McCain Becomes American… For Today
Yesterday John McCain decided it would be best if he acted like a ‘prepared for the worst’ and ‘compassionate’ presidential candidate, when he decided to cut four and a half hours out of the opening night’s events at today’s Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. In setting the stage to take full credit for life-saving measures in the areas in the wake of Hurricane Gustave, even after New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s ’stay behind and your on your own’ evacuation message, John McCain chartered a jet to fly home Republican delegates from states along the Gulf Coast, and announced that his acceptance speech may come from the hurricane threatened region. It would only add to his costume as a person caught in the thick of the devastation, filling sandbags, or swimming a wheelchair bound woman through the floodwaters. He would pretend he loves America, our people. Like Bush in Katrina’s wake I’m sure they’ll advise McCain to roll up his sleeves, to give off the appearance he’s working to save our citizens.
I say all this with a bit of a forked tongue because during his announcement his true colors became a beaming beacon when he said, “I pledge that tomorrow night, and if necessary throughout our convention, we will act as Americans, not as Republicans.” This statement shows that McCain, like Bush and Cheney, ordinarily hold Republicans in a brighter light than all other Americans. It proves that John McCain holds his party before the country, and that his slogan “Country First” is just another burp of lip-service.
Most Americans would like to believe that a potential president would keep all Americans in mind all of the time. Of course, there are always decisions made that will carry a negative effect for some. It is with no doubt that those Americans getting the raw end of the stick should at least be considered if not given concessions, regardless of which party holds the power. A president can never please everyone, but they should not be allowed to forego trying. To have to pledge to set aside party politics long enough to act as an American shows us all how little John McCain thinks about the citizens of our country.
Carrying on nearly 90% of George W. Bush’s failed policies, McCain would be as detrimental to our nation, and in the case of the war in Iraq, McCain’s policy is somehow even worse. John McCain’s plan to continue spending nearly ten billion dollars a month to occupy Iraq against the will of the newly installed Iraqi government, along with his energy policy that even his V.P. pick, Sarah Palin - the Alaskan who holds her states interests over the common good in believing we should not invest a dime in alternative fuels before opening ANWR for further oil consumption, admitted is worse than Barack Obama’s energy policy, are only two points that prove McCain should stay with Arizona and his Republicans, than continuing on with four more years of the same nightmare that Bush plunged us into. He proposed taxing Americans 150 billion dollars to give to oil corporations in the form of tax cuts, and has proposed spending zero on alternative fuel sources. His plan to continue the corporatist methods of the current administration is the plan of dolts, and no, he’s not the kind of guy you can have a beer with. He’s the kind of guy who at one time disagreed with nearly half of Bush’s policies, but has crumbled under the heavy thumbs of the corporations who have basically told him ‘you’ll do what we want you to do, or we’ll hold back funding for your campaign,’ and since has adopted nearly 90% of Bush’s policies.
If John McCain’s vice presidential pick in Sarah Palin is a Republican slap to the face of all women, McCain’s “Country First” is a slap in the face of all Americans. Unless, of course, his idea of “Country First” means America being run by party affiliated corporations as opposed to us, the people - the people who own the government, and who pay them to run our nation properly and fairly, since all who pay for their services have a vested interest. Though it’s apparent that John McCain believes Republicans are more important than all other Americans, since he has to pledge that he’ll hold all Americans in mind for a day, and if need be throughout the entire Republican National Convention. Thanks John… What a guy!
