In Case You Were Feeling McMagnanimous; Pause and Take Note: Experience Passing Thru a Small Mind is Like Water Passing Through a Net.
Historical Quote of The Day
“I’d never seen anything like that ad. Putting pictures of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden next to the picture of a man who left three limbs on the battlefield — it’s worse than disgraceful. It’s reprehensible.”
- Sen. John McCain, quoted by CNN, on the campaign ad used by Saxby Chambliss (R) against Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA) in the 2002 U.S. Senate race.
McCain is now scheduled to campaign for Chambliss in his Georgia run off against Jim Martin (D).
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Where’s the valor, the integrity, the Band-of-Brothers, John?
Momentary Mea Culpa: I know, I know, Barack would not approve of either the title of this post or the heckling above. In an earlier post, I assigned John McCain an adorable nickname; McPuppet. A puppet is defined (though not only) as “a movable model of a person controlled from above”. It’s fitting, mild criticism that lays blame on an unknown puppeteer, satisfying the new ‘Angry-Victim-of-Culture’ culture of the Palin Wing of the shrinking GOP. The point remains the same however, cute or not, puppet or pea-brained. Not fit to be President, ever. I feel guilty, but I feel Max Cleland too, so bust me. I am no Barack Obama. O And yo Barack Obama, Mr. Perfect! I have heard all the reasons you might be made to ‘look bad’ if you campaign for Jim Martin in Georgia. For example, if Martin were to lose the run-off, Fox News might spend 3 days trumpeting a headline like, “Obama-round 1, McCain_Guiliani_Romney_Palin-round 2″. Big deal. No one is buying it – you are the ‘Presidential Hopeful’ under-dog of all time, and history will accord you title. So put it on the line for Martin. You weathered a lot of garbage through 100 contests without flinching. You prevailed like the ‘quiet heros’ you speak of, because you did the right thing. I hope that wasn’t just the ‘election-mode Barack’. We are a stubborn lot, your voters, prone to a mob mentality. Your example of courageous tolerance in the face of jackals should be oft- repeated. Can you lead, can you motivate your voters in Georgia to come out on December 2nd to support more than YOU as the first black candidate for President of the US but, more substantially, to vote for the principles you give voice to? They have another chance to exemplify your campaign’s aspirations to revive a participatory citizenry, to show that ‘change we can believe in’ is a call to action, not just a slogan. Tell them that by voting for Jim Martin, they also have another chance to say ‘enough!’ to the politics of smear and division so dishonorably practiced in their own state by Jim Martin’s opponent, against ‘a man who left three limbs on the battlefield’ - Max Cleland. Man-up Renegade. This is our time. A A A A