I must admit that I don't think this diary is important. I don't think that it's a viral meme that will help us win the election. I don't think it can be used to get out our vote. I'm just diarying it because I was struck by how clearly John McCain's reaction to his upcoming loss (If We Keep Working Our Asses Off) reflects on his character.
John McCain has worked for the last 8 years to become president. It is has been his driving ambition. He endured the humiliation of sucking up to the Right Wing-Nuts to further it. He worked as hard as he could to achieve it. So how does he feel now that it is probably slipping away? (IWKWOAO)
According to his Faux News Interview on Sunday, he doesn't want us to feel sorry for him. He still considers himself a lucky man. How nobly narcissistic can you get?
John McCain wanted to be president because he wanted to lead the country, not because he had any particular vision of where he wanted to lead it. As he prepares to lose, he doesn't want me to feel sorry for him.
O.K. I won't. I'll feel glad that the country has avoided electing this twerp (IWKWOAO).
Here's the money exchange between Chris Wallace and John McCain.
WALLACE: As we said at the beginning of this interview, you are behind in this race, but you are a fighter. You have been your whole life.
Have you considered — have you even dealt in your mind with the possibility that you could lose, and could you live with that?
MCCAIN: Oh, sure. I mean, I don't dwell on it. But look. I've had a wonderful life. I have to go back and live in Arizona, and be in the United States Senate representing them, and with a wonderful family, and daughters and sons that I'm so proud of, and a — and a life that's been blessed.
I'm the luckiest guy you have ever interviewed and will ever interview. I'm the most fortunate man on earth, and I thank God for it every single day.
WALLACE: So if the world turns an unfortunate way on November 4th, don't feel sorry for John McCain?
MCCAIN: Don't feel sorry for John McCain, and John McCain will be concentrating on not feeling sorry for himself.
I know that people on this site need no more amunition against Senator McSelfish, but I wanted to post this because it struck me as the clearest example of just how self-centered he is. He is worried that our biggest concern will be him. He want's us to know how wonderful his life is.
What would a better man have said? Well, Barack Obama will not be in this position (IWKWOAO), but we can imagine what he would say.
"I will still be a US Senator. I will do my best to work with John McCain, who is an honorable man, to help the country in this financial crisis."
The difference is obvious. McCain, who is running to lead the American People, gave no thought to them. He also could not let himself talk about Obama, any more than he could face him respectfully in the debates. Even continuing in the Senate seems something of an afterthought to returning to his ranch. The country is still facing the biggest economic crisis since the great depression, and he wants to lounge at his ranch.
He gets smaller and pettier each time he opens his mouth.
On November 4th, may the best man win.