“Got his mentoring from crackpot preachers like Reverend Wright and Father Pfleger…”

And:

“Began his political career in the living room of an unrepentent domestic terrorist, Bill ‘Weather Underground’ Ayers…”

And:

“Has a junior Marxist economic philosophy in store for the country, as he plainly told a plumber the other day, with his revelation that he plans to ’spread the wealth around’…”

And:

“Made millions of dollars on an autobiography that now appears someone ghostwrote for him…”

Kick ass and take names!

Very good, Nightmare.

HornetSting on October 15, 2008 at 4:52 PM

Thanks HornetSting- you are very kind. Admittedly, your name gives me pause, as I’m am terrified of your namesake.

I wish I could change mine. It was much more topical, (if not exactly brilliant, hehe) when I joined HotAir 2 1/2 yr ago when the whole Jack Abramoff / K Street lobbying scandal was in the news.

Now it just seems like a Freddy Kruger movie. Good thing I didn’t used “Kickapoo” which was the Indian tribe Abramoff made famous, that just sounds too much like a cross between a marshall artist and a porn star. LOL!!

I wonder if his internal polling, like Dole’s, indicates he doesn’t have a chance, and so he’s going easy on Obama to save face. If that’s the case, it’s another reason why he was a bad choice for republicans.

His biggest flaw is that he values bi-partisanship over everything else including principle. When there’s an economic crisis, I don’t want to hear how he’s going to reach across the aisle. I want solutions and I want the people who are to blame punished. Populist nonsense about Wall Street greed is the democrats talking point — it sounds silly from a republican who’s trying to preach to people who know better.

I don’t know what ads he’s running because I don’t live in a battleground state but unless he’s running ads linking Obama and the dems to FM/FM and the market meltdown, unless he’s running ads showing what Obama’s capital gains tax increase will do to further batter the economy and unless he’s runnig ads showing how Obama has flip-flopped on every issue between the primaries and the general elction he isn’t going to win.

As I’ve said before it’s Bob Dole vs. Clinton, again.
An old guy vs. a smooth talker and people with a short attention span want the smooth talker.

The base doesn’t think much of McCain, they just dislike Obama more intensely. That doesn’t win elections as the dems learned in 2004.

Rather than watching the debate I suggest spending the time finding ways to hide your spare change before it gets redistributed.

What do McCain, Obama have to do tonight?

Barry-breathechoke.

McCain-kick ass don’t let go of his neck!

HornetSting on October 15, 2008 at 4:45 PM

there, fixed it.

Barry-breathe.

McCain-kick ass!

The percentage of people who receive their news exclusively from the MSM has got to have fallen significantly since 2004. So how can blaming the MSM this time around be the reason?

And what is the MSM? 40 million people watched the VP debates. I think 33 million people watched the first Pres debates. Where those MSM because they were on TV?

Socialist
Alinsky
Infanticide
Wright
Ayers
Spread-the-wealth

Besides, it doesn’t matter who really wins, the MSM probably already has headlines printed already that say Obama.

jeanie on October 15, 2008 at 3:39 PM

Yup, and Obama was very considerate this time, as the UPDATE points out, he already sent them the talking points so they won’t have to stay up late witting about it.

I dispute that all (or even possibly most) people get their news from the MSM.

jim m on October 15, 2008 at 3:27 PM

“All” is one of those absolutes that rarely is true so that is safe to dispute.

I would say most people get their news from some version of the MSM either directly or indirectly. For instance, reading a Washington Post story linked from an internet site is still getting the news from an MSM source. The problem with the internet is the same as most MSM sources- editorial bias. What Americans are lacking in great measure is objective reporting of the facts.

He needs to wake those who are suffering campaign fatigue. He needs to have a moment like the one he had when he chose Palin to be his running mate… something to liven up the process and give people a reason to go to the polls.

Texas Rainmaker on October 15, 2008 at 3:23 PM

And that’s the problem. The last two debates was a good cure for insomnia. Neither candidate showed any fire or passion about being there and McCain acted as if it were past his bedtime.

If McCain really wants to win (I question this) he needs to reach his inner Southern Baptist fire-and-brimstone preacher’s voice instead of his Senator voice. It’s more than getting out there and bringing up Ayers- it’s convincing the public that McCain is ready and energized to be the nation’s leader.