Obama or FAIL

Soo...D-Day is quickly approaching. On November 4th, we will get to see whether Americans are a people who desire change or a nation of neo-con fools.

Lately I've been watching clips of the MSNBC show Countdown with Keith Olbermann. I have to say, I find it entertaining and informative. I have also read this article: Make-Believe Maverick. It is a bit long, but you really should read it. From these two sources I have learned a few things about which I'm going to bitch about right now.

First of all, The countdown reported that McCain's campaign has stopped focusing on the economy and will Instead go into full mud slinging mode against Obama. Ok let me see if I have this right. the American economy has gone to shit, unemployment has gone way up, people are getting foreclosed on left, right and centre, there is a $10 Trillion debt and McCain thinks he can get votes by telling people that Obama is a dirty A-rab terrorist? People are losing jobs and retirement savings and he thinks this is an important issue? WOW. Epic Fail #1

Oh and McCain can't even get the personal attack thing right. From the article, I read that McCain is one of the Keating Five. In short, 5 Senators who were accused of corruption in '89. Long story short, some guy wanted to do some risky loan stuff (oh hello, does that ring a bell?) but was not allowed because there were rules in place against that kind of thing. Basically, he gave the 5 Senators some money and they made the regulators back off. So McCain was involved in a corruption scandal that has some relevance today. Epic Fail #2

Later on, McCain would go on to push for, and vote in favour of deregulating the financial industry. In summary, the whole mortgage crisis is partially his fault. He recently "suspended" his campaign to pretend to try to fix something that he helped to mess up in the first place. Epic Fail #3

Ok, I'll let back off of the old guy for a bit. Let's move on to his sexy librarian type running mate. The Countdown mentioned that she accused Obama of "pallin' around with terrorists". Ok, let's look at what that's all about. Apparently Obama met some ex-terrorist at some charity meeting. Ok. That's nice. Keith Olbermann then goes on to mention how Palin had some dealings with the Alaskan Independence Party. Uh huh...she accuses Obama of hanging out with a terrorist, which is an incorrect statement, when she had dealings with a party that wants to break away from the very country she is running for VP in. Unpatriotic much? Epic Fail #4

In short, McCain will lose if he talks about the key issue. He utterly failed at the personal attack thing because there is a lot more dirt on him than on Obama and most Americans really don't care that Obama is an Arab. Also, McCain picked a running mate who looks like she belongs in a porno as a naughty librarian. Oh and I think I've been to more countries than she has.

Looks dim for Sen. McFail. I think his only chance of winning is the fact that there are people out there who are stupid enough to vote for him. I'm sad to say that this alone gives him a decent chance of winning.

Oh and I urge you to watch The Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Its an awesome show, really!