Most of what gets reported about McCain would have been fabricated any way.

I'm not sure it would make any difference.

Let me put it this way; I cannot support anybody who puts his ego above his country.

"I think he [McCain] will decide a president is capable of doing more than one thing at a time."

Apparently that leaves Obama out. Or he'd be doing both too.

But really, I'm glad Obama's not there. He'd probably be working in tandem with Reid slipping amendments in here and there when others are focused on more pressing issues.

Debate won't happen. Appearances count.

Obama won't do what McCain asks and McCain can't appear to crawl back to Mississippi like Obama's dog on a leash.

McCain should ignore the Mississippi debate Friday and offer to appear next week either in Mississippi or at an alternate venue if Mississippi declines. And name a couple of alternates - have them ready.

All this stuff about site preparation is BS. A new site could be chosen in an hour and a TV feed set up for nothing.

There are a thousand colleges with those facilities. Many TV stations have similar sets. Or use a theatre.

But no! In America we have to attach pomp and circumstance and spend millions redecorating a town and campus before putting two candidates in front of a TV camera. The pretense is disgusting.

One reason for the hoopla - besides the American inability to solve problems simply- is the media. They send a thousand people to the debate city. And collectively they contribute nothing because the televised debate does the work.

The media then files useless stories about the mood and tells us why we didn't see and hear what we thought we saw and heard.

Since I expect McCain to benefit from an Obama sans teleprompter, I have to take McCain's desire to cancel the debate as a patriotic determination to put the country ahead of himself--he is willing to harm his campaign to help the country.

I don't think Obama wants to have the debate out of desperation since he's had a better week than McCain. More likely, I think he wants to have it because he knows it won't happen and he's confidant the media will spin the cancellation his way.

Obama debates himself?
The empty suit debates an empty podium.
Could be a toss-up.

O!: Master Debator

I know this is trite, but has to be done :P

Obligatory Monty Python Tie-in: Colin "Bomber" Harris

We are drawing our conclusions as sensible people. That may have little to do with many voters. I think the Obama campaign is fully capable of spinning anything pretty cleverly, as they are not restrained by shame.