McCain’s YouTube Nightmare is that the voters – who have very short memories – will notice that he changes his story from interview to interview.
Changing your story because you’ve seen your mistake and are correcting it is one thing. Changing your story to boost your self-image or to get votes is another thing altogether – where I come from we’d call that lying. Apparently they don’t lie in Washington.
I was particularly interested in McCain’s statements on his grasp of Economics.
So much for that 3AM phone call. With his sleeping pills John McCain won’t even hear the phone ring. A worse scenario, however, is that he gets up and starts World War IV while in a drug-induced fugue state.
“The key is to use Ambien-like sleeping medications in moderation and don’t mix them with other sedative drugs or alcohol. Most importantly, avoid use in the event you have to consider escalation from Defcon 4 to Defcon 3.”
– Dr. Peter A. Fotinakes, medical director of the St. Joseph Sleep Disorders Center in Orange, Calif.
"Wonder, Wonder! How marvellous is the teaching of no words. It cannot be grasped by hearing with the ear, For that voice is to be heard by the eye."
- Zen master Tozan