One week in the flipping and flopping and general cluelessness of John McCain
By Michael J.W. Stickings
The USA Today has a useful editorial recapping McCain's "many gyrations" in response to the financial crisis this week.
You know, first the economy is fundamentally strong, then there's a crisis, then he's a Reaganite deregulator, then he's some would-be Teddy Roosevelt reformer.
What's the truth? Well, who knows? But he's certainly not TR.
Throughout his political career, in fact, behind the faux maverick facade, McCain has been whatever he's needed to be at any given time. He's an opportunist, but, he also doesn't have much of a clue. If anything, his history, with respect to the economy, has been to cozy up to big-time lobbyists and play quid pro quo with Big Telecom, Big Alcohol, Big Gaming, and any other Big Industry that will support his political aspirations. (For more on this, see Free Ride: John McCain and the Media, by David Brock and Paul Waldman.)
And now, with the financial crisis deepening and Wall Street melting, he doesn't quite know what to do or what to say or what to be. Hence the "gyrations."
"The Republican candidate's erratic performance this week was far from reassuring," concludes the editors of the USA Today.
Yup, it's our understatement of the day.
The USA Today has a useful editorial recapping McCain's "many gyrations" in response to the financial crisis this week.
You know, first the economy is fundamentally strong, then there's a crisis, then he's a Reaganite deregulator, then he's some would-be Teddy Roosevelt reformer.
What's the truth? Well, who knows? But he's certainly not TR.
Throughout his political career, in fact, behind the faux maverick facade, McCain has been whatever he's needed to be at any given time. He's an opportunist, but, he also doesn't have much of a clue. If anything, his history, with respect to the economy, has been to cozy up to big-time lobbyists and play quid pro quo with Big Telecom, Big Alcohol, Big Gaming, and any other Big Industry that will support his political aspirations. (For more on this, see Free Ride: John McCain and the Media, by David Brock and Paul Waldman.)
And now, with the financial crisis deepening and Wall Street melting, he doesn't quite know what to do or what to say or what to be. Hence the "gyrations."
"The Republican candidate's erratic performance this week was far from reassuring," concludes the editors of the USA Today.
Yup, it's our understatement of the day.
Labels: 2008 election, John McCain, U.S. economy
posted by Michael J.W. Stickings at
9:30 AM
1 Comments:
As I wrote in my blog, if any of the cast members of "Leave It To Beaver" were running against McCain, the race would be over by now, and McCain would be making plans to go and visit one of his 7 or 9 homes. Let's see - what is one glaring difference between any of the cast members of "Leave It to Beaver" and Barack Obama? Hmmmm?
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