How Can Anyone Still Be Undecided???

I keep hearing this question—and my best guess is that by now most undecideds have at least a basic understanding of where both campaigns have planted their flags on the issues, including Issue No. 1—The Economy. And if they are not yet persuaded, then I think they must be trying to figure out who they feel they can trust. Thus, as I look for talking points to use in conversations with undecideds, I keep coming back to articles & posts that offer a window into the character and temperament of McCain and Palin. Here are some of my “picks” from the last couple of days:
** “Make Believe Maverick: A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty.” RollingStone (Tim Dickinson) http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain Excerpt: “In its broad strokes, McCain's life story is oddly similar to that of the current occupant of the White House. John Sidney McCain III and George Walker Bush both represent the third generation of American dynasties. Both were born into positions of privilege against which they rebelled into mediocrity. Both developed an uncanny social intelligence that allowed them to skate by with a minimum of mental exertion. Both struggled with booze and loutish behavior. At each step, with the aid of their fathers' powerful friends, both failed upward. And both shed their skins as Episcopalian members of the Washington elite to build political careers as self-styled, ranch-inhabiting Westerners who pray to Jesus in their wives' evangelical churches. In one vital respect, however, the comparison is deeply unfair to the current president: George W. Bush was a much better pilot.”
** “McCain’s Body Language: He’s a Hater” The Huffington Post (Paul Abrams) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/mccains-body-language-hes_b_132937.html Excerpt: “McCain has written that the Presidency is not a calling to accomplish a set of goals but just a matter of his personal ambition. Prevented--one must assume by his inadequacy that he cannot admit to himself--from fulfilling his family's tradition of becoming Admiral, McCain is driven to become President, to one-up them. McCain hates anyone, or anything, that stands in his way and, right now, that is Obama.”
** “David Brooks: Sarah Palin “Represents a Fatal Cancer to the Republican Party’” The Huffington Post (Danny Shea) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/david-brooks-sarah-palin_n_133001.html Excerpt: “Reagan had an immense faith in the power of ideas. But there has been a counter, more populist tradition, which is not only to scorn liberal ideas but to scorn ideas entirely. And I'm afraid that Sarah Palin has those prejudices. I think President Bush has those prejudices.”