The Observer Newspapers | Presidential Race is 'Twilight Zone'

August 22 , 2008

Presidential Race is 'Twilight Zone'

To the editor:

There is no doubt that we are traveling through another dimension, past that "signpost up ahead" and have entered "The Twilight Zone." Where else can a presidential candidate proclaim with a straight face "in the 21st Century nations don't invade other nations" [John McCain, Aug. 13, 2008] after having championed just that and promising 100 more years of the same?

Where else can a presidential candidate who owns eight homes, flies around in a private jet, and wears $500 shoes call his opponent an "elitist?" Where else can a presidential candidate rally against those darn lobbyists while simultaneously packing his staff with lobbyists?

Where else can a presidential candidate get a free media pass for cheating on his sick spouse and trading her in for a newer, richer model while a former candidate of the opposite party is crucified by the media for doing the same?

Where else can nearly half the voting public not take such hypocrisy seriously?

Louis Horvath

Herndon