My employer, who is a Reagan Democrat strongly supporting McCain, has a theory which might seem like tinfoil, but she strongly believes it, and I am afraid she may be right.
She claims that this Hawaii trip is staged so we can see Obama next week weeping over the casket of his dead white grandmother. She feels the woman may even already be dead and held for Obama’s return so the funeral will be the great photo op and play for sympathy. She loathes Obama and puts nothing past him or his people.
The only way to prevent Obama from using his grandmother’s death to exploit sympathy votes is to speak about this openly before it happens, which may help innoculate us from it actually happening. How do we do this without seeming, um, how it seems?
Good point but I think this is a ploy for hands off Obama for two days. Watch McCain state how sad this is and we’ll be off Obama for two days so Bmabi gets a free pass and McCain momentum is stalled. Mark my words...
It is crass to have to speculate about such a thing, but I for one believe nothing at this late stage of a campaign happens benignly.
Point 1- Grandma gravely ill, Obama announces he is going to suspend his campaign and visit 4 DAYS LATER
Point 2- At the same time as this announcment, media propaganists begin a 3 day pounding of the Sarah Palin 150K clothing story.
Point 3- Obama does some sob story interviews with DBM about why he’s going to see grandma. Interviews occur in close proximity to appearance on Ellen where he dances around like urkel.
Conclusion: Obama internal polling shows they are having trouble with women and/or elderly. Grandma story is designed to “soften” his image for that demo. Power hungry marxists don’t stop campaigns for matters of the heart. It just doesn’t happen in that character type.
I have been saying this for days. Grandma is already on ice. You heard it here.
Ditto - as awful as it is, I really think that's what desperation has brought him to!
You could be right on this one. I still don’t quite understand why in the homestretch he would be doing this unless the campaign sees so much trouble with the white vote that this was the best way they could try to pick it up.
Very strange. There is always a motive of Obama doing things so there definitely is a story I just don’t think anyone has nailed it yet.