McCain Went With Public Financing Leaving Obama in the Driver's Seat

One of McCain's brilliant errors was apparently assuming that the purportedly sincere liberal reformer Obama would stick with public financing for the Presidential campaign. By pledging to not seek private funds and limiting himself to public financing McCain was left outspent by Obama's money machine. McCain screwed up again. Bless him for it.

Of course there may have been more necessity than choice to McCain's decision to seek public financing. If he had the choice however, it was neither a sign of tactical nor strategic brilliance. He tried to lecture Obama about who knew what the term strategic meant in one of the so called "debates". Obama is the strategic genius of the two and this is just one part of that intellectual grasp that McCain just doesn't have, period.

McCain Does His Philistine Thing and Tries to Skip Republican Convention

Canceling even part of a national party's convention because there might be a catastrophe in Orleans is pretty hard to understand, especially from a "great leader" like McCain. What an incredible joke. Who are Bush and McCain to take off work to "help" the people of new Orleans? What a joke. How can anyone take this seriously?

So they postured as nice people who care about the remnants of the New Orleans population left over since the last public works neglect catastrophe. Caring about New Orleans and the United States means long term planning and long term investments that don't necessarily make money today. Indeed, it looks like the free enterprise system is unable to do public works correctly, like New Orleans the dikes are not built to withstand a Hurricane that is 4 or 5 on that Fujiyama ? scale.
So with global warming and other trends New Orleans is always going to be risking catastrophe during hurricane season. It's a matter of public policy.

Good mass evacuation, New Orleans, but do we really need martial law for the ten percent who remained? It is a fascist move and reprehensible in any society. We must obviously struggle for democracy to come about in New Orleans and this nation.

McCain should have at least postured as a bus driver or something. Meanwhile the great leader's convention is falling apart. Hell, let's cancel his whole candidacy and the Republican Party to boot!

With the Arrest of Amy Goodman and Two other Journalists McCain and the Twin Cities Offer Straigt Up Fascism

     Amy Goodman and two Democracy Now producers were arrested while filming the harsh repression of peaceful demonstrators in the fascist stronghold of St. Paul, Minnesota.

     Perhaps we should demand of the McCain campaign, that he demand the immediate release of these journalists.

Democracy Now! is calling on all journalists and concerne citizens to call the office of Mayor Chris Coleman and the Ramsey County Jail and demand the immediate release of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar.  These calls can be directed to: Chris Rider from Mayor Coleman's office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350
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John McCain Claims He Doesn't Know How Many Homes He Has

John McCain tells us he is a great leader. Yet he also tells us that well past the age of maturity that he doesn't even know how many homes he owns!

So even with all the wisdom in the world John McCain won't know how to get home. After all, he supposedly doesn't even know these homes exist!

Of course it could be argued that he has the chauffeur to take him home even though he doesn't know where it is himself. Yes, ready to lead but not to his own house!

Of course Mr. McCain may also not know how to get dressed. Does he have a butler to help in that event?

Then if Mr. McCain forgot what he had for breakfast at one of his mansions he can also ask the cook.

Apparently Mr. McCain wants us to believe that he isn't too strong in his mastery of the facts of his own life. How can he be expected to master the facts necessary to lead a nation?

I find it very hard to believe that Mr. McCain doesn't know how many homes he owns. I think Senator McCain knows that if everyone learns just how much he and his wife are members of the ruling class they would be shocked. After all, he is passing himself as a regular guy who just happens to be a war hero. He is ruling class through and through. Certainly his wife and her family are, and he married into that.

Of course, most Americans are not aware that there is a ruling class. Perhaps this could be an educational opportunity for us all, especially those who thinks that all Americans have a decent and middle class life. As millions of Americans plummet into the working class, including the unemployed they may be open to the idea that there is is an inequality in the United States that is the result of exploitation and the rule of the rich. People like McCain as a genuine war hero. Will they like him as fake "regular guy"? How many cars does
McCain own?

Of course Obama serves the same elite and I think anyone in the Senate or White House is part of the ruling elite or ruling class even if in a somewhat different way. Maybe I am wrong about that. What about functionaries and bureaucrats?