Ten days to go, and each and every one seems to deliver more bad news for Johnny Mac. Palin’s new 150K wardrobe, more GOP stalwarts like Scottie McCarron and C. C. Goldwater jumping ship, and how about the grenade the GOP tried to toss by accusing Obama of visiting Hawaii not to be with his ailing grandmother, but to steal his birth records which prove he’s not a U.S. citizen. All horsecrap of course, it’s like they pulled the pin out of the grenade but forgot to throw it. And speaking of horsecrap, did you catch that McCain volunteer, Ashley Todd, who got caught fabricating a whopper about a big black guy assaulting her and carving a backwards B on her face. Okay, you can’t fault McCain for having a mentally challenged supporter, after all, there are a few more of those in his party, but you’d think he’d at least have the story checked out before calling her to offer his sympathy only to confirm more poor judgement on his part. The only thing these guys seem to be able to do well is shoot themselves in the foot.
While we know a week in politics is an eternity, the enemy is running out of time for any sort of October surprise. The stars are just not aligning for McNasty, and they must be aware of it because already we’re hearing rumors of a rift between the McCain and Palin camps.
Being a dem, naturally I’m leery of seeing another defeat snatched from the jaws of victory, but at this late point can only see two scenarios; McCain either calls off the attack dogs in an attempt to preserve what little he has left of his dignity and go away quietly, or he goes all in and doubles down on the negativity. I suspect the latter considering the Rovian-trained crew he brought on board.
But what’s more alarming, accepting the realizaton that Bush, McCain, and the GOP have been wrong on every issue of importance to Americans, is the fact they still have these so-called pundits or surrogates willing to get up on their hind legs on your teevee and look you in the eyes to proclaim everything will be hunkey-dorey if you just give the republicans one more chance. It’s one thing to be a fool, but it’s quite something else to put your face in front of a TV camera and remove all doubt.
This election has come down to who’s stupid and who isn’t. Without equivocation, it’s clear that you can lead a republican to the kool-aid, but unlike a horse, you can actually make them drink it.