It’s public knowledge that I and this blog are both for the Presidential Candidate John McCain, but in the interest of complete fairness I want to, indepth, explain why you should *not* vote for John McCain.
John McCain is old, at 71 he’s seen more in his life then countless other men half his age have seen or done, and McCain has at least seen twice as much as dozen of other men his age. He is an archive of history unto himself and thus heavenly biased to an ideology he developed through out his years. At the beginning of the 60’s (1965+) McCain was already 28, two years under the so called “untrusting age” of 30. Already a graduate of the Naval Academy, McCain was sent to Vietnam before many people were even concerned about ‘endless war’. McCain has always been either one step in front of his generation or 5 steps behind. When he graduated from the Academy the Country was cycling down from Korea and by the time we revved up for Vietnam McCain had served the 5 years required by Academy Grads and could leave the Navy if he wanted, however McCain wasn’t into what the public were preaching, McCain was into what McCain was preaching for himself. The fact is McCain then, and now, have always been in sync with John McCain. His straight talk comes from not being inline with the rhetoric of his generation and party. At pinnacle points in the US’s historical cultural moments: like in San Francisco during the sixties, Watt’s Riots in LA, and even during all of the MLK years… McCain was else where doing something completely different.
To add to his age, which makes him one half steps in front of the Boomers (age wise) and one half steps behind in cultural relevance, McCain is a Maverick. A self serving Man who got into politics because it was cool at the time. McCain’s devotion to others is symbolic to how he views himself. His service in Vietnam and during his POW days serves as a warning to us only because he’s not the man to compromise. Politics is a game to McCain and he’s seen a side to humanity that make s Washington, who is a crewel self serving den of thieves unto itself who’s Lobbyists can be ferocious and whose congressmen can gang up on anyone not in line-step with “the base”, all child’s play to the real issues of human decency and the fair treatment of humans. It’s all the heavenly publicized narrative where McCain’s gumption to stand tortured by NVA and still stand for American principals’ somehow means that the McCain doctrine will be sterner then even the unwielding Bush doctrine. The real question is whether America needs McCain who essentially would serve as the Stone Wall Jackson of our era, especially when the trend is more meek and mild millionaire politicians who claim to serve the mythical outdated 20th century working man. Is it even imaginable to conceive of an America under the helm of McCain? Someone who would give the country direction, focus, and a clear objective. Especially when this McCain touts that his straight talk might not be what we want to hear, but McCain could careless because like I inferred… McCain walks to his own drum beat. Snap back into reality… America in the modern era is about compromise, negotiation, and scandals. No more Jack Abramoffs and Enrons mean that America won’t have more lessons to learn under Stone Wall McCain. No it true, it’s not like McCain is not infallible; it’s just that he’s already made the biggest mistakes one can make and there’s not much more else he can do to top those.
Finally McCain, for all the straight talk, doesn’t sit square with the Party he’s associated with for nearly a quarter century. McCain would best serve as the leader of the McCain party, but that too would be problematic since independent America also would ascribe to that party taking our country where? Hmm? No love from the hardcore GOP means that McCain marches with a moderate America— Mavericks of their own accord, those who would rather see the establishment fall then prop it up. Those who would want to clear house and establish a new non-Neo Conservatism. Such a storm of political upheaval is a force America may not be ready to be reconed with.
Above all McCain is his own self promoting Surge. The McCain surge is more or less a purge that is likely to upset all Americans at one point in the McCain presidency. The best reason to not vote McCain is that McCain is what actual change is– and more over, McCain would be the first one to tell you…
It’s not going to be pretty.
~J out
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