Why I Won’t Support McCain
MKFreeberg at House of Eratosthenes on Feb 06 2008 at 4:10 am | Filed under: Election 2008
Here we are…nine months away from my first vote for a third-party candidate since 1992. And if you told me nine months ago that I’d be seriously considering that again, I’d have told you you were nuts.
I thought I had learned my lesson. Trouble is, I can tell a setup when I see one.
The LA Times has endorsed John McCain in the GOP primary, and at least two of its reasons for doing so should give conservatives pause: the liberal paper likes McCain because he’s weak on border fences and strong on global warming.
Excerpts [emphasis added]:
As the Republican field indulged this campaign season in an orgy of ignorance on immigration, McCain stood his ground, sponsoring legislation that would provide a route to citizenship for the 11 million to 12 million immigrants here illegally. His rivals have argued for mass deportations and strong border fences.
Similarly, McCain has led his party in its halting effort to confront the reality of climate change. He introduced the Senate’s first attempt to address the problem legislatively in 2003, and although that bill failed, McCain has supported cap-and-trade systems that could reduce greenhouse gases, and he has stayed that course despite criticism from fellow Republicans. [emphasis NewsBusters]
I’m supposed to consider this “maverick” because at least we’ll get some strict constructionists nominated to the Supreme Court. Who the hell says, might I ask? We got the strict constructionists we do have, out of Presidents who had enough umpshun in the gumpshun to survive whatever forces in the beltway tend to make a guy more “hip” and “with it.” For a little while.
It seems, after enough time, they all rust over no matter what kind of metal was used to forge them.
And McCain shows signs of oxidization and wear all over the place. “Maverick,” now that I’ve thought about it for awhile, is probably farther off the mark than any other one word that could be used to describe this candidate. All something has to do is become cool, The Thing To Do, and he’ll be in. And nobody knows who exactly gets to decide what’s cool. Here’s this phony science promoting a theory that has “world government propaganda” written all over it in bright, glow-in-the-dark red crayon — it seeks to assert THE WORLD WILL END IF OUR TAXES AREN’T RAISED. Hey, that is what it says. I’m not twisting that around or modifying it in any way. That is the core message. All the rest is just hyperbole, cherry-picked “facts,” my-scientists-are-smarter-than-yours types of gimmicks, and other decoration. The core message is that we can die free, or live a little while longer if strangers decide how we do that living, and we pay them for the privilege.
And McCain’s choking down this donkey-doot sandwich and ordering seconds.
Strict constructionist judges my left nut.
I don’t oppose McCain because I’m afraid he’s too liberal. I oppose him because he has failed to position himself as a representative of The People. He could wake up tomorrow morning with just about any ol’ crazy thought rattling around in that head of his, and rest assured, whatever crackpot idea it is will be fashionable. Either he’ll make it that way, or it was like that when he found it. Either way, his administration would be an administration of…well, I really don’t know who exactly.
Highest bidder, I guess.
H/T: Michelle.
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