stlouisinsite's Blog

     John McCain has a very good chance to win the presidency...if you believe in miracles.

     That's so because it will literally take a miracle for the 71-year-old nasally voiced candidate to win.  McCain's best strategy?  Try not to disappear from the media spotlight, and pray, pray, pray...for Divine Intervention...

     Golden Lad, the Blessed One, the Master Craftsman of Politics -- whatever you want to call him -- Barry Obama has already proved himself, despite a glaring lack of experience, to be a master of the art of campaigning.  He's already knocked off the heavily favored Hillary Clinton, with a political pedigree much greater than that of John McCain.

     Bringing out retired General Wesley Clark to denigrate McCain's qualifications for chief executive based upon his Vietnam War prisoner experiences was a master stroke.  Not only does the general have a point, but who can argue with a general?

     Meanwhile, the media by and large -- with MSNBC/NBC the worst offender, literally laughing at the Republicans on the air -- continues to do its part, virtually ignoring McCain for large swaths of time, while trumpeting Obama's every move.  McCain faces the same problem Bob Dole did in '96 -- a total lack of glamorosity.  Even George Bush has some charisma, but McCain really has none.

     McCain himself was at one time something of a media darling, back in the day when he was portrayed as a Republican maverick opposing the party's more conservative thrusts.  But no more.  With the arrival of His Blessedness Barry, McCain will continue to have to really struggle for equal time.

     And in fact, many Americans seem to be saying now, with the gas/oil crisis, an unpopular war and president, why not give the Blessed One a chance? 

     Could somebody out there, in the name of mercy, throw the Republicans a life preserver?    The Grand Old Party could become just the 'old' party....as in, 'no more.'