Posted on 01/14/2008 1:50:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I’ve used pieces of this argument when talking about why I don’t support John McCain, but was impressed by this blogger’s eloquent argument against him.
John McCain is an American hero. As a captive of the communists in North Viet Nam he made great sacrifices for this country. But today he is a captive of the entrenched Washington DC establishment, and thanks to McCain-Feingold, it is my Constitutional right of free political speech that has been sacrificed. John McCain is no conservative. How do I know? Name for me please one true conservative politician in Washington DC who is as beloved by the mainstream media as John McCain? You can’t. True conservatives are torn down, ridiculed, and ignored by the media in Washington, not celebrated. McCain is loved in Washington because he is good for a sound bite, and because he is only too willing to embrace liberal causes in the name of bipartisanship. John McCain is not the solution to our problems in Washington - he is part of the problem in Washington.
I’ll also add that with all due respect to his military service, John McCain is crazy. I’m sorry to have to point this out, but there are significant physiological as well as pschycological consequences to being in captivity in the manner and length of time that John McCain was. PTSD on steroids. Whereas this does not necessarily disqualify him from the presidency, it should give pause.
The OC Domer also happens to be a fellow Fred Head and in addition to siting the reason why Fred Thompson is the obvious heir to the Reagan Revolution, he gives the 411 on why the other candidates are not. Check it out here.
Good piece.
McCain = [Schwarzenegger on steroids] [squared]
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