McCain = Hypocrite

Watch David Letterman press a stuttering, stammering John McCain about his associations with G. Gordon Liddy. Once again, entertainment shows are picking up slack from mainstream media in regards to asking hard questions of the Republican candidates. A little background on Liddy:

A protege of notorious former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Liddy participated in the burglaries that led to the Watergate Scandal and President Nixon’s resignation. He said that listening to Hitler speak “made [him] feel a strength inside [he] had never known before.” He has despicably given tips on how to kill law enforcement agents who wear body armor (“Head shots, head shots…. Kill the sons of bitches.”) He has plotted to assassinate journalists. Liddy also planned to kidnap anti-war protesters at the 1972 Republican National Convention.

As recently as last November, McCain went on Liddy’s radio show. Liddy greeted him as “an old friend,” and McCain said “I’m proud of you, I’m proud of your family.” “It’s always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon, and congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great.” (This paragraph from Wikipedia)

Watch McCain squirm.

A couple points I’ll make. First off, why haven’t most of you heard about this guy and McCain’s connection with him? Because the Obama campaign, commendably, has been focusing on the issues that matter to Americans. In stark contrast to McCain’s desperate, shallow tactics, Obama’s campaign knows that fitness for the presidency is more important than McCarthyist witch hunts.

Next point. McCain’s connection to Liddy is actually much worse than Obama’s to Ayers. Obama and Ayers served on a bipartisan board of a foundation together. Obama has never been shown to have praised Ayers, while McCain recently praised Liddy’s “adherence to the principles and philosophies that make our nation great.” Which principles are those, John McCain? Subverting democracy with political burglaries? Repressing dissent? A total, Cheney-esque lack of respect for the rule of law?

That’s hardly what makes this country great, and I dare you to defend such a man. If I was a McCain supporter, I’d be very concerned about my candidate. He seems to be reverting to a childlike emotional state. He is frequently at a loss for words (“Zero?”), exerts much of his effort attempting to conceal his bubbling rage, and is unable even to deliver a coherent response to Letterman’s inquiry.

What are the Republicans’ best hopes for winning this election?
1) Economic, Natural, or Terrorism-Related Disaster that leads to the institution of Martial Law after the declaration of a National Emergency.

2) Barack Obama is captured in Iran having gay relations with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

3) The success of tried-and-true Republican voter-suppression tactics and electronic election theft, like that of the Bush Administration in Florida 2000 or Ohio 2004.

Personally, I believe it will be a Herculean task for Obama to beat the electoral fix. Obama will need resounding victories to overcome GOP vote manipulation that has successfully (illegally) delivered two Presidential elections and effectively suspended Democracy in America. But he can do it. He can do it because WE can do it. We can give Obama such an honest, huge margin of victory that the fix won’t work. Let’s do it!

inkblot test

Maybe life is a big rorschach “inkblot” test. Maybe it doesn’t matter what we’re shown, just what we see.

I’m unable to separate my perception from reality. In a given situation, how closely do my perceptions resemble that which is perceived? Is this happening or am I creating this?

So do I know you or am I creating you? How much of you is me? How much is really you?

What do I project and what is already written on the wall?

I get lost.