No More Crying Wolf?

All this economic talk from the McCain camp these days is both heartening and sad at the same time. Perhaps I should approach these two reactions separately...

It is sad for many reasons. It is sad that they seize so quickly on the notion of "redistributing wealth" so quickly, and fail to realize that their policies, and the Corporate interests they serve, have been redistributing America's wealth into the hands of the wealthy few for decades. It is sad that they are telling throngs of poor, working class people that Obama wants to raise "your" taxes, when they know full well it's not those people's taxes they're talking about. It's sad that they trumpet the right's methods of "creating new wealth" when they've done nothing but increase the gap between the people they are asking to vote for them, and the few that they've created wealth for.

It's reassuring though, that people aren't buying it. It's great to see poeple refuse to be swayed by the innapropriate use of the word "socialist". It's really fantastic to see that people are no longer cowed by the brandishing of the word "Liberal".

It's wonderful to see people actually thoughtfully considering their personal economic enterests in an American election.

Finally though, to McCain's credit it is really nice to see him fear/hate-mongering on substantive issues rather than seeking out the lowest common denominator in which he can drive "the wedge".

I guess that's what the Sarah Palins of the world are for.