It's all about McCain

By Ron Beasley

The McCain campaign tried to make this election about Barack Obama because they knew they couldn't win on policy or ideology.  What happened instead was that the election became about John McCain.  A number of conservatives have said they will vote for Obama including Chris Buckley and this weekend Colin Powell because they question John McCain's judgement.  It's now reached the point where even some of the lunatics find they can't support John McCain including lifelong conservative and friend of Cheney and Rumsfeld, Ken Adelman.

Why so, since my views align a lot more with McCain’s than with Obama’s? And since I truly dread the notion of a Democratic president, Democratic House, and hugely Democratic Senate?

Primarily for two reasons, those of temperament and of judgment.

When the economic crisis broke, I found John McCain bouncing all over the place. In those first few crisis days, he was impetuous, inconsistent, and imprudent; ending up just plain weird. Having worked with Ronald Reagan for seven years, and been with him in his critical three summits with Gorbachev, I’ve concluded that that’s no way a president can act under pressure.

Second is judgment. The most important decision John McCain made in his long campaign was deciding on a running mate.

That decision showed appalling lack of judgment. Not only is Sarah Palin not close to being acceptable in high office—I would not have hired her for even a mid-level post in the arms-control agency. But that selection contradicted McCain’s main two, and best two, themes for his campaign—Country First, and experience counts. Neither can he credibly claim, post-Palin pick.

I sure hope Obama is more open, centrist, sensible—dare I say, Clintonesque—than his liberal record indicates, than his cooperation with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid portends. If not, I will be even more startled by my vote than I am now.

Yes once again it's McCain's Hail Mary Passes, including the choice of Sarah Palin, that have even conservatives decided that perhaps McCain is unfit to serve.

Comments

[Gudrun Eussner]

The rats are deserting the sinking ship ...

[David]

I can't for the life of me understand why Sarah Stalin can't handle a press interview inquiry into her political philosophy and ideas, if any.

I've notice glowing approval on right-wing blogs that "SNL Live" skits can now supplant serious questions.

I'm 52 and I've never seen so little of a major politician running for high office.

I've never seen anything like this.

It's like they are REALLY hiding her from the press... just bizarre.

Bad call on that one John.

Game over.