The polls don't add up

Barack Obama had his best ever fundraising month in August when he raised $66 million compared to John McCain's $47 million, thanks to 500,000 new donors. This bettered BO's previous best of $55 million raised in February. His acceptance speech at the DNC was watched by 38.5 million Americans compared to Sarah Shrill Palin's acceptance speech at the RNC which was watched by 37.2 million Americans and the final of American Idol final, which was watched by 31.2 million. And yet the pollsters tell us that Barack Obama is lagging behind John McCain in the US presidential race - go figure.

Oh, the inanity

The American economy is floundering - gas prices are at an all time high, ever increasing numbers of American homeowners are having their homes repossessed and more Americans are receiving pink slips, the American military is beating a retreat in Iraq and America's standing around the world is at its lowest ebb and all the Republicans are concerned about are trivialities. The Republicans are trying to turn the November election into a personality contest - lets hope the American electorate doesn't fall for it.