Beware of McCain, the Authoritarian

He is the very worst nightmare of the Left and the Right, and we are not talking about a Centrist.

Imagine the worst of the nanny-state crap of the Left combined with the abusive paternalism of the Right. Talk about Nightmare on Mainstreet!

Do we need another T.R.? - Los Angeles Times:

The first clue to McCain's philosophy lies in two seemingly irrelevant items of gossip: His father was a drunk, and his second wife battled addiction to pain pills. Neither would be worth mentioning except for the fact that McCain's books and speeches are shot through with the language and sentiment of 12-step recovery, especially Steps 1 (admitting the problem) and 2 (investing faith in a 'Power greater than ourselves').

Like many alcoholics who haven't quite made it to Step 6 (becoming 'entirely ready' to have these defects removed), McCain is disarmingly talented at admitting his narcissistic flaws. In his 2002 book 'Worth the Fighting For,' the senator is constantly confessing his problems of 'selfishness,' 'immaturity,' 'ambition' and especially 'temper,' though he also makes clear that his outbreaks of anger can be justifiable and even laudable when channeled into 'a cause greater than self-interest.'

'A rebel without a cause is just a punk,' he explains. 'Whatever you're called — rebel, unorthodox, nonconformist, radical — it's all self-indulgence without a good cause to give your life meaning.'