Shameless and absurd
John McCain's top aides would like you to know that Barack Obama is using the Wall Street crisis for political gain. John McCain, on the other hand, is being totally bipartisan and awesome -- unlike those damn Democrats! McCain, you see, isn't interested in the blame game; he just wants to seek solutions. But alas, the Democrats are obstructing his blame-free approach! Poor, poor bipartisan martyr John McCain. P.S. DEMOCRATS SUCK. MCCAIN RULZ, VOTE 4 MCCAIN. But he would never use a crisis for political gain! Only partisan Democrats like Obama would do that!
Do these people not know how ridiculous they sound??
P.S. There seems to be some confusion about my intent with this post. To be clear, I am not denying that Obama is using the crisis for political gain! Of course he is! But so is McCain (again, of course). What's "shameless and absurd" is pretending that McCain is holier-than-thou in this regard, while blatantly exploiting the issue by the very act of claiming that Obama is exploiting it! The Hillaryesque mendacity of such a statement truly makes the head spin. As they did with Gustav, McCain's people are grandstanding by pretending not to grandstand. This is beyond hypocrisy; it's absurdity.
P.P.S. Here's another example of McCain not exploiting the financial crisis for political gain.
UPDATE: Arr, mateys, I forgot: it's Talk Like a Pirate Day! Shiver me timbers! Well, then... Arr!! McCain's campaign staff are scurvy scum! These salty dogs are driving the tenor of this campaign to the depths of Davy Jones' Locker! It's time for a change, me hearties!
Do these people not know how ridiculous they sound??
P.S. There seems to be some confusion about my intent with this post. To be clear, I am not denying that Obama is using the crisis for political gain! Of course he is! But so is McCain (again, of course). What's "shameless and absurd" is pretending that McCain is holier-than-thou in this regard, while blatantly exploiting the issue by the very act of claiming that Obama is exploiting it! The Hillaryesque mendacity of such a statement truly makes the head spin. As they did with Gustav, McCain's people are grandstanding by pretending not to grandstand. This is beyond hypocrisy; it's absurdity.
P.P.S. Here's another example of McCain not exploiting the financial crisis for political gain.
UPDATE: Arr, mateys, I forgot: it's Talk Like a Pirate Day! Shiver me timbers! Well, then... Arr!! McCain's campaign staff are scurvy scum! These salty dogs are driving the tenor of this campaign to the depths of Davy Jones' Locker! It's time for a change, me hearties!
posted by Brendan Loy at
9/19/2008 07:37:00 AM
