You know, the more I see of McCain — I grudgingly have to admit I may have been wrong about him — at least character wise.
He also has that remarkable ability to surprise you. Could we have counted on anyone else to pick Sarah Palin over a more conventional choice?
I do think that perhaps we chose the wrong man in 2000. McCain has demonstrated that he is more of a fighter than GWB ever has been. He also has not been ‘bred’ for the Presidency unlike some.
It’s funny that you say that. I supported McCain in the 2000 primaries. I had to get over an instinctive dislike of Bush when he became our nominee, because he reminded me exactly of the frat boys I refused to date in college. Not that I felt that was a fair assessment of mine, but I had to push past it. Once he won, I was extremely grateful that when the TV announced the President was to speak, it was not Bill Clinton any more. (And not Al Gore, either.) And it seemed that Bush handled 9/11 very well. But he’s let us down a lot over the last 8, and one wonders what the world would have been like if McCain won the first time.