To paraphrase red-ink Reagan, here we go again, so let the swift boating begin.
The GOP, devastated that the polls gave Biden the win in last Thursday’s vice-presidential debate, even though Palin was never caught picking her nose a single time, have opted for their time-tested campaign strategy, to swift boat Barak Obama. Ignoring the Iraqi and economic disasters they’ve once again zeroed in on what they do best, make crap up about their opponent. This weekend, they sent out Moose Mom to claim Barak hangs with a terrorist who threw firecrackers at a federal building back in the sixties. The guy in question, Bill Ayers, was a Vietnam protester. Never mind that Obama was eight years old when the Ayers protesting occurred, never mind Ayer’s was never charged and is now a university professor who also does non-profit work for the less fortunate, and of course never mind that Obama has always discredited Ayer’s and any other form of violent protest as credible behavior, Sarah Palin, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, claimed Barak Obama by association loves terrorists. People actually buy this crap, and far too many of them vote.
You really have to ask yourself who in their right mind would buy this non-sensible crap, but obviously it works or why else would the GOP keep perpetuating it and winning elections cycle after cycle?
As an observer I think John McCain tried to play it straight in 2000 and we all saw what Bush and Rove did to him. He’s now come to believe that the only way to win on the GOP ticket is to fight dirty with Sarah Palin as a willing dupe. If you think about it, is winning power so important that you’ll deep-six your principles to win an election based on outrageous fibs rather than considered and well thought out policy? McCain sold his soul for victory by virtue of his Palin pick. He won’t release his medical records yet subjects the country to a VP, one heart beat away, who as we’ve all seen couldn’t possibly be less qualified.
There is no doubt in my mind that Obama will handle these swift boat assaults with the derision they deserve, but c’mon, how pathetic do you have to be for McCain to want to win on these terms?