Thread: McCain frightens me!!!

Originally Posted by YesSheDoes!

Amen...except for Huckabee, who is my favorite, but who won't get the nominations.

Think about our President confronting Al Quaeda, or the Russians...I like the idea of having a hard guy with simmering rage! I don't want some pushover wallflower pussy-footing glad-handing waffle-waffle liberal-in-moderate's clothing! We need to show our enemies that we mean business. Serious business!

McCain makes me think about George W Bush.
EDIT2: Only from the way he talks during his speeches. I don't know his viewpoints.


Now about that simmering rage thing...
If the USA wants to stabilize international politics, the John Wayne approach is not going to work.
It is possible to be a tough and honest man (or woman) and still thinking about the long term.
Simmering rage implies being unstable and unreliable, and easily provoked.

EDIT: It is also very unlikely that the US will have a military conflict with the Russians any time soon. If there will be conflict, it will be economic and politic. And those conflicts are not resolved by shouting and rethoric. They are resolved by diplomacy and intelligence.
As for Al Qaeda: The hardball approach of Bush seems to miss its goal.
The war in Iraq is a huge and expensive mess, and hasn't had any net positive result.
The 'war' against al qaeda cannot be won with military actions. Invading other countries without real cause will only make the situation worse. Not better.