Saturday, October 11, 2008
Post Debate Blahs
Tuesday night's debate seems like a distant memory now. The financial meltdown has completely sucked the wind out of both campaigns. Obama benefits by default since he represents the party out of power. No matter that his prescription of raising taxes on individuals and small businesses making over $250K is a recipe for more disaster in the economy. His proposal for raising capital gains taxes won't matter since there is scarcely any capital gains being made out there right now. I'm not sure how he will find money to fund his universal healthcare initiative, what with the $700+ billion bailout plan now the law of the land; and other bailout candidates knocking down the doors of Congress. So with the current constraints of the economy, what will an Obama presidency bring? I honestly have no idea and that is a little unsettling.
I hope the political dynamic changes in the next couple of weeks because right now the campaign has become boring and fairly obnoxious. The race now resembles the "electrifying" Clinton-Dole campaign of 1996 (yawn). I don't want to see another teleprompter address by Obama. I don't want to hear McCain say "my friends" a thousand times in one speech. I don't want to see Sarah...no, wait, strike that.
There are only a few things that can shake up the race at this point: (a) Obama or McCain makes a huge gaffe in the final debate (not likely); (b) Patrick Fitzgerald drops a bomb on Obama and associates in the US Attorneys office in Chicago in his ongoing corruption probe of Illinois politicians (not likely until after the election); (c) it is revealed that Obama was not born in this country and is not eligible to become president (probably not true, but there are rumors); or (d) terrorists strike US interests here or abroad (let's pray not).
So, if the polls are to believed, President Obama is close to becoming a reality. I am not excited about that prospect; but, quite honestly, I'm not terribly excited about a President McCain either. I just think McCain would be more of a known quantity in these troubled times and a "steady hand on the tiller" (as McCain said in the last debate).
Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail!
I hope the political dynamic changes in the next couple of weeks because right now the campaign has become boring and fairly obnoxious. The race now resembles the "electrifying" Clinton-Dole campaign of 1996 (yawn). I don't want to see another teleprompter address by Obama. I don't want to hear McCain say "my friends" a thousand times in one speech. I don't want to see Sarah...no, wait, strike that.
There are only a few things that can shake up the race at this point: (a) Obama or McCain makes a huge gaffe in the final debate (not likely); (b) Patrick Fitzgerald drops a bomb on Obama and associates in the US Attorneys office in Chicago in his ongoing corruption probe of Illinois politicians (not likely until after the election); (c) it is revealed that Obama was not born in this country and is not eligible to become president (probably not true, but there are rumors); or (d) terrorists strike US interests here or abroad (let's pray not).
So, if the polls are to believed, President Obama is close to becoming a reality. I am not excited about that prospect; but, quite honestly, I'm not terribly excited about a President McCain either. I just think McCain would be more of a known quantity in these troubled times and a "steady hand on the tiller" (as McCain said in the last debate).
Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail!
# posted by 99 Blogger @ 10:26 PM 
