Mrs. Batard just caught something on C-Span this morning that apparently hasn’t made its way into the blogosphere yet, so I'll pass it along. John McCain has a new book out touting heroes to children and good God Almighty, lookee there! The Republican has Darwin listed as a hero that children should look up to. I wonder how the faith based crowd will react to that? Jesus, I believe the sky is falling.
Awesome catch, double-B and madam. Chuck, maybe this one should be one on top all day long.
Posted by: wayneuff on October 11, 2005 9:38 AMOK so McCain has a few brain cells that seem to work reasonably well, he's still a proud member of the wing-nuttery.
Scientific Proof That John McCain Sucks
http://www.thetalentshow.org/archives/001850.html
The post was not intended to glorify McCain, it was meant to show that perhaps the faith based crowd will be marginalized by the Republicans in the future — a good thing in my opinion.
Posted by: Buck on October 11, 2005 11:25 AMI think we really shouldn't forget about His Noodly Goodness.
Jah Pastafarai.
Posted by: UncleHorns on October 11, 2005 1:42 PMMcCain is one of the few Republicans that, at least, has a slight grip on reality. After all, he has proposed to do something, at least something, about global warming. Not enough, of course. But at least he doesn't deny its existance.
Posted by: tstreet on October 11, 2005 2:32 PMWhy is it that every time there's good news about McCain, it's immediately followed up with bad news? Like this, for example: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/10/AR2005101001509.html
Posted by: PusBoy on October 11, 2005 3:01 PMUm, why did he say he supported Intellegent Design creationism then?
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2005/08/24/mccain_backs_intelligent_design.html
Posted by: Jason on October 11, 2005 4:57 PMJason beat me to it. When one of the few Republicans with an at least tenuous grasp on reality endorses creationism, the faith based crowd is still very strong. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if in the chapter on Darwin, McCain tries to say that people like Dembski and Behe are modern-day Darwins.
I also find the "brave or cowardly, kind or cruel" bit (admittedly, not a direct quote from McCain) ironic coming from the coward who voted for cruel torture enthusiast Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General.
Posted by: qubit on October 11, 2005 8:30 PMBasically, I think McCain is a smart politician, as opposed to most of his fellow Republicans. He can't be bribed as easily, though he was a Keating Five member. But he's just positioning himself for another run at the Presidency. Why, for example, did he cosy up to the candidate whose operation had called him a crazy adulterer? Because he can't afford to write off the entire party. Same reason he buys the ID BS. He's not nearly as principled as he likes people to think; that's just his shtick. IMHO.
Posted by: Chuck Dupree (Belisarius) on October 12, 2005 1:37 AM