*If John McCain is still a “maverick,” then Alan Greenspan is still an “oracle.”
*Oxymoronic message: “Country First”/ Sarah Palin for Vice President
*Ever notice that right before a debate, even before he thanks the sponsors, acknowledges his counterpart and gives a shout-out to a convalescing Nancy Reagan, John McCain is already writing stuff down on his yellow pad? Well, it’s last-minute reminders – because the candidates can’t bring any prepared material with them. Just an educated hunch, but from the way the last debate played out, it might have been:
^ “Joe/Plumber. ‘Share wealth.’
^ “Get last word. Interrupt.
^ “Bill Ayers.
^ “Defend Sarah. Reformer/oil/‘special needs.’
^ “Raise taxes/Share wealth.
^ “Surge/STILL wrong.
^ “I’m not Bush.
^ “Ayers.”
*Lost amid the economic thrust and parry of that last debate was Senator McCain’s reference to Joe Biden’s “cockamamie” idea of separating Iraq into three sovereign entities reflecting their historical Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish enmities.
Anyone recall the upshot of that similar, post-colonial construct, Yugoslavia?