And some of us, at one point or another, thought Hillary was a drama queen?
Great God Almighty, I have seen it all now. Our Hero, John McCain, riding in on His Great White Horse to Save Washington From Itself...and risking the future of our entire economy for his own political gamesmanship.
And then, getting his ass spanked on the whole deal. All in the span of about 24 hours.
It's not often you see karma come around and work so fast. But, in this case, we had warning signs...
"The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Cochran said about McCain by phone. "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."
--Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), 1/28/2008
"He will make Cheney look like Gandhi."
--Pat Buchanan, 2/5/2008
Since those halcyon days of yore, we have learned that John McCain is a shameless liar who, far from putting "Country First" as he so often claims, will do or say anything in order to get himself elected--including making incredibly impulsive, rash decisions, such as selecting a fellow pathological liar as the most clueless, least-prepared running mate in history.
And now, this...this...this disgusting STUNT? This shameless attempt to once again refocus the lens of the camera on himself (hint, John: bad ideas with all those wrinkles) and to jump into the middle of a situation that he has absolutely no grasp of whatsoever, with the "stick" that failure to recognize his All-American Selflessness would result in the possibility of simply not showing up at the first Presidential DEBATE?
Republicans...seriously...is this guy the best you can do? I feel like I'm living in a perpetual Opposite Day, Calvin & Hobbes style.
Apparently, even some Republicans (in addition to Sen. Cochran and Pat Buchanan, of course) feel similarly nonplussed with McCain's invasion of the bailout talks:
Even the House's Republican leader, John Boehner of Ohio, passed up a chance to praise McCain's leadership powers shortly before the two met in the Capitol at midday Thursday. Asked by reporters if McCain could help win House Republican votes for the proposed package, Boehner shrugged and said, "Who knows?"
--AP, 9/25/08
"What do I know?" said Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., when asked about the affect of McCain's detour to Washington.
--AP, 9/25/08
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Thursday that Sen. John McCain made a "huge mistake" by even discussing canceling the presidential debate with Sen. Barack Obama.
"You can’t just say, ‘World stop for a moment. I’m going to cancel everything,"‘ Huckabee said.
--Fox News (holy shit!), 9/26/08
THAT'S funny...for some reason I just had a mental image of Condoleeza Rice shoe-shopping, and W. and McCain smiling together, holding a big birthday cake between them...I just can't seem to remember, was there something going on in the world that day, something big? Hmmm....
Neverthless, ladies and gentlemen, this is currently the lay of the land...if they weren't such vile scumbags, I'd almost feel sorry for GOP Congresscritters. Not only do they have to run away from the most unpopular President in history, now they ALSO have to run away from their own current nominee!
Sen. McCain, let's acknowledge a few things once and for all, shall we? Let's place these things in the category of "undeniable truths that nobody would deny except for people who don't have a brain":
1.) You, John McCain, are an impulsive hothead. 2.) You, John McCain, are a shameless, dishonorable liar. 3.) You, John McCain, are a publicity whore. 4.) You, John McCain, are willing to risk anything, including the well-being of your fellow Americans, in your all-consuming, all-important quest to become President, all because, in your own words, it has become your ambition to be President. That's that old "Country First" spirit shining through!
It's almost a shame you're going to the debate tonight doubly so since I hear you "won" it, though, 12 hours before it happened--thanks for leaking THAT info and harshing my buzz, you killjoys--because I have been deprived of the opportunity to point out that you have degenerated from a former war hero into a craven coward who is scared to go toe-to-toe in the same ring with Barack Obama. Although I personally still believe that is very likely true.
In short, Mr. McCain, you are, at the very least, a full-fledged Drama Queen, if not worse. I very much fear that you may literally be mentally unstable, in the DSM-IV sense of the term. But at this point, it scarcely matters to me.
I wasn't going to vote for you anyway, I'll be honest. But quite frankly, sir, even had I been considering it, I think I'd pass. I don't think I could handle the daily stress of having a certified drama queen as President of the United States. I've got enough shit going on in my own life to deal with. Thanks, though.
If it's all the same to you--please, don't hurt me!--I think I'll stick with the skinny guy from Illinois. At least he seems to have all his shit in one sock. But you, sir, are just freaking BATS.