John McCain: Sell By Nov. 08

John McCain's recent visit to my hometown has really stirred in me a sort of incredulity, a complete and utter refusal to believe that this man is actually running a fairly legitimate campaign for the presidency.

Okay, so I got the appeal of McCain eight years ago, the first time he ran. Back then, McCain really was a maverick, disagreeing with his party on important issues and refusing to follow the Republican's Toe-The-Party-Line policy. But several things have changed since 2000, my friends.

First: John McCain is pretty much W's lap dog, or at least leading up to, during, and following the invasion of Iraq.* I don't want a man who is that closely associated with the top Republican thinkers (I use the term loosely) to be running my country,

Second: He was old then, but now he's TOO OLD. I mean, the man is 71. Isn't the country looking for change right now? How would electing the oldest white guy in the history of American presidents exactly send that "change" message?

And of course, in closing: if the workers of my hometown didn't like him, then why would anyone else?



*This reminds me of something else I want to discuss: how is it that now that a majority of Americans are against the war, our citizens only express anger and never apologies for their own callous behaviors? Um, guys, 80% of you were standing stupidly behind the president while I was attending peace marches back at the start of the war. How about some of you idiots fess up and, instead of saying "We were duped!" consider the phrase, "We didn't bother to think for ourselves!" Take some responsibility, yo!

...but this is a discussion for a later date.