A great article at Rasmussen mentions that McCain "is what Obama symbolizes – a person who rises above party, confronts the special interests, and wants to change the way Washington works. " Obama has never risen above politics, and never accomplished anything while in office, other than running for the Democrat's nomination. But McCain has no charisma, people don't see that so easily. In the senate, McCain has often worked with Joe Lieberman, the Democrat who ran as the Democrat VP with Al Gore.
Now it looks like Lieberman may be McCain's VP pick. If so, it will be the first cross-party ticket since Abraham Lincoln!
Olympics
One of the results of believing that the government can and should be the answer to all problems (like Obama), is that it can get to the point of the government cheating to preserve their image. China has been doing this a lot lately.
- The fireworks outside the stadium (out of sight) for the opening ceremony were computer-generated videos broadcast as live video.
- The little girl who "sang" the anthem was just lip-syncing. Another little girl sang, but she couldn't be seen because her teeth weren't straight, so they lied and presented a "perfect" but fake image.
- Their gymnastics winners are actually under-age. The Chinese government issued them new passports to say they were old enough.
Here's a video from the onion about this.
Jon, these are awesome!
Alright! That makes me really glad. Thanks for the comment!
Oooo! I like the McCain-Lieberman idea!
BWA HA HA!!! Just watched the Onion video.