I posted a comment (the 81st) on his blog on September 19th in which I said:At a rally outside Youngstown, Ohio, Tuesday night, dozens of attendees
left while McCain was still speaking.I caught up with a few of them. Some explained that the airplane hangar where the rally was being held had grown crammed and uncomfortable. Others said they had other events or commitments to get to.
Notably, though, the exodous had only begun after Palin spoke.
Now, the same thing has happened again.
"I look up, about five minutes into McCain's address and see a steady stream of people walking out of the rally," writes Radio Iowa's Kay Henderson from a McCain-Palin event in Cedar Rapids.
The obvious point I was trying to make is that McCain seems to be afraid to campaign alone, and that these events confirm the point. It seems to me, also, that the crowds that attend joint McCain-Palin rallies come mainly to see and hear her. McCain may hope that no one has noticed the fact -- which must be glaring to him. She is the Fall Attraction. But though she should be only the co-star, McCain's hiding behind her as though she was the leading actor/actress.You've just touched on the dark that McCain's afraid to walk in alone, without the comfort of lil' sister's presence -- and hand.
It's uncanny, right?
See, even in her presence, bad things happen to him soon as he lets go (however so briefly) of her hand; but, without her, the dark (of the September campaign) would be utterly terrifying and tongue-tying.
Wait until October!
The spectacle, the sleight of hand -- the ruse of joint appearances when he is the one, really, whom the voters must choose or reject as President -- can't last forever. Not, in fact, past the darkening days of October, as winter (but first November 4) grows nearer!
