O Little Town of Bethlehem...

McCain spoke to an assembly of about 6,000 at Lehigh University today in Bethlehem, PA. Lehigh County GOP Chairman Bill Platt introduced him, taking swings at Senator Obama anywhere he could, calling him Barack Hussein Obama more than once, creating rage among the audience against Senator Obama.

Platt claimed that Obama refused to wear a flag pin on his lapel (even though he had been wearing one the night before at the debate, and McCain had not worn one in the first Presidential debate), saying that he removed it BECAUSE it was a symbol of patriotism. Now, partisanship aside, how are we supposed to trust anything he says in his speech when he starts out with an obvious, blatant lie?

Then Cindy McCain took to the stage, reiterating a well-known fact that has been said dozens of time by the McCain campaign: "Let me tell you, the day Senator Obama decided to cast a vote not to fund my son when he was serving . . . sent a cold chill through my body, let me tell you. I suggest that Senator Obama change shoes with me for just one day and see what it means to have a loved one serving in the armed forces, and, more importantly, serving in harm's way.” It was weird, but she reminded me a lot of Paris Hilton when she said it on television. Anyway, we all know that Obama voted against this bill…and we also know why! It was because there was no timetable. The public is also familiar with McCain’s voting against a similar bill, but with a timetable, she didn’t mention that one though.

Right now, the American people are looking for the truth, and for reasons to vote for each candidate- not reasons to vote against them. If we cannot trust the candidates (or their campaigns) to come up with credible surrogate speakers, how can we trust the candidates to tell us the truth, or to appoint trustworthy cabinet members when they are in office? I think that this is a prime reason that we NEED the media…because without the fact checkers and the pundits, we would have to fend for ourselves-trying to speculate what is the truth, and what is completely fabricated.