What is McCain's Platform Anyway?

I consume more conservative media than liberal media. Some call me masochistic, but I like to hear assertions and arguments that I will probably disagree with. I tend to like much of Bill O'Reilly because he does make good arguments in between partisan bickering which I guess is a necessity if he is to keep ratings. Sean Hannity is a lying f**k-wit and should be removed from the airwaves. He and Ann Coulter can both go to Alaska with Sarah Palin, or hang at Ted Nugent's territory somewhere where we won't hear their sandpaper voices of slime ever again.

The point with all of "them" is that I have no clue by listening to them who McCain is, what his platform is, or anything except through the filters of NRA and Right to Life adverts on the radio. This is the most negative campaign I have seen. The only propositions I hear are that Obama is a socialist (without divulging how they interpret that term at all), hangs out with disreputable people who apparently hate America, will lead us to destruction at the hands of terrorists, and has "not one accomplishment" whatever that really means.

Then they say the same stuff over and over again seemingly louder each time – even if it has been proven to be a false claim as if being loud equals truth (in which case Jeremiah Wright was dead on true if that's their gambit). I guess I am to infer that McCain is the opposite of all "that", but after endorsing the bank bailout, then coming back to suggest more federal funding to buy banks and nationalize them, Keating 5, G. Gordon Liddy, etc. all of that crap is very hollow.

None of it tells me who McCain is or what he will do that is all that different from the last eight years. I at least know what Obama's tax plan is, I know that he will place diplomacy in front of unilaterial pre-emptive strike, I know that he will favor stronger monitoring of how we treat prisoners, I know he will accelerate the current progrtessive tax system for people who net over $250,000, I know he favors pro-choice and reducing unintended pregnancies, etc. I know this stuff because he has advertised it repeatedly, and you can check the web sources for more information – which he also has made clear and suggests in his ads. You don't have to like it, but as O'Reilly said, at least you know where he stands.

Today in Erie, PA, Sarah Palin said that Obama's infomercial was "short on specifics". So what? He has been quite specific everywhere else. I have no clue what are the specifics or even what are the generalities of McCain's plan to govern other than how he will not be like Obama. That's not helpful and it's hard to win anyone over that way. My only guess is that McCain will continue the same policies of George W. Bush, but cannot say so to our faces. His maverick days are so long gone, I have no idea who this shell of a man is that is running right now.

On a final note, some advice before sending Sarah Palin into PA – know where you are in the state because it's pretty big. We residents West of the Alleghenies generally dislike (putting it mildly) Philly sports – all of them. The Pirates are not that great of a team either so it's best not to mention baseball unless you want to give a vote of confidence to the local minor league team – in your spot that would be the Erie Seawolves.

"Palin received a smattering of boos when she said she was glad to be in the home state of the World Series-champion Philadelphia Phillies. Northwestern Pennsylvania baseball fans favor the Cleveland Indians or Pittsburgh Pirates."

The sports pandering on all sides is tiresome and stupid.

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