Ignoring The Issues, the Scary Thing About McCain Is He Makes Big Decisions w/o Thinking

[Median Democrat]

We, of course, know about the Palin pick and McCain's belicose talk toward Russia with respect to the Georgia conflict, but what about anti-regulation, economy is strong, against the AIG bailout, for the AIG bailout, pro-regulation, fire Chris Cox, Spain is ouor adversary . . . all in one week. Worse, McCain does not admit that he fucked up. On the economy is strong, he tries to cover it up and say that he meant workers. On the AIG bailout, who knows. On Chris Cox, he says he meant he would ask him to resign. On Spain, his campaign says that he meant it? Regardless of your position on the issues, this type of knee jerk decision making for a President is just absolutely scary. Worse, rather admit that he screwed up, McCain is willing to declare a NATO ally an adversary. McCain just strikes me as incredibly insecure, and that he is afraid to admit that he is wrong, because will question his fitness for presidency, thus he'd rather defend stupid decision, rather than admit that such decisions were wrong.

I have to say that the McCain/Palin ticket is just scary. If the tickets were reversed, and Obama was the Republican, and McCain was the Democrat I would be considering voting for the Republican right now, because McCain just seems unstable and stubborn regardless of the issues.

[patrice]

1. Palin is the new Cheney. It's the Palin/McCain ticket and he's un-disciplined.

[Median Democrat]

2. Cheney Was Not Random, Evil Maybe, But Not Random

McCain seems to make decisions on political expediency based on the first thought that pops into his head. This may explain why his flip flops aren't nuanced, but complete 180 degree flip flops. If he is before an evangelical Christian group, he is diehard right to life. If he is in front of a woman's rights group, he supports Roe v. Wade. He probably is generally pro-business and anti-regulation, as well as pro-military, but he is not exactly a guy who inspires confidence that he can understand the complexities of policy. Worse, he does not really admit this, because he likes to tout his (non-existant) expertise. If he was a Democrat, I would have some real concerns voting for him as President, because temperment and lack of intellect are a deadly combination. He can memorize and spout off talking points, which is great for a debate, but in real life, he will lead this nation into a depression or into a war.

[patrice]

3. Yes! There's nothing inside his skull that integrates DIFFERENT things into a coherent WHOLE.

This is one of the first characteristics that attracted me to Obama.

[kevinmc]

4. He's a Maverick. He's a Fighter Pilot. He's a Craps Shooter. He's a F*cking Dumbass n/t

[dem629]

5. Right wingers NEVER think. What they do instead is

create a belief system that is not based in reality - http://jefftompkins.blogspot.com/2008/09/ostrich-approach.html

[Median Democrat]

6. The Sad Thing Is McCain Is Proud Of It...

He has been criticizing Obama for not making knee jerk policy prescriptions (while ignoring Obama's comments on this subject back in March), and ignoring McCain numerous contradictions in this week alone.

As John Wooden once said, "Never mistake activity for achievement."