Day: November 3, 2008

The press brings up “the Bradley Effect” diligently, as programmed. Say it a zillion times a day. The Bradley Effect, about as real as Creationism. But it does plant an idea in the electorate’s minds, a reason why McCain wins on Tuesday: Oh, it was the Bradley Effect, the blatherers will pummel it home.
Another,”The Racists” of course,once they’re really desperate (also mostly died off by now, again, not the big vote they insult the country owning).
There was the “disgruntled Hillary Voters”, but it didn’t pan out.

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Clash of Titans: The GM-Chrysler Merger
[col. writ. 10/29/08] (c) ’08 Mumia Abu-Jamal

Within days, perhaps hours, expect the following breaking news: General Motors has merged with and acquired Chrysler.

There will be an air of jubilation in the announcement, but, upon a moment’s reflection, such joy will prove as effervescent and as impermanent as the fizz from a freshly opened bottle of soda.

With the polls in Obama’s favor and the view of most pundits (not, of course, the consummate asshole Fred Barnes) that the election is his, I sit waiting for the expected dirty trick that Republicans are so good at pulling off. Whether it is voting machine manipulation or keeping voters away from the polls, or coming out with a new lie which is big enough to shake folks up, I don’t know. But the last couple of Presidential elections have left me damned worried.

Obama won by outfluffing McCain, but now reality may slowly sink in. Though the Depression far less severe than if McCain won. A campaign based on unspecified hope followed by a depression, could easily lead to a blame game. The sooner we can put reality on the table by spreading around essays like this one, the easier it will be for Obama to do an adequate job.

I’m not trying to tear Obama down, just make him and for the people to expect him to do a possible job, instead a failing trying to do the impossible.

McCain Did Not Disclose Keating Business Deal To Investigators

The New Republic published an explosive story Saturday evening detailing how John McCain, in all likelihood, leaked information to investigators of the Keating Five scandal that was designed to help his image at the expense of the other four Senators involved.