Love Hurts.

FILE UNDER: A Moment of Clarity/PRIMARIES: Out of the Races & Onto the Tracks!

I don't know if you have noticed, but the wheels seem to be falling off the Straight Talk Express. Shortly following the Biden/Palin debate, the rhetoric in the McCain campaign switched from straight talkin' the issues from the stump to Point! Point! Point! Scowl! Scowl! Scowl! Attack! Attack! Attack! [I mean I don't think it was his intent, but didn't John McCain come off as hot headed and testy during that last debate. That's not the charming, affable John McCain I remember from 2000.]

While the Democrats and their followers promote change, hope, and prosperity at the base level, the Republicans and their followers seem angry, testy, and incapable of understanding why they [Dems] aren't more like us [Republicans], able to cut through the bullshit [change, hope, and prosperity] and be more patriotic by supporting the Maverick War Hero and his faithful sidekick THE HOCKEY MOM! You know, the folks with the masterplan. The actual "compassionate conservatives" here to save the day from the old dead end policies of Bush II and his greedy cronies.

It also seems that a dip in popularity and the all too obvious holes in the rhetoric has forced the McCain campaign to resort back to its "everything but the kitchen sink" approach, with the goal of ensuring that Senator Obama's walls come crashing down. This means encouraging misinformation without actually acknowledging it or discrediting it [Obama's a terrorist. Obama's a muslim. Obama's not even an American citizen. Etc., Etc.]. And, of course, bringing back the villains. Cause everyone loves a villain, and everyone loves to harp on those who may associate themselves with these so called villains. That's why Jeremiah Wright is back on people's tongues this week, as well as William Ayers. And, come this morning, afternoon, or evening, don't be surprised if Minister Louis Farrakhan is added to the list. Why? Because of this:



-Sigh-

Let the games begin! What say you Elizabeth Hasselback, or -GASP! DEAR GOD NO!- Sean Hannity?