I keep thinking about how republicans are the masters at getting democrats to focus on something besides the issues. Now I can’t speak for Obama because I don’t see a lot of his ads and only hear him speak occasionally, although he seems to be staying “on point.” However, those few in the so-called Liberal media who are actually “liberal” seem to be very easily manipulated. This nomination of sarah palin is a good example. Since the nomination the focus has been on sarah palin. The problem I see with that is that john mccain is the one running for president. mccain’s campaign manager said they were going to run a campaign on personalities and not on issues and this is how they are succeeding.

I hope this doesn’t continue for long, but ever since her nomination that’s all I hear about is sarah palin and liberal pundits wondering why the so-called main-stream media is not picking up on all the lies. Well, at some point it will finally sink in to them that the media they are hoping to see jump in and do mccain’s “vetting” for him want nothing less than to see Obama as president. His presidency is likely to cost the corporate welfare system substantially if he follows through on even a few of his most profound promises. To them, the good of the country is measured in their “bottom line” and the huge checks the CEO’s are now receiving, even if they lead their companies to total disaster (if you don’t believe me, check out the separation compensation for the CEO’s of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac who just got virtually bailed out of failure by the government).

The truth is that unless mccain should die (which I realize is a possibility at his age with his health history and that is why the dems are so beside themselves with this “upstart” pick for VP) he will be the president and all of palin’s inexperience will matter little. As one person’s point of view which I read tonight, she is supposedly the “savior” of the republican party. Well, if the dems keep concentrating on her and forget that they are running against mccain, that person might be right. It is the dems who are turning her into such a celebrity. They should just let the record speak for itself – that’s not to say that they shouldn’t have people in Alaska to find out the truth about this phony woman, but they MUST remember they are running against mccain. He’s managed to slip quietly into the background and, while all the focus is on her, people are not talking about all the lies he has committed during this election cycle.

I have to admit that the ruthless “rovians” in the republican party are the masters at manipulating the media. But after close to a million dead in Iraq, counting the Iraqi’s, not to mention the injured and displaced, with an economy that is about to go into a severe recession or worse, with close to 50 million Americans without health care, with the constitution in the balance – especially the Supreme Court, with a candidate that wants to destroy Social Security, a candidate who thinks the economy is basically sound and wants to stay in Iraq for 100 years, the rovians have totally succeeded in deflecting the majority of people from the true issues. They have no scruples and the question I have after 8 long years of the worst administration in my lifetime, and according to most historians in our nation’s history, are we falling for it again?????????????