Is John McCain sane?

Accidental nail in head
removed by doctor
with hammer and screwdriver.

Is John McCain sane? I’m not trying to be unkind, nor am I trying to be funny. But considering what McCain is doing, and some of the things he has said, I truly wonder about him. For example, Bush and the Bush policies are being condemned by somewhere around 75 to 80 percent of the American population. McCain is deliberately running on those same policies (although making feeble attempts to dissociate himself from Bush). The very idea that anyone would seriously think they could run on the failed, absolutely dismal policies of the past eight years makes me wonder. McCain has repeatedly confused Sunni and Shia and who is training whom. He did not confuse them once, but two or three times in successive days (you will recall that Lieberman at one point had to whisper in his ear he was wrong). A huge majority of American voters want us out of Iraq. McCain has said we could stay there for 100 years. This is related to his apparent belief that we are “winning” in Iraq (as if that were even possible) and that it could somehow be possible to keep our troops there indefinitely without any casualties. Indeed, he said today (or maybe it was yesterday) that bringing our troops home is not important, the only thing of importance is to not have further casualties. As an argument he cites our troops presence in Korea and Germany. Iraq is not even remotely similar to the situation in Korea or Germany. The Iraqis have made it clear (except perhaps for our puppet Maliki) they do not want us there. McCain keeps insisting that we are “winning,” contrry to what most everyone else believes and apparently what the facts suggest. So how are we to keep our troops casualty-free in a hostile environment where they are definitely not wanted? McCain wants to continue the failed policies of Bush/Cheney thinking he will get a different result (this kind of behavior is itself often cited as evidence of insanity). Similarly, McCain has made it clear that he will support Supreme Court Justices in the mold of Roberts and Alito, thus ensuring that Roe vs Wade will be overturned, in spite of the fact that a vast majority of American voting women favor choice. This further suggests to me that at the very least he is out-of-touch with current public opinion (reality, if you like). He says he will continue to illegally spy on Amricans, I guess because he subscribes to the unconstitutional idea of Bush/Cheney that the chief executive is completely above the law. And he certainly believes in the doctrine of American exceptionality that allows us to take over and run the affairs of everyone on earth, whether they like it or not. While this belief may not in and of itself be crazy, believing that you can enforce “our-way-of-life” on the rest of the world at the barrel of a gun is crazy. Finally, McCain has also said he would welcome Dick the Slimy into his administration, Dick Cheney who has a popularity rating somewhere in the minus numbers. If that’s not truly bonkers I don’t know what is. If I was not so terrified at the prospect of a McCain presidency I might feel sorry for him. I believe he is either a bit crazy or is going senile (which may be the same thing). As he really has nothing to run on except his presumed superiority when it comes to the “war” and defense, his campaign is going to have to become very nasty indeed. His only solution to problems seems to be belligerence and firepower which may cause him to actually implode before the contest is over. Maybe he can get another hug from his buddy, George W. Bush, our first and hopefully last, retarded president. Being as generous as I can, I believe at best we must think McCain is, as the British put it, a bit “dotty.”

Nancy Pelosi. What word is it we need to describe her? Co-conspirator perhaps? Fellow traveler? Quisling? How about collaborator? Why is it she is so against impeachment? I know the standard explanation is that the Democrats want to be sure of winning the presidency and think impeachment might keep them from it. I must say that seems far-fetched to me. I should think just the opposite. If they want to insure the presidency for the Democrats they should impeach, should have a long time ago. One of the things about Pelosi that bothers me the most is that she said a while back how much she likes George W. Bush. This is a guy who blew up animals just for kicks. Was a drunk for years and skipped out of his military service. He has failed at everything he has ever attempted, including now the presidency, and is a known war criminal. Pelosi likes him? Does this have anything to do with her constantly defending him from impeachment? Or is it because she knows she is basically as guilty as he is for mass murder and theft? Kucinich and Wexler are trying to bring impeachment about, but it has now been referred to a committee where it will doubtless just die like it has previously. This means that even though everyone knows Bush is a war criminal, and even though he has basically admitted to it, and the entire world is aware of it, our Congress, who took an oath to uphold the constitution, is refusing to perform their constitutional duty. They are thumbing their nose at both us and the constitution of the United States and no one seems willing to do anything about it. I guess we’re all just supposed to stand by and accept this insult. “When you’re slapped your going to take it and like it.” Ah, Humphrey, you would never have put up with this. Nancy Pelosi, collaborator. History is not going to treat you well. But what the hell, who cares about history? As our mental midget president put it, “we’ll all be dead then.”

LKBIQ:
“Grass will grow in the streets of a hundred cities.”
Herbert Hoover