03-10-2008, 11:43 AM
Yeah, Dawn and Jan, I really don't get how McCain can possibly be thought a contender by serious people. He has so many things going against him. His vile and uncontrolled temper pre-dated any Vietnam imprisonment. He obviously has plenty of unresolved father and anger issues. He was an underachiever at school and military training coming almost bottom of the class. If he wasn't white and male and from a connected and privileged background he'd be lucky to be flipping burgers in a fast food joint. He was an undisciplined pilot and crashed several, I think 5, planes. He has been reticent about disclosing his full military record and medical files. Why? He bombed and murdered innocent women, children and civilians and doesn't seem to give a shit. When he was captured by the Vietnamese he sang his heart out. He has a bad attutude to women and has traded in his wife for a prettier (less damaged) and more cashed up model though it seems he still treats her very disrespectfully. He was involved in dubious financial dealings in the Keating 5 scandal. His political record is very undistinguished. He has no idea what his principles are. And he generally seems out of touch with reality. He can't recall how many houses he owns or how many cars he has. And none of this takes in to account that he has probably had his brains totally scrambled somewhere along the line and not put back intact. Plus he's nearly due for life support and he chose Palin as a VP. He should be put out to pasture. And he (and she) is the best that the Republicans could come up with? Talent sure is thin on the ground there.