Posted by
Mike Silverman on Thursday, October 16, 2008 4:21:39 AM
In the final debate before election day Senator McCain did a fairly good job of forcing Senator Obama to talk about some subjects he'd rather not discuss. He forced Obama to explain his relationship with Ayers, his involvement with ACORN, his encounter with "Joe" the plumber, his choice not to vote on the bill protecting infants from being killed after a failed abortion attempt, parsing his stance against late term abortion by challenging him on the words "health"... of the mother... as an exception, challenging him on the words... "look at"... regarding his view on expanding offshore drilling. A problem for McCain during the debate was his lackluster follow-up on Obama after Obama gave weak replies to those challenges. McCain also tried to separate himself from Obama on tax policy. He did fairly good on that too, except... McCain also talked about his own plan for using billions in taxpayer money to fund refinancing of home mortgages that are in default. McCain was more forceful than in prior debates in his verbal reprimands of Obama, but he didn't quite close the deal. McCain doesn't quite have the speaking prowess of Obama, and next to Obama looked stilted and a bit uncomfortable. Also, McCain feels he has a reputation to guard, as a "Maverick", and a uniter of parites, so he held back a bit on some of things he could have jumped on. Bottom line is that McCain is not the best debater in congress. He scored some points in this debate, but I'm not sure he was able to swing additional voters in his direction.
Now, get ready. The debates are over, so the news media no longer has any "obligation" to cover McCain and therefore can revert to full liberal bias mode without caring if they're criticized for it. For the next few weeks all you will see is Obama.., everywhere. Any look at McCain or Palin will be a glance, a footnote in the media. Some of the big name DC insider Conservative pundits have already thrown in the towel and are giving up on McCain. If you saw the FOX panel discussion after the debate, even Bill Kristol ( founder of the mainly conservative Weekly Standard magazine), one of McCain's and Sarah Palin's biggest cheerleaders.... sat there with a half frown on his face as he declared Obama the winner of the debate. Fred Barnes and Charles Krauthammer , both Conservative political analysts, also were down on McCain's chances after this debate as they also declared Obama the winner. Look for people in all wakes of the media to ease up to Obama in order to place themselves in position to garner a seat and a pole position at the news media table of an Obama administration. Don't be too surprised to see that the only people left to make the case that a McCain / Palin ticket is far better than an Obama/Biden ticket, are you and I, the new media blogosphere, and some of the strong Conservative media voices who don't care if they get snubbed by Obama, those probably would include Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh, Neil Cavuto, and my personal favorite Fox News judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano who should be on the supreme court, in my humble opinion. So it will be a very rocky ride to the finish line. The goal now is to stay alert against all attempts to drive down the vote count on the Republican side with overwhelmingly biased reporting favoring Obama, including polls commissioned and designed to show Obama as an unbeatable favorite. The truth is, Obama, when properly exposed..., should not be a difficult candidate to beat. WE have a difficult candidate to carry, in the form of John McCain. Personally, I don't care much about McCain becoming President. I don't look forward to it, and I know many movement Conservatives share that disappointment in McCain's politics. Still, he's far, far better than having Obama in the White House. I do , however, want VERY much to have Sarah Palin positioned in the starting line up for the Presidency as a Republican candidate. A win for McCain will get her into that spot. She is a game changer in the inner struggle for the soul of the Republican party and I believe is a resounding positive influence on shifting the leftward sliding ideology of the Republican leadership back to a winning Conservative foundation. A Palin administration would restore the legacy that Reagan bequeathed to the Republican Party. So break out the coffee and the energy drinks, stay pumped for election day, and forget about the mainstream media political news for now. It's actually irrelevant unless McCain or Obama makes a huge blunder between now and election day. Without that, the news will be fully predictable and almost all of it in favor of Obama, so why torture ourselves with watching Obama lap dogs wagging thier tails while he balances dog treats on thier noses? Let's just get to the polls and get McCain/Palin elected.
- Mike Silverman