There was a time, a long period of time, when I admired John McCain. I didn't agree with him most of the time, but I thought his bus was well-named, I thought he had principles and stood by them, and he didn't take himself too seriously. I even called him a "statesman" (much to my father's dispute) becauseI thought he put accomplishment ahead of ideology.
McCain is no longer that man. John Kerry was accused of "waffling" but compared to McCain, Kerry was a pancake. McCain has become a sad old man searching for immortality and if making a clueless self-described "hockey mom" from Alaska Vice President will buy him a few votes he's all over it. So much for putting the country first, the poor old bastard may not survive his first term and God save us all if his fears prove true.
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One man's famine is another man's feast.
Kat
Now I see no glimmer of the man from those years, he lies easily and whole heartingly, is allowing himself to be handled by people who have no honor or moral codes..he has sold himself out...sad to see a man who had such dignity be reduced to what he's become.
Very sad.
I almost feel sorry for him now. It was pitiful when he stole Hillary's ads, and pathetic when he tried to emulate everything that he thought was working for Obama. But saddest of all is that after all the talk about Michelle Obama not being "proud" of her country - he is now trying to run on her husband's message of change. He puts himself in one lose-lose position after another. If he is proud of his country, why would he want to change it? If not, why didn't he defend Michelle Obama when his party so maliciously and foolishly attacked her?
The only things I can imagine McCain/Palin changing are his mind (hourly), and her head. I expect the horns to sprout soon.
Yeah. The more I reflect on it, the sadder I become for a once-proud person who has given in to his desire to be great at the cost of possibly being great. McCain is the first presidential candidate I've actually pitied.
How the hell am I supposed to respect a man who lets someone use his own child as a campaign tool and never thinks twice or stands up for his kid? I lost all respect for him from that point on. What a despicable, toadying way to behave, and what a rotten thing to show his daughter -- that it's OK if people lie about her.
How naive I was.
It's a made up word, moonbat. It's a play on Dimwit, Democrat, Dimocrat... see where I'm going? It's called creative license.
Ever since then it has been a downhill slide into depravity for him ... and the Palin selection tops it off ...
I recommend highly a reread (and video watch) to the thread earlier by: Sandy Knauer, Sep 16, 2008, 7:04pm EDT
If Don'swas creative, the licensing process isn't working.
RE: Jerry's comment
Over the past couple of weeks I've mentioned my disillusionment with McCain to friends on both sides of the party line. Not that I agreed with him very often, but I did think at one time that he had integrity. I know longer think so and I've been surprised at how many of my friends, both Democrats and Republicans, have agreed with me. The breaking points came at different times for each of them, but McCain seems to have lost his reputation as an honest man. He's left with the dregs of political involvement. People who can't or won't think or are so bitter and hateful they want to demean anyone who disagrees with them.