This is not just a rant but a collection of observations that I believe truly sum up the two presidential candidates character.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for using the power and influence of your father's military status to survive your vietnam war imprisonment while your fellow soldiers died, only to come back to the U.S. and declare yourself a hero.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for divorcing the disabled wife who stood by, waiting for your safe return from vietnam, only to have you leave her for a woman more politically appealing.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for spending the last 2 years slowly but surely drifting to the far right of your party in order to appeal to the Bush base.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for voting with Bush over 90% in the last 2 years only to now say that and the president differ on economic policy.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for voting against the Bush tax cuts and calling them irresponsible only to vote in favor of them when it was politically convenient.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for calling out Jerry Falwell and Louis Farakhan as the agents of intolerance and then giving a commencement speech at Falwell's university.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for helping to champion an immigration bill while in the senate only to vote against it when it became obvious that it could hinder your presidential aspirations.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for opposing drilling in ANWR only to select a vice presidential candidate who is in favor of it and has now coined the phrase "DRILL BABY DRILL".
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for choosing Sarah Palin after you told a reporter earlier in the race that you planned to pick a VP who could step in and be president.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for believing that Hillary supporters would flock to you simply because you put a woman on your ticket.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for hiring an economic advisor who thinks middle america is a bunch of winers while we watch our stocks plummet, gas prices rise and homes be foreclosed upon.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for saying the fundamentals of the economy are strong in order to appease your CEO overlords.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for "suspending" your campaign in order to trivialize and exploit a delicate situation that held America's economic future in the balance.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for stoking anti-muslim, anti-arab, anti-black sentiment on the campaign trail solely to win an election.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for running and allowing to be run Bill Ayers, Khalidi, Reverand Wright and Tony Rezko ads after publicly decrying such tactics and vowing to run a clean campaign.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for calling your opponent a socialist because he wants every american to enjoy the same health care and job opportunities that your rich friends enjoy.
FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for rattling the sabers of war with Iran when thousands of U.S. soldiers have died already in one war that should not have been waged.
And finally, FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN for questioning the patriotism of Barack Obama. An african-american man who has done everything that his country has asked of him.
His country asked him to grow up as a mixed race child in the still racially hostile environment of the 60's and not complain. He did that.
His country asked him to not resort to a life of crime while his single mother collected food stamps. He did that.
His country asked him to study hard and get a good education to contribute to society. He did that.
His country asked him to give back to his community and not just persue the almighty dollar after his Harvard law school graduation. He did that.
His country asked him to be a good father, husband and grandson. He did that.
And finally, his country asked him to not complain when racists in America hang his likeness in effigy, not complain when people call him a socialist, terrorist or worse, to not strike back at the evangelicals who call him a baby killer and worse, to take all the criticism in stride, to never waver and run a perfect race, lest the verbal gaffe of the first african american presidential nominee deride his entire campaign. He did that.
And so to you John McCain, I say FUCK YOU