Dear Senator McCain...

You are embarrassing yourself.... this morning on MSNBC when you were challenged about the outright lies and negativity of your campaign - you said on live video: ""I'll leave that for the American people to decide. I still say to you, and I know you are a supporter of Senator Obama, if you would urge him to come and do town all meetings with me as I have asked him to do time after time the whole tenor of the campaign would change."

So what I hear you saying is - because you aren't getting your McGimmick - you have no choice but to run the most negative, blantantly untruthful campaign in modern times? Is that what I'm hearing?

You need to get over it. and it makes you look like an idiot to keep repeating this town hall horsecrap. You said it on The View last week - and look where that got you.

I don't want to hear any more whining about town hall meetings... they aren't going to happen!

and to use that as an excuse for your Rove-style campaign - is laughable.

and while I'm talking to you, Senator "Straight Talk Express" McCain - it's hard for me to take your campaign seriously about the economy when one of your spokespeople is Carly Fioriana - who received a $21 million dollar golden parachute when she made a total mess of Hewlett Packard. Is that the sort of parachute Sarah Palin was stumpspeeching about yesterday? I'm embarrassed for you. Between her and Phil Gramm, Senator - I'd say you are talking to the wrong people on the economy. I once sat in on a company conference call while Ms. F was the CEO at HP - when an employee wondered if he was going to be able to buy christmas gifts for his family - she said that she empathized because she had to wait to install the redwood floors in her new giganto-mansion until after the merger. No shit - on a company wide call. Great advisors you keep company with.

Yesterday - "the fundamentals of the economy are strong" - today to Today on NBC? "we're in crisis". Talking with Matt Lauer this morning - you looked tired. Did you wake up at 3am like I did - worrying about Sarah Palin in the VP's office.

Your choices - your words - your campaign - are waking me up in the early hours of the morning - WORRIED and SCARED for America - that the likes of you is even being considered.

I'd say the only crisis is your ethics, your honor and your campaign. It's disgusting and turning into a international embarrassment.

The Bear Republic - Issue #1

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As always - I start things off - so if I can tease myself - and promote "my issues" for candidacy - it makes it easier for everyone else. I've had a few people email me so the ball has started - I got a great photo from Lance (althrman) for Issue #2 - and know that several of ya'll are working on photos. It doesn't have to be a recent photo - both Lance and I chose photos that already exist of ourselves.

So send off those photos to bearrepublic@robertmcdiarmid.com - and we'll start seeing covers!

Remember - a nice photo of yourself in your best candidate pose - and the issues that are important to you in your campaign. :)

(friends are forever) superwow

so - for tomorrow night's show - 24 of my coworkers will be in the audience. One of the KOIT salesman arranged a cocktail/appetizer hour - then a limo to the theater for everyone who bought a ticket. What's incredible - is thats roughly half my co-workers coming to see my show. It's very touching. (and mathematically - it's over a 1/3 of the house will be coworkers tomorrow evening) I'd best bring my a-game.

The Bear Republic - Issue #2

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