Neocons absolutely love John McCain. They believe he has even more potential than their current hero, George W. Bush. Gabriel Nathan Schwartz is representative of the breed. Schwartz got his 15 minutes of fame when he got taken to the cleaners for $50,000 at the Republican National Convention by a clever con artist who promised him sex, and did end up screwing him, but in a manner that had nothing to do with getting laid. You can read all the sordid details here. While everyone loves a good sex scandal, the really revealing part of the story (pun not intended) is below the fold.
Gabriel Nathan Schwartz was a delegate to the Republican party national convention. This means he is your typical wingnut. He's not just any wingnut, however, he's a neocon. He's the kind of wingnut who thinks George Bush is a misunderstood genius. And Schwartz loves him some John McCain. He has masturbatory fantasies about a McCain presidency that go something like this:
In an interview filmed the afternoon of Sept. 3 and posted on the Web site LinkTV.org, Schwartz was candid about how he envisioned change under a McCain presidency.
"Less taxes and more war," he said, smiling. He said the U.S. should "bomb the hell" out of Iran because the country threatens Israel.
Asked by the interviewer how America would pay for a military confrontation with Iran, he said the U.S. should take the country's resources.
"We should plant a flag. Take the oil, take the money," he said. "We deserve reimbursement."
So there you have it. John McCain means more bombs, more killing, more American imperialism, more young Americans sent to die in foreign countries because they can't find a decent job. Ironic that many can only make a "living wage" by joining the military. Our government, which took a huge interest in the "homeland defense" industry under Bush, will turn into an all-out war economy under McCain. At least his base is hoping and praying that it will.