Saturday, May 3, 2008

Shooting straight in every direction

John McCain routinely gives emphatic answers that contradict what he said yesterday or last year. He's not so much a flip-flopper as just generally flippity-floppy.

Yesterday, he said we'd never have to fight again in the Middle East if we were energy independent. Never, not seldom. Today, no, no, no, he was talking about Gulf War I. But, if we had by some miracle become energy independent between the wars, would that mean we would never have "had" to fight in Iraq? Uh, no.

Y'see, the Congressional Record shows that McCain was after WMD when he voted authority to Duhbya. Does he think we found those? Tomorrow, he'll remember that deposing Saddam was why he wanted to go.

What if we became energy independent during McCain's beloved 100-year stay in peaceful, democratic Iraq? Never mind how we get that counterfactual to happen; could we come home then? Or do we really have to wait until McCain's grandkids are giving up the ghost?

When will it again become a requirement of American politics that a candidate make basic sense?

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