The Pluses and Minuses of John McCain
The following is completely subjective on my part; however it does begin to quantify a bit why I support John McCain.
As the table below shows, he’s not perfect. However when I look at his life and his career I see a pretty strong contender for the presidency.
|
Plus |
Weight (1-20) |
Minus |
Weight (1-20) |
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Military Service |
20 |
Failure of his first marriage |
5 |
|
USS Forrestal Incident |
2 |
Keating 5 involvement |
3 |
|
POW Internment |
20 |
McCain-Feingold |
10 |
|
Amicable treatment of his ex-wife |
3 |
Immigration Reform |
10 |
|
Overall Senate Record |
10 |
Gun Control Support |
5 |
|
Support of Iraq |
20 |
|
|
|
2000 Treatment at hands of Bush campaign |
5 |
|
|
|
Overall Trust On Security Issues |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
100 |
|
33 |
I guess this shows that I like the guy 3x more than I dislike him – which feels about right. He’s also an interesting contrast to this Democratic presidential candidate.
ligneus:
Either him or Giuliani, no one else and specially not Thunder Thighs or Obanana.
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22 January 2008, 8:32 pmDon:
I agree. I just can’t wait for the U.S. military to stay in Iraq for 100 years, not to mention having to work to pay for it. I’d say more but the wife and I have to get to work in order to start producing the 5 generations of soldiers that will be needed in order to replenish the U.S. military forces in Iraq.
22 January 2008, 9:44 pmScott Kirwin:
Well considering that we’ve been in Germany and Japan for 63, you may be right on the figure.
As for “replenishing” the troops, what rock have you been under? We lost 23 soldiers in Iraq last month. Do you know how many we lost during 3 days in 1944? 19,000.
Perspective… You need it.
23 January 2008, 8:56 am