I was going to post about that other thing that was all over the news last night, but it's just too awful and I haven't quite come to terms with it, so I've decided just to go with the old (no pun) fall back - why John McCain is unfit to be President of the United States. There are so many reasons, really. So many media-fueled misconceptions to debunk, so many truths to be told, it's an embarrassment of, well, embarrassments, almost to where it's difficult to know where to begin. But I'll give it a shot.
John McCain simply can not remember what he's said from one minute to the next.
It's not just that he can't remember his positions, the real problem here is that the media lets him get away with it, time and again. As President Kennedy said, "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." It's not that the media is telling falsehoods about McCain, they're just not telling the whole story. It's an easy one that comes down to one simple declarative sentence.
There is no "Straight Talk Express".
Maybe there was at one time, maybe not. I can't find any evidence of it. No, the sin here is one of omission, and except for a few like Olberman and Abrams, the media tends to either forgive McCain for his transgressions or not cover them at all.
Yesterday, we posted about McCain's horrific voting record on veterans' issues. It's bad, but to his credit, at least he has a position. A really horrible one, but it does have the redeeming quality of consistency -- he is just as weak on veterans' issues from one vote to the next. It's very Bushian, and since his aim appears to be the third incarnation of Bush, he's hit his mark.
Not so with the his stated positions on economy, foreign policy and a host of other issues, as bravenewfilms documents. The video exposes some of John McCain's recent flip-floppery, and urges viewers to get the word out about Teflon John and his memory lapses.
Video Credit: bravenewfilms
That about covers topic #1, that John McCain can't recall what he's said from one minute to the next. You know, watching those clips has given me an idea for our next McCain topic that's not been given its due, that John McCain is the most boring man on the planet. I'm sure there's lots of video to back that one up. The problem is staying awake long enough to get through it.
