Did you catch Countdown last night?
Clear blue skies in New York City today, about the first time we’ve seen the atmosphere in about two weeks, makes it especially easy to see through what many experts have been hawking as “news” lately.
Sen. Barack Obama is still for ending the Iraq war, despite week long statements from Sen. John McCain saying otherwise. His dual press conferences – the second one required because expert opinion had heads in the sand – did not change his basic principle: opposing an open-ended commitment of occupying and/or pacifying the Iraqi government.
What else has been brewing besides summer thunderstorms… ah yes – the economy. The job loss streak continued for the U.S. economy, with June being the sixth straight lousy month. Welcome graduates!
But that didn’t stop McCain from going to Colombia… to do what I’m not sure. Talking heads said it was news, but I don’t get it other than further proving McCain doesn’t know what’s going on. Ironically, the former POW was upstaged by a John Woo-style badass hostage rescue (ps – it’s coming out, first reported by Swiss radio, that the rescue actually might have been a cover up for ransom payments – McCain metaphor?).