GET YOUR HAPPY ON! - a meliorist worldview

John McCain’s posse has recently attacked Obama for opting out of his privilege to receive federal funding for his campaign, but that sounds like sour grapes to me. (Sorry, Senator, I’m just telling it as I see it.)

Barrack Obama’s inherent ability to get ordinary folks to vote with donations for his campaign is somewhat unprecedented in modern politics, and Obama’s campaign has a clear fiscal advantage over McCain.

When the fella’ with the most money in his war chest is the candidate most likely to win the general election (and the Presidency), candidates at all government levels have been forced to make uneasy alliances with wealthy corporations and interest groups. Of course, some morally lenient politicians have seen no conflict of interest in receiving moneys from corporations while serving the public, which is why campaign finance reform has been a hot button issue since 1867.

Contemporary politicians have taken up the call of campaign finance reform — though few with as much vigor as John McCain — so it should not surprise anyone that McCain & Co. would leap as soon as Barrack Obama announced his decision not to receive public assistance, which would limit his campaign to only $80 million, (a veritable drop in the bucket).

John McCain’s campaign is struggling to keep up with Obama, so it will be interesting to watch McCain in the next few months. Will his campaign survive with only public funding? Or will McCain learn to enjoy eating crow? Another interesting question is will the special interest groups, from whom McCain has made such a great show of distancing himself, view the cash-poor Arizona senator as a smart investment?

Maybe another reason might explain why McCain’s people are making such a big stink about Obama refusing federal campaign assistance, when Barrack Obama has endorsed campaign finance reform in the past.

John McCain, however, has shown himself to be a bit of hypocrite as well. I mentioned yesterday how John McCain claims to be the voice of the American Indians, yet makes shady deals for Navajo and Hopi land rights with mining companies.

Not good karma, Senator. And it certainly is not environmentally conscious, even though “Maverick” McCain claims that he is the Environment’s greatest advocate among the Republicans.

Greater light has been shed on McCain’s eagerness to again betray the Environment with a pitch to lift the Congressional ban on offshore drilling, just like George W. Bush.

If all of this coming from the Republicans doesn’t sound familiar, dear reader, I will remind you that George Jr. also claimed to be a “Friend of the Environment,” and his administration represents the worst energy policies since Reagan.

Isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think?

Take care of each other, my friends. Be kind to a stranger today.

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