and its working. I turned on the tv today, all news channels were a blaze with McCain quote: "On the Attack". Cindy McCain mentioned in her lie stump yesterday that Obama never mentions victory in Iraq, while I think most of us know that Petraeus said he would never use those terms and it broke the same day. McCain is out just letting everything fly from his mouth, all the while knowing none of it true, but what he is doing is distracting our sheepish media. In light of Palins husbands ties Alaskin Ind Party and their rhetoric starting to be presented to the public in Trooper Gate ruling today or soon, and the problems from McCain not calling Obama out to his face.Classic republican strategy, and again, this seems to be working. Suskind talked about this, (THEY CREATE THEIR OWN NEWS)I just dont think enough time has passed to show it reflected in the polls.  I hope Im being scary, or I hope the Obama campaign understands whats going on, and his a plan for future days to retaliate.

I want to know what the TPM community thinks, or am I overthinking this? http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/10/i-have-a-quick-question-for-mr.php

Not that I have not been hearing this from my side of the isle, I just dont think that I have been hearing it enough, or as forcefully! The American dream is to own a home. After 911, the President said to go shop(not responsible). Wages have been dropping consistantly for 8 years if not more. Inflation continues to grow. We have stagflation! So if workers/people were encouraged to buy homes by the fed. Told by loan companies to risk buying a home, and then they lost their job, got sick and lost their job, or had mortgages with Balloons they could not afford..all of the above, then why are alot of the pundits conceiding the argument that it was the irresponsible home buyers who messed up? (yes I know Obama did all I asked in the debate last night).....I watched that crapy View show this morning, and that Hannity hack continues to get away with spouting that! Now McCain is the savor with his crap new plan. I can hear it now, see he is the Maverick because his party wont like this proposal....vooooommmiiiittt! Its becomming common knowledge(perception) that it was the buyers and not the state of the economy that led to the housing market. The sensible thing to me is if wages were on an upward pattern, then things would not be as bad as they are. Wages are down, thats the reason things are falling apart. I find it hard to believe that people just want to lose their homes. Sure their were loans being given to risky people, but they have to live somewhere too. It is sad that this argument is being lost, and the finger being pointed at Blacks who are only 15% of the population. At least that is their argument, and it has become the perception. Just a plea for Dems to push back harder on that, thats all.

Who couldn't get enough of old Johnny walking into that door...lol.... Just look at the expression on his face. This exchange made the whole debate worth it. I love to see smug, smart ass people step in it...For the next few weeks, if you need a laugh, watch this again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZDSJN7mVPo

This has been bothering me for a while, and I have not been on TPM for a while, at least not enough to know what has, and has not been asked or followed up on. So if I tread on ground that has already been paved, I offer my sincere apologies.

On April 4th, 2006 McCain gave a speech at the AFL-CIO. He was challenged by a member of the audience that said they would take a Job picking lettuce for $50 an hour. McCain in a stern voice said that Americans could not/would not do a job such as pick lettuce. It's as if they/we are not hard workers, or to elite, or not strong enough to handle it. http://mrsensible.com/?p=37

Then as we all know on Sept 15th, he again pointed out that the American worker is the fundamental of the economy and I quote:
 "My opponents may disagree, but those fundamentals of America are strong," McCain said this afternoon in Orlando. "No one can match an American worker. Our workers sell more goods to more markets than any other on earth. Our workers have always been the strength of our economy, and they remain the strength of our economy today."
So here is the question, and I wish someone on the campaign trail, or even one of the pundits would point this out, if the American worker is so strong in McCain's eyes and he is so strongly and utterly resistant that they are anything less than that, why is it he thinks that Americans would not pick lettuce, or oranges, or whatever for $50 dollars an hour? Does he think that migrant workers are stronger than the American worker? Im just asking the question and wonder why his own words (audio)  have not been thrown in his face about this. I think if most Americans knew what he said and heard him say these things that totaly contradict themselves, they would be even more convinced that McCain is out of touch.