Am I the only person who thinks this “country first” theme is total baloney?
We’re giving the socialists all of the spiritual nourishment they need— they can nationalize energy, nationalize healthcare, nationalize finance etc while saying, “country first!”
The entire point of America is INDIVIDUALISM, not sacrifice. We are the architects of our own lives. Sacrifice isn’t good in itself— one should only sacrifice if the result is a net gain.
Sacrifice has been McCain’s problem his entire career— McCain starts with conservative principles, and thinks there is some virtue in sacrificing them. I’m not gonna vote for the other side, but geez, WTF?
OUR country first. Not some dangerous global citizen of the world like Obama. That’s what it’s about.
“Country First”. It is ham-handed, but in that it refers to McCain’s claim to put “Country before Party”, I suppose it is meant to reach out to Democrats to cross over. It also reminds me that McCain said he would rather lose the election than lose the war, a great example of putting country first.