Shuck Bush

9 October 2008

I am throughly disgusted with McCain and Palin for the way they are trying to trash Obama and I think it’s going to bite them in the ass. I, for one, want to hear issues discussed not character assassination. I can only assume that they are very threatened and are lashing out. Our country is in dire straits economically and that’s what needs to be addressed. The claim by McCain that he and he alone came up with the idea of the government buying up bad loans and refinancing them, a plan I’m pretty sure was included in the “rescue” package. For me, McCain’s judgement in selecting Palin as a running mate showed lack of judgement and that alone would keep me from voting for him.

I’m also disappointed in Obama responding to McCain in a negative way. The McCain campaign is using McCain’s wife to lash out using a war vote that both McCain and Obama voted against. They are also using Obama’s middle name against him only to distract America from the issues facing the country. To me these are signs that McCain realizes that his support is going downhill and is getting down and dirty. The rowdy almost snarling crowds attending his campaign speeches seems to attest to the kind of people following him. I sure hope to see a change in this campaign on both sides.

8 October 2008

I’m sorry to say that I was very disappointed in the second presidential debate. I heard nothing new or different except McCain’s opening salvo that the government buy up all the bad home loans and refinance them at today’s rates. Obama, for his part, seemed more sure of his step by step ways to fix healthcare, the economy and foreign affairs. One comment during the debate by McCain really stood out when he referred to Obama as “that one”, which I thought revealed the “real” McCain. Undecided voters who were interviewed after the debate still seemed to be undecided.

The negative TV ads and stumping by McCain, Palin and Obama, on the days leading up to the debate really turned me off, the worst by the McCain campaign. If the final debate is similar to this one, then people need to consider McCain’s poor choice of a running mate and ask themselves if they really want Palin to represent the U.S. should anything happen to McCain if he were chosen to be president. I’m planning to flee to Canada should that happen. I hope that I don’t have to eat those words.

6 October 2008

I really didn’t find too much new on the Sunday shows. It was more of a rehash of the VP debate and members of both parties condemning the recent negative McCain ads. Palin’s peppy, eye-winking attitude really didn’t show too much depth on the debate. She openly avoided the subjects that she was not comfortable with and picked something she could rant about. I can do only so much McCain/Palin bashing so I’m taking another pause in my blog until after Tuesday’s Presidential Debate. Let’s hope that there is something more definitive shown between the two presidential candidates to really allow America to see just what they stand for and compare the two.

3 October 2008

The republican party did a good job stuffing facts into Palin during her “cram” session but her answers had no depth. When she was unsure of herself she changed the subject and it was very obvious. Her down home attitude made me want to throw up. Will people really fall for her “I know how you feel” spiel? What was even more apparent were the Bush policies lurking in the background. Biden reigned himself in and stuck to facts, bing, bing, bing. He does have a tendency to go on and on but not last night.

All and all, I think that Biden came out ahead on this debate. The republicans were smart to limit Palin to only one debate. There will be two more presidential debates and I really think that Obama will show more substance and expand on the differences between his plans for the country and McCain’s. The economy will hamper some of the promises made but between Obama and Biden I think that they are a pair to be reckoned with.

1 October 2008

I’m going to pause my poison pen until I see what Biden and Palin have to say during their first debate tomorrow night and what Congress and the Senate do with the bailout plan when they return from their brief Jewish holiday recess.

While I pause in my observation of the political and economic situation, I am livid to discover that 10,000 combat troops are scheduled to be deployed to Iraq in the spring, from Fort Lewis, WA and another 16,000 will be sent from another state. What happened to the drawdown? We aren’t wanted there by the Iraqis and the problem with the insurgence requires police action against terrorists who are criminals. The sects fighting each other are part of a civil war, also not our business. Yes sir, the Pentagon and hawks in the Bush administration are running our country. If Americans can call their Senators and Congressmen to rail about the economy why not about the deployment of more combat troops? Afghanistan is where more troops are really needed.