I’ve read all the reasons McCain wants the debate canceled, er postponed, and I’ve read all the speculation about why others think he wants it postponed. And I just wonder why no one has come out and said it’s because he’s chicken.
He’s not prepared and/or he thinks he’ll lose. Let’s face it. Things aren’t going as well as they once were. The Sarah Palin rabbit he pulled out of the hat was only a good trick one time. Now that trick is getting to be a bit embarassing. His record is starting to come back to haunt him, especially that champion of deregulation thing, where he fought hard to let those smart Wall Street financial guys do their thing without interference from Big Bad Government. But never mind all that, when he started getting cold feet about the debate, thank God there was an honest to God crisis he could blame! He’s needed in Washington! Country first!
Well, no, John, by the time you came up with this brilliant idea, everybody else had already been working on it for a week. They did NOT need you. Both Republicans and Democrats said your presence, as well as Barack Obama’s, would be a distraction.
I think the going has gotten tough, and John McCain went to hide in Washington where he can be a big fish in a small pond. Comfort zone stuff. You’re in the big leagues now, John, you’re a candidate for President. You have bigger fish to fry. If either McCain or his handlers thought he could frame his decision in such a way as to force Barack Obama to follow along, that totally backfired. Obama hasn’t taken the bait. (How many fish metaphors can I use in one paragraph anyway?)
But I expect to see you in Mississippi on Friday night, John. Otherwise, Cluck, Cluck, Cluck.
