ALL THE WORLD’S A GAME….Well, it appears that John McCain has succeeded in his plan to torpedo the bailout negotiations for a while so that he can swoop in and pretend to be their savior tomorrow. On CNN, Stephen Hayes says he’ll get away with it because most people don’t pay much attention to politics. “All they’ll see is that that McCain suspended his campaign, flew to Washington, banged a few heads, and then we got an agreement. And that’s a win for him.” Sadly, he might be right.
There really seems to be no end to McCain’s preening self-regard and stunt-of-the-week campaigning strategy these days, nor any end to his lack of regard for caring about what’s actually best for the country. If this stuff were a game with no real-world consequences, I’d admire his gamesmanship. Since it’s not, I’m just disgusted.
But if it’s bread and circuses we’re going to get, I might as well get the real thing: USC vs. Oregon State in Corvallis tonight. So that’s where I’ll be for the rest of the evening: watching a game that’s supposed to be a game. I’ll be back in a few hours.
UPDATE: Well, that was a bummer. Sort of like the rest of the week.
