Kiki the Stripper

Could it finally be that the bizarre, lurching, pratfall prone, many headed monster of a McCain Palin campaign might be finally eating itself alive? I'm not even referring to the back alley knife fighting being played out in dueling media leaks from the highest levels of the McCain campaign. I'll leave the "she's a whackjob" vs. "she's a rising star who's been improperly managed" discussion for some other time.

What I'm having trouble digesting is the "Joe the Plumber Red State Tour." With no discernable sense of irony, John MacCain and Sarah Palin are doing shout outs to people at their rallies based on occupation. Every day, multiple times a day, they are pointing to different people at their rallies and calling them out by name and occupation. There's Tito the Builder, Nan the Realtor, Tim the Pediatrician, in addition to the obligatory shout out to the now infamous Joe the Plumber. What I want to hear are either shout-outs to real people actually helped by the Reverse Robinhood strategy of the last 30 years or, alternatively, those mightily damaged by the economy. I'm waiting to hear the John MacCain and Sarah Palin recognize Stephan the Hedgefund Manager, Rick the Slum Landlord, or Gregor the Oligarch. While we're at it, I wouldn't mind hearing from Coco the Crackhead, Bob the Builder, Harry the Homeless, Kiki the Stripper, Alicia the Unemployed, and Thomas the Train. Until then, MacCain/Palin aren't speaking my language.