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The only thing that never changes is McCain not changing
My friends (presumptuous, huh?)
What the heck is it with John McCain? Remembering that one should always keep his enemies close, I have subscribed to McCain's email list to see what the man is up to, and based on his latest missive, he's up to telling us one thing while doing another -- which is itself evidence that he wouldn't as president offer a real change to George W. Bush. McCain (or his mouthpieces) write:
> This is a change election. But the choice is between the right change and the wrong change; between going forward and going backward.
> The right change recognizes that many of the policies and institutions of our government have failed. The right kind of change will initiate widespread and innovative reforms in almost every area of government policy from energy to taxes to government spending and the military.
So, many of Bush's policies have failed. So we must have change. But based on his specific pronouncements ranging from domestic to foreign policy, the McCain "change" amounts to: More of the same.
The guy isn't a change agent. He couldn't even make change for a buck. Unless, of course, he's simply lying to win office. But that's not a change from the current regime, either.
To paraphrase a line from the NPR comedy quiz show "Whaddya Know?": McCain should sit down and let someone else have a chance -- for a change.
Comments (4)
Ironically, McCain has changed—into a non-change agent.
June 4, 2008 10:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
You know what? McCain's gotta be really pissed. No one cares about him. It's all about Obama v. Hillary and McCain is just a shadow in the background.
Let's see if Hillary can drag this out all the way to November...
June 4, 2008 10:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
The only thing that doesn't change is change.
That's "McSame Tao".
In Western parlance: flip-flop-flip-flop-flip-flop (etc., ad finitum).
What he was for he's now against. What he was against he's now for. The "Maverick who is enthusiastically all MAYBE!"
June 4, 2008 12:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Amen. Apparently, McCain is channeling David Bowie, to wit:
I still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild
A million dead-end streets
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don't want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
June 4, 2008 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
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