This man wants to be President of the United States, yet you can hear the contempt just dripping from his tongue when he addresses these women that dare to question the lies he's been trying to spread about his opponent and the contradictions in his record.
What a pairing he and Governor Palin are. I thought we couldn't get a more disastrous and frankly sociopathic pairing of personalities than the Bush/Cheney combination, but apparently I was sorely mistaken.
This man must not become the next President of the United States.
(h/t Bryan Lefwitz at dKos)
The questioner though could have pushed him on this one -- e.g. the fact that his ad omits relevant details -- that its a deceptive ad, because of those omissions.
Part of me thinks he was being sarcastic in his irritating and inappropriate way. "Thanks for reminding me, I hadn't heard that I was down in the polls." Like at the town hall where someone asked him about his age and he gave a straight-up-ish answer then concluded with something like, "Thanks for the question, jerk."
The other part thinks he was talking to the low-information voter in an attempt to confuzzle them. If he says it then it can make it true without any other sources of information.
The beauty (tragedy, really) of John McCain's personality is that he can do both at the same time.
The fact that leading Conservative commentators are essentially saying "Palin is out of her league" ... is problem that McCain doesn't want to talk about and is essentially starting to lash out at the media.
Gwen Iffial is reported to be writing a book about Obama and Black politicians. Watch team McCain for spin - If Palin does poorly in the debate it will be because Iffial is in the Obama camp.
The gold standard for media reporting is the Jim Lehrer News hour team. They are always Fair and Balanced. McCain will have no one to blame but himself and the Rush Limbaughs of this world for wrecking his campaign ..... Of course a dumb war and economic metal down doesn't help this new Republican standard bearer either.
OBAMA & BIDEN win by a LANDSLIDE!!!
1) the Revelations-based evangelicals panting after Armageddon (ready to do what it takes to hasten the arrival of End Days, including supporting "Greater Israel" and bombing Iran);
2) the authoritarian and angry military who see everything as a fight and anyone who does not support total military victory as a betrayal of all their sacrifice (and who especially despise wimpy diplomacy as proposed by Webb and Obama, who {just don't get it"); and finally
3) those who prosper off the profits of the military industrial complex that feeds off endless war (including not just the greedy CEOs and shareholders but those employed by the companies whose paychecks depend on those profits, all of whom wrap themselves in the flag while feeding at the trough).
Do not underestimate the numbers or dedication of these groups, most of whom would---- in fact, do---- consider it God's will or their patriotic duty to tinker with voting in order to steal the election for their side, or otherwise prevent the victory of the other side.