McCain Touts His Support For Surge As Proof Of His Own Apolitical "Courage" -- In A Political Campaign Video
March 14, 2007 -- 12:56 PM EST // // Post a Comment
For months now, mainstream media commentators and reporters have cast John McCain's support for escalation as an act of supreme apolitical courage. They've repeatedly hailed his embrace of the "surge" as a sign of his apolitical willingness to risk losing the Presidency in order to stand up for what he thinks is right.
It would be interesting to see what these commentators make of this, then.
McCain himself is now beginning to tout his support for escalation as proof of his own courage.
Check out this campaign Web video that's now up on McCain's campaign Web site:
In the middle of the ad, McCain looks into the camera and states these key lines:
When you take a position which you know at least in the short term cannot be popular with your constituents or other Americans but you know is right, that's courage.
This is strikingly weaselly. McCain isn't saying so outright, but he's clearly talking about his support for escalation. Without saying he's talking about himself, McCain is touting his own political courage. He's touting his own apolitical willingness to take a risk in order to advocate for what he thinks is right.
But he's doing so in a political campaign web video.
My head is spinning. I need to sit down now.
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