In Defense of McCain

I've already pointed out some idiotic things that people say about Barack Obama, though it does seem to have died down of late. So, in the interest of fairness I thought I should take a look at John McCain. Now, the total right-wing idiots attack Obama for ridiculous things, some that even if they were true wouldn't really make a difference as far as Presidential ability. Oh, don't think it's not happening to McCain as well, here are a few things I found and what I think about them:

Suddenly, in September 2007, he's campaigning in South Carolina, the heavily Baptist state where George W. Bush barely managed to stop McCain's presidential campaign 8 years ago. And guess what? McCain tells a reporter "By the way, I'm not Episcopalian. I'm Baptist." When pressed, he said he's attended the North Phoenix Baptist Church in Arizona for more than 15 years, though he has never been baptized in that church. Now see, that's exactly the problem. Baptism is kind of a big thing in the Baptist Church. (That's how they got the name.) No baptism, not Baptist. - Now, I'm not religious genius, but I did go to a Baptist church when I was younger, and I never heard any mention of having to be baptized to attend the church. Now do you really think a Baptist church (or any other) would not let you in because you aren't a member of that church? WHich apparently McCain never claimed to be anyway, he said he attended, not that he was a member.

He's soft on immigration - Well, I happen to agree with this one, so I don't really have a defense for him.

He's too old - I agree he's old, but I haven't really seen a young politician at that level. When someone in their 40's is derided for being too young, what do you expect, spring chickens? Oh shit, too much experience! I'm pretty sure age discrimination is against the law---where the hell is the AARP on this one? They can send me car insurance offers in the mail when I'm barely past 30, why aren't they bitching about this? This seems kind of stupid to me. That guy from North Carolina Helms was so old didn't he fight for the Confederacy in the Civil War? Nobody mentioned anything about him.

He's too much like Bush. - He's a politician, all of them are at least a little like Bush. I remember when everyone was making a big deal about how much he didn't like Bush. I honestly believe he's been forced to play nice with him, but McCain doesn't care much for Bush himself.

He's out of touch with the American people: - Okay, this is really pushing it. Of course he's out of touch with the American people. But I'd have to say probably not as much as Obama here. He did spend 20 years in the Navy, and the military is full of people from middle and lower class backgrounds. I think people are making Obama's childhood out to be a little more difficult than it actually was. His poor mother, must not have been so poor after all, she met his father during college in Hawaii. I won't be sending my kids to college in Hawaii, will you? Either way, and whatever you think about both of their backgrounds, you can't bleieve that any politician is actually in touch with Americans. If you do, you are a member of both political parties' target demographics--idiots.