ok - wait - now this is interesting, well sort of interesting - but I read that after McCain was ridiculed by Obama and his lapdog press corps for suggesting that he'd fire the SEC chairman when it ain't in the presidential toolbox to do such a thing - oh, what a senile fuss bucket that McCain is, don't even know the laws - I read now that the President does in fact have the authority to whack yee SEC chairman? And not one newspaper et al has bothered to correct themselves? That blithering idiot Olberman over at Obama central ie MSNBC essentially spent two days on the supposed blunder, stopping just short of calling McCain an enfeebled quack. I mean, what the fuck? What's going on here?
Now, like I've said, I don't really think the press, in general at least, is actually in the tank for Obama - on the other hand it is quite clear that many people have fallen into the habit of believing, to the point of taking for granted, that two truths or givens are at play here: one, that Bush's decision to go into Iraq was the worst, most ill advised presidential act ever [which is entirely the wrong way to look at the war] and that therefore Bush is the worst president ever and has infected the nation with evil spirits; and two, that an erstwhile junior law professor with a decidedly left wing palette, an otherwise thin resume, no significant leadership experience, no public service record of any particular merit, a seemingly unhealthy obsession with himself and the arrogance to see that obsession as perfectly justifiable - that this shaman is going to rid the country of said evil spirits simply, it seems, just by showing up and all because, ya know, well, he's black but talks like a really nice white guy who maybe went to Harvard or something grand like that, and heck, that's change we can believe in. Can I get a hallelujah.
That seems clear to me.
Not that I'm a McCain fan, enfeebled quack. [now, c'mon - you think he'd be better than BO - sure, maybe, who the fuck knows at this point - it's just that whole Sarah thing - not that I don't like the girl at least a bit - theoretically of course, as a curiosity to be considered - but ya get distinct impression that whatever good she has brought to the campaign is the result of serendipity - you get the impression that the vetting process involved some guy saying to McCain, hey there's this cute but feisty chick up Alaska way that looks like she might be fun, why don't we invite her to the party and McCain said sure, why the hell not - one gets that impression].
Hell, does it matter anyway? With economy most verily toilet bound Obama would have to commit a serious misstep to lose this thing. McCain is gonna have to get very negative and I just don't see that working in current environment [although, to hedge bets, there are some seriously ugly skeletons in Obama's closet - if McCain goes there who knows how people will react. I'm just pissed off that McCain seems unable to coherently demonstrate how Obama's opposition to the war is/was illogical, full of holes - I don't understand why he can't seem to make that point - and that he can't make that point leaves me thinking one of two things: his political skills and possibly the skills of his campaign staff are not up to the task of defeating Obama; I'm wrong in my estimation of the war - not likely it's the latter I should think... no, not at all...].
