In what is beginning to sound like a broken record, Republican Presidential nominee John McCain accuses the media of favoritism towards Barack Obama. What is emerging from the McCain campaign sound more like whining and sour grapes than presenting the best case before the American voting public why his policies are in their best interests and not those which are advocated by Barack Obama. John McCain is beginning to seem more like the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield, “I Don’t Get No Respect,” than as a serious contender for the Oval Office.
The latest political Ad to be released from his camp is a parody of news correspondents and anchors swooning over Senator Obama and in the backdrop, Frankie Vali’s, “I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You.” Frankie Vali? How many people, except those around McCain’s age even know who Frankie Vali is, let alone get the seriousness, if any, of the parody? The only thing the montage might have shown is that McCain is out-of-touch and ‘Old School,’ a relic out of some remote past, and people are forward-thinking and looking to a brighter tomorrow in the future.
John McCain is reminiscent of Bobby Ewing from the old “DALLAS” television series of the 1970’s. In one episode, Bobby Ewing complained to his dad, Jock Ewing (CEO, EWING OIL Company) about how his brother J.R. Ewing got control of the company by outmaneuvering him. Instead of being sympathetic and supportive, this rough and tough, former Texas wildcatter told Bobby, “Nobody gives you power, you seize it.” Instead of John McCain crying in his beer as it were, he needs to have a really good plan that will help restore the economy, shore up the mortgage crisis and sub prime lending practices, have a universal health insurance plan, talk more about immigration, make the case for global warming legislation, and come up with a better plan for solving the energy crisis as well as bringing the troops home. If John McCain does some more homework and comes up with a realistic solution, not just a different one from Barack Obama’s, the media will inform the public; until then, McCain should just relax, sit back and have a few cold ones.
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St. #B-11
Tacoma, WA 98402
July 23, 2008
pbks@hotmail.com
