Is John McCain exactly what this country needs in our next president?
July 13, 2008
It's no secret that this country is going through a historic transition right now. Seems like our leaders are having to weave their way through a series of gauntlets that could change the quality of our life forever.
Who's best equipped to take us down that road? John McCain? Barack Obama?
Today's Detroit Free Press described McCain as a maverick, a political renegade and as a independent whose political philosophy is hard to pigeonhole. The story states:
But at a time when self-styled progressives and conservative politicians often seem to follow each other in packs, McCain -- the presumptive Republican presidential nominee -- has proven over decades in Congress to be his own man, untethered to the wishes of party activists and unwilling to be bullied into the rank and file on every issue, for better or for worse.
Would he be able to stop the U.S. Congress from the dishonest practice of earmarking? Such a task would take a leader of the mythic proportions of Lyndon Johnson or even George Washington. It's going to take more than a surly old-man who has a temper.
Is he deeper than that. I hope so. I will continue looking at him.
My impression of Obama is that he feels that government can right all the wrong that everybody faces. Government does very few things well. And that short list seems to be getting smaller and smaller.
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