Good for you, John McCain
April 29, 2008 by LD Jackson · Leave a Comment
I know it’s been very clear, from the articles I have written about John McCain, that I am not particularly pleased with his being the Republican nominee. I wholeheartedly believe Mike Huckabee would be a much better President than John McCain. I have always believed that and continue to do so. That being said, McCain does have a reputation for being a maverick and I do like that. It is good to have someone to stand up against the national political parties and let them know when they have messed up. So, in my own way, here is a hat tip to John McCain.
It appears that McCain is taking a page from the play book of Mike Huckabee. It is well know they both ran a very civil campaign, especially towards each other. Now, McCain is standing up to the Republican party and letting them know he does not like the ad being ran in North Carolina. This ad focuses on Barack Obama’s pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, instead of Barack Obama himself and McCain realizes this kind of ad does no good at all.
Looking at the way the campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been going at each other, it is obvious what kind of campaign either one of them may attempt to run against John McCain. We have already had several months of bickering and fighting among the Democrats, making the bickering and fighting among the Republicans seem tame in comparison. It gives me pause to think what the general election campaign may be like.
Looking back on the Republican primary elections, I realize we had a lot of fighting among ourselves. It seemed especially bad between the supporters of Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. GrannyT has an excellent post about that on her blog. They were not the only ones who went at each other. There appeared to be no love lost between Romney and McCain as well. It appears that John McCain is trying his best to take the high road and put a stop to the bickering and fighting. He has made a good start by campaigning with both of his chief rivals, Romney and Huckabee. With his public objections about the North Carolina ad, this will hopefully bleed over to the general election. If it does, maybe we can have an honest discourse about the issues, instead of Mud Slinging 101. If it doesn’t, then we are in for a long few months until November and the next President of the United States is chosen.
That’s my take!
Larry
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Huckebee has some good points and his religion has had a good efect on him.
He does lack foreign experience and I have a problem with his not believing in evolution . It is not as if it were incompatable with Christianity. His notions of science are of middle age vintage and science is much too important now.
Not that it has anything to do with Larry’s post, gasdocpol, but I’d love to know what evolution has to do with the Presidency.
Anyway …
Great post, Larry. I think you’re right … this is something I do actually like about McCain, he doesn’t subscribe to the idea that it’s okay to run a giant smear job as a campaign. He called foul on the Swift Boat Veterans for “Truth,” and now he’s calling out the NC Republicans for their ad.