McCain's Deal with the Devil
One of the saddest - and most disappointing - spectacles of the 2004 election has been John McCain's descent into pure political opportunism. Gone is McCain's obvious disdain for President Bush, swept under the rug in pursuit of the GOP establishment's support for his own presidential bid in 2008.
McCain has not only been stumping for his bete noire, but joined the disgusting chorus of the swift boat hacks by stating that "what John Kerry did after the war is very legitimate political discussion." Only a month ago, McCain himself called the attacks on Kerry "dishonest and dishonorable." So much for Mr. Straight Talk.
Senator McCain may have chosen the path of selective amnesia regarding Bush's vicious assault on him four years ago, but we don't have to. We remember that the Bush campaign labeled him anti-Catholic during the 2000 campaign. Bush allies smeared his behavior while in captivity in Hanoi. Bush operatives also used push-polls to tell South Carolina voters that McCain had adopted a black baby. And that's just the start.
Apparently, the only thing John McCain hates more than George Bush is the thought of not being president himself in 2008. And for that, he has made quite the Faustian bargain indeed.
Sadly, Bush had it right about McCain in 2000, when he said that he couldn't “take the high horse and then claim the low road.”
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