are americans really so stupid that they would fall for mccain’s cheap shot of linking obama to hamas?

election season is always an interesting time since it shows on the one side how american’s think, but at the same time it also shows how politicians think american’s think. for the last 8 years the public has pretty much proven that it doesn’t deserve any other president than bush, after all they voted for him - twice. the first time was not really their fault i would say since he didn’t really win, plus the probably didn’t expect him to be such a moron, but the second time is unexcusable. 

but now it is 2008 and they again have the option to vote for a president. there is on the one side obama and on the other side mccain (i admit that for me this is a no-brainer, i certainly would support obama). obama is certainly a bit of an unknown, but what he has accomplished so far is certainly amazing. plus, despite all of his competitor being “experienced” washington insiders and longtime campaigners he has run an incredibly efficient campaign. 

now mccain is not only old, but he is more or less bush’s mini-me. he is now supporting the bush tax cuts (which is ridiculous in face of a $10 trillion national deficit and mounting costs of a stupid war) and he has always supported the iraq war. mccain always touts his own horn how much experience he has, but i am sorry, just because you are old that doesn’t mean you have experience. and judging by his decisions over the last 8 years i have to say that it seems to me that he is just another guy like bush who hates losing even if that means that even more soldiers have to die and even more tax payer money has to be spend. experience is not just about having been around for a long time, but learning from what has happened around them and from the mistakes — mccain clearly has not done that.  in addition, mccain has been around for a long time, that is for sure, but he has made his experience during the time of the cold war. what the US is now facing is not a way (even though bush is trying to sell it as one). if this is a war it is a war of ideas (obama’s against the rest in a way, or the increasing number of the disenfrenchised against those with a voice), and all that mccain knows is to use force, just like bush, and this won’t work in this war. obama, on the other hand understands this. 

but getting back to the electorate. i am not that optimistic that american voters have learned from their mistakes of the last 8 years. and this ridiculous mccain email sent out to supporters 

shows that the mccain campaign thinks the same. they think that a ridiculous connection of obama and hamas (which does not exist) will turn people against obama. for those that read this and are thinking about voting for mccain, please answer one question for me: how can you vote for someone who clearly thinks that you are a moron? mccain recently called obama an elitist, but this email shows that mccain is way worse than an elitist, mccain doesn’t have any respect for his voters as it looks like, he thinks they are not able to distinguish between crap and reality. 

Tags: cnn, election, hamas, Iraq, mccain, obama