McCain Throws Curve to Cover Up Another Mess

This has not been the best week for the McCain-Palin campaign. Well, that’s an understatement. His numbers are tanking in just about every state polling, his vice-presidential candidate is pretty much embarrassing herself every single day and his own discomfort with the economic condition of this country is becoming more and more apparent. But none of these things was enough to cause the McCain camp to come out and tell the world that they were suspending their campaign and that they wished to cancel tomorrow night’s debate with Barack Obama.

Then what was the huge calamity that suddenly caused John McCain to feel that he couldn’t go on with his regular schedule? Was it the economic disaster that is befalling our financial markets and the banking industry? Well, I sincerely doubt that. If that was the reason, then McCain would have headed to Washington on Monday or over this past weekend. Was it the fact that McCain was being summoned back to the Senate by Senate Leader Harry Reid or even perhaps by the president? Well, hardly. Not only was McCain not expected or needed to confuse the people negotiating this delicate deal in the making, but it was McCain himself who requested that the president invite he and Obama for today’s meeting.

No, McCain’s political world is crumbling around him. Word has made it to the mainstream media that John McCain’s own campaign manager, Rick Davis has had very close ties to beleaguered mortgage leader Freddie Mac and only went off their payroll last month. Records of the company show that Davis and/or his company have performed no specific task for Freddie Mac, and that leads one to conjecture that keeping Davis on the payroll was buying influence with the McCain presidential campaign, which not only belies previous statements of John McCain himself, but just continues to demonstrate McCain’s reliance on professional lobbyists and that he is just another Republican who has very close ties to big business and the very companies that are currently being bailed out by the federal government.

We have witnessed John McCain and his Rove-trained staff throwing this country a curve every time they need to change the subject. It started with the selection of Sarah Palin as the potential vice-president, and it has continued on about a weekly basis. I would strongly advise everyone, particularly all people interested in fairness and the future of this country, plus the mainstream media to keep their eye on the ball and not allow the Republican Party, currently represented by the McCain-Palin campaign, to divert our attention off of the subject at hand, whatever it is on any particular day. Sadly, John McCain’s motivations and actions are quite transparent, and he and his running mate should be held to the same standard that Barack Obama is held to and be forced to answer any and all questions that are prompted by their actions and agenda.