Hitchens or the art of being wrong, again and again and again and to brag about it...

Anyway, back to the point. We sure can understand that Republicans are happy about the "divine surprise" delivered by the McCain - Palin ticket. But, let's face it, who can remember any significant sentence from a McCain speach either? Slogans come and go, especially in campaign times. What stays are politicians and the policies they implement. Frankly, I understand that Hitchens wants more of the same policies, considering they are making his Hoover patrons richer. But is that good for the Americans? I doubt it. McCain may be a nice human person, he has no clue how to run a country. He doesn't understand anything about economics, which could be a problem in times of crisis, he has no clue about foreign policy (when the USA are engaged in war in two countries) and he is simply too old to grasp most of the concepts and issues in this new century. But that does not matter to voters: he looks like them. He is white, smiling and he does not have a clue.

Obama, on the other hand, is educated, brilliant even, has a multicultural standpoint (something invaluable in modern politics) and is perfectly fit to lead the USA in troubled times. Even better, unlike McCain, he could help reconcile the USA with the rest of the world and its previous allies. But Americans don't see that. They just see a guy who does not look like most of them, talks funny and so on. They are resenting this perceived superiority, pure jealous, fear of the difference. Fear. That's the clue of this election. If Americans are scared enough, they will vote McCain like good sheeps.