A "Fist-Bump" From The Obamas To McCain!!!

Well, John McCain will know what it's really like to "Face-The-Nation". Now that Senator Clinton has finally conceded the nomination to Barack Obama this morning at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., John McCain will spend the next 5 months on his heels, courtesy of that young upstart guy from Harvard, Barack Obama. John McCain is like the sound of one hand clapping. There is little substance there. Only a puffy face with locked jaws and stiff body movements peppered with "My Friends" while standing on stage.

It is this writer's view that John McCain might be better served if his staff trotted out Cindy McCain and had her read standard talking points from the teleprompter. Simply restrict McSame to his traveling road show across the country in front of smaller groups at smaller venues. Just do like Willie Nelson and take that "On The Road Again" approach all the way up until November.

There's simply no daylight of difference between Bush and McCain on any of the major issues as The McCainster has morphed from outright opposition to Bush before the 2004 Presidential election to virtual lock-step alignment. Cindy and her stilleto heels would be a much better antidote for the awkward predictament and inherent internal contradictions the McCain campaign now finds itself in. Not to mention the fact that his entire campaign is stocked with and run by LOBBYISTS.

His whole premise is Iraq and for that to have even the remotest of chances of succeeding he would be better off touring all of the municipalities across the country with populations of less than 50,000. He has virtually no chance of taking large urban areas - even in the Red States.

Finally, any consideration to have George W. Bush contribute to the Fall campaign would be most ill-advised. Were I running the McCain campaign I would use every ounce of effort to thwart any outward appearance of Bush appearing for or on behalf of John McCain. Bush would be better utilized simply doing stealth fund raising at a very low decibel and at very undisclosed locations.

Word to the Republicans: Don't be afraid, be VERY, VERY afraid of this Obama guy. He pivots off direct attacks better than anyone could have imagined and he does it like water running off a duck's back. Welcome to the Killing Season. McCain will end up as a trophy like deer antlers in your best friend's den.

THE DYNAMIC DUO - DICK AND "JUNIOR"

Yes, leave it to Uncle "Dick" Cheney to ingratiate himself with the American people. When asked about the milestone of 4,000 troops dead as a result of the 5-year old Iraq War, Uncle Dickie could only reply - They Volunteered.

This, coming from a guy who had not one but 5, yes, count'em, 5 deferments during the Vietnam War. His answer to that one was to the effect - I had different priorities than going over to Vietnam. What a pile of puke and crap. This man should be pistol-whipped and then forced to work at a K-Mart checkout line for the rest of his putrid existence.

But I digress, from the real focus of this rant - "Junior." It seems Dubya had something more nobler to say say - about the loss of 4,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq. In a burst of brain-addled jubilation, the erstwhile caretaker of the White House intoned:

"One day, people will look back at this moment in history and say, `Thank God there were courageous people willing to serve because they laid the foundation for peace for generations to come,'"

Now, back to Cheney - when confronted with the fact that two-thirds of the American people believed that the Iraq War was not worth fighting for all Cheney could reply back with was a "So?"

Where I come from, we'd call that guy a real DICK! Or, what a friggin' Arsehole!

Maybe now, we can lock these two guys together in a detention cell underneath the Capitol for the duration of this presidency. The justification: temporary incapacity. It just so happens that this state of "incapacity" might very well last until January 20, 2009.

Or just invoke the little-used but still-on-the-books Congressional tool - Civil Contempt:

Thus, the congressional alternative. Instead of referring a contempt citation to the U.S. attorney, a house of Congress can order the sergeant-at-arms to take recalcitrant witnesses into custody and have them held until they agree to cooperate -- i.e., an order of civil contempt. Technically, the witness could be imprisoned somewhere in the bowels of the Capitol, but historically the sergeant-at-arms has turned defendants over to the custody of the warden of the D.C. jail.

Cheney/Bush could be considered recalcitrant witnesses in my book.

Where's the Congressional Sergeant-of-Arms. It's time for the Democrats to send the man with the big boots over to the White House.

Like Nancy Sinatra belted out in her one-hit wonder, "These Boots Are Made For Walking".

HILLARY - YOU'RE LIKE BEAR STEARNS - YOU'VE IMPLODED!

The unhappy experience of Bear Stearns proves that it is a lack of confidence, not capital, that ultimately topples even the savviest financial institutions.

“Once you have a run on the bank you are in a death spiral and your assets become worthless,”......

WELL,

THE SAME DAMN THING APPLIES TO HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON.

There's been a run on her bank -(bank of candor and candidness) - for some time now and consequently she's been locked into an irreversible death spiral.

Her assets are absolutely worthless at this point.

The sad thing about it is that she won't even admit it to herself. That's some kind of leadership quality, huh?

It's obvious to anyone with even half of a brain.

What's even worse is that Hillary won't be getting any bailouts from the Fed!


Pete/Marin