Why Is John McCain Smiling?

I don't know about you, but for someone like Senator John McCain to be smiling that smile, that sinister smile, as he trails in just about every poll, suggests to me that perhaps he knows something that we voters don't know.

There must be something more to the "we have Obama just where we want him" than meets the eye of the voter.

Could it be that he really believes what he is saying on the stump, that he loves being the underdog, that he has been there before, and that he is going to pull off the upset of all upsets?

Is there something behind that Mona Lise smile - is he smiling with us, or against us?

Or maybe he knows that he is going to win, that it is just a matter of going though the motions.

I have written before that he and the Republicans have three game plans ready be implemented to ensure that McCain wins the election.

The first of three is already underway - voter suppression.

The Republicans have managed since 2000, with the help of the Democrats seemingly ignoring the importance of the issue, to make inroads in having their representatives placed on the state election registration boards, and establishing rules that govern the eligibility of voters to vote. In many states if there is not a perfect match of drivers license, social security number, and registration information, a voter will find that his or her vote will not count, even if they somehow manage to find their way to the voting booth.

This clearly is aimed at Democratic voters, many of whom are minorities who don't have a drivers license, many seniors who don't drive, urbanites who see no need to have a license, etc.

And it doesn't stop there. If someone were to register on one document with an initial, and on another document spelling out the name, that voter would be denied his/her right to vote.

Oh, how many times have I filled out forms involving job applications, health information, etc., and not used my middle initial. We all are guilty of it.

But not to get away from the subject at hand, with new voters registering at a five to one ratio, Democrat to Republican, this will certainly impact the election. It has already been declared that twenty percent of new voters in Colorado will not be able to vote. And it took the Ohio State Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that would have denied 200,000 voters their voting rights.

To put the Ohio voter suppression in perspective, Senator John Kerry lost the Ohio vote to George Bush in 2004 by 119,000 votes

As many as fifteen states may find many of their voters being denied their right to vote.

For as simple as an initial. Or a clerical error. Really now.

And McCain goes around bragging about putting "country first.?" And he and his running mate are questioning Senator Barack Obama's "patriotism?" This is unconscionable.

I said before the Republicans have three game plans to steal this election. The other two are voting machine/balloting manipulation and creating a terrorist threat.With the success that the Republicans appear to be having with voter suppression, game plans numbers two and three may not be needed.

So I do not put any faith in the polling data that show Obama leading, in some cases by double digits.

It may not matter.

This may not be the greatest presidential election upset of all time - it would be the greatest highway robbery of all time, making the 2000 debacle seem like child's play.

Peace.

Larry