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Conservative Icon George Will Continues Attack on McCain
September 23, 2008
Under the pressure of the financial crisis, one presidential candidate is behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high… It is arguable that McCain, because of his boiling moralism and bottomless reservoir of certitudes, is not suited to the presidency.
– George Will, “McCain Loses His Head” Washington Post, 9/23/08
John McCain showed his personality this week and made some of us fearful.
– George Will On ABC’s This Week, 9/21/08
George Will has joined the increasing cavalcade of conservative characters who are raising alarms about the erratic and panicky behavior of John McCain. He sounded the alarm on his Sunday talk show and continued it in his column.
Will is worried about the thinking – or lack thereof – of John McCain. Will is concerned that McCain continually sees the world divided into two types, those who agree with him wholeheartedly and the rest of us, who are inevitably considered “corrupt” or “betray the public’s trust,” or some other like term.
Excerpts of Will’s column below:
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McCain Loses His Head
By George F. Will September 23, 2008
“The queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small. ‘Off with his head!’ she said without even looking around.”
– “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
Under the pressure of the financial crisis, one presidential candidate is behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high. It is not Barack Obama.
Channeling his inner Queen of Hearts, John McCain furiously, and apparently without even looking around at facts, said Chris Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, should be decapitated. This childish reflex provoked the Wall Street Journal to editorialize that “McCain untethered” — disconnected from knowledge and principle — had made a “false and deeply unfair” attack on Cox that was “unpresidential.”..
Conservatives who insist that electing McCain is crucial usually start, and increasingly end, by saying he would make excellent judicial selections.
But the more one sees of his impulsive, intensely personal reactions to people and events, the less confidence one has that he would select judges by calm reflection and clear principles, having neither patience nor aptitude for either.
It is arguable that, because of his inexperience, Obama is not ready for the presidency. It is arguable that McCain, because of his boiling moralism and bottomless reservoir of certitudes, is not suited to the presidency. Unreadiness can be corrected, although perhaps at great cost, by experience.
Can a dismaying temperament be fixed?
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Conservative Icon George Will Continues Attack on McCain
September 23, 2008
Under the pressure of the financial crisis, one presidential candidate is behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high… It is arguable that McCain, because of his boiling moralism and bottomless reservoir of certitudes, is not suited to the presidency.
– George Will, “McCain Loses His Head” Washington Post, 9/23/08
John McCain showed his personality this week and made some of us fearful.
– George Will On ABC’s This Week, 9/21/08
George Will has joined the increasing cavalcade of conservative characters who are raising alarms about the erratic and panicky behavior of John McCain. He sounded the alarm on his Sunday talk show and continued it in his column.
Will is worried about the thinking – or lack thereof – of John McCain. Will is concerned that McCain continually sees the world divided into two types, those who agree with him wholeheartedly and the rest of us, who are inevitably considered “corrupt” or “betray the public’s trust,” or some other like term.
Excerpts of Will’s column below:
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McCain Loses His Head
By George F. Will September 23, 2008
“The queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small. ‘Off with his head!’ she said without even looking around.”
– “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
Under the pressure of the financial crisis, one presidential candidate is behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high. It is not Barack Obama.
Channeling his inner Queen of Hearts, John McCain furiously, and apparently without even looking around at facts, said Chris Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, should be decapitated. This childish reflex provoked the Wall Street Journal to editorialize that “McCain untethered” — disconnected from knowledge and principle — had made a “false and deeply unfair” attack on Cox that was “unpresidential.”..
Conservatives who insist that electing McCain is crucial usually start, and increasingly end, by saying he would make excellent judicial selections.
But the more one sees of his impulsive, intensely personal reactions to people and events, the less confidence one has that he would select judges by calm reflection and clear principles, having neither patience nor aptitude for either.
It is arguable that, because of his inexperience, Obama is not ready for the presidency. It is arguable that McCain, because of his boiling moralism and bottomless reservoir of certitudes, is not suited to the presidency. Unreadiness can be corrected, although perhaps at great cost, by experience.
Can a dismaying temperament be fixed?
LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!
