At this point, I have less reason to be certain of my own opinion considering the fact that I only skim the political currents these days. It changes my willingness to be wonky but not the principle - so I pay attention to the news with a thicker layer of skepticism and sometimes even cynicism. That cynic eye happens to be acerbic, and that's why my comics are funny, when they are.
All that said, I am feeling particularly sorry for John McCain these days. He's has been reduced to a very small man. He seems, just short. At the moment I feel my enthusiasm for what he stands for very much in the same way I felt for John Anderson in my first presidential campaign. Here is the man who knows what he's talking about, with all the charisma of your eye doctor. McCain's best commercial to date actually uses Obama's popularity.
In the debate on CNBC the commentators have been reduced to ask cloying questions of the young men from McCain's campaign who eviscerate Obama's messengers. Hey! That's what I'm talking about, are you considering being his Veep? No. They are just people armed with good answers and quick wit. There is nothing at all quick about John McCain.
Obama is now the undisputed king of all media and has taken his entourage global. From the midst of his sentiments, anything at all may emerge, but whatever it is, it will look good, sound good and feel good. There is absolutely nothing and nobody the GOP has that even comes close. Not Bobby Jindal, not Romney. We are immersed in yet another era of irrational exuberance. Pray for a correction and a soft landing.
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