We Warned McCain
While John McCain was a media darling because he once ran against George W. Bush and ran against many things Republican and conservative, many of us warned him that things would be different once he went head-to-head against a Democrat. Despite those warnings, McCain drifted to the middle and if not for Sarah Palin, would be drifting powerless out to sea.
Jonathan Alter, Joe Klein, Richard Cohen, David Ignatius, Jacob Weisberg: all former McCain admirers now turned brutal critics. Equally if not more damaging, the shift has been just as pronounced, if less operatic, among straight-news reporters. Suddenly, McCain is no longer being portrayed as a straight-talking, truth-telling maverick but as a liar, a fraud, and an opportunist with acute anger-management issues.
John McCain should care more about what Republicans and conservatives think as we kind of outnumber the Jonathan Alter, Joe Klein, Richard Cohen, David Ignatius, and Jacob Weisbergs of the world.
If not for Sarah Palin, many of us would’ve held our noses come Election Day (as many of us did during the primaries) and John McCain (instead of writing states off) should remember who his real friends are and spend less time trying to make converts. He still has much to lose.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:28 am
Politics is the art of compromise.
Just as possibly some have to take McCain because he is the party nominee that is a two sided deal in that as the party nominee he has to adjust to the greater aims of the party and secondary some of his personal pet agendas.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Yes, but how often does the other side “compromise”…?
October 7th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Well, if your definition of “compromise” is “you give up something and we promise you nothing in return”, I think it’s safe to say that the other side compromises a lot.