McCain's back - and so is his divisive slogan
I've long held out hope that John McCain would become the better man he used to be before he set his sights on the presidency once Barack Obama defeated him. It doesn't look like I'll get my wish - logging in today, the first thing I saw on Google News was an article from the New York Times titled McCain starts 'Country First ' PAC. The author writes:
The video on the website is just a barrage of images, expounding on his patriotism, but nothing else. Like McCain's campaign slogan, the committee's purpose and its name, "Country First", seems to imply that we don't all want America to be strong, prosperous, and healthy. It's too bad that McCain has decided to stay a right wing ideologue - he had more Americans' respect when he was a true biconceptual.
Less than two weeks from the inauguration that he hoped would usher in his own presidential administration, Senator John McCain announced the formation of a new political action committee that will work to promote Republican causes.The PAC's website so far isn't much, but what it contains so far reminds me of McCain's campaign, which heavily emphasized his service in Vietnam, as if that by itself automatically meant he would make a great public servant.
Borrowing a slogan from his campaign, Mr. McCain is calling the committee, “Country First,” and it is likely to help lay the foundation for his 2010 re-election bid.
The video on the website is just a barrage of images, expounding on his patriotism, but nothing else. Like McCain's campaign slogan, the committee's purpose and its name, "Country First", seems to imply that we don't all want America to be strong, prosperous, and healthy. It's too bad that McCain has decided to stay a right wing ideologue - he had more Americans' respect when he was a true biconceptual.
# Posted by Patrick : 12:54 PM
Comments:
Now what in the world is divisive about the slogan "Country First"? It doesn't imply that other people don't put their country first, any more than saying "Have a nice day" implies that you wish everyone else would have a lousy day. One of the things I admire most about John McCain is that he uses patriotism to unite people, not to divide them. Even during the most heated parts of the campaign, he repeatedly stressed that we are all Americans, and that that fact is more important than any of our differences. I joined the "Country First" PAC and hope it does well.
The problem is that Republicans use "Country First" as a way to divide and marginalize people they don't agree with.
Didn't support Bush's war and occupation of Iraq? You're not a patriot.
And don't get me started on Sarah Palin's speeches on the campaign trail about people who lived in "Real America" vs. the rest of us.
And that's not to mention the Republican old boys network who step up, wave the flag, sing another chorus of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and pay homage to mom and apple pie at every opportunity, but when it came down to helping American workers, they turned their backs and took actions to support foreign interests (Toyota, Honda, etc.) which hurt Americans.
That's not to mention the time Bush and his cronies tried to let Dubai own one of our ports.
Country First? Only when it's politically expedient for the Republicans.
You mean you hoped McCain would all of a sudden turn into a simpering idiot and a liberal? Awwwww. Too bad - now that you believe so highly in independent points of view, as long as they agree with your own and the liberal mind patrol, I fully expect you not to post this comment.
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