The Iconoclast

Three debates. Three different formats. Same results each time. Hands down.

McCain is the drowning man in a sea of debris, with nothing quite big enough to latch onto. Even so, he has no choice but to flail about madly and grab for the flimsiest scrap of flotsam and jetsam in the hopes of keeping his campaign alive.

But, I am not declaring victory. You can win battles and still lose wars.



But Barack Hussein Obama, who is not an Arab or a Muslim (though as Campbell Brown, a very attractive, and apparently thoughtful as well as willful, CNN talking head remarked, "And what if he were? What if John McCain was? Why should it matter?), surpassed the Reagan Threshold --- he has looked presidential throughout the campaign. Undecided voters, whoever and wherever these mythical creatures live and are, cannot say that they watched Barack Obama in any of the debates and found him lacking in communication skills or presidential timber.

Of course, the agitated septuagenarian wanted to turn the tables on Barack's eloquence. I think he was reaching for the 'all hat, no cattle' aphorism, but what he sounded like was a man of desperation, hoping to pin the 'elitist' label on Senator Obama, when, really, Obama was merely being the more temperate, more believable and more coherent of the two.

McCain swore there would be no 'litmus test' for Supreme Court justices and accused Senator Obama of allowing ideology guide his decision-making. (Do you think the ditz from the tundra knows what anyone means by 'litmus test'? Vegas odds are 3-2 she does NOT...) But then he got tongue-tied and practically blurted out that he would never choose a candidate who would support Roe vs Wade.

Psssst. Old man McCain --- your explanation/obfuscation, you doddering old coot, as a whole is known as "pretzel logic". More McCain hocus pocus and pretzel logic here.

Be confused. Be afraid. Be ill-informed. Be angry.

These are the traits and characteristics the McCain campaign is hoping to foist upon the gullible, flatulent, nearly indifferent public who is slowly tuning into the campaign.

Obama now has three victories in his pocket and three weeks to continue bringing his message home to the American public. I sent him another hard-earned $50 I can't truly afford to send yesterday. I am voting with my pocketbok AND my ballot.

In my mind, this is a turning point in American history. A McCain administration would be a huge step backwards. It is time to stand up, be counted and push America forward into the 21st century.