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May 01, 2007

Insane McCain?

Frank Pitz at the Atlantic Free Press is asking a question that a lot of us have been pondering lately: Is John McCain nuts? From his "joke" about giving Jon Stewart "a little IED to put on your desk," to his singing of "Bomb, bomb, bomb – bomb, bomb Iran," to his 22 pets, to his major flip-flops on every issue, it just seems the guy gets weirder at every turn. And Pitz isn't the only one who's noticed. A. Alexander at the Progressive Daily Beacon says McCain "has become the mad uncle that the family keeps locked in the attic, but always manages to escape." He cites McCain's recent "shopping trip" in an Iraqi market, which he said was as safe as any in Indiana. Having been to Indiana, which is boring as hell, I'd have to agree that was a really crazy thing to say.

McCain may, indeed, be insane, I don't know. Pitz doesn't actually make a very good case for it, and though the signs are everywhere I tend to think it's something else. Back in the Clinton era, McCain could easily run a little contrary to the GOP, make the Democrats somewhat happy and the Republicans somewhat happy, and be viewed as a maverick who could take the political heat. But during the Bush era, as contention between the parties has intensified along with his desire to be elected President, his desire to please everyone at least a little bit has ended up pleasing no one at all. And every time we see the Bush Administration beat him back into submission we realize he can't take the heat after all, and he probably never really stood for anything in the first place. So while he seems crazy, I think the truth is he's weak and is tiring to the point that he just can't pull it off anymore.

Now if you really want crazy, take a look at Shirley Dobson (James Dobson's wife). She actually believes that if Cho Sueng Hui had seen the Ten Commandments on the wall of his classrooms growing up, he might not have shot 32 people.

Posted by Becky at May 1, 2007 02:26 PM