Dead on about Crystal re: the Bush family going back to 41, and the current Bush Administration.
Crystal HAS oft sounded neoconnish (talked tough and militaristic and expansive about foreign policy, military and defense policy, national goals etc.) AT THE OUTSET OF SOMETHING, only to whine and complain and weasel and lay blame when things get dicey.
And Crystal did support McCain, not Bush, but as you say, MM, one can think that was in part because McCain was a "war hero" (to many, not all)...the reflected glory thing, or in part because he hates the Bushes, or all for the first reason or all for the second. Who knows?
He agrees with Bush when he seemingly HAS TO, based on logical inference from his statements and writings at a given moment in time, but later on, all bets are off.
Entirely untrustworthy. A "double minded man, unstable in all his ways". The Bible has some warnings to us about not trusting such a one.
I read Weakly Standard a couple times....I didnt like that it was so wishy washy... Guess I am a National Review type of guy.