Mel Martinez (R-FL) says McCain's "past" matters

[SoCalDem]

Well, not in so many words, but apparently he's written HIS book..about his days in Cuba (he was a KID, for pete's sake)..but I digress...

ALL these pols who religiously write their "autobiographies" with loving care paid to all the early-life details (McCain has done it numerous times) are ASKING us to embrace their past, and to lap it up, so we can see how they became the people they are today..

If they did not want us to pay close attention to their early years, they would not spend 3/4 of their books , writing about it..

They KNOW that their early life SHAPES their lives into what they become, later in life.

McCain's early life was of privilege..being son of admiral, grandson of admiral..not being flunked out of the academy..living the freewheeling life of a naval officer (with his connections)..being a cheater/carouser/adulterer...and then being a kept-man , with a bought and paid-for congressional seat..and on to the Keating escapade..

His self-proclaimed "maverick status" came only because he was ABLE to vote against his kind ,due to their majority, not out of any real courage on his part..

He's an opportunist, with very little real knowledge of much.. He basically flunked out of college (except for Daddy & Gramps connections), he spent 6 years as a POW, and then became a kept man with staffers doing the research & real work.. He's a bloviator with only words written by others, spoken by him..

Mel was right.. the past is important..

Yes.. let's embrace Mccain's past:)

[n2doc]

1. Of course, that worked so well for Bushie!

W had about the worst past one could imagine, a total failure who only got where he was because he was constantly bailed out by his father's rich friends. Not that it mattered to America.

[janethussein]

2. Preach it baby !

I'd like to see this message plastered all over the MSM. I am so damn sick and tired of this "maverick" and "war hero" bullshit. You hit the nail right on the here and I thank you !!

[zbdent]

3. I love the one where the commercial states that "John McCain has stood up to Presidents"

which means, he joined his party and stood up against DEMOCRATIC President Clinton ...

[SoCalDem]

4. Yep, before 1994, he was not the "maverick"

I wonder if anyone has done much research into McCain pre-1994, to see what groundbreaking legislation he supported or got passed..

That's a reason he's not all that well-liked by his peers.. He let THEM do the heavy lifting, and when things were sure to pass, he could always find a reason here and there to "vote against his party" (knowing that his vote was not even necessary)..then he would run to cameras and say why it was a baaaad thing...

[zbdent]

6. seems like, between 1/20/2001 and now, most of the things I heard about

Bush's proposals were "voting was along party lines" ... meaning that John McCain was so "mavericky" that he followed the herd ...

[SoCalDem]

7. Yup.. The maverick was "rode hard & put away wet"

because he was told.. get in line, and it will be your turn in '08..hang in there little buckaroo.

[Supersedeas]

5. Presidential Judgment: compare Edwards and McCain--yet the Media Free Ride continues