Standing athwart history, yelling, “I’m not wearing any pants!”

Am I the only one who finds it odd that John McCain seems to be running harder for Senate re-election than he did for President?

Yes, while the Senate debates the crap sandwich known as the Great Fiscal Suicide Act of 2009, where we win some and lose some, former Presidential candidate John McCain seems to be stepping up as one of the lead opponents of the bill. J-Mac was the first to speak out against it on the Sunday morning show, his PAC has launched a petition opposing the current bill, and today he took to the floor of the Senate to say how the bill stinks on ice.

So sayeth Sarah Palin’s former running mate…

I regret that I cannot support the so-called “stimulus” bill that has been presented to the Senate by the majority. We have an opportunity to craft a bill that would provide real relief to the American people in a time of great economic uncertainty. Unfortunately, that opportunity has so far been rejected. Once again parochial, partisan, and special interests have taken precedence over the interests of the American people. This bill has become nothing more than a massive spending bill expected to cost taxpayers more than $1.2 TRILLION according to the latest estimate by the Congressional Budget Office.

Could you imaging if he had such conviction during the debate over the first $700 billion crap sandwich while HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. I don’t mean to sound like a broken record, and I know I’ve blogged aboot this a few times before. But every time McCain sounds off on the reckless spending in this bill, I want to know where he was a few months ago.

September 15th, it became clear that he was going to lose. I don’t mean it became clear to you or me, I mean it was clear to his CAMPAIGN MANAGER. McCain had the choice to go out as Barry Goldwater (standing on principle) or go out as Bob Dole (meandering off into the sunset). He chose the later.

Had he chose the Goldwater option, returned to Washington to oppose the bill and/or take to the Senate floor and make famous those who tried to pork it up (like he had been telling us), he probably still would have lost. In retrospect, the only person who may have had a chance would have been Mitt Romney, and only because he had a few ways to expand the electoral map.

But if McCain stood against the bill, things would have been a lot closer. He would have held on to Ohio, North Carolina, and Indiana, turning Barack Obama’s landslide into a boring old win (and less of a mandate). Furthermore, I submit that any Republican in the House who lost a close race (>3%) probably would have held onto their seat.

Instead, we got what we got and are where we are.

I guess at the very least McCain is on our side now…at least for now.

UPDATE: One of the McCainettes found his niz-uts too!

Like what you read? Join Citizens for Brodigan to get all the latest updates!