Debate… maybe?
EDIT: News has just broken that John McCain will participate in tonight’s debate.
What an interesting few days it has been. First $700 BILLION is proposed for our bailout plan, and now John McCain is playing hard-to-get in reference to tonight’s scheduled debate in Mississippi. As most will know well by now, the senator has said he will not participate in tonight’s debate unless a consensus is reached in Washington regarding a solution for the economic crisis. That’s not even the most annoying thing about the whole situation – McCain has vowed to suspend his campaign until the crisis is ironed out, and even called on Obama to suspend his as well.
Sorry, John, but we’re only weeks out from the election here – how the hell are people (especially undecided voters) supposed to learn anything about you in these last crucial weeks if you were to really suspend your campaign for any period of time? Furthermore, if you end up being President of the country, you’d better be used to dealing with multiple issues at once. There’s no reason you can’t show up for a debate, which the University of Mississippi has spent MILLIONS preparing for. Letterman is being a little bitch about McCain canceling his appearance, however, I might delicately point out that standing the country up is a bit more serious of a matter.
So, what does this all boil down to? McCain pulling a cheap ploy to look like a hero. “I’ll cancel a couple of appearances to go back to Washington to save the world.” But wait, there is an answer! Tina Fey – I mean… Sarah Palin, his VP! I mean, I know she doesn’t know what the VP does but I’m pretty sure the VP is supposed to stand in for the President when he is unable to complete his job.
Silly me, I forgot. Sarah Palin isn’t really there to break the glass ceiling – she’s there to serve as a pretty little mantle piece, to stand behind John McCain and smile and clap and make cute little jokes about being a hockey mom to her constituents. I’m not sure she’d know what to do if she were debating with Obama.
lizbeth said,
September 27, 2008 at 4:20 am
Before I knew that McCain was going to do the debate these were my thoughts. Please post your thoughts on the debate (and the commentary made as well)!
hilere said,
September 28, 2008 at 5:42 am
I think if you expanded a bit more on some of the points you made you would have created a more credible argument. Don’t get me wrong, I agree with you on virtually everything you said but I think that just by adding a couple hundred words you would have strengthened your commentary significantly because there is a hell of a lot more information that could support your line of thought.
As for the debate, I thought it was great! I think Obama handled himself really well and showed he was above the petty and misleading tactics that his opponent has adopted. McCain, I think, was condescending and patronizing – he barely looked Obama in the eye once. They both spoke very well but I think there’s room for improvement on both sides and I’m looking forward to the debates to come.