The mainstream media has been remiss, or possibly just plain negligent in not pointing out tht John Sidney McCain is more like the Jr. Bush the public sees than Jr. Bush himself. You see, McCain was for the war and for the surge before even Bush himself was for it. Since the very beginning of our immoral, ill-advised conflict in Iraq, John Sidney McCain has been the biggest cheerleader of them all. Don’t forget, Jr. was once a cheerleader himself. One has the feeling that as President he would tear down the State Department building and build another parking garage for the Pentagon. Diplomacy? Obviously, McCain has no room for it in his world opinion.
He wanted a massive presence of our military might to invade Iraq even before we went in. But, despite not getting his wish with the numbers of troops, McCain stuck with Donald Rumsfeld like glue. He constantly echoed Rumsfeld’s positive assessment of the war. He never missed an opportunity to hail the “progress the U.S. supposedly made in Bush’s misbegotten adventure into Persia.
Who can forget his comments from the market in central Baghdad proclaming it “was as safe as any other market place in the world”? Of course his words came as there were hundreds of heavily armed members of the American military surrounding him along with private Blackwater mercenaries, a few military helicoptors flying overehead and an Iraqi public which had been searched and screened with metal dectectors. Yes, it was, at that moment, VERY safe because with that kind of force present one could have been safe smack dab in the middle of the Battle of the Bulge, or maybe even Chicamunga or the Battle of Bull Run.
And who can forget his recent show of complete ignorance of even who we are fighting in Iraq? The man has been to Iraq many times, supposedly studied the situation before making critical decisions on it and now we find that he hasn’t even an elementary understanding of the various military and social alliances in Iraq and Iran. This is VERY disturbing and yet, the mass media passed it off as some kind of funny little slip of the tongue. Incredible!
Tax cuts? I think it can be argued that when Jr. Bush fought for tax cuts for the wealthy, he probably had no idea of the negative financial ramifications to our national budget. It was shoot first and ask questions later type of action. Now John McCain on the other hand, now knows full well the tremendously negative consequences those Bush tax cuts have had on our economy and yet he is willing to fight to the finish for them to be extended. I find this to be utter indifference to the plight of the middleclass and the poor of this country. He knows further cuts will damage the nation and is willing to pander to the rich to extend them in spite of that knowledge.
The housing crunch? We’ve got a lame duck president gallivanting around the world on a farewell tour who knows we have a critical housing problem in America but also knows its probably too late for him to do anything about it. MeCain, however is wanting to take the reigns of government for the next four years and is more than willing to keep the onus of the foreclosure problem almost completely on the homeowners, many of whom have been victimized by predatory lenders who pocketed massive profits from the housing boom and are now begging for federal help while the homeowners are being thrown into the streets with no help at all.
Health care? Does anyone know what John McCain’s health care plan is? Anyone know what his plans for Social Security are? Education?
I’m facinated that people are seriously considering this man for the Oval Office. To me a decision to vote for John McCain is a vote against progress in this country. Its a vote for the status quo and I believe the vast majority of Americans agree that the status quo just isn’t good enough at the moment.