I too am interested to hear what you have to say after last night. By "you," of course, I mean Greg and Tim. After all, Matt, why would I want to hear what you have to say? :-)
Seriously though, I am honestly curious as to why you guys dislike McCain so much. Is it the McCain-Feingold bill? Or is the McCain-Kennedy bill? Or is it just a dislike of his willingness to work with Democrats in general?
Seriously though, I am honestly curious as to why you guys dislike McCain so much. Is it the McCain-Feingold bill? Or is the McCain-Kennedy bill? Or is it just a dislike of his willingness to work with Democrats in general?
posted by Just a Few Things about Scott ... | 9:22 AM
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I don't hate McCain as much as a lot of conservatives do. I'm not thrilled about him being the nominee, mainly because I don't think he can win in November.
He does seem to enjoy sticking it to his fellow Republicans, though. One man's compromise is another man's betrayal.
In essence, my disdain for McCain is that he is unprincipled. He seems to have no core values driving his behavior. Instead, many of his choices seem to be driven by public opinion (or even worse, media approval). I can go on and on, citing specific examples where he has failed... but you're on track. McCain-Feingold. Dumb. McCain-Kennedy. Dumb. McCain-Liberman. Dumb.
Except for the policy of universal health care, I do not see any real differentiation between McCain and Billary--except for the fact that if you go w/ Billary, you *know* you're getting a liar. At this point, they don't even hide it. The Maverick is making great threats of conservatism, while the last decade of his senatorial record speaks otherwise.
I'd actually be interested to hear what you think about McCain-Feingold. On the one hand, I tend to agree that massive corporations should not be allowed to make soft-money donations that essentially "buy" favors at a later date. On the other hand, there is the issue of freedom of speech and being able to spend your money as you see fit. So in my humble opinion, it was probably a misguided, but noble, attempt to fix a problem that is far more complex than one bill could handle.
You don't turn down offers of freedom in favor of daily beatings of the course of years without principles of some sort.
One could argue that McCain is the more principled of the two, what with Romney's squishiness on a lot of issues over the years, depending on his particular political aspirations.
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