Barack delivers up a mess of misdirection

These days I mostly ignore the endless flow of emails from Obama for America which turn up in my Inbox.
However this one sent after the Town Hall debate between Obama and McCain deserves a mention:

I thought the differences between John McCain and me were pretty clear tonight. I will fight for the middle class every day, and -- once again -- Senator McCain didn't mention the middle class a single time during the debate. [my emphasis]
If you agree that we need to cut taxes for 95% of working families, reduce health care costs, and end the war in Iraq responsibly, then I need your help right now.
And if you heard John McCain push more of the same discredited policies, including tax cuts for the wealthy and giant corporations, tax increases on health care, and continuing to spend $10 billion a month in Iraq, then now is the time to act.
Four weeks from tonight, we'll know which of us will be the next president.
The time to make a difference in this election is running out -- please make a donation of $5 or more right now.
https://donate.barackobama.com/townhall
Thank you,
Barack

Sounds good doesn't it? A heartless McCain ignoring the plight of the American middle class.
Problem is McCain did mention retirees, home owners, workers, small business, taxpayers - all components of the broadly inclusive American definition of middle class.
For heaven's sake Senator Obama, if you are going to attack (as is your right) at least make it believable and stop treating the voter like a prize idiot.
Didn't Harvard teach you anything?

Polling:

• DEMOCRAT Barack Obama has soared 11 points ahead of Republican rival John McCain, taking a double-digit lead in a Newsweek poll amid deep concerns about the economy.
  Senator Obama leads by 52 per cent to 41 per cent among registered voters, compared with a Newsweek survey carried out a month ago - before the economic crisis began to bite - in which the two candidates were tied at 46 per cent.
  The magazine reported 86 per cent of the 1212 voters polled said they are dissatisfied with how things were going in the United States. The economy was the biggest concern with 48 per cent. When asked which candidate would better handle a number of issues, Senator Obama topped every category except national security and terrorism. [The Canberra Times,12 October 2008]


• Public interest in news about the presidential campaign reached a new high last week, though the national news was dominated by coverage of the faltering economy. Fully 57% of the public followed news about the election very closely and another 31% followed developments fairly closely. [Pew Research Center,9 October 2008]

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