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As always, my flaw is that I’m not cynical enough

On Thursday, I wrote about John McCain, the aspiring chameleon:

Following in the footsteps of Dubya’s “compassionate conservatism,” the supposedly principled maverick McCain is going to shamelessly mimic as much of Obama’s message as he can get away with.

But I did think there would be one exception:

Even though his actual philosophy is one of embracing failure, he’ll try to embrace the rhetoric of hope and change, so most voters people who aren’t paying attention think there’s no difference between the two candidates save for Obama wanting to leave Iraq (which, of course, may be enough to hand him the election anyway).Â

The joke’s on me, I guess. Â A Washington Post story tonight includes this line toward the bottom in discussing a McCain fundraiser:

His speech to the donors also gave him a chance to test a new theme for his stump speech. He said his campaign would focus on “reform, prosperity and peace,” a phrase he hadn’t used before to describe his top priorities as president.

Obviously Mr. Double-Talk Express has been taking tips from his good friend Joe Lieberman… who apparently got the idea from Richard Nixon:

I wasn’t inclined to agree with dday at Hullabaloo on Saturday when he wrote that McCain was stealing the “peace with honor” strategy, but it looks like he was on target.

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3 Responses to “As always, my flaw is that I’m not cynical enough”

  1. Kilgore Trout Says:
    June 10th, 2008 at 7:58 am

    John McCain has Alzheimer’s Disease. Remember you read it first here.

  2. MsJoanne Says:
    June 10th, 2008 at 9:25 am

    I am surprised to not see anything about Dennis Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment of George W. Bush.

    Hope to see something from you guys! You’re one of my fav sites!

    Here are the 35 excruciatingly detailed articles for impeachment.

    http://chun.afterdowningstreet.org/amomentoftruth.pdf

  3. dan k Says:
    June 10th, 2008 at 11:09 am

    By the time the convention rolls around, we should be able to hammer back on Republicans as the party that gave us WAR, RECESSION and CORRUPTION on an unprecedented level.

    McCain aided and abetted George W. Bush and we cannot let the American public lose sight of his complicity in all three of these events!

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