The Devil Went Down To Georgia, Take Two

Several hours ago the news broke that Russia ended the war in Georgia. That is heartening news, but hardly surprising. It was obvious from the beginning that Russia never intended to escalate the event into a major international crisis. They got their point across. It was almost as if they meant to say, "Hey, United States and the rest of the world, it seems you forgot we have a military also. Pardon us while we humble this small nation not far from here."

Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan, and other neocon abominations, can still pray we go to war with the Red Threat. It will make them feel important. It's good that something they can sink their teeth into came along. They have been having so much trouble landing solid blows on that slippery Obama character. Russia won't be able to escape their incredible combined intellect so easily. Last I heard the collective IQ of the neocons was well into the double digits. Keep trying, Bill!

The Devil Went Down to Georgia

In this instance Barack Obama plays the unlikely role of Charlie Daniels, and John McCain could very well be the fiddle playing devil who just can't win the bet. That's right, the Obama campaign smelled something on the breeze down in Georgia, and decided to make it a battleground. Jeanne Cummings at Politico detailed some of the reasoning and expenses as related to the campaign in that southern state.

McCain talking mouthpiece Tucker Bounds said he can't understand Obama's strategy, but normal people like myself see it quite clearly. Barack destroyed Hillary in Georgia's Democratic Primary. McCain narrowly took second place among his competitors there, losing to Mike Huckabee and barely defeating Mitt Romney. Clearly John "The Human Glowworm" McCain didn't even appeal to Republican voters in the Peach State. The Obama campaign doesn't have to turn the state blue. All they have to do is get more voters to show up one time, this November. A less than enthusiastic voter base for John McCain could amount to an Obama win, regardless of state politics.

The McCain campaign seems to take a win there for granted. The condescending way John McCain has treated the Obama campaign all along amounts to drastic overconfidence, and that can be seen quite clearly when it comes to Georgia. The Republican candidate apparently believes that it is his God given right to win in all southern states because he's white. While he may win Georgia in the end, the lesson to be learned here is that Obama refuses to make it easy. If the Obama campaign exploits every weakness they perceive in their opponent's strategy, then the gap between the two candidates will widen, whether it be because of Georgia or Florida or Arizona.