“Putting Country Last”
Patriotism is supposed to be the last refuge of a scoundrel, but in this case it’s the first resort of a wanker. John B. Judis, American wanker, re McCain at The New Republic:
I never doubted, however, that McCain’s motives in pushing America into war were honorable. Nor do I question his motives in pushing Georgia into NATO or in rattling the sabers against Iran. I question his judgment and wouldn’t want him as president. But I do question his motives in inserting himself into the attempt by the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, and the Congressional leadership (excluding the usual suspects from the Republican House delegation) to fashion a plan for preventing a Wall Street crash. He has shown a willingness to put the success of his campaign ahead of the country’s welfare. And it’s not over a relatively minor matter–like offshore drilling or creationism in schools.
I know there are economists, some of whom I respect, that think this financial crisis will blow over, that it’s a crisis in the financial superstructure that won’t ultimately affect the country’s industrial base. I have never understood the post-1980 stock market very well, but I know something about economic history, and I know that at a certain point, a financial crisis can get out of hand and lead to a credit crunch that will depress the industrial base and set off a vicious cycle of unemployment. I also know a little bit about international economic history–enough at least to appreciate what would happen if nations began to abandon the dollar the way they abandoned the British pound eighty years ago. As Paul Krugman–who has been writing about the mortgage mess for years–has argued, it is not worth taking the chance that this crisis will blow over.
That’s a long way of saying that it is simply unpatriotic–it’s an insult to flag, country, and all the things that McCain claims to hold dear–for McCain to hold this financial crisis hostage to his political ambitions. McCain doesn’t know a thing about finance and is no position to help work out an agreement. If we do suffer a serious bank run, or a run on the dollar, it can be laid directly at his feet. As I said to friends last night, if McCain had been president at this point, I would have wanted to impeach him.
… His defeat is now imperative.
But you’ll really want to read the whole thing, which by virtue of it’s extensive, rather unnecessary self-reference stands as a magnificent tour de wank.
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:37 pm on Friday, September 26, 2008
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September 27th, 2008 at 1:30 am
“Cain doesn’t know a thing about finance and is no position to help work out an agreement.”
Yeah, it’s not like he’s the nominal head of the Republican party or anything.
September 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am
“John B. Judis”
An utter idiot spewing the usual lies and absurdities leftists are so fond of.
Bottom line:
You have one candidate who belonged to a church that called on God to damn America (and only quit the church when it started to hurt his presidential run) and you have another candidate who spent years in a POW camp because he wouldn’t sell out his country and cooperate with the communists, and you’re going to question the second candidate’s committment to putting the country’s interest ahead of his own?
It would be funny if it wasn’t so disgusting.
September 27th, 2008 at 10:44 am
John B. Judis, you are an ass.
September 27th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
“McCain doesn’t know a thing about finance …”
And he’s trying to tell us that an ineffective, socialist community organizer does?
September 28th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Rebecca
You ignore that really great deal on his new house …
Cheers