The Cosmopolitan Blog

Oh, yeah, McCain’s halted campaign really was a heroic move!

• Wed: big announcement, campaign on hold “until we agree on a bailout plan”, oh, and let’s cancel the debate…
• Thurs: McCain is in DC, not in the bailout plan committee, nor bringing any useful info to the meeting with Bush
• Fri: still no bailout plan, but McCain’s campaign back on, and debate back on too…

If this isn’t proof of how erratic this man is, then I don’t know what it. Just like Sarah Palin as choice of VP, he had met her ONCE before.

On a separate note: did you know that a Senator who’s been in a lengthy stay in hospital due to a brain hemorrhage, has still managed to put in more Senate votes than McCain???? Ok, granted, Obama is no3 on the most missed Senate votes after McCain and brain-hemorrhage-guy, but still… Anyway, thanks to Stonecipher for the info!

Yeah, yeah, i know, i said i’d stop ranting about McCain. I will. In fact, I want to address Obama’s faults too, and I will, in my next post. In fact, one of the comments on Stonecipher’s post states that everything us pro-Obama folk say is always assuming “…Guilty until proven innocent. If that’s the attitude you want to take towards politicians, fine, so long as you bring the same skepticism to bear on both candidates.”… totally agreed.

ok, so we all know that not an ounce of truth exists in the political and election process. Everything we hear should be taken with a pinch of salt, speeches embellish the truth, advertisements tell downright lies, and everyone spins everything.

But, when we, the common folk, hear the truth from our own ears, then don’t insult us by telling us something different. Here’s what i’m outraged about this week: a few days ago, a reporter asked McCain how many houses he had. McCain DIDN’T hesistate, DIDN’T “um” and “ah”, and just replied “well, i’ll have my staff get back to you”. Does that mean that he doesn’t know how many houses he has? NO! For the love of all that’s holy, don’t make the man more senile than he probably already is! He said that because he was trying to give a safe answer. He KNOWS how many different houses he owns that he spends time living / vacationing in, he’s not that stupid (insert funny joke about current US president here).

No, but seriously. He answered that because he probably also has a few investment properties, and didn’t want to be accused of lying if he didn’t give an accurate figure. Imagine the scandal if he had only counted the x number of houses he actually lived in and omitted the investments, the Dems would have had a field day saying he was trying to hide something.

So stop calling McCain “the person who can’t even remember how many houses he has”. Every major network has called him that this week. HE KNOWS, LET IT GO ALREADY. This is the type of silliness i expect from the late night shows, this is the type of lies that i expect from advertising from the opposing party. This is NOT the type of statements i want from my major news sources. I heard what McCain said, so do interpret it for me.

Do i think McCain should be president? No. Do i think he might, on occasion, be forgetful? Yes. But i also think he gives us plenty of material for criticism, so can we please leave the man alone when he didn’t, for once, do anything wrong?

In my job in marketing, i have to study the web traffic to our site. I’m sure at CNN they have an entire team working on analysis viewership rates… and i wonder if they’ll notice a drop in viewership today, seeing that the Lost season premiere is on. I mean, let’s face it, there’s been NOTHING on tv these days, no one sits at lunch at work the next day ooohing and aaahing over the latest developments of their favorite series… it’s very sad… well, for us… Cuz for politicians and networks like CNN, i’m thinking their viewership has never been higher, they’re by default, the best entertainment there is on TV, with political debates and all…

Hehehe… so, um, does that mean that there’s a spin doctor somewhere who orchestrated the writer’s strike so that everyone HAS to watch the politics? Hmmm…