We are now two Presidential debates down, and with one to go. Is it just me, or does it appear that Senator John McCain is simply missing the bus on a few (quite a few) issues?
Here we are in a debate format that favors John McCain, that being the town hall setting, and McCain is more focused on being every body's buddy than he is on accurately defending his positions on the issues.
We completely realize that the economy is going to be the Achilles Heal of Senator McCain, but honestly, did he have to show it so openly? He traded volley for volley with Senator Obama over taxes and the economy, and in the end, Obama fed the economy down McCain's throat with a shovel. Now, in fairness to Senator McCain, he presented a suggestion to have the federal government buy up toxic mortgages, thus giving the average main street Joe the ability to renegotiate their mortgages at the present diminished value of the property. Not a bad suggestion, although that is what the $700 Billion Dollar bailout is supposed to be primarily geared towards anyway. Still, let's give McCain credit where credit is due. And let's give him a hand slap where a hand slap is due.
During the first debate, Conservatives lamb basted Senator Obama for calling Senator McCain by his first name on a few occasions. They were right, in a professional setting such a s a debate, one should never refer to his or her opponent in the familiar, but at least Barack referred to John McCain in the familiar. Senator McCain, on the other hand, referred to Senator Obama and "That One". What did Senator McCain intend to imply by saying "That One"? Did he mean to refer to Barack Obama as an uppity freedman ex-slave who has forgotten his place? Hey , call a spade a spade, but most white supremacist refer to powerful and educated black people by such terms as "That One". Hell, I am surprised that Senator McCain did not refer to Senator Obama as "Boy", but then again, "That One" is not that far from that term Boy. This is not the first time that the McCain campaign has been accused of racial indifference, after all, Sarah Palin openly, and without basis in the facts, accused Senator Obama of affiliating with domestic terrorist. By the way, aren't the Klu Klux Klan and Aryan Nation domestic terrorist? The simple answer is yes. Aren't several members of the Klu Klux Klan and the Aryan Nation card carrying members of the National Rifle Association? The simple answer is yes. Isn't the NRA one of the strongest supporters of the GOP Ticket? The simple answer is yes. When considering those facts, does that not indicate that Senator McCain, by virtue of his party affiliation, is openly friendly with domestic terrorist? Oh, and let us not bring to light to point that Cindy McCain held stock in Sudan all the way up to the point just before John McCain won his party's nomination. Just a little food for thought.
Now, Senators Obama and McCain did agree on one point, that being Iran is a threat. Ding Dong!! Iran kept a war going in the Persian Gulf for more than 8 years, and so did Iraq. Iran's government is extremely radical. Iran talks a lot of crap. Iran thumbs their nose at America, but the question is are they stupid enough to try to build nuclear weapons? Both John McCain and Barack Obama agree that Iran can not be permitted to develop nuclear weapons. Here's the deal America, you must a bases from which to deploy a large scale nuclear attack if you want to have any kind of strategic impact. If intelligence reflects that Iran is pushing toward developing nuclear weapons, then wipe out their military infrastructure. Planes need bases to launch from, ship need ports to deploy from, and ground forces must be in sufficient numbers to accomplish whatever mission they are assigned. Hit their military establishments, and in the words of Admiral Ace Lyons, Bomb Them Back To The Stone Age. After that, bring the troops home, and keep our money home. We should never pay to rebuild any other country who picks a fight with us. That is like a bully picking a fight with your child at school, your child beat the living hell out of the bully, and you pay the bully's hospital bill. Tell me where that is right?
Both men made a good showing in this, the second Presidential Debate, but if we were looking at it from a point stand point, Senator Barack Obama spanked Senator John McCain's butt a second time in a row. Now, in all fairness, Senator McCain may be saving his best assault for last, but let's be real, the US tried that in Vietnam, and we all know what happened as a result of our country not hitting hard enough early in the game. Bottom Line, McCain had two chances to put the out of reach of Barack Obama. He failed both times, and if he thinks Barack Obama is going to do anything other than deliver a knock out punch in the third debate, then McCain has another thought coming.
America, this in one hell of an election cycle. Unlike in 2000 when most of us were forced to choose the lesser of two evils, I find myself in this election choosing the greater of two goods. I like both men, Obama and McCain. I also like a good fight, and to be really honest with you, I do not feel McCain put up a good fight in either debate to this point. Perhaps he needs to put some blood red lipstick on his pit bull, goodness knows Barack Obama is already tossing rare meat to his Rottweiler.
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