Because McCain is a non-entity. Sort of a placeholder. Very few people really take him seriously in the first place (And actually, you'll see I mentioned above that his budget plans are no better baked than Obama's. About the best I can say of McCain is that I don't think he'd do as much harm as I fear Obama may. Yet for all his nebbishness, he's not that far behind Obama in the polls. What does that say?)
But ... well, there's this sort of messianic cult of personality around Obama. He may not be doubted, he may not be questioned, anything he says is true even when his own record contradicts it. Mention "Change" and the audience cheers with Pavlovian fervor, but ask them — or him — "What change, specifically?" and nobody seems to have an answer. But that's OK, because he's Obama.
It bothers me. It bothers me a lot.
I have an anonymous quotation in my quote file that says, "Patriotism defined as 'love of my country' is all very fine, until you define 'love' as 'blind worship' and 'my country' as 'the man in the White House'." And that's what I see with Obama: something approaching worship. It's enough that he's Obama. His budget doesn't add up; but that's OK, he's Obama. He has no executive experience; but that's OK, he's Obama. He picks one of the most consistently anti-freedom members of Congress as his running mate; but that's OK, because he's Obama.
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But ... well, there's this sort of messianic cult of personality around Obama. He may not be doubted, he may not be questioned, anything he says is true even when his own record contradicts it. Mention "Change" and the audience cheers with Pavlovian fervor, but ask them — or him — "What change, specifically?" and nobody seems to have an answer. But that's OK, because he's Obama.
It bothers me. It bothers me a lot.
I have an anonymous quotation in my quote file that says, "Patriotism defined as 'love of my country' is all very fine, until you define 'love' as 'blind worship' and 'my country' as 'the man in the White House'." And that's what I see with Obama: something approaching worship. It's enough that he's Obama. His budget doesn't add up; but that's OK, he's Obama. He has no executive experience; but that's OK, he's Obama. He picks one of the most consistently anti-freedom members of Congress as his running mate; but that's OK, because he's Obama.