Every four years, the presidential debate turns into a he said, she said game, often drowning out the issues to point blame.
Over the past few weeks, coverage of the Casey-Caley Case has been wiped out by Obama and McCain. Today's Orlando Sentinel article addresses Friday's debate and whether or not it will take place because of the economy's bailout.
McCain wants to become a bipartisan group to solve this financial problem. He wants to basically stop his campaign to work with his rival, but Obama insists on multitasking. He wants to continue with his campaign. McCain wants to postpone Friday's debate, and Obama vows to be there even if he is the only one who shows up.
This recent development that I would classify as a cat fight leaves me laughing. "McCain beat Obama to the punch with the first public statement," the Orlando Sentinel wrote about the rivals' attempt to come together to solve this $700 billion crisis. So, the two are trying to work together, but McCain gets the upper hand by beating his apparent accomplice to the punch. This really just doesn't make sense. I feel like this drama came straight from high school and it makes me hesitant to choose either one as our country's new leader.
Perhaps a more direct revelation that politics is just a game where words are picked apart and placed where the most waves will be made is the lipstick statement issued out by Obama: "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig." It was assumed Obama spoke of McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, and McCain was quick to slap "sexist" all over that remark. The 12-word insult made Orlando Sentinel's front page.
It's hard to say whether this blame game is created by media hype or by the presidential candidates, but sometimes it's hard to find the news in this presidential campaign.
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