Propping Up McCain

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What does it say about the man who would be the next President of the United States that he cannot stand on his own two feet? Much less answer tough questions.

Hiding out from the media except for soft-n-fuzzy feel good interviews.

And the woman whom he chose to be a heartbeat away? Guess her priorities are going back to Alaska and trying to cover-up her scandals. Right after she wraps up these couple of days appearing before true believers of the right wing who are thrilled with her...what? Scandals? Sins? Ah, but there are none so blind as they who will not see because Dobson told them to cover their eyes.

What does it say about John McCain that he must be propped up on the road show...by Palin...and by Lieberman and Graham before her? By knowing the questions and Obama's answers to Rick Davis because he cheated about being sequestered?

What does it say? And why isn't the media asking?
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Oh, but we must talk about lipstick instead. On the pitbull? Or the pig?
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Truth

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Sarah Palin is not ready on day one.

Not ready to face the media.

Not ready to face.... questions.

Sarah Palin is not ready.

And the McCain who gambled on choosing her has shown by his narcissistic "I" speech and his pander to the most extreme rightwing of his base that he can't face issues. He can't face scrutiny.

He can only talk about character. Kinda funny when you think about it. A man who has to brag about his POW years...when he broke and betrayed his country with his own words. A man who has to talk about his Cinderella romance with Cindy...while he was still a married man with three children. A man who brags about being a reformer when he was caught with his hands deep in the Keating Five scandal.

Character you can believe in. Or not.

If you think about it.

Where's the Beef?

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The Republicans threw a whopper of a round of after-dinner speechifyin' last night -- Romney, Ghouliani, Sister Sarah... and this mornin' the pundit class are all busy talkin' about all the red meat.

As Mark Whittaker, NBC's new news bureau chief called it, New York strip from Rudy, a whole side of moose from Palin.

But strip away the partisan sarcasm and division and dogwhistling, and we're right back to the same ol' same ol'...

And Sarah Palin? Mika Brezinski's luvin' all of it...
well, Mika, what exactly is she saying?

I'm askin'...where's the beef?
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UPDATE: Turns out pollsters have been asking pretty much the same thing of women voters and here's what they're learning--outside the Republican Convention Hall and Mika's brain--American women are not buyin' what Palin's pimpin'. And here we go again on Nation Building at Home...this link/story appears in an Aussie newspaper.
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Palinpalooza

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The McCainstream media are earnin' their barbeque sauce this morning. Mika, Norah, the Usual Republican spinners are all pushin' the Sarah Ingenue Baby Mommy culture wars.

And pushing the pro-life anti-choice meme.

Country first?

Bullshit. It's all about ginning up the fundamentalist base. And the MSM are happily enabling right along.

Senator Amy Klobuchar said this weekend that this was an election about agenda, not gender. And hasn't been seen since.

Vetting? Corruption? Lying about her "reformer" cred? Dangerously unqualified and extremist in her views on everything from the environment to the war to what the veep even does...

Don't confuse the Vapid Vapors Media when they're hot on the trail of a fairy tale.

A Two-fer?

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Maybe it's just me. But here's the thing. There's this potentially Class 5 hurricane name o'Gustav bearing down on the Gulf Coast, a massive evacuation effort underway right now in New Orleans.

The governor of Alabama has already declared a state of emergency.

The oil rigs out in the Gulf are in lockdown storm mode.

The tension and focus are at a fever pitch all up and down the Gulf Coast, demanding the undistracted attention of every form of law enforcement and emergency crews and first responders and....

What's this? The Gambler and his fresh new political bride, Saintly Sarah with the slightly tarnished [investigation? what investigation?] halo are planning to descend on Mississippi for a campaign intro moment? A look-see. A photo-op sayin' oh, my, we're so concerned....

Wonder if they'll stage it at Haley Barbour's pride and joy, the casinos, freshly - constructed - after - Katrina - while - people - are - still - to - this - day - living - in - fahn - Mississippi - toxic - FEMA - trailers ...then The Gambler can just head across the plush carpet and shoot a few craps.

While his staged political opportunism craps on the people still trying to recover from Katrina when he was oh-so-busy showin' off his birthday cake with his real best friend for political life...George W. Bush and his Rovian hordes.

Hey, L'il john, you're supposed to be headin' for the headwaters of the Mississippi--Minnesota. Maybe instead of distracting and dividing up the responsibilities of the Gulf Coast/Mississippi emergency folks, you can give a little distraction to your stormtroops who are up here invading the houses of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
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