Ejector Seat

"To those who still believe in the myth of a maverick instead of the reality of a politician, I say, let’s compare Senator McCain to candidate McCain."

"Candidate McCain now supports the wartime tax cuts that Senator McCain once denounced as immoral. Candidate McCain criticizes Senator McCain’s own climate change bill. Candidate McCain says he would now vote against the immigration bill that Senator McCain wrote."

"...John McCain should finish the debate with himself. And what’s more, Senator McCain, who once railed against the smears of Karl Rove when he was the target, has morphed into candidate McCain who is using the same “Rove” tactics and the same “Rove” staff to repeat the same old politics of fear and smear."

"So, the candidate who once promised a “contest of ideas,” now has nothing left but personal attacks. How insulting to suggest that those who question the mission, question the troops. How pathetic to suggest that those who question a failed policy doubt America itself. How desperate to tell the son of a single mother who chose community service over money and privilege that he doesn’t put America first."

---Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts), August 27, 2008, Denver, CO


In 2000, during an interview on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, John McCain remarked, "I just have to rely on the good judgment of the voters not to buy into these negative attack ads. Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it."

John McCain, one of the finest men ever to serve in the U.S. Senate, has lost his moral bearings.

He lost his faith in the American people's ability to reason, and has transformed into the type of politician he once scorned: One who seeks to win regardless of cost.

The ugly truth is John McCain's presidential campaign is eerily reminiscent of George W. Bush's from 2000.

The same company Bush hired to generate the damaging robocalls that successfully derailed McCain's 2000 presidential campaign (which McCain, himself, denounced as "hate calls") now works on McCain's behalf; to defame Obama's character.

Worse, McCain has employed the services of former Bush administration aides Steve Schmidt, Nicole Wallace, and Randy Scheunemann.

McCain repeatedly asserts that he has long demonstrated he possesses both the experience and judgment required of a potential commander in chief. Yet, his past comments regarding the office of vice-president, along with his appointment of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, belies this very argument.

When asked by the late Tim Russert during a 2000 interview on NBC's Meet the Press about possibly serving as George Bush's VP, McCain said, "The vice president has two duties. One is to inquire daily as to the health of the president, and the other is to attend the funerals of third world dictators. And neither of those do I find an enjoyable exercise."

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, during his appearance earlier this month on Meet the Press, said the following about Palin, "She's a very distinguished woman, and she's to be admired. But at the same time, now that we have had a chance to watch her for some seven weeks, I don't believe she's ready to be president of the United States, which is the job of the vice president."

For the past two weeks, the worst transgression of John McCain's presidential campaign has been his decision to elevate Samuel Joseph 'Joe-the-Plumber' Wurzelbacher to national prominence. Since the final presidential debate, both McCain and Palin have invoked Wurzelbacher's name in their every stump speech as if it is some type of battle cry for middle income Americans to rally around.

The ugly American Wurzelbacher said during a CNN interview, "Social Security is a joke. I have parents; I don't need another set of parents called the government. You know, let me take my money and invest it how I please. Social Security I've never believed in, don't like it. I hate that it's forced on me."

After appearing at a McCain rally yesterday, a McCain supporter asked him if he agreed that, "a vote for Obama is a vote for the death of Israel." In response, Wurzelbacher said, "I'll go ahead and agree with you on that."

These are the depths that McCain has sunken to.

Rather than compete with Obama on the issues and wage a battle of ideas, he has chosen to resort to demagoguery to score cheap political points.

In his desperation to win the presidency, one last time; McCain has abandoned his own moral code.

For these reasons, John S. McCain does not deserve to be President of the United States of America.