Liberty Maven

I’m not sure he even knows who he is. He preaches straight talk, but is just as wishy washy as any typical politician. One aspect of him that seems to escape many is his thirst for attention. His philosophy seems to be he who has the most attention has the most power. By itself that is an undeniable statement, but applying it to a potential President pushes it into the undeniably worrisome element.

For proof of this here is a quote from McCain’s memoir “Worth The Fighting For” after getting a huge amount of news exposure following coming out against Reagan for sending troops into Lebanon:

I was gratified by the attention and eager for more.

So McCain seemed to learn early on that playing the devil’s advocate, whether he actually believed it or not, was a boon for getting his name out there for recognition.

Fast forward to last week when he started making a big deal out of al Qaeda stepping up the violent attacks in Iraq for the sole purpose of helping the Democrats beat him in the general election. Wow.  This just puts him in the self important jerk category for me. It’s not like terrorists don’t already have a reason to attack us. And no it’s not because we are free. See Ron Paul for a bit of an explanation on that.

For more on McCain’s Clinton infection see John McCain: The Chameleon.