I used to think John McCain was a hero, and maybe he used to be one. But heros can fall just like anyone else, and John McCain has fallen farther than most.
The only senator I trust less is dour, sour Hillary Clinton.
McCain has become a performance master at the art of using positive, moderate sound bites to push the worst legislation to come out of Washington in decades. For example, McCain-Feingold, which is as perfect an example of the pot calling the kettle black. Purportedly a piece of campaign finance reform, McCain-Feingold is actually an illegal, highly unconstitutional bunch of gibberish designed to allow the same corrupt power structure that is already in de facto control of Washington to ensure that it remains in control.
McCain-Feingold is so draconian and far reaching in its attempts to curb political freedom of expression that is has spawned an insurrection. Legislation that is so blatantly bad for freedom and so obviously good for legislators should be disobeyed whenever necessary. This country was founded on freedom and not legislation.
Senator John McCain isn’t satisfied with his success in the battle to curb freedom of political expression though. He’s not only blatantly anti-first amendment, he’s also anti-second amendment.
I just received the following alert from Gun Owners of America:
Now with the Gag Act (S. 2128), McCain wants to target his wrath on groups like GOA — requiring them to register their “grassroots” communications and to file twice as many frivolous reports.
If McCain succeeds in pushing an expansive interpretation of his bill (as he did when he convinced the courts to regulate the Internet under McCain-Feingold), then we could see a host of draconian restrictions affecting both GOA and you.
For example, if we wanted to alert you to (a) gun ban that is moving in our nation’s capital, we could first have to tell McCain (and all his other buddies in Congress) about what we’re planning to do, who we’re planning to alert (that is, grassroots folks like yourself), how much money we plan to spend, etc.
So basically, John McCain wants to legally require anyone who is anti John McCain to report their anti John McCain activities to John McCain. It’s all about John McCain, after all. Hey, John McCain, the answer is no. Americans should ignore John McCain from now on. If ignoring him doesn’t work, then throwing him out of Washington might.
Senator John McCain – from war hero to near zero. I’m saddened and disgusted. America deserves better leadership. We should demand it. A civil insurrection is a good start.