In the chaos which has become McCain's campaign and convention we hear these voices bluffing away reason trying to sell us a used car that has been wrecked.
This whole VP mess is taking on the feel of the Iraq invasion-- on so many levels, but in particular the lies, propaganda and desperation for the citzens not to figure out what had happened until it was too late. McCain's judgment that he should unveil a desperate gamble sixty days before the election echos the rush to unilateral war. Every republican, every reporter who says they don't know the answers about Palin underscores the fact that if McCain had any respect for his country or its people he would be sure we knew. No more secret meetings. No more last minute surprises. For some reason beyond belief he waited until the last moment to start his term paper and bungled it badly, not having properly vetted his choice, they are now desperately scrambling to send teams of lawyers and spin masters to Alaska to contain the damage.
If that sounds familiar, it is, It sums up the past five and a half years in Iraq. And truth be told, that shift of focus from our real goal-- bin Laden, is precisely what McCain is trying to do since he was so soundly routed by the Denver convention.
The dead enders are desperate to appear confident in hopes of bluffing the voters into believing there is something substantial to this desperate policitcal stunt-- some polls have Obama/Biden over fifty percent, and the Republican's know the tipping point is not far away. Listen to the desperation in their Orwellian optimism.