October's Surprise: McCain scolds supporters

Yesterday at a Town Hall gathering in Minnesota, John McCain came face-to-face (You Tube video here) with the hyperbole, prejudice, hatred and the danger of whipping up the fear of his political base towards his political opponent. McCain then caved in, but why? After all we've seen this crap for months, and to think this was some new found moral revival would be utterly naive, as naive as those who believe that Obama is an Arab or Muslim Manchurian Candidate, or worse an outright terrorist as questioner attempted to make the case for in Minnesota. The bottom line is that it became apparent to McCain that these personal attacks where politically backfiring. Perhaps that might be too ungenerous, afterall I too am partisan.

But to think anything else requires a serious and record 'leap of faith', where my judgment is not grounded in the body of evidence over this past year of McCain's behavior. Their aim was absolutely transparent attempting to extort America's eye on the subject of Obama's relationship to William Ayers as the focal point of the campaign narrative, while the global' financial markets crash at historic levels, thrusting the nation's economy into total uncertainty. The reality was that McCain's attacks, its apparent recklessness and ferocity BLEWBACK in even greater force even within his own party making him a caricature instead of potential leader of the free world.

If nothing else McCain's narrative could be construed as possibly inciting a mob riot, examples throughout the national press, and more so locally. Furthermore through this period many prominent Republicans including the usual pundits came out and either openly denounced or chided McCain and his campaign stating that it bordered on being Un-American. Naturally these public criticisms are only the tip of the iceberg especially among regular Republicans, be it here in Colorado or other places of various of local conservative renown.

In detail these telling moments might define the entire campaign, where America comes face to face with itself, seeing the brutal remnants of the 20th Century still alive in its political spectrum, still as ugly as it ever was, faced off with the hope and forward diverse looking profile of the 21st Century. Here in Minnesota a man rises in the crowd and publicly addresses John McCain, staring that "he is scared of any Obama presidency". McCain responds to the contrary what most in the audience were thinking, (actually hoping that McCain will confirm their political emotions and distorted worldview) as it boos, where he continues to declares for the world to know: that Obama "is a decent person and a person you do not have to be scared [of] as President of the United States."

But more important was the non verbal language, this spoke volumes for both the assembled and those who have watched in news clips. McCain's facial expression was one of serious contrition, as if McCain was being compelled to apologize, the non verbal statement of "I am very sorry". McCain was ashamed for being a part of this ugliness, this social transgression expressing nothing other than political hate.

Then without provocation an even grittier moment came later, when a woman with a hair doo that obviously came from hours of neglect and bedrest---the ultimate senior bedhead. McCain was standing up close with the bedheaded woman who then held in all belief, that "she had read alot about Obama and that she couldn't trust Obama", then her sentence jumped, blurting out that "it's because he's an Arab and a Terrorist!".

McCain resonantly shook his head in disagreement whereby in absolute authority snatched the microphone from the blithering woman continuing to shake his head negatively, his eyes down in resignation and disgust, "No, Ma'am. No, Ma'am. He's a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues."

What has McCain gotten himself embroiled into? Obviously he is frustrated, angry and not in control with his own image and his own campaign? Who is? What is? and yet he has sown or it has been sown into something of a cartoon cut out. The problem still exists that McCain continues to spend millions on campaign ads saying that Obama is dangerous, how else are people going to react but take him literally and connect the viral Internet lies to his narratives?

It could be that McCain and his minions are simply over the heads, with both the narrative, the campaign management. Think of it this way, McCain's campaign is singularly premised on the idea that America should be scared of an Obama presidency---period. Remove the fear of an Obama Presidency and there is no rational reason NOT to vote for Obama, in that McCain has already conceded every other policy initiative and platform idea to Obama, by holding to this total negative smear campaign. What else has there been? Voters from the beginning have said WE WANT A CHANGE. Stoking this fear of Obama, both the man and his mission, is all that McCain had left, and now he apparently has seen that too is self-destructive to him and so he now has a conscience?

But the campaign of destruction continued today, (recording of the conference call here), where the McCain campaign expanded their attacks on Obama's past association with William Ayers--now trying to ring in Michelle Obama -- (even though McCain has repeatedly maintained that their spouses are off limits during this campaign).

What could possibly be the new attack? Bernardine Dohrn, who is Ayers' wife and also a former Weatherman, went to work at the pretigious Chicago-based national law firm of Sidley & Austin, back in 1984 where then 3 years following so did, Michelle. This is a mega firm where even my late personal friend the former Federal Jurist Prentice Marshall did pro-bono work out of. Weird and nonsensical as it may seem in that there are 500 lawyers working all over the place in those office.

That said the attack came today in a McCain conference call with reporters featuring John Murtagh, where he noted that Dohrn and Michelle Obama had both worked at the firm starting in the late 1980s. Murtagh never alleged that Michelle or Dohrn even knew each other, instead suggested that they simply could have! If so, he said, "the Obamas have known the two longer than suspected". McCarthyism at its neo-grandest! Remember this is not some schlep surrogate or pundit talking on FOX News it was on a call organized by the McCain organization and he was reading a prepared statement--which means it went through the McCain vetting process. ---WOW--- So now what are we to believe? What a long strange trip its been.

But if that was something you wanted to ignore, take some time to review this video from a news team that worked the lines before a Palin Rally in Pennsylvania. (Here is the link to the video). It is haunting and riveting in that so many seeminly good American souls are caught up in the cultural hate wars that are being fanned by Palin and McCain's campaign. This is how people--some people---actually think. I like the blithering well dressed male IDIOT BRAIN who maintains that the current economic meltdown is Obama's fault because he is winning in the polls. It is the pure US versus THEM....the tribal instinct gone weird and dangerous.