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Idiot Watch 9/25: It's all about John
Best thing - in fact, the only thing - that McCain can do now, is a little true confession. Hold a press conference, and say, "My friends (sorry, but it's gotta start with that), I let you down. I betrayed your trust. It's clear now that Sarah Palin, as wonderful a person and politician as she is, is not quite ready for the awesome responsibility of the Exeuctive Branch....." and so on. The "my firiends" bit is necessary so that America doesn' t think he lied about everything. and this has to be preceded by Palin bowing out gracefully, though neither one can truly afford to say "What was I thinking???"
But it has to happen. AND - McCain has also to explicitly come down on Tush - a switch from the implicitness of his recent stumping.
Right now Americans don't trust McCain's veractiy or his political judgement. I'm guessing this is why he was so peeved on Friday night: that he found himself talked into supporting a VP candidate and policy decisions that went against the grain, and now he's losing against a young upstart that this Red, White and Blue military man considers a wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper.
He's got to come clean. With himself, with his party and with the American public. Or the rest of his days on the planet are going to be filled with a lot of that same directionless rage we saw last night. And that's not a nice way to live.
Comments (2)
My apologies for all the bad spilling.
September 27, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
... and the wrong date......
geeze
September 27, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
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