This latest ploy to postpone tomorrow's debate seems to have backfired on McCain, but judging from the past few weeks, who knows what people are going to think at this point. I'm constantly stunned that people can watch the limited interviews with Sarah Palin and still think she's ready to be a heartbeat away from the most powerful position on our planet. But continue to support her they do.
Thank you, Obama, for having the balls to call his bluff. Damn straight the president needs to be able to multi-task.
If you look at the logistical nightmare that would result from rescheduling this debate, and at McCain's request to postpone the VP debate as well (isn't it enough that the Dems already agreed to go easy on Palin?), it's clear that this is a very well-crafted political ploy. Postponing these debates ensures that the millions of voters, in swing states no less, who are already casting their absentee ballots will not have a chance to watch a debate before making their decision.
It's sickening.
Excuse me while I ramble just a sec...
I was reminded last week of my infertility diagnosis when the doctor told me that I had no other options but in vitro, and how I immediately took her word as gospel despite knowing of countless other options I had not yet exhausted. All this despite the endless misdiagnoses I've witnessed my husband receive and the empowerment we've felt in finding alternatives that work.
It's natural that we look to our leaders, our trusted elites, to tell us how to fix things in a crisis. It's deeply ingrained in all of us.
When Paulson, Bernanke and Bush unveiled their bailout plan amid extreme fear of economic collapse and global insecurity, America said, "Oh shit, we'd better do what they say." At this point, I don't believe many Americans are doubting whether this has been one of the most corrupt administrations in history, which has time and again fed us lies to enact sweeping, unprecedented changes to the freedoms of our nation and its people.
No matter how much negotiation is done in Congress this week, these people are working within a box that was constructed by the Bush Administration. We're all bound to get totally screwed. Again.
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