Saturday, October 18, 2008
The Old Fart and the Drunken Lout
Or how Frank Rich makes clear the indivisible bond between John McCain and Our Dear Embattled Leader, as well as how this guarantees the defeat of the failed Republican ideology.
Bush’s impact on the next Republican presidential candidate did not have to be so devastating. McCain isn’t, as he and his defenders keep protesting, a passive martyr to a catastrophic administration. He could have made separating himself from Bush the brave, central and even conservative focus of his campaign. Far from doing that, he embraced the Bush ethos — if not the incredible shrinking man himself — more tightly than ever. The candidate who believes in “country first” decided to put himself first and sell out his principles. That ignoble decision is what accounts for both the McCain campaign’s failures and its sleaze. It’s a decision McCain made on his own and for which he has yet to assume responsibility.What Frank does is explain the full meaning of this famous picture of GW and Johnny Mac.
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