My article about John McCain was sarcastic, but accurate. It also proved my assertion about how some people view victims. A segment of our society “feels” that we are not allowed to judge others -- particularly those who have previously endured great suffering.
Such “feelings” are utter nonsense. The way people conduct themselves is the evidence we had better use to draw logical conclusions about them. Excusing bad conduct due to something that happened in an individual’s past is down right absurd. God gave each of us a brain to think with, and when something doesn’t make sense, it’s usually because it isn’t true.
John McCain did not behave like a hero before he was a POW. I do not know what he behaved like as a POW. But he has not behaved like a hero since he has been freed from being a POW. Consequently, I do not consider him a hero. It’s that simple.
America is the greatest country in the world. If McCain were not running for its most prestigious position, his constant reminder that he was a POW would not matter in the least. But John McCain’s own bad conduct and questionable character since his release are in part what disqualify him from the honor and responsibility of being the President of the United States. Furthermore, he has not demonstrated the integrity, loyalty, tact, self-discipline, judgment, justice, dependability, and unselfishness to handle that level of leadership.
We should find it alarming that we, as a country, appear ready to disqualify two principled candidates because of their religious faiths, but prepared to settle for the one who has clearly besmirched his own image.
It now appears that America desperately needs another great hero, but this time one to rescue us from ourselves.