The $55 trillion question
Asia Times / Pepe Escobar
16-Oct-2008

WASHINGTON - Before this - thankfully - last United States presidential debate, Republican candidate Senator John McCain had promised "I'll whip [Barack] Obama's you-know-what". Well, he whipped nothing. He told Americans he was not President George W Bush. And then he presented himself as Joe the Plumber - a new working class heir to vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Joe Six-Pack. And then he got "hurting and angry". And then he lost the plot. Independent voters duly took note - and awarded one more debate to Obama. Three to none. Game virtually over.

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