Uber Lies

Just prior to the 1st 2008 presidential debate McCain threatened to cancel so he could return to Washington to put the bail out on track. An embarrassed McCain soon found he had no meaningful role in the process and was further chagrined when several staunch republican told him to hit the road. So, he headed back to the debate where he was essentially a no show by presenting such a lack of clarity and presence as to be non-existent.

McCain shocked many by his repeated meandering off topic, avoidance of direct answers, hesitations for long periods, and his reiterating of simplistic, child-like attempts to mock his opponent. It was so very sad to see a once great man publicly reduced to a series of senior moments.

Even more tragic is how GOP leaders, some pundits and even newscasters attempted to portray McCain’s performance as outstanding or exemplary. One can only hope they are in a state of collective denial and were attempting to manipulate through the principle of “tell a lie loud enough and often enough and it will believed”. By either rationale, the GOP is seriously ill if not close to extinction. The whole episode boggles the mind.

Do those who remain of the republican party really believe the public is that stupid? Or, worse, is the public so stupid as to believe those who think they are? The only hope is that the majority of Americans smart enough to see the mockery that is the republican party and will come out of the woodwork at the 11th hour.

The end result was that there was no debate. The event was reduced to an interview with Obama explaining his positions and the diminished McCain reduced to continuously re-iterating his age, experience, and poor attempts to smudge his opponent with poorly timed and delivered snide chuckles. It was painful and disgusting to watch.

It was so very sad. Obama is essentially running without any professional competition. Luckily, this isn’t as bad as it could have been since he is rapidly and successfully evolving to the point where we can now recommend him as not just the only choice but a good one as well.