Gosh Yogi!

Ponder This!!!!

I didn't really say everything I said.
- Yogi Berra

Do you think John McCain might be able to appreciate the wisdom of the great Yankees' Hall of Fame catcher, wordsmith, and folksy philosopher?

When the public hears pronouncements by the Obama campaign that John McCain would be okay with the Iraq War going on for 100 years and that "The fundementals of the economy are fundementallly strong," the venerated Arizona Senator must be left scratching his brow, as it's hard not to hear Obama in his stump speeches or the mindless hoard of Obama supporters constantly drilling home these two issues alleged to have been asserted by John McCain.

Did John McCain say such things? Of course he did, but what the cynical, hateful, dishonest truth is, these were taken out of a broader context where the Republican nominee had something entirely different to say, and in the proper context, his points were quite valid.

This represents the low of the low, "gotcha" politics at its most reprehensible, and reflects on the desperation of the Democratic cause that they have to run with dishonest distortions in such a deceptive manner. It also reflects directlty on the absolute lack of character and slimey opportunism of Barack Obama himself.

If manipulating and abusing the words of others for the sake of his own fortune is how Obama plays the game, a man of that character is unfit to be President.

To be fair, some of McCain's strategies have walked a fine line. Senator McCain and Governor Palin do not need to play that game in even its mildest form and would be well served to contrast themselves by seeking a higher road in their campaign rhetoric. They don't need to twist things only speak the truth to reveal Barack Obama as a dreadfully dangerous choice to hold the most powerful job in the world.