My Current Fantasy

Listening to John McCain tell his desperate crowds that Barack Obama has something to hide really makes me sick. Hearing Sarah Palin lying about who Barack Obama is has to be one of the more infuriating things I’ve heard in a long time.

My fantasy is this: During one of these upcoming rallies, when John McCain is spewing his hate to his less than tolerant crowd, once again telling them that Obama just won’t answer any of the serious and important questions, Barack Obama comes out from behind the stage and waves to a stunned crowd. He walks up and stands next to McCain at the podium and says, “John, this crowd deserves better than what you’re telling them.”

From there, Barack goes on tell explain that he served on a couple of charitable foundation boards which were underwritten by the very conservative Annenberg Foundation, and that dozens of people from the Chicago area, Democrats and Republicans alike, served on these boards, as well. He further explains that yes, Bill Ayers was also on these boards, but that these were boards devoted to educational pursuits and had nothing to do with palling around with an unrepetent terrorist.

I realize that this is very unlikely to occur, but a guy can wish, can’t he? After listening to the hate-baiting coming from the McCain-Palin tag team with the new theme that Obama hangs around with known terrorists, the fact that John McCain didn’t hit Barack with that charge immediately the other night should show his supporters that he is either a coward or that it’s pretty damn easy to throw out charges, no matter how weak and unsubstantiated, when there is no one to challenge the veracity of that charge.

It is the ultimate irony that John McCain is also connected to the Annenbergs and ultimately to William Ayers. As a matter of fact, truth be told, John McCain has some actual real-life connections to people who have committed crimes, been labeled as terrorists and has been part of boards and commissions that I’m betting he won’t be standing up in front of his supposedly adoring crowds to boast about.

Well, back to reality. 27 days left, and I’d rather live in fantasy world, but the truth is that this country cannot afford nor does it deserve another four years of Bush-Cheney nor can it withstand seeing John McCain and Sarah Palin destroying whatever sanity we have left.