{"id":2492,"date":"2008-10-06T21:32:57","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T02:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2008\/10\/06\/2492\/"},"modified":"2008-10-06T22:22:14","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T03:22:14","slug":"2492","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2008\/10\/06\/2492\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>maverick<\/em>? more like <em>loose cannon<\/em>&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2008\/10\/mccain_who_is_the_real_barack.php\" target=\"_blank\">What Kind Of Campaign Is McCain Running?<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>             <\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">The sort of campaign in which a supporter can apparently yell, in response to the central question of McCain&#8217;s speech today &#8212; &quot;who is the real Barack Obama&quot; &#8212; &quot;<font color=\"#200020\"><strong>terrorist!<\/strong><\/font>&quot; The sort in which a crowd responds to McCain&#8217;s portrayal of Obama as an alien outsider with a kind of visceral roar.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2008\/10\/mccain_who_is_the_real_barack.php\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#200020\">Watch The Video From McCain&#8217;s Rally<\/font><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2008\/10\/new_mccain_attack_who_is_the_r.php\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#200020\">McCain Attack: &#8216;Who Is The Real Obama?&#8217;<\/font><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2008\/10\/election_central_morning_round_177.php\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#200020\">McCain Ad: Obama &#8216;Dangerous&#8217; To Troops<\/font><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\">Having read the Rolling Stone&#8217;s article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/news\/story\/23316912\/makebelieve_maverick\/print\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>Make-Believe Maverick<\/strong><\/font><\/a>, and watched today&#8217;s hate talking express, I&#8217;m going to have to revise my previous formulations concerning <strong>John McCain<\/strong>. Like many, I&#8217;ve been under the misconception that his recent erratic and contemptuous behavior is something new, a change &#8211; maybe something coming from being ill-advised. I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s right. He has always been this way. We just didn&#8217;t know it. <\/div>\n<p>     <\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">The John McCain of the well researched Rolling Stones article is a lifelong jerk, before and after his captivity in Viet Nam [maybe even during]. The subtitle to the article is &quot;<strong>A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty<\/strong>.&quot; There&#8217;s too much in the article to summarize. It&#8217;s the most scathing bio I&#8217;ve ever read of someone running for high office, and it smells of truth. Here&#8217;s a list of the subheadings to give one the flavor of the article:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>McCAIN FIRST<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>THE NAVY BRAT<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>BOTTOM GUN<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>TRIAL BY FIRE<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>VIOLATING THE CODE<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>THE CONFESSION<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>A BELLICOSE HAWK<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>BOOZE AND PORK<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>THE CARPETBAGGER<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>THE KEATING FIVE<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>FAVORS FOR DONORS<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>HE IS HOTHEADED<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>NEXT UP, BAGHDAD!<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#200020\"><strong>MR. FLIP-FLOP<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>And then watching him in action today. We talk of Sarah Palin being unfit for office, but she&#8217;s just saying what she&#8217;s been told to say &#8211; the perky princess of prattle. McCain&#8217;s venom is heartfelt &#8211; the product of a heart of darkness. John McCain appears to be an angry, womanizing, gambling, boozer with a black hole for a conscience &#8211; a chronic brat. We&#8217;ve already tried having a brat for President. I didn&#8217;t go very well&#8230;       <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Kind Of Campaign Is McCain Running? 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