I have to disagree with you, Colonel1961. You have to focus on the most pressing issues of the day. A debate can be rescheduled. I assume that you have a military background, yes? How military members had their leave curtailed or postponed after 9/11? Many, but that wasn’t a sign of weakness. If anything, it was a sign of strength–group strength.

Is it me or is still not possible to have it both ways?

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It will be too easy for the other side – Bill Clinton excepted – to say ‘We can’t postpone an invasion for McCain to come-up-to-speed…’

Until we hear some talk of repealing Sarbanes Oxley – and eliminating all the social engineering mandates imposed by the Democrats that precipitated the high risk loans – nothing will change.

Brace yourself for the next round of unintended consequences resulting from ‘reaching across the aisle’ to ‘get something done’.

“Ohhh – this really nettles me” fumed Barack, turning the television off.

“What is it, O Brown Eagle?” grovelled Kevin Shitt, campaign aide.

“Nettled? It’s an obscure expression indicating irritation and frustration” answered Barack, delivering his half of the ancient gag. “But that’s not important now. What’s important is how McCain keeps making me look bad”.

“The impudence of that half-crippled dotard!” fawned Kevin. “Look bad how, exactly, Sire?”

“He keeps doing stuff that makes me look like I’m on some selfish ego trip; like I’m in this thing for me and me only, like all I carry about is my personal success and gratification – as if!”

“As if indeed, Mr President” said Kevin, giving Barack a relaxing neck and shoulder massage.

“Country First’ – ha! A country is nothing but a piece of geography, a collection of rocks and trees and rivers, held together in the minds of the credulous citizenry by dubious abstract concepts like ‘patriotism’ and ‘love of country’ – supported by a national mythology consisting of, frankly, a wilful distortion of history”.

“Distortion?”

“You bet! Look at World War II – how many innocent Germans did we kill on D Day? How many young Japanese lives were snuffed out at Yoko Ono or whatever it was? Did we ever apologize for any of that? Did we ever admit our guilt? No –it was all flags and parades and ‘Ooh –we won! We’re so great! You’re all liberated now –go America!’ Pffftt on that gung ho junk, I say. Pffftt”.

“Fascinating, Mr President” said Kevin, rubbing Barack’s tired feet. “No wonder your academic career was so successful”.

“A country – my kind of country – is about people! People like me. People who are me, in fact. ‘Barack First’ – that should be our campaign motto! Say, Kev – what is our motto anyway?”

“Obama Knows Best” answered Kevin as he shampooed Barack’s hair. “Or is it ‘Time to Say Sorry, America’? I forget, exactly”.

“Not good enough – get on the phone and change everything, change all the campaign signage to my new ‘Barack First’ motto. Get cracking!”

“But Mr President –that’ll cost millions!”

“We’ve got trillions! And alert our media stooges – go on, chop chop! ‘Country First’ – I’ll show that white haired war criminal who comes first…”

If you want it to be seen in such favorable light, you and I will need to tell people other than those on a blog or forum or two. I personally have already started.

No bias there, uh uh.

A video is up at TMZ.com:

http://www.tmz.com/videos?auto.....03b66d3c28

Note he also “caught” McCain preparing for an interview with Katie Couric at the same network and used that as “proof” of McCain’s “lying.”

Perhaps, dear Dave, an interview with Couric is just a wee bit more important than appearing on your once funny program?

As an aside I also think this will do no good, and this, coupled with both Bush’s and Palin’s warnings of dire eonomic consequences should the bail-out program both sides of the aisle hate not be passed, I think were the election in the next week or so this would pretty much hand it to Obama due to the American public’s infantile desire for “change” and inability to realize that yes, things could be worse and that the need to downsize from a Grande latte to a Tall does not portend another Great Depression.

Ah well.

Btw: the financial bailout at $700 bn is still less than the estimated costs of $1 trillion (2005 study) to the economy of the sarbanes-oxley act. This study is a couple of years old, but details the direct and indirect costs of this monstrosity of a law:

http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/accoun.....of_S_O.pdf

Cynthia McKinney has said she’s ready to step up in McCain’s absence during the debate:

http://www.independentpolitica.....ys-debate/

hahaha… (dabbing tears from my eyes and holding a gut…) Whew.

And if he gets some decent legislation signed (a big ‘if’), he looks like a conquering hero to Dumbo’s preening over debate errata.

Audentes fortuna juvat

Which means ‘fortune favors the bold’ if i remember my Latin lessons.

Country First.

And his disagreement of the legislation that is being pushed by Bush further portrays him as an independent reformer willing to break with his party.

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