Signs from a Sinking Ship

Permission is granted for Republicans to abandon McCain’s sinking ship.

Sometimes there are hints of trouble that become obvious only in retrospect.  But sometimes there are sirens and waving red flags that make it clear trouble is not just impending, it’s already here.  What you are hearing are those sirens.

The steady stream of negative attack ads coming from McCain Central leaves little doubt that the McCain folks are already desperate – and it’s not even August. 

So much for having anything positive to say.  So much for having answers to the country’s pressing problems.  McCain’s strategy has already deteriorated in to widespread mud slinging, hoping something sticks.  He is now questioning whether Obama is prepared to lead.

This from the man who didn’t even know that Czechoslovakia isn’t a country anymore; and even after having advisors explain that to him, once again spoke of the now non-existent nation.

The same man who had to have Senator Lieberman whisper in his ear the difference between Sunnis and Shiites during a trip to the Middle East.

Who’s prepared to lead? That doesn’t sound like a question McCain should be asking.

Compare the two candidates most recent foreign trips…

McCain had barely left U.S. soil before he demonstrated the huge gaps in his much-touted foreign policy credentials.  Since then he has continued to stumble over even the most basic facts about world affairs and simple geography

But Obama?  His trip has been criticized for being too successful.

At a time when world opinion of the US is at an all-time low thanks to the policies of Bush and McCain, Obama was embraced around the world.  In Germany, a crowd of more than 200,000 turned out. 

And the Republicans contend that was a bad thing.

That claim is one of those red flags.

Contending it’s bad for the U.S. when the people of other nations rally behind a U.S. leader and express hope that our nation can regain its moral standing in the world – that is spin that falls completely flat.

So Republicans, feel free to abandon ship.   The USS McCain is taking on water.

Posted by Bernie Campbell on Sunday, August 3, 2008
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