Posted on 05/18/2007 7:48:52 AM PDT by Tirian
I have long admired John McCain and wanted to like him as a presidential candidate. I've been rereading his remarkable memoir "Faith of My Fathers" in the hope that the time might come when I could pay tribute to his manifest gifts. I've reserved judgment on the relative merits of the three major Republican candidates. Never mind.
Usually a presidential candidate waits at least to secure his party's nomination before he reaches beyond (sells out) his party's base. It seems to me that for those of us who have kept an open mind on Senator McCain, hoping that he might pay us that minimal respect, the time has come to check out on his candidacy. Claiming paternity of the prospective immigration amnesty along with Senator Kennedy and others today, Senator McCain has saved me the traditional buyer's remorse. Pending further developments, I've narrowed the field of acceptable Republican candidates. I'm opting for Anybody But McCain.
PAUL concurs: For me, it's down to Giuliani, Romney, and Fred Thompson if he enters. Some will defend the position of the Senate Republicans in this matter on the grounds that they don't have the 40 votes to stop immigration reform so they had to cut a deal. I don't find the defense very persuasive and, in any case, it's not available to McCain. He's a big reason why Senate Republicans don't have the 40 votes. That may be leadership, but it's not the kind we need.
He knew he wasn’t going to get the nomination so this is his parting poke in the eye.
I only respected John McCain for his conduct as a POW. As much I respect all 1,000,000 American men who served in Vietnam. If not for his being captured, his military record would be that of a lousy pilot who lost three aircraft. His conduct since then has been that of an insane man coddled for his POW status. I would not give John McCain the keys to a car let alone the White House.
Mmmmm....consider this. He does the rope-a-dope with Bush giving him his amnesty bill, gets even for 2000, and gets his place in the media sun back.
IMO, if Bush ends up signing this travesty it will be a blacker stain on his "legacy" than Iraq and McCain knows it. "Revenge is a dish best served cold."
O.K. so tell me I have an evil mind.
What media sun McCain gets will be short lived. The media likes him because he opposes Bush. That’s all. Nobody ever heard of McCain before Democrats in open primary states made him appear to be a bigger threat to Bush in 2000 than he really was. If McCain were to somehow get the nomination, the media will give him the same love and respect as they do to any other Republican that dares stand in the way of media darling Democrats. On top of that, McCain can not handle the heat as well as Giuliani or Bush. He will get visibly flustered and commit gaffes from which there will be no recovery.
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