Just Go

The most casual of readers of this blog know that I lean left of left. And the events of this past week has demonstrated that John McCain and Sarah Palin should just go away. When McCain suspended his campaign, some equated the move to a sports team calling a time out. Now it is clear that the McCain campaign should throw in the towel.

For a man to spew out the accusations that Obama does things for political gain borders on ludicrous considering McCain's actions throughout this campaign. First, they bring up the race issue in a not so subtle way and when Obama calls attention to it, they have the audacity to say he is playing the race card. They talk about Obama lack of experience and then pull from the tundra Sarah Palin, who by any measure is as politically naïve as one can get. They mock the community service of a young man out of college and in the next breath talk about country. One can assume by their statements that they feel a country shouldn't have its citizens pay their fair share of taxes. They talk about tax breaks as if the country has a surplus. They pretend John McCain can fix the economy when he doesn't even comprehend the complexities of what is happening.

But all this pales in comparison to the selection of Sarah Palin. It is a sad day when spin masters can take a naïve young politician and parade her as a maverick reformer. To attempt to change or modify her positions is to insult the electorate. It is not without good reason that they held this woman from the press. She sounds like a high school freshman trying to answer a teacher's question without reading the text.

One hears in her response a total lack of depth on any subject related to high office. She can talk about good and evil, but even then she gets confused and begins to sound like a broken record. If only the world and the issues facing this nation were so simplistic. This business of Alaska being closed to Russia is just plain asinine. Now she is touting as foreign expertise the fact that Alaska borders Canada.

Yes, it is time for the McCain campaign to throw in the towel. Perhaps, this long campaign cycle is what this country needed. The long and arduous road to the election brings out the best and worst of a candidate. It is clear that John McCain is a desperate man who feels he is entitled to ascend to the high office. He brings nothing to this debate save his tired ideas about victory and what is right. His moral compass is spinning madly as he realized that time and events have left him in a position of just being out of the picture. As for his running mate, she sounds like a little girl out of her element. Perhaps she should spend more time at home. It would seem her family needs her and she is not ready to be a heart beat from the presidency.