Oh, the worm has DEFINITELY turned alright

by: General Content

Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 21:51:15 PM CDT

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Yes, I know--winning. What does that mean after today?

This is the first indication that the McCain campaign is in serious trouble.

McCain flack Tucker Bounds was getting grilled about the campaign's pathological lying on MSNBC today when the video feed suddenly died. It's of course impossible to know if there was any foul play involved, but the "technical difficulties" couldn't have come at a more convenient time.

Bounds, of course, shouldn't even be on television anymore. He has had his ass handed back to him on a plate more often than not. They are yanking wires out of machines in order to staunch the bleeding, people. They are panicked, frightened, and terrified. They are, to put it mildly, shitting their thousand dollar pairs of pants and running in circles. No one in American politics loses like this so quickly and so badly, unless you're a Democrat.

Is this a pre-season WNBA game on a schoolnight or a John McCain rally? Jeebus.

Hell, the WNBA is a better draw than McCain even on a bad night. I should withdraw that remark.

This looks more like a Electric Light Orchestra reunion show without any of the original members, live drums, and no laser light show where beer sales are banned and the setlist features only eight tracks from albums released after 1980.

Then there's this stunning development:

A campaign spokesman says Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin won't speak with an investigator hired by lawmakers to look into the firing of her public safety commissioner.

McCain campaign spokesman Ed O'Callaghan told a news conference Monday that the governor, the Republican nominee for vice president, will not cooperate as long as the investigation "remains tainted." He said he doesn't know whether Palin's husband would challenge a subpoena issued to compel his cooperation.

The campaign insists the investigation has been hijacked by Democrats. It says it can prove Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan was fired because of insubordination on budget issues -- not because he refused to fire a state trooper who had divorced Palin's sister.

"Hijacked" by the Democrats? The committee investigating her consists of three Republicans and two Democrats. One Republican voted to have her compelled to testify after she broke her promise to testify.

The reason she now claims she fired Monegan? He was asking for "earmarks."

You cannot create from the imagination a flameout as dramatic and incredible as the one we've witnessed. In about 96 hours, the McCain campaign has unraveled like a cheap sweater and turned into a shitty, ridiculous farce.

I think it will be a long time before a major Presidential candidate tries to lie his ass into the White House and use a Barbie doll to fend off criticism.