I hate to be the one to break up a love affair, especially with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, but I can no longer stand idly by and watch the media and independent voters continue to throw themselves at the feet of John McCain. The McCain they fell in love with in 2000 — the straight-shooting maverick — is no more. He’s been replaced by a born-again Bushite willing to say or do anything to win the affection of his newfound object of desire, the radical right. And we’ve got the money shot of his betrayal on tape: McCain singing the praises of Karl Rove, calling him “one of the smartest political minds in America,” and saying, “I’d be glad to get his advice.” Face it, this ain’t the same man you married.
There is a strutting self-righteousness about McCain that goes hand in hand with a nitroglycerin temper. He flatters himself that his colleagues in the Senate dislike him because he stands up for principle whereas they sell their souls for pork. Not exactly. He is disliked because on many, many occasions, he has been disrespectful, belligerent and vulgar to those who differ with him.
February 12, 2008 4:58 AM
