Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Stop the World: The GOP Wants to Get Off

First they want to postpone the beginning of their very own political convention due to Hurricane Gustav. And now, John McCain wants to postpone the first presidential debate.

And this is the ticket that wants you to vote them in so they can run our nation during its most critical phase in almost a century? Run our country further in the ground is more like it.

I've been watching Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Larry King, Anderson Cooper -- and not one has mentioned the GOP's double delay tactics. It hasn't even been a month since Gustav hit.

If the working women of this nation -- the ultimate in multitaskers -- don't see the irony and pathos in this current state of affairs, who will. Certainly not the white middle-aged male club that got us into this mess.

Forget lipstick and moose, please. Forget gender. Forget color. Can we please vote for capabilities? Diplomacy? Intelligence? Truth?

Can we vote for a ticket that's not afraid to tell us what we need to hear?

Can we at least vote for, ahem, multitaskers?

Did you happen to read about the leadership in Argentina that rather than expressing concern about America's fall from grace, is relishing in it?

Schadenfraude. Coming soon to a nation near you.