McCain McCan’t be Mr. McNiceguy any more

 

It is time for John McCain to play hardball. “First debate” bipartisan, nice-guy John McCain will lose the election if he shows up tonight. Angry John McCain had better show up, and he had better have a new agenda to levy against Barack. The Ayers and Rev. Wright attacks are not an effective weapon. It’s been overdone and has not gained traction. Obama has been discredited on foreign affairs and military issues…he admitted his lack of knowledge by his choice for Vice-President… no need to keep hammering that nail either. To survive, John McCain will need to dodge the inevitable planted pro-Obama “independent” audience member. Whatever they throw at him, he needs to hit the ball right back at the pitcher, the way his running mate did with her heckler. To win, John McCain needs to believe that “It’s the economy, stupid.”. Senator McCain must bring a laundry list to explain how Obamanomics will fail. Stop blaming Wall Street and reaching across the aisle. Start pointing at the Democrats who caused this and the Obama who has no idea how to fix it! Lay out the specifics of how a McCain/Palin administration can fix those areas where Barack is short on answers. We have already heard that you are a maverick, Mr. McCain. What voters need to hear is how Senator Obama will fail, and exactly why John McCain will not.

Barack Obama was silent on the looming Freddie/Fannie scandal. He received over $100,000 for his support of the executives behind this mess, and his silence on the matter was deafening. Obama’s support aided and abetted the issuance of worthless loans, and that has, so far, cost every taxpayer about $2500.

Barack Obama has been essentially absent during the bailout debate. He proposes tax increases on capital gains, small business, dividends, payroll taxes, and petroleum. President Hoover did the same thing (to a lesser extent) after the crash of 1929. Hoover spiraled the nation into a depression with his malpractice of economic policy, and Obama seems to adopted a similar approach, though he expects a different result. Obama’s lack of an effective economic recovery plan show a lack of leadership and foresight.

The Obama plan is full of massive spending, and claims of tax reductions for everyone…and a balanced budget too. Spend more, much more, no new debt, and lower taxes…all on the same dollar. Someone ask Barack how his dollar is going to accomplish that? Is this a magic dollar that can defy mathematics? 

The Obama Plan is not a plan for a nation teetering at the brink of an economic crisis. The numbers don’t add up. Obama wrote his economic plan during a robust economy. It has no provisions for dealing with an economic turn down. Obama pointed out in the last debate that he has no plans to change his economic road map…he could cite nothing that he would drop from his trillion dollar plans to pay for the bailout. No one can deliver what Obama has promised.

That’s just off the top of my head, Senator McCain. I’d like to think your staff could work up an even better menu of meat and potatoes for the debate. If you show up with soup and bread-sticks tonight, then I hold out little hope for you in November.