by Dennis Green
I’ve never liked John McCain. Never felt sorry for his imprisonment in Vietnam, where he bombed villages and innocent civilians from the air, jet skiing off into the wild blue yonder. He should have been shot for murder, tortured with water boarding.
And now McCain threatens a filibuster over the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t tell.” This man could have been president, if he hadn’t run for office in the wake of that other flyboy, George W. Bush and his slimy disasters. John McCain: Murderer as Puritan Archangel.
So tell me the greater sin. Thou Shalt Not Kill? Thou Shalt Not Kiss Thy Fellow Marine?
I’m angry at the man. His self-righteous attitude is almost as bad as my own, but I’m not a public office holder. That killer smile, followed by that grim frown. Arizona border skirmish refugee. Veteran I’d most like to memorialize.
He advocated amnesty, now deportation. He wanted NATO expanded right up to the borders of Russia, NATO, which was created to defend Western Europe from the Soviets, who ceased to exist after bankrupting themselves in Afghanistan as we do now. And they went and ruined that Old Cold War, the spoilsports. There goes the Military/Industrial Complex into a tailspin. But they’ve certainly recovered now!
History in the rear view mirror, specialty of McCain and the GOP. Hate deficit spending unless its military waste. Supported Bush tax cuts for the Super Rich. Supported prescription drug coverage for Medicare patients, promoted by Big Pharma which reaps billions, along with these provisions: no price bargaining or negotiation, no letting Americans buy their drugs in Canada, lock us up tight. Corrupt!
Corruption to the core. Took on Sarah Palin as a running mate without a clue to who she was, what she would do, how she would trash his staff with her first book. Didn’t know what to say in the wake of the investment bank crash and bailout, except, “American banks are solvent.” Duh! Would be laughable if not so very pathetic.
Where’s his sense of honor? Where are his conservative values and the ideals of personal freedom? Religious Right fear and hatred of homosexuals? Libertarians laugh and shrug. The good old dependable War on Drugs? Ditto. Ron Paul wants to legalize them. And he’s from Texas!
13,000 gays and lesbians have been dismissed from the military since “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was made law, some of the best and brightest who ever served. With an all-volunteer armed services, and so many rotating tours of duty to serve in the wars and occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq, it’s hard enough to find capable, educated, intelligent volunteers without this nonsense.
More than two dozen foreign militaries, as well as our own CIA, FBI and Secret Service, allow homosexuals to serve openly, and they find that a uniform code of conduct is the key to their success. But opponents say that military housing for gay couples will be a problem, especially for couples married in states that permit it, that bunking traditions may have to be revised, that discipline and re-enlistment will also be problematic without the ban.
As usual, this issue is another national character test. While most Americans react with a big yawn, characters like McCain continue to embarrass themselves with their haughty threats. They fail the character test for intellect and honor. McCain is just a big McJerk!
I am so glad that we didn’t elect this man our president. No matter what weaknesses and flaws President Obama exhibits, he is ten times the man McCain is. And while Bill Clinton didn’t have the guts or political power to resist “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Obama is pushing the repeal through Congress. And that’s just the right thing to do.
©2010 Dennis Green
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