John McCain hit the nail right on the head in his acceptance speech for the Republican nomination. He said the Republicans have lost the trust of the American people. That's really an understatement, at least for this former Republican.
He claims to be different, and to advocate change. And it would be believable, given his reputation. But Obama's point that he voted with Bush 90% of the time is telling.
His stated policies are on the whole better than Obama's, but the differences are pretty minor. But where they really differ, he is pretty scary.
His platform on abortion is too extreme. The platform supports a constitutional amendment that "The unborn child [from the moment of conception] has a fundamental individual right to life, which cannot be infringed." This means a 12 year old girl, raped by her father will be forced by the federal government to bear the child. That is positively barbaric.
He supports even further cutting taxes on the wealthy. This just makes me sick, and I won't talk about it any more.
His responses to various questions lead me to believe he is a warmonger. At the least he tends to think about international issues in military terms. When asked about how to deal with evil in the world, he dismisses any notion of containment, and insists on defeating it. Well, there is a lot of evil in the world, and many countries wish us harm.
If you vote for a warmonger, please do not be surprised when you get a war. What I am really afraid of is, Given McCain's attitude toward global ideological struggle, the opponents in his war will not be Iran or North Korea. They will be Russia and China.
