Just read the Rolling Stone cover story on McCain

[pegkerr]

It is just jaw-dropping. A devastating, detailed synopsis of McCain's career. Wow. I learned a LOT. And am even more convinced that this man should never be President.

This is the story of the real John McCain, the one who has been hiding in plain sight. It is the story of a man who has consistently put his own advancement above all else, a man willing to say and do anything to achieve his ultimate ambition: to become commander in chief, ascending to the one position that would finally enable him to outrank his four-star father and grandfather.

In its broad strokes, McCain's life story is oddly similar to that of the current occupant of the White House. John Sidney McCain III and George Walker Bush both represent the third generation of American dynasties. Both were born into positions of privilege against which they rebelled into mediocrity. Both developed an uncanny social intelligence that allowed them to skate by with a minimum of mental exertion. Both struggled with booze and loutish behavior. At each step, with the aid of their fathers' powerful friends, both failed upward. And both shed their skins as Episcopalian members of the Washington elite to build political careers as self-styled, ranch-inhabiting Westerners who pray to Jesus in their wives' evangelical churches.

In one vital respect, however, the comparison is deeply unfair to the current president: George W. Bush was a much better pilot.

Read the rest at the link above. Well worth your time.

Comments

[barondave.livejournal.com]

The stories of both W and McCain are similar in that they are all about salvation. Bush flip-flopped on his religion, twice. He was an incompetent drunk who couldn't even find oil in Texas. But when he found Jesus, everything was okay. McCain was a lousy pilot, but as a prisoner he found America.

In that sense, McCain is worse. At least Bush has been consistent since he was Born Again at 40 (that we know about). After McCain learned to be part of something bigger than he is, he came home and cheated on his wife and abandoned a family.