After watching the second debate between Obama and McCain last night, we couldn't help but notice that the Republican ticket is looking more and more freakish as the election season wears on.Individually, McCain and Palin exhibit human oddities -- in both appearance and speech -- that tend to shock and amaze.
In the debate last night, McCain reminded us of a side-show freak in a carnival. He waddled around the stage putting on his typical bizarre act of quacking out cranky responses to questions from the audience. His strange attempts at humor fell flat. His efforts to paint Obama as unfit and unprepared to be President failed -- especially because this premise is only plausible if voters can imagine McCain to be the better candidate for the most powerful job on Earth.
Unfortunately for McCain, when he is juxtaposed with a consistently calm and steady Obama, he comes across as odd, small minded, angry, and impish.
In her debate, we listened as a wide-eyed, inexperienced Palin spewed unintelligible, memorized talking-points, rather than answer the moderator's questions. Like the pretty yet vacuous magician's assistant, Palin's role as eye candy to McCain's man-with-two-butts completes their strange, circus-like image.
Ordinarily, watching McCain and Palin perform their bizarre act might be strangely enjoyable and somewhat entertaining. But right now, the world's economy is faltering. We are involved in two wars -- both of which are on the brink of failure. The planet is warming, energy costs are rising, jobs are getting scarcer and prices for gas and groceries are going through the roof.
Instead of electing this creepy duo in November, lets put Obama/Biden in the White House and visit the freak-show the next time the circus comes to town.
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