This Week in McCain News

It’s been a busy week for The Mavericky One.

I bet he’s so happy.  He’s finally in the media again, disturbing the blogosphere and annoying conservatives every which way.  Once again, I’m so glad that I’m a maverick supporter of his.  I don’t have to give any of his record or behavior the benefit of the doubt and can ream him in earnest, a treatment he has more than earned.

Where to begin?

1. J.D. Hayworth has sort of entered the race.  Again, I am unimpressed for now.  There are people we’re supporting who have actually declared and gotten to it, like Rubio and DeVore, without stringing everyone along.  Hayworth doesn’t deserve anyone’s support until he’s in it for real, so he needs to quit this “officially unofficial sort-of declaration” bunk.  We have better things to do than be jerked around, so he can either get with the program or get lost.
2. Sarah Palin’s support of The Mavericky One has been controversial, but my position about her remains unchanged.  McCain does have her painted into a corner.  Now, if she decides to go all-out for him, I’m going to consider it her Gingrich & Pelosi couch moment, but for now, no.  And no, she’s not going to have any markers with him if she gets him re-elected.  He’ll just assume it was his due because he thinks he’s awesome like that, and keep heaping on the mavericky goodness as he’s always done.
3. McCain’s pretending to be conservative again, but he’s backing candidates like Fiorina and Crist who are the exact opposite.  It must be nice to have it both ways, at least until someone like Michelle Malkin puts it up for display.  Fortunately, that’s a game two can play.  We can all say we’ll support him, then do everything in our power to burn his career and political influence to the ground.  Maverick support at its finest.
4. The McCain brigade is out in force in the blogosphere again.  They’re screaming all the usual arguments and praises of him as they did in 2008.  I’ve even seen one or two instances of people trying to use McCain’s POW experience as a moral untouchability card.  I can’t help but to conclude that some of them are paid McCain trolls, and wonder if it pays well.  I can go around telling myself to quit being such a narcissistic child, when I’m not calling myself a childish narcissist.  Where do I get my check?

I’ll be talking more about this as the election rolls onward, because there will be plenty of opportunity to address all these points in more detail.  But for now, I’m going to enjoy the rest of the weekend, because this ride is about to get wild.

Filed under: Maverick News on January 24th, 2010