John Manning
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 Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:20 am Post subject: CNN's Jack Cafferty: Is McCain another Bush? |
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It occurs to me that John McCain is as intellectually shallow as our
current president. When asked what his Christian faith means to him, his
answer was a one-liner. "It means I'm saved and forgiven." Great
scholars have wrestled with the meaning of faith for centuries.....
One after another, McCain's answers were shallow, simplistic, and trite.
He showed the same intellectual curiosity that George Bush has --
virtually none.
Where are John McCain's writings exploring the vexing moral issues of
our time? Where are his position papers setting forth his careful
consideration of foreign policy, the welfare state, education, America's
moral responsibility in the world, etc., etc., etc.?
John McCain graduated 894th in a class of 899 at the Naval Academy at
Annapolis. His father and grandfather were four star admirals in the
Navy. Some have suggested that might have played a role in McCain being
admitted. His academic record was awful. And it shows over and over
again whenever McCain is called upon to think on his feet.
He no longer allows reporters unfettered access to him aboard the
"Straight Talk Express" for a reason. He simply makes too many mistakes.
Unless he's reciting talking points or reading from notes or a
TelePrompTer, John McCain is lost. He can drop bon mots at a bowling
alley or diner -- short glib responses that get a chuckle, but beyond
that McCain gets in over his head very quickly.
I am sick and tired of the president of the United States embarrassing
me. The world we live in is too complex to entrust it to someone else
whose idea of intellectual curiosity and grasp of foreign policy issues
is to tell us he can look into Vladimir Putin's eyes and see into his soul.
George Bush's record as a student, military man, businessman and leader
of the free world is one of constant failure. And the part that troubles
me most is he seems content with himself.
He will leave office with the country $10 trillion in debt, fighting two
wars, our international reputation in shambles, our government cloaked
in secrecy and suspicion that his entire presidency has been a litany of
broken laws and promises, our citizens' faith in our own country ripped
to shreds. Yet Bush goes bumbling along, grinning and spewing moronic
one-liners, as though nobody understands what a colossal failure he has
been.
I fear to the depth of my being that John McCain is just like him.
~~ Jack Cafferty, CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/18/cafferty.mccain/index.html |
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