6 days and Counting
In 6 days, there will be a new President of the United States (POTUS). I literally cannot wait. I have spoken with fellow Democrats over here and we are all arguing about which venue we should attend on election night. I know we won't get in to any of them though - people are predicting double and treble capacity crowds at each site. For the Primaries, a friend stood in line at a hotel event for over 2 hours just to get to the coat room.
This election has people so excited and fired-up - I even know a Canadian guy who's been to all of the Democrats Abroad events over here. You know it's hot if you get a Canuck interested.
Although I can't wait for election night, I am enjoying watching the slow and dramatic car crash that is the McCain campaign. It's like the back hallways in a Shakespeare tragedy - back-stabbing, lies, murder, deceit, treachery. And oh, of course lunacy (Palin). Not pretty, but like a car crash, irresistible. Seeing a car crash, I usually look away from the gory bits. I can't help but devour every bit of the Republican mess on display.
Leaders of the low-brow, ignoramus set - the Rush Limbaugh's of this world, are frantic about losing face with their lucrative fan bases. They are desperately trying to discredit Obama with thinly veiled racist and derogatory remarks in an effort to entice more voters to ignore facts and policies and vote from their irrational, scared and bigoted bellies. 'That's how to win folks!!' Remember, they don't want a terrorist as president - especially one who is a Muslim, or an AyRAB. Their mission is to relate Obama to a terrorist gangsta and to make Sarah Palin out to be a competent woman. Both very hard to do.
It must be really embarrassing to Republicans because McCain can't pick a stable hard-line message/or tag line and stick to it. Every day there's another new and very weak allegation about Obama which makes McCain look disorganised, discombobulated and - well, like an old fuddy-duddy. It looks like McCain is playing 'Pin the tail on the Donkey'- blindfold and all. He really should target the biggest ass of all - his running mate - who is throwing him under the bus for mis managing her 'roll out'. ha ha!! Just wait - he'll pin it on her when they lose - he'll get there eventually!
The dim bulb that is Sarah. Yes, Sarah Palin! It's the McCain campaign's fault you are nothing but a redneck in a skirt. It's his fault too that your state has the highest teen pregnancy rates in the country - even though you oppose sex education in schools (clearly your daughter got some sort of sex education, somewhere). It's McCain's fault that you never read anything but your local NRA newsletter and therefore can't formulate an opinion on anything of value. It's his fault that the campaign has to spend weeks prepping you on basic geography, history and current events so you can stand at a podium and talk about being a Hockey Mom. Yes, it's McCain's fault that you are so stupid, you don't even realise how you were insulted on Saturday Nite Live - twice.
Now, don't think I take anything for granted. Nightmares happen on election days. I talk about this with my neighbour all the time. He's the Bureau Chief for Wall St. Journal here in Brussels, he says it will be a landslide victory for Obama and he's going to bed the minute they call Virginia a Blue state. (as we are 6 hours ahead of East Coast here). Fair enough.
I look forward to the excitement of the next 5 days and the feeling that we are about to embark on a really interesting journey as Americans. History is in the making and we are part of it.
Obama '08
posted by Brussels Confidential @ 11:00 AM
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