Far East Cynic

It ain't over till its over…….

Greetings from the B terminal of DFW. Waiting to catch a flight back to Hicksville. We finished up early today. Sad-I had hope to visit the boneyard. However thanks to events I need to be back at my cube tomorrow, pounding away at Power Point. None the less I stand by my point, it ain’t over till its over.
The election that is. I am astounded at all of the articles that say its too late for McCain to catch up. Nonsense.To those folks I offer two words: Hubert Humphrey. Or Ronald Reagan.
Besides, the Rethuglicans will  not go quietly into that great good night. Never underestimate the paranoia of the their hypocrites  “base”. You can see it in the increasing use of the words Marxism and Socialism-to describe Obama. If Obama is a Socialist, I’m Warren Buffet. They just want to scare you.
Plus, I still think it is not out the realm of possibility that GWB will spring an “October Suprise” on us.
McCain did nothing to sway me last night.  Increasingly he is sounding like a stuck record. He had a good line about not being George Bush-but it missed the point. He loves Bush’s war. And the rest of his miserable record.
Let me be candid: McCain lost me when he picked that worthless whore to be his running mate. There were lots of talented people he could of picked.
Sarah Palin is not one of them.
And as for Joe the plumber? If you start making over 250,000 a year-cough it up pal. I need the money. Got  an ex-wife to feed. McCain has no such worries being married to wealth.
But if I were Obama, I would pound the stuffing out of my staff. And be very nervous. All it takes now is one gaffe, one slip, one bad break in the news cycle. He has to run hard all the way-he’s not yet made the sale.
Ought to be an interesting 3 weeks.
My mind is made up. Sorry John, the guy in 2000 who attacked the evangelicals as the useless zealots they are- I liked. The guy on the TV last night? I spent the whole night pointing my middle finger at him.
Its time for a change ……and a repudiation of the last eight years.  If by voting for Obama, I can send a hearty “fuck you” to Bush and to the rest of the crowd who led this  country down several ratholes-Iraq, GTMO, the economy-it will be worth it.
Its not going to be a fun four years. However I’ve had it with the party I am still a member of. I hate the so-called “base” and they are anything but smart thinking Americans. Morons is the more correct word. Its going to take a defeat to make them suffer enough to come back to the center.
So on November 4th, I’ll do my part to make those bastards pay.
Gotta run for the plane!

  2. Al Sharpton and I have nothing in common. I don’t see Obama’s election as the end of the world is all-and I still think McCain can pull it out. He’d be a lot better off if he had left the whole character assasination thing at the curb-and picked a better running mate.
    I think politics has a way of evening out. If Obama wins-it will be because the war is not the primary issue this election. For me, the war is a big issue this election as is the economy. I don’t want American troops staying in Iraq forever and I don’t like the deification of Petreaus. The economy is self explanatory-I’m getting screwed right now. Even if Obama wins I’ll still get screwed economically.
    Obama is not Jimmy Carter.

  3. And just what would have been the magic bullet that McCain could have said to sway you? It’s not what was or wasn’t said Wednsday but what has transpired over this election cycle.
    Do you really TRUST Obama to be your Commander in Cheif?

  4. I do not think Obama is the anti-Christ, and I think he may actually bring some leadership to the country.
    I resent the fact that it comes down to the choice of these two men. I have a theory that says most of the really good guys who could be a good President, can never get through the primary cycle. Most of the really good guys have personal baggage and they cannot survive in today’s environment. We ask impossible standards of our President.
    As for the magic bullet he could have said to sway me? That he endorses an immediate pull out from Iraq. Our current “manly” commander in chief got us into that war. The war is still an important component of my equation.
    He could have also announced that he was going to the RNC and asking that Palin be removed from the ticket. We both know that’s not going to happen.

  5. I would disagree that Obama will bring leadership to the country. Not at first, anyway.
    It is a sad statement that we end up with these two running for the top job. McCain’s record in the Senate could is not that much different from most of the Democrats (recall he toyed with the idea of switching party affiliation in the not too distant past). And Obama barely has a record in the Senate. As far as the VP picks, I would take Palin over Biden, but Palin is not my first choice either (neither was McCain for that matter). I think that Mitt Romney would be a much better pick for McCain due to his executive experience. For the Democrats, I know why he did not pick Hillary, but come on. She came damn close to winning the primary (not that I am a Hillary supporter in any way whatsoever).
    I think the bigger determinant as to what the next 4 years is going to be like is whether or not the Democrats win a supermajority in the Senate. Either way its going to suck.
    As long as I can keep my guns, watch NASCAR, and drink beer…

  6. See and I think Biden is better than Palin.
    Palin is a creature unique to Alaska and her so called folksy image is nothing but a mirage. She was in the right place at the right time and became Governor of Alaska-but compared to the problems of other large states (e.g. California) she has got it easy.

  7. If Palin winks at me one more time, I may have to take her seriously. LOL.
    I’m with the Skipper on this one. McCain and the Repugs offer nothing more than more of the last 8 years. An era (or error) decided first by one vote on the Supreme Court and then by the false assertions in 2004 that “America has never changed commanders in the middle of a war” and whatever it is the Swfitboaters said.
    W has done nothing but hock my grandchildren’s future to bail out the banking and investment system that Reaganomics deregulated. Let’s see, deregulate the Savings and Loan system and then bail it out when it fails horrifically. Deregulate airlines then bail them out when they fail. Deregulate energy pricing and production, and bail out the victims from the ENRON debacle. Deregulate banks….Anyone else see a pattern here?
    I cannot fathom what the country would look like under McCain?
    As for leadership, has anyone who criticizes Senator Obama ever tried to lead an all volunteer organization? Ever tried to make ends meet to fund programs when you are dependent on wholly voluntary revenues? Ever tried to herd cats? I submit it takes more true leadership and more true political skill to accomplish what Obama accomplished in Chicago than commanding a training squadron or multiple terms in a Congress as a minority party member.
    And please don’t try to defend Miss Congeniality. She’s little more than a face without credentials, without merit and without credibility. She’s abused her position in Alaska for personal reasons. She was for pork barrell spending in her state until it became unpopular, but she kept the money even if the bridge itself wasn’t built. She can’t answer a straight question with a straight answer and she blames the questioner when challenged on her failures (Katie Couric by way of example). She is so untrustworthy in public that the campaign won’t let her face reporters.
    Is this a better choice than others we might have had? I don’t know. But its the choice we have, and like Skipper, I can’t abide anything that looks like the last 4 years.
    Respects
    OAM