Remember, This Election is Not About Issues

"This election is not about issues. This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates." -Rick Davis, campaign manager for John McCain

My statement, released today, regarding the Old Party convention thus far:

You wouldn't know that this is such a critical election by watching the convention last night. I know we had our week. And the Republicans deserve theirs. But it's been amazing for me to watch over the last two nights. If you sit there, and you watch it. You're hearing a lot about John McCain, and he's got a compelling biography as a P.O.W.

You're hearing an awful lot about me. Most of which is not true.

What you're not hearing is a lot about you.

You haven't heard one word about how they're going to make the health system work - so that when a union is negotiating with a company it's not all just a discussion about higher premiums and you guys can actually start talking about higher wages and benefits.

You haven't heard one word about how we're gonna create more apprenticeship programs like the ones we have here. Or give other people a chance to train in new trades.

You haven't heard one word about getting serious about green and alternative energy. The kind of work that is resulting in all the expansion and hiring here.

You haven't heard one word about how we're going to strengthen unions so that working people get a decent stake.

You haven't heard one word about how we're going to improve math and science education so that we can hire more engineers to create more products in green technology.

You haven't heard one word about how we're going to deal with any aspect of the economy that is affecting you and your pocket day to day.

Haven't heard one word about it. Literally. Two nights. They have not said a word about it. They have not said a word about it. They've had a lot to say about me. But they haven't had anything to say about you.

And the thing that I'm insisting on in this election is that we can't keep playing the same political games we always play.

Lettuce Show You Something About McCain

The American worker is so lazy they wouldn't even pick lettuce for $50 per hour, according to John McCain. Really? And people are going to vote for this idiot. Out. Of. Fucking. Touch.



Update: A link to, DailyKos contributor, PaulVA's story. Asante sana, PaulVA for showing us just how much McCain respects the American worker. Much love to you and yours.

McCain is Out of Touch: The New Narrative

Oh snap! This shit is the gift that keeps on giving, young ones.



God bless you, John Sidney McCain III. You filthy rich, nutty, out of touch, loony bastard.

Meet John "House Keys" McCain, Average American

This is like manna from heaven...

Net Worth Death Match: Obama vs. McCain

This just seems so much more relevant in light of current events, yes?

It seems that earlier this year a non-partisan group called the Sunlight Foundation completed an analysis of all 535 members of congress and dimed out the following 411:

As Mark Nickolas, of PoliticalBase.com, writes:

One of the clumsy arguments that the McCain camp tried to make today in hopes of slowing down the media freight train over not knowing how many homes he and his wife, Cindy, own was that Barack Obama (D) is also a rich guy who lives in a mansion himself, just like McCain. I believe the term they used was "a frickin' mansion."

Well, there's just one problem with that argument. These guys aren't even in the same class.

Asante sana, Mark for brutally shoving what should be the last stake in the heart of the Old Party narrative that O is an out of touch elitist. Much love to you and yours.