>Now I'm curious - what's so wrong about McCain (beyond his >killing of McAbel)?
Well, I'm not sure if you meant that as a serious question -- but for starters, how about the fact that McCain has shown himself to be a shallow, venal, opportunistic political hack who is willing to cozy up the very people who viciously attacked him and impugned his war record and patriotism in 2000, just because it's now convenient to have them do that to his enemies instead of him? How about the fact that he has sold out virtually every position he ever staked out as a Republican "maverick" now that its more convenient for him to get the support? The man who once attacked right-wing religious leaders liked Pat Roberson and James Dobson as "agents of intolerance" and a threat to the democratic process has now, apparently, drunk the kool-aid and become their born-again buddy. This is a man who makes jokes to reporters about women being raped by apes and liking it. Everything that once seemed virtuous and admirable about John McCain was either a lie, or something he was w illing to jettison when he got the chance to be embraced by his Party. If elected, his most important contribution will be keeping in place the same political machinery that has been trashing our democracy for the past eight years. (Has anyone noticed that every Democratic president brings, for the most part, a totally new administration into office, with a few experienced people getting re-hired, but the Republicans have been recycling the same thugs into different positions since the Nixon/Ford adminstrations? The guy at the top changes, but the faces around him seem familiar -- its sort of like one of those horror movie franchises where you think you've gotten rid of the monster but it keeps coming back for the sequal.) I'm sorry if I stepped on your joke by taking the question seriously but I'm scared to death that a lot of the "ostriches" out there (to borrow David Brin's term) are just buying the whole "war hero, political maverick, okay-for-a-Republican" schtick. But what do I know? I thought (twice) that George Bush was unelectable .... ----- Original Message ----- From: Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion<mailto:brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 2:42 PM Subject: Re: Brin: What's in the works? David Brin wrote: > > But of course I am distracted by the elections, hoping > we'll at last save America and civilization from a > criminal gang. (What we're seeing -- including the > outright and direct theft of half a trillion dollars > -- goes far beyond regular issues of mere left or > right.) > Now I'm curious - what's so wrong about McCain (beyond his killing of McAbel)? Alberto Monteiro PS: one guy is named Cain, the other is named Hussein... definitely, the writer of this story ran out of names... _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l<http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l> _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
