911 Centre: 9.1.1 Michelle speaking…
John McCain: Hello my name is John McCain and I desperately need your urgent help
911 Centre: Please tell us exactly what you need sir
John McCain: I need a financial bailout please
911 Centre: WHAT! I thought they just packaged $700 billion for you guys
John McCain: NO, NO, NO, that was not me. That was George.
911 Centre: Oh, well we can't tell both of you apart. Anyway we don't deal with this kind of query here but I know one guy who can lend you some money, I'm not sure if he will though
John McCain: I don't mind any lender; please make this happen ASAP I have only 4 days to go
911 Centre: Oh, please take this number down, 917-300-1111, his name is Barack Obama
John McCain: Damn it!
That is a picture of how desperate and frasustrated Senator John McCain sounded yesterday, Thursday the 30th of October in Ohio – a key battleground state. It's four days before his make or break election and John McCain appeared cold, exhausted and out-of-source. On the other hand, Sarah Palin is on the loose, preaching her own doctrine and steering away from the scripts. Joe the [fake] plumber had gone AWOL and then he was everywhere a moment later. Meanwhile a day before, Senator Barack Obama appeared alongside President Bill Clinton in Kissimmee Florida, looking fresh, energised and re-invigorated. That same night, Obama became the owner of US airwaves for a good half an hour to air his 30-minutes infomercial. It was one of those days when you would remember and embrace a part of the bible that says "money answereth all things". To buy 7 big TV stations' airtime in the US you would agree with me is no joke, and you bet your pocket better be deep. However, that's no problem for the Senator from Illinois, who spent a reported $5Million on the 30-minutes Obama-Infomercial.
A day after Obama had shown that he was every bit a bigger man than McCain even in spending big, the Arizona Senator cried out for help to his faithful. It was a 911 call for another financial bailout. In an email to supporters, John wrote: "I'm asking for your financial support today to help us respond to attacks against our entire ticket. This election is not over and we need everyone's hard work in the coming days to be victorious."
You see what Mr. McCain forgot is that his friend's policies have led to something called credit crisis and every one of his hard-core financial powerhouses is feeling the pinch as well. So making an emergency call for finance with only 4 days to go before the Election Day might be too little too late. One thing he also forgot is that these guys are investors who expect returns on every investment they make. To them their contribution is an investment that must pay dividend. But McCain is down an average of 7 points in almost every major opinion poll, the chances of him pulling this one off is becoming slimmer and slimmer as the days go by. I guess his supporters are now trying to obey the golden rule, "put your money where mouth is".
Anyway, as the McCain camp rightly said, this battle is not over and I agree. The math favours Obama so well at the moment and he's enjoying it, but the battle of the key battleground states might still prove bloody. As we draw to the end of what seems to be a never-ending campaign and the whole world waits in anticipation, McCain needs money (boy, how he needs it!) and Obama needs votes (lots of it), both men aiming for one price; to become the most powerful man on the planet.
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3 comments:
the tax calculation from both mccain and obama came out to be similar to each other. i guess this neck to neck fight between them will eventually end with our conscience choosing the president whom we really think can run the country. really, if it’s down to mccain and obama, it’s hard to tell.but if it’s their running mates, then the choice is obvious and it’s not going to be palin. a lipstick on a pig is still a pig. pain with an L in between is still a pain.
"pain with an L in between is still a pain." - Nice one allout investor. I guess the idea of Palin has never been a good one all along. Ok - she brought a bit of energy to the campaign and by that I mean to the McCain camp but the long term effect I don't think was ever thought through. Biden on the other hand looks like an older Obama...
Whao...dts breath taking...why would Maccain do dt as to dail 911 to borrow money...i guess Obama has a lot of genuity and originality to win the election....nice work! still waiting for your next blog...
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