The Bet
John McCain and Barack Obama are each making a bet on the competency of the American public. Barack Obama is betting that the American public can see through the utter theatre that is John McCain’s “heroism” and John McCain is hoping that they’re dumb enough to buy it. There is no doubt that everything that John McCain is doing right now is nothing but theatre. Nothing…but…theatre. I’m an actor, so I have a great sense of bullshit.
After eight years of an administration that has been nothing but show and veneer I am hoping that the Americans have learned something…anything. If they view McCain’s shenanigans as anything but theatre; if they can not see that McCain is erratic and unfit temperamentally to be President; if they do not view Sarah Palin as the most unfit Vice-Presidential candidate in modern times; and if they see McCain as anything more than a sham, than they will be personifying every single stereotype that has been thrown their way. If the majority of the electorate hands John McCain the election, then the majority of the electorate is quite frankly a bunch of “Dumb Americans.”
