This blogger notes his problems with McCain abandoning his Maverick roots, opting for the party line in an attempt to win the White House.
The issue: McCain is now using the political practices that he abhorred and denounced when he truly was a Maverick. The McCain campaign is trying to keep third party presidential candidate, Bob Barr, off the ballot. Back in 2000, McCain made a Maverick-style promise to “never consider, ever consider, allowing a supporter of [his] to challenge [his opponent]'s right to be on the ballot in all 50 states."
In the same article, McCain, as went on to say: "Let's not have the kind of Stalinist politics that the state of New York, the Republican Party, has been practicing."
Some harsh words. I wonder if he holds the same opinion of his tactics today? I’m not crazy about those kinds of tactics, but they are common practices in all of politics. The difference here is that McCain strongly stated he would never do such a thing. I would have believed him back then and even a few years ago. Now … I can’t say that much.
As I stated before: The very respectable and admirable Maverick is dead. Everything I ever liked about the candidate is decaying at breakneck speed. It is so disgusting to see the machine chew up what once was a great man and turn him into a automaton. We’ve seen it happen to many a great teacher, social worker, nurse, doctor, and host of other helpers of the people.
The issue: McCain is now using the political practices that he abhorred and denounced when he truly was a Maverick. The McCain campaign is trying to keep third party presidential candidate, Bob Barr, off the ballot. Back in 2000, McCain made a Maverick-style promise to “never consider, ever consider, allowing a supporter of [his] to challenge [his opponent]'s right to be on the ballot in all 50 states."
In the same article, McCain, as went on to say: "Let's not have the kind of Stalinist politics that the state of New York, the Republican Party, has been practicing."
Some harsh words. I wonder if he holds the same opinion of his tactics today? I’m not crazy about those kinds of tactics, but they are common practices in all of politics. The difference here is that McCain strongly stated he would never do such a thing. I would have believed him back then and even a few years ago. Now … I can’t say that much.
As I stated before: The very respectable and admirable Maverick is dead. Everything I ever liked about the candidate is decaying at breakneck speed. It is so disgusting to see the machine chew up what once was a great man and turn him into a automaton. We’ve seen it happen to many a great teacher, social worker, nurse, doctor, and host of other helpers of the people.
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