Let me get this straight: Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, says the government will never again fail Americans the way the the Bush administration did after Hurricane Katrina. He also says the government cannot help you, really. The entire point of his "It's Time for Action" tour thus seems to be "it's time for YOU to take action, because I'm not going to." Just more of the same crap that's been spewing from the White House for the past eight years. So where is this change he's claiming he's going to bring to Washington?
Oh, I get it--it's like "compassionate conservatism!" "We really do feel sorry for you while we're screwing you over, but since you brought your troubles on yourself, you have no one to blame but yourself, and it's not our job to help you."
He also says we need to have "a conversation" about whether to rebuild New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward or tear it down . . . where has he been the last 3 years?!?
And then he says he doesn't remember saying that. (1) When you're 71 and running for President, "I don't remember" is NOT a good thing to be saying. (2) If he's saying that just because he doesn't want to admit what he did say, how does he think he can get away with it? Hasn't he heard of things like YouTube? And the nightly news? And Countdown?
I used to think McCain was the best of a bad bunch of candidates for the GOP nomination. Now I'm not so sure. I'll give him this: he knows how to say one thing but do another just as well as does Sen. Hillary Clinton. Furthermore, the press isn't challenging him on his crap any more than they have challenged Sen. Clinton on hers. We are in serious trouble here, people!
I propose we start a "Draft John Edwards" movement at the Democratic Party's National convention.
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