Look, Senator McCain, I had plans for Friday evening. And those plans involved me and a friend getting together to watch the debate, down a couple beers (well, I’m actually more the sipping type, but that’s beside the point), and mock your responses MST3K-style. But apparently, you’re of the opinion that we’ll wake up to mile-long soup lines across America if you don’t hustle back to Washington to save the day. Well, that’s just great, but the local deli isn’t going to take back this cheese plate I picked up.
I checked Wikipedia and, as far as I can tell, presidential candidates of the past continued their campaigns in the midst of wars, depressions, and other calamities. So how about dropping this weak attempt at mavericky-ness and showing up as planned? The republic will endure.
My thoughts exactly. He is scared to debate Obama in person, especially about the economy.