McCain is really scaring me.
As a Presidential Candidate, he has one decision to make to demonstrate his method of making important decisions as President. That decision is to choose the vice presidential running mate. He has four months to make the decision, and he waits until a few days before the decision to have a first phone call and first meeting with his pick?
But this week is really scaring me.
Gaffes on Spain turn into policy.
Economic crisis turns to scapegoating.
This guy could be the next President, and I fear he is seriously unstable.
Take the Spain gaffe.
Even though the reporter keeps repeating Spain over and over again, McCain somehow thinks she is talking about someone in Latin America. Fine. Maybe he has bad hearing, or couldn't handle her accent. (She sounded pretty clear to me.) He hints that we shouldn't be talking to Spain. So he had a long day, and he screwed up. Very forgivable.
But then, with plenty of time to think about it, the campaign decides that McCain can do no wrong. So suddenly, we have a potential rift with an ally that helps us fight in Afghanistan. Are we going to start treating Spain like Iran or Hezbollah just because McCain screwed up? Where will the doctrine of McCain infallibility lead us if McCain is elected, and he screws up again? Will we stop talking with Canada, or England next?
Or will he fire the head of the FEC when he meant to fire the head of the SEC?
And on the economic crisis, even though the guy leads the opposing party, don't you wish he had proposed something? Anything? Instead, we got the proposal for the 9/11 commission on the economy, just in case some people didn't fully comprehend the fact that McCain himself has no thoughts on the economy.
And we get the scapegoating. Fire the head of the SEC. (Or, as he later misstated it, the FEC.) Well, maybe we could find a better SEC Commissioner, but will firing our current one save AIG? Or Lehman Brothers? Or a bank? Or prop up one tiny bit of the economy?
When we have a crisis in the White House, will this guy think about solutions, or just scapegoats?
(No word yet on whether the head of the FEC must also resign, because McCain never makes mistakes. Perhaps, as a compromise, he can be exiled to Spain.)
Then he blames the economic crisis on "greed on Wall Street", which he will eliminate if he is elected. Excuse me, but I am a Democrat, and I think I understand that people flock to Wall Street to try to make money. McCain is going to change that? And then what happens? Do they all become street musicians? What is going to happen on Wall Street when McCain becomes President?
Getting angry is not a plan or a policy.
Picking scapegoats is not a plan or a policy.
All we know is that in tough times, McCain gets angry and heads will roll.
Some one else will be at fault.
Having four months to pick a vice-presidential running mate, he ultimately gave it considerably less thought than most people do to choosing a car, or even than to selecting an entree from a dinner menu.
When he has less time to react, all we see is blame and anger. And mistakes are to be covered up and defended.
Party and politics aside, this guy is really scaring me.
Oh well, at least he has Sarah Palin backing him up.
I hope the American people make the right choice.