raising mccain

diego and frida, i know you are not into the mainstream media, so, in case you haven't heard, the latest from our war hero and his supporters.

a young mccain supporter put make up all over her face, including a fake black eye and bruises. she claimed that an obama supporter, a 6 foot 4 black obama supporter, had attacked her. supposedly, he also wrote the letter b on her back. she received calls from both mccain and palin. after the hoax was exposed, we were told that she did the whole thing on her own. mccain voters blogged about how this demonstrated what life would be like under obama. supposedly, big black men would spend all their time going around attacking helpless white women. however, once the hoax was uncovered, they said she was likely an obama supporter looking to make mccain and his backers look bad. and by the way, isn't it funny that in a country that has come a "long way on the race issue," this woman still looked to blame a black man for the "beating?"

the pennsylvania republican party sent out letters to around 75,000 jewish voters in the state, claiming that an obama presidency could well lead to a second holocaust. once the tactic was criticized, they apologized. is this not like hitting a guy in the face, and then apologizing? hey, you still hit the guy in the head! i suppose this scare tactic plays on obama's name, and the theory that he is really a secret muslim who plans to hand the country to al qaeda as soon as he takes power. this is a man who has blindly jumped on the "israel can do no wrong" bandwagon. in fact, if any of his policies lead to jews being killed, it will likely be his military and economic support of the israeli state, which will continue to induce hatred of israel and the u.s by various arab and muslim states. my, what a political discourse exists in this country.

a neo-nazi plot to kill obama and 88 other black people was exposed. wow.

mccain claimed that liberals will imperil the economy. by liberal, does he mean bush? all of a sudden, mccain cares about the economy. not to defend the "liberals" (whatever the hell that means) but isn't the economy already "imperiled?"

lately, mccain has also been blasting obama for wanting to redistribute wealth. oh, if only the charge were true. but, in any case, what in the hell is wrong with redistributing the wealth? does mccain think bill gates needs more money? couldn't the wealthy corporations do much to help finance a massive public works project? shouldn't we redistribute money from the military and its contractors to the unemployed, the uninsured, the homeless, and the hungry? if we don't redistribute the wealth, then what do we do? what good does it do a man making 20,000 if the guy accross town is making 1,000,000? wouldn't they both live well on 150,000, freeing the other 720,000 for the needs of others? someone should ask mccain if it is right for a man to be rich while others starve. they should ask him if it's right for someone to live in a mansion while others sleep on the street. he should be asked if he thinks it's ok for some to wine and dine at fancy restaurants while others eat in soup kitchens and church basements. they should ask him if he loves his neighbor, or if he is his brother's keeper.

the question is, in a country with the economic inequality that we have, how do you not redistribute the wealth?