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Stir up John McCain's well-documented temper with the GOP's well-tested "Rovian" campaign tactics and you've got the receipe for one of the nastiest Presidential campaigns in recent history.

So far, it's NOT been Right vs. Left, or Age vs. Youth, or even White vs. Black, as expected.

Instead, McCain's advertising spitballs against Barack Obama seem to be all about the anger and frustration the reigning playground bully might feel when the girls all flock around the new boy with the big grin and the funny name.

And when you get one kid taunting another on the playground, it usually boils down to jealousy, as described by Hummingbird, our resident poet, thusly:

McCain, 'The Two'

McCain's jealousy is palpable; //

He wants to be 'The Venerable' //

He can't stand the sting //

That his pious right wing //

Might vote for 'The Unflappable.'

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--A Political Pepper Spray(TM) by Hummingbird

Poem Copyright © Sunday, July 27, 2008 (4:30 PM)-- Saturday, August 02, 2008 (9:50 AM)

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Context Note for poem "McCain, 'The Two'"

Everything about Obama makes the McCain Campaign writhe in jealousy.  Even the size of audiences, who are obviously hoping for change in Washington 's face and demeanor, give McCain reason to disparage Obama. It would be laughable if there were not 17 years or so of Republican "dittoheads" out there. Stay alert , folks--the FRAMING has begun!

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For another perspective on this schoolyard spat, check out Maureen Dowd's Tuesday column in the NY Times, at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/opinion/06dowd.html?ref=todayspaper