Daily Irony

In tonight's third and final Presidential debate, John McCain continued to distance himself from President Bush. According to CNN.com:

In one of the more forceful moments of the debate, McCain turned to Obama and said, "I am not President Bush."

"If you want to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago. I'm going to give a new direction to this economy and this country," the Arizona senator said.

I agree. We need a new direction to the economy and the country. John McCain also continued to call himself a Maverick and a Reformer.

When I think of John McCain calling himself the reform candidate, it reminded me of the classic movie O'Brother Where Art Thou. If you remember the movie, the Governor of Mississippi, Menelaus "Pappy" O'Daniel was running for reelection. His opponent in the "up and comin" was Homer Stokes.

One day Pappy O'Daniel was talking with his son and advisers about Homer Stokes. His son comments that everyone is looking for answers and maybe "we should get us some of the reform." Pappy replies that he is the incumbent. How can he be the reform candidate.

John McCain is not necessarily the incumbent. But he voted with Bush 90% of the time. The Republicans are the incumbent party in the White House. Most people are associating the economy with Bush. The more the economy tanks, the more McCain drops in the polls.

In a CNN poll of polls released Wednesday evening, Obama is favored to win by 50 percent; McCain by 43 percent and 8 percent of voters are undecided.