News Flash: John McCain Misses Episode of Golden Girls to Rush Back to Washington and Fix the Economy!!!

Wow. Does anyone with an IQ over 90 actually believe that John McCain is rushing back to Washington to deal with our failing economy? Hands up...I'd like to see you. John "I don't know anything about the economy" McCain has decided to suspend his campaign and rush home in a sad attempt to display some sort of ill-conceived quality that he perceives to be presidential, and to distract us from the fact that he absolutely is not (presidential). Let's face it, the reason he's suspending his campaign is because people (and the media) are finally waking up to the sobering assessment that McCain hasn't got a clue. His campaign, temporarily reinvigorated with Alaskan parvenu Sarah Palin, is back to the stultifying and rudderless disaster that it was prior to the Republican convention. And he is, once again, desperate. And desperate people often make bad decisions.

McCain has the worst voting record in the senate over the last year. He doesn't sit on the senate finance, banking committee and, hence, would not be privy to any discussions as such. He admits he knows nothing about the economy. He is taking heat because of his hiring of Rick Davis, his choice of Palin and the fact that his entire campaign is being run by lobbyists and Karl Rove clones. He is embarrassed because he has said during his campaign that he wants to treat the health care sector like we have the housing sector (deregulation). He isn't returning to Washington on some noble mission to "put America first." He is scared to the point of desperation.

A president needs to be able to deal with multiple calamities simultaneously (i.e. his campaign and the economy). His claim about having to rush off to Washington was most astutely and humorously illustrated by David Letterman in an article in today's Post:

"...Republican presidential candidate John McCain bailed from David Letterman's show only about two hours before it was to tape, calling the late-night host personally to tell him the economy was in such a state of crisis he was suspending his campaign and had to leave immediately to get back to Washington., Letterman got word that McCain -- who had announced his candidacy on "The Late Show" way back when -- did not, in fact, rush back to the capital. Instead, he plugged his decision to suspend his campaign, bail on Friday night's debate with Democratic nominee Barack Obama and race back to Washington over on CBS's evening newscast. He was, in fact, taping an interview with Katie Couric.

Letterman had his producers throw up the CBS in-house video feed, showing McCain getting makeup applied to his face before the interview taping. "Now, he doesn't seem to be racing back to the airport, does he?" asked Letterman."

Read full story here.

Anyone with a modicum of intelligence can see through McCain's feeble and dishonest excuses, and these aren't the characteristics we need in a president. Speaking on behalf of my fellow Washingtonians and someone feeling the pain of our economic crisis, please, stay away. With your judgment, the economy is a lot better off without you meddling in it.