Something smells fishy

Man wins first prize for handcrafts
at county fair for designing and
constructing his own coffin.

There’s something fishy in the state of the campaigns. Barack Obama has a ten point lead in the national polls. He is leading or at least tied for the lead in most of the so-called battleground states, he has been endorsed by a majority of the major newspapers, he raised 150 million dollars from 623,000 new contributors last month, many generals, including Colin Powell have now endorsed him, he plays to completely unprecedented crowds wherever he goes, he is leading in virtually all categories of voters from young voters to Catholics to women, Hispanics, Blacks, and is running ahead or even with white working class voters. Sarah Palin has dragged down McCain, he has already conceded Michigan and Colorado, most everyone agrees his campaign has been a disaster, and yet, much to my amazement, some people claim that the race is narrowing now that it is coming down to the finish line and McCain may even have a chance of winning. Am I missing something? How can this be? McCain apparently has all his hopes pinned on Pennsylvania, where Obama is leading. How could McCain/Palin possibly win under these circumstances? The only chance, it seems to me, is by somehow stealing the election (in Pennsylvania, but also elsewhere). Do Republicans know again that the fix is in (as they apparently did in 2004)? But could they have sufficient chutzpah to believe that they could get away with stealing it, given the overwhelming support for Obama? Remember, there are many more registered Democrats than Republicans in addition to the support for Obama mentioned above. Is it merely the MSM trying to keep us interested in the campaign by claiming over and over that it is going to be a close race?

Now I am advised by my resident political analyst (my son Julian) that as McCain has definitely pulled out of Colorado there is virtually no chance at all that he can win unless, somehow, he can win in Pennsylvania and a couple of other states where he is significantly behind. So he will put everything he has into Pennsylvania where he is at the moment also behind. It looks grim for McCain/Palin (hooray!). But who knows what might happen in two weeks? Don’t count you chickens…It ain’t over ‘til it’s over, the fat lady has to sing, and don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

I made a slight mistake last night when I reported that bigotry had returned to Boundary County. Actually, I’m sure it never entirely left, but it has been quiet for some time. It appears that the same thing has been happening in Sandpoint where signs have been defaced with a spray painted “N.” I assume they just paint N because they don’t know how to spell what they have in mind (or else they are so frightened of being caught they have to abbreviate). No doubt whoever it is doing this must be numbered among the most ardent supporters of Palin, the “base” that McCain is so proud she brought in for him. I cannot imagine anyone in their right mind being sorry to see them go down in ignominious defeat. I’ve heard it said that Palin has her eyes on running for President in 2012. This is among the most hysterically funny things I have heard in a very long time.

LKBIQ:
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
Mark Twain

TILT: Jelly roll pans have sides on them. Cookie sheets do not have sides.