such a good job of tying 911 to Iraq that one of the major radio stations here in Sydney recently marked the anniversary of the invasion and when they pulled down the statue of Osama bin Laden.