Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Yes, changing your position is technically "change"

John McCain is the candidate for change, all right.

He once spoke out against the Bush tax cuts. Now his message has changed.

He once spoke out against the Bush economic policy. Now he's changed his tune.

His chief economic advisor once called us "a nation of whiners". Now his campaign has changed, adopting whining as a core element of its political strategy.

He once called his campaign the "straight-talk express". Yet he's become nothing more than a puppet, saying whatever feels like the politically advantageous thing to say at the time, parroting the words of whomever is running his campaign on that particular day.

And he boldly promised this past April 14 on Fox News that he would run a "respectful campaign" and swore - SWORE - not to lower himself to negative attacks. His broken word conveniently forgotten, McCain has changed his tactics, going so far as to blame Obama for the high gas prices, claim that he snubbed injured troops in Germany because the Pentagon wouldn't allow cameras, and compare him to Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton, ostensibly as world-famous celebrities yet clearly a move to effeminize his attempt to appear strong on the world's stage.

If this makes his supporters uncomfortable, there's no need to worry. Things will surely change again.