We won't get fooled again.....or will we.

I'm shell shocked by the fact that it seems the public has successfully been snowed once again.

Recent polls show that McCain now is leading Barack Obama.

I shouldn't be surprised. It's the same playbook they've been using for over a decade now. It just took longer than usual for the Republicans to hit their stride.

The playbook? Run on ad hominem attacks, combined with the straw men of God Guns and Gays.

I was really happy with the American people so far this election cycle. We were keeping our focus on things that mattered. War, Military, Health Care, Education, and the Economy were the topics on the table and we were going to vote on those subjects.

I guess a combination of Palin and non-stop name calling proved just too enticing for the people. Palin isn't a better candidate. Heck I'm sure they realize she's a terrible candidate. But that's not why she was chosen. She was chosen because she embodies all of the topics we were going to have off of the table this time around. We were moving forward and weren't going to be mired in zero sum arguments like gay marriage and abortion this time around. That just wasn't meant to be.

Clearly the American public is letting the emotions of the 3G topics get them so wound up that they are forgetting everything that has happened in the last 8 years.

Are we as a country better off now than we were 8 years ago?

Mr. Military Man/Woman, are you going to vote for McCain? Will he really support you? Think about this, the man that was a POW and had his body broken has consistantly voted AGAINST helping you:

– Voted AGAINST an amendment providing $20 billion to the VA’s medical facilities. [5/4/06]

– Voted AGAINST providing $430 million to the VA for outpatient care “and treatment for veterans,” one of only 13 senators to do so. [4/26/06]

– Voted AGAINST increasing VA funding by $1.5 billion by closing corporate loopholes. [3/14/06]

– Voted AGAINST increasing VA funding by $1.8 billion by ending “abusive tax loopholes.” [3/10/04]

He's also against the new GI bill. You know, the bill that is the Number 1 recruiting tool for the US military? Remember this when you're getting deployed for your 3rd or 4th tour in Iraq:

"Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the presumptive Republican presidential
nominee, seemed to give a thumbs down to bipartisan legislation that
would greatly expand educational benefits for members of the military
returning from Iraq and Afghanistan under the GI Bill." http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=4652517


Mr. / Mrs. Pro-lifer, do you really think that if you vote for McCain/Palin that Roe V. Wade will be overturned? If that was the case, why wasn't it overturned when GW Bush was voted in and he had a majority in the House and Senate? Do you not realize you're being played? Why would they outlaw the one issue that has gotten so many of you to come to the polls and vote them into office time and time again? Why will it be any different this time?

We're less than 60 days from the election now. I guess we wont have to wait long to see if the people forget everything that has happened over 8 years, and why we're in the awful place we are now.