Give McCain a break

As the shake up on Wall Street begins to resemble more and more the chaos to precede Jesus' second coming, presidential hopeful John McCain declared that he intended to delay the first presidential debate of the season in order to focus on a Congressional response to the financial crisis. Barack Obama rebuffed McCain's request to delay the debate with uncharacteristic smugness, saying that a president needs to be able to focus on more than one thing a time. Ouch, Obama, why don't you just heap burning coals on the guy's head? But honestly, let's take it easy on McCain; he's a decent, hardworking American, but it's not as if he's destined to be the savior of all humanity, so we shouldn't expect too much. It is easy to wonder though if an unprepared McCain wasn't just trying to capitalize on an opportunity to seem "above politics" while buying himself some time to prepare for Obama. Of course, if Obama wasn't incapable of any wrong then I might say he was trying to play the political card as well and wonder if he really should be working harder to address the concerns on Wall Street. But Obama knows that if God provides for the birds and lilies, so too will he provide for us. By the way, in the parable of the talents, where was the dude who squandered his in a risky, greedy investment and would he have been bailed out when he came back empty handed?

In any case, McCain finally relented and will debate Obama tonight at 6 PM. I'm looking forward to a good show. Blessings in Christ.