Comments on: Senator McCain Or Senator McCarthy? http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/09/senator-mccain-or-senator-mccarthy/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:17:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Duros Hussein62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/09/senator-mccain-or-senator-mccarthy/#comment-120192 Duros Hussein62 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:26:02 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10304#comment-120192 <i>McCarthy was ruining careers and livelihoods; I’m not sure if Sen. McCain calling anyone out on their possible part in the economic mess will do the same.</i> No, McCain would like to wait until after he's elected to ruin careers and livelihoods. Good thing that ain't gonna happen. McCarthy was ruining careers and livelihoods; I’m not sure if Sen. McCain calling anyone out on their possible part in the economic mess will do the same.

No, McCain would like to wait until after he’s elected to ruin careers and livelihoods.

Good thing that ain’t gonna happen.

]]> By: Parthenon http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/09/senator-mccain-or-senator-mccarthy/#comment-120165 Parthenon Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:54:51 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10304#comment-120165 The truth of the matter is that the man is just a terrible campaigner. The President was actually quite good in a campaign; he could deliver a line that brought business types and the bluest of blue-collar types into the tent. Sen. McCain seems to flip between maudlin, condescending and 'passionate,' which tends to just come off as 'angry and slightly crazy,' at least partially because of the supporters' reactions. The McCarthy comparison seems true only in spirit. McCarthy was ruining careers and livelihoods; I'm not sure if Sen. McCain calling anyone out on their possible part in the economic mess will do the same. But 'in spirit' is bad enough. The truth of the matter is that the man is just a terrible campaigner. The President was actually quite good in a campaign; he could deliver a line that brought business types and the bluest of blue-collar types into the tent. Sen. McCain seems to flip between maudlin, condescending and ‘passionate,’ which tends to just come off as ‘angry and slightly crazy,’ at least partially because of the supporters’ reactions.

The McCarthy comparison seems true only in spirit. McCarthy was ruining careers and livelihoods; I’m not sure if Sen. McCain calling anyone out on their possible part in the economic mess will do the same. But ‘in spirit’ is bad enough.

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