I’m late to the show, but i’ll still offer some perspective as a regular reader of The Economist for the last 10+ years and a subscriber.

It is not an American style newspaper/magazine.  It is very economically conservative, but in a European way.  It is also very socially liberal.  It backed the Iraq war, but it is the only major media outlet that i’ve seen admit that it fucked up in doing so.

Their coverage of American politics is far superior to anything i read in US outlets.

But in this case, i believe that the editors are seeing what they want to see in John McCain…i.e. a fiscally conservative, socially liberal candidate from the Republican party.

And say what you will about which way the publication leans, reading it will keep you better informed on world news than all of the progressive websites put together.  Nobody else even touches the ins and outs of African politics (for example) on a week in and week out basis.

What happens in the US is treated, but the rest of the world is not ignored either.

And since winning the Democratic party’s nomination, the British press, having propped him up, has wasted no time in beginning their effort to destroy Obama and the Democratic party. You people at Truthdig must be among some of the dullest “Progressives” in the nation…

For a publication with one foot on one side of the “pond’ and the other on the other side and according to several websites either owned or financed in part by a Lord Rothschild and a larger market for its mag.in the US. Its kind like “its the economy stu”.

The most that can be said is 300 million Americans and several parts of the world have been entertained for the past few months with a well orchestrated political wrestling match worthy of the World Federation of Wrestling.

A Good show as the Brits would say but can any American really judge what specific issues have been articulated by either of the candidates and specific proposals to address and or resolve?

ocjim,

The problem is that the economist is preferring to put out there, what was actually a somewhat true profile of McCain in earlier days. There was a time when he did fill this bill to a certain extent, at least in the public eye and mind.

“The change” has been hard to pinpoint, at least to a time frame, but that’s always the case with victims of dementia, and I’m now convinced that is largely the case with McSame.

Having (sadly, unfortunately) needed the progression of Alzheimer’s from several perspectives, (it’s now reached epidemic proportions here in the US at least) that’s what I see happening with McSame. (Bush has always been a psychopath).

One of the most troubling things about it, (and in trying to understand the motivations of the person affected) is that they do have some moments of lucidity, and they are very good at playing off or otherwise covering up the blank times, when they really are not at all ‘connected’.

That’s why Robert Sheer, (in his piece on ‘What Makes McCain Tick) is having such a hard time figuring it out.

More and more of the time now, McSame is simply ‘not there’ but will always try to play it off. That’s standard behavior, and with enough folks around to provide cover, (like with Regan) they can generally get away with it..some for longer than others.

There is another photo that I’d like to see floating around, though it actually was a film footage shot of McCain and Obama from some months back, and I believe it was at some Congressional activity.

It shows them walking from the session together, apparently conversing about something. The image is of this tall gangly, young Obama with his arm protectively and compassionately draped across the Senator’s shoulders; leaning down and slightly in (and with respectful attention) apparently to hear whatever the old dude is mumbling about.

I think Obama’s campaign team should go on an active search for that film footage, and turn it into a campaign ad.

Meantime, I can’t believe McCain has actually been foolish enough to challenge Obama to these series of debates at Town Hall proscribed enviornments. Now THAT is the arrogance of the aged and the infirm. Also typical of others that aren’t wrapped too tight in the head.

The Economist says, “In John McCain, the Republicans chose a man whose political courage has led him constantly to attempt to forge bipartisan deals and to speak out against the Bush administration when it went wrong.”

Obviously the Economist writer has not seen the disgusting McCain hug of “Attila the Bush.” If the Economist had it might have done some inquiries about McSame’s advocacy of everything for which Bush failed: tax cuts for the wealthy, Iraq forever, bellicose toward anyone designated an enemy—and the list is long—laissez-faire economics, an idiotic energy policy (like Bush) and a domestic policy that fails everyone but the rich.

That’s an idependent McSame!!!

Let me see, after the 2006 elections pelosi took impeachment off the table, brilliant move as w & dick have not looked back and move unfettered to who can guess where.
Today, if not the first thing obama has done since becoming the democrat nominee for president then probably the second, is to go IMMEDIATELY to the AIPACs and stand in their corner. It will not be hard to vote independent in November.
And this is NOT america at its best. Don’t look for any kind of improvement, just SNAFU(situation normal all fucked up)