Help me American character flaw, you're my only hope...

Throughout the 2008 Presidential campaign, one of John McCain's oft-repeated mantras is that Barack Obama claims to be bi-partisan and reach across the aisle, but has no proven history of doing so, that Barack Obama states that he will cut taxes for 95% of Americans, but if you look at his actions during his time in the Senate, he has no history of doing so. John McCain claims that this shows a major flaw in Obama's character. How can you trust someone whose track record is so far away from his promises?

However, at this late stage and with the many, many problems facing the McCain-Palin ticket, Senator McCain is now hoping that the swing states (which all appear to be leaning towards the Obama-Biden ticket) show that exact same character flaw. He is placing all his faith in the belief that, although the polls show that if the election happened tomorrow they would elect Barack Obama, that they will actually vote for John McCain.

If I were McCain, I would be downright encouraging such behaviour. Hell, he may as well start with this campaign poster:


Only when the swing states, full of their "real Americans" and "pro-America Joe-Six-Packs" show that they are people of their word and follow their hearts and minds all the way to the voting booth will the proof will be handed to John McCain that, in fact, the American people cannot be manhandled into disavowing their character.