finally?

The headline on Drudge, FOX News, OMSNBC, CNN, you name it, even the AP ...

"McCain: I'll whip Obama's you-know-what in this debate".

The byline should read:

"Steve: what the you-know-what took so long?"

Seriously, the one thing this week I liked the most ... was Barry pointing out "he didn't say it to my face". No, he didn't Barry. Which is why you're up 7 in the Daily Gallop, up 4 in the Zogby.

(Both down 4 from where you were after the debate).

Here's hoping that Wednesday night, John McCain points out the obvious: Barack Obama will raise taxes on folks who pay 82% of the taxpayers in this country. Ignore his ridiculous 95% won't see an increase statistic. He can only use that stat ... because the top 5% of wage-earners pay 82% of the taxes in this country! That isn't progressive taxation, that's robbery!

Here's hoping that Wednesday night, John McCain points out that Barack Obama wants to turn a full 1/7th of the US Economy over to the exclusive control of the government by nationalizing health care. While I agree, health INSURANCE needs reform ... if you can name me a single government agency that has ever operated within budget paramaters and hasn't grown exponentially out of control, then maybe I'll consider Barry for President.

But most of all, here's hoping John McCain states the obvious. Barack Obama is the 2nd largest recipient of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae payments in Senate history ... and he's been there for 144 days of service. Barack Obama employs as his economic advisor Franklin Raines, who made off with $90 million of Fannie Mae's cash as it was going under. Barack Obama employed as his VP coordinator Freddie Mac's former head. And have I mentioned lately that Barack Obama launched his political career in the living room of a man who bombed the Pentagon?

I plan to live blog the debate for as long as I can stomach Barry's lies and outright misstatements. (Namely, until my bashing the television in the computer room makes it stop working). Until then, those of you who know me and my mom, let this one sink in:

We're both backing the same candidate for President. For the first time since I started caring about politics. My mom will never be accused of being a loony liberal. I will never be accused of being a social conservative. And yet, pulling into her driveway this weekend and seeing the McCain / Palin sign proudly planted in the front yard, I only had one thought:

How do I steal this bad boy for myself and not have her notice it's gone?

(I have voted Clinton / Gore / Bush / and will vote McCain, for those interested. Yes, my party has left me ...)

How refreshing to think that thought, and not have it be in a saboteur, "Mole"-ish kind of way ...

(Vote McCain! 23 days! YES WE CAN (defeat Barry)!!!)