Why McCain?

Why does John McCain deserve to be president? Has he shown wisdom? Has he shown shrewdness? Has he shown the ability to lead? The answer to these four questions is: He hasn't, no, no, and no.

What McCain has shown is the knack for getting his face in front of a camera. Over the last decade, McCain has been the go to guy for a quote on anything from war to online gambling. He portrayed himself as a maverick, a true conservative who differed from fundamentalists on social issues. It all sounds good, but it is not who John McCain is, and now that we know little more about who he is, we don't like what we see and hear.

We see and hear a politician who will do and say anything to each his goal. He will backtrack on his positions, he will embrace people whom he earlier condemned, he will forgive people who smeared his wife, child and his military record, and he will allow himself to be caught in a lie, an embarrassing lie.

He would run with Kerry...oops,no...he won't. He blasts Jerry Falwell as a message of intolerance, then speaks at Falwell's Liberty College. He says abortion is a personal issue, then he says he would sign a bill that prevents a woman from terminating a pregnancy caused by the rape by a relative. He will lose a candidacy because of attacks on his family and career from Karl Rove, then embrace the president who allowed these smears to occur.

His latest gaffe may be the worst. McCain appeared on television to tell us that walking outside of the Green Zone is safe, but doesn't tell us he is escorted by damn near a division with Black Hawk helicopters. Where wouldn't you go with that group behind you?

McCain can't get out of this one,can he? He can't expect to be elected because he was in a POW cell,can he?
It's over.