While most of the pundits seemed to be fascinated that conservative columnist George Will dared to say that Republican presidental nominee John McCain is a dangerous hot-head, here’s the two parts of Will’s column that caught my eye and I believe are being overlooked – especially by conservatives, who I’m sure would rather not contemplate the author’s points, lest it interrupt their “Sis! Boom! Bah!” mindless support of the awful - and liberal - McCain:
“By a Gresham’s Law of political discourse, McCain’s Queen of Hearts intervention in the opaque financial crisis overshadowed a solid conservative complaint from the Republican Study Committee, chaired by Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the RSC decried the improvised torrent of bailouts as a “dangerous and unmistakable precedent for the federal government both to be looked to and indeed relied upon to save private sector companies from the consequences of their poor economic decisions.” This letter, listing just $650 billion of the perhaps more than $1 trillion in new federal exposures to risk, was sent while McCain’s campaign, characteristically substituting vehemence for coherence, was airing an ad warning that Obama favors “massive government, billions in spending increases.”
The political left always aims to expand the permeation of economic life by politics. Today, the efficient means to that end is government control of capital. So, is not McCain’s party now conducting the most leftist administration in American history? The New Deal never acted so precipitously on such a scale.”
And for those who say one has to vote for McCain simply because he is more likely to appoint conservative judges:
“On “60 Minutes” Sunday evening, McCain, saying “this may sound a little unusual,” said that he would like to replace (chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission) Chris Cox with Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic attorney general of New York who is the son of former governor Mario Cuomo. McCain explained that Cuomo has “respect” and “prestige” and could “lend some bipartisanship.” Conservatives have been warned.
Conservatives who insist that electing McCain is crucial usually start, and increasingly end, by saying he would make excellent judicial selections. But the more one sees of his impulsive, intensely personal reactions to people and events, the less confidence one has that he would select judges by calm reflection and clear principles, having neither patience nor aptitude for either.”
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The Captain Of The Titanic Wants To Steer The Ship
McCain along with lobbyist friend Phil Gramm championed the deregulation bill and that is what got us into this greedy mess. The same John McCain that said just a few days ago that the economy was fundamentally sound. He who has admitted that his understanding of the economy is limited.
I have a sinking feeling……