John McCain ... war hero turned WIMP...
Forty years ago, John McCain was a war hero. He showed bravery and courage when he refused to accept the North Vietnamese offer of an early release, ahead of comrades who were captured before him. Alas, it would appear that the courage and guts of Capt. John McCain are not to be found in Sen. John McCain.
John McCain claims that he can bring change to Washington. But, how will John McCain be able to bring change to Washington when, as the GOP nominee, he was not permitted to even pick his own running mate? It is widely reported that he wanted Joe Lieberman, pro-choice, pro-Iraq war former Democrat from Connecticut. However, the fundamentalist wing of the Republican party would not allow that. Hence Palin, a governor with deep connections to the culture of lobbyists in Alaska. For instance, the lobbyist she hired when she was mayor of Wasilla, pop 7000 at the time, was an associate of convicted GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Is it really credible that, had McCain been able to act on his own free will, to be his own man, that he, the self-styled scourge of pork, would pick an Abramoff client?
John McCain is rapidly becoming irrelevant to the election, it would appear. The cheers in St. Paul were for Palin, not McCain. The larger crowds he now enjoys are for Palin, not McCain. The increase in donations he has enjoyed recently are for Palin, not McCain. Most of the questions asked Obama by the press about the GOP ticket are about Palin, not McCain.
Right now, John McCain is not is own man .... he is the unwilling puppet of the fundamentalist wing of the GOP, and their representative, Sarah Palin. The question is, what, if anything, will John McCain do to remind people that HE is the one running for President? Indeed, what CAN he do? If he becomes President, how will he be able to run things when his VP is more popular with his own party than he is? He will be a lame duck even before inauguration.
A presidential candidate has his or her highest level of power at the convention. And yet, John McCain had to bow down and accept a VP nominee not of his choosing. My friends, there is a word for people who are too weak to make their own decisions. That word is "wimp." There is another word, an informal term for a cat, that may also be used. But, this is a family blog, so let's not go there.
When will the MSM discuss John McCain's powerlessness, his wimpiness?